No man may be so cursed by priest or pope but what the Eternal Love may still return while any thread of green lives on in hope.
— Dante Alighieri
And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature.
— St. John Chrysostom
Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.
— John Wycliffe
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
— Pope John Paul II
Don't you understand, mister, you are royalty and God has chosen you to be priest of your home?