The Vatican's top official for clergy said today (February 27, 2019) that with "very rare" exceptions leaving the priesthood to take up the duties of a parent is the right solution in such cases, the Crux website reports.
"Obviously, a child is always a gift from God, however he or she was generated," said Italian Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy.
"The loss of the clerical state occurs because parental responsibilities create a series of permanent obligations which, in the legislation of the Latin church, do not allow for the exercise of priestly ministry," Stella said.
In general, Stella asserted, the good of the child requires the priest to devote himself full-time to being a parent.
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