What is the point of celibacy? With Fr. Patrick Briscoe & Sara Perla
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We told you we wanted to talk about sex on this podcast, and this is where we wanted to start -- with a talk about not having sex. We had a conversation with with Fr. Patrick Briscoe, a Catholic Dominican Friar, and Sara Perla, a single Catholic woman, about the purpose of celibacy for Catholics and how they support a large group of adults committed to it. Catholics take as doctrine Jesus’ statement that “at the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage” and thus t...
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