What is it about?
Empirical data of the German Pastoral Ministry Study revealed problems with sexuality and loneliness as an inability to be alone are relevant indicators of spiritual dryness among Catholic priests.
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Why is it important?
The connection between spiritual dryness and psychosexual immaturities can help discernment and prevent people from a mainly defensive vocational choice.
Perspectives
Better vocational discernment, e.g. in spiritual direction, could help to more credibility of priestly celibacy and would have been helpful to prevent abuse cases among priests, presupposing honesty of the candidates, however.
Klaus Baumann
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg
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This page is a summary of: Spiritual Dryness and Celibacy in Catholic Priests – Discernment of Ongoing Spiritual Journeys from Relational and Psychosexual Immaturities, Pastoral Psychology, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-019-00886-1.
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