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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

Pope Benedict XVI

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Pope Benedict XVI
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: April 16
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Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
Pope Benedict XVI
Josef Ratzinger
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Joseph Alois Ratzinger
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