id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005195815 Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Statement on clerical celibacy. 1967 .txt text/plain 894 36 58 Confirmed bv our Christian experience as lived in our own country and conscious of human frailty in all its dimensions, we are firmly convinced that priestly celibacy grounded in Christ's invitation has been and will be a source of great advantage to the Church particularly in the United States. The Council teaching on this particular discipline in the Western Church is clear and unmistakable. cache/_005195815.txt txt/_005195815.txt