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	Paraguay’s Leading Prelate Defends Celibacy Following Ex-bishop President's Criticisms Catholic Culture July 1, 2009 http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=3397 Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga of Asuncion, Paraguay’s leading prelate, has defended the discipline of clerical celibacy after Fernando Armindo Lugo Mendez, the former Catholic bishop who is now the nation’s president, criticized it. “There are moments in life when emotions and love know no age or situation,” said the ex-bishop president. “There are people who make one's heart beat faster.” Source(s): these links will take you to other sites, in a new window. * Presidente almorzo con su hijo Armindo(La Nacion) * Paraguayan prelate says church has no reason to reconsider celibacy (CNS) * Paraguay's ex-bishop president charged with sexual assault (CWN, June 25) * www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=3337
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