The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Priest asks Pope to waive his celibacy vow A German Catholic priest has asked the Pope to release him from his oath of celibacy and refused calls from superiors to leave the priesthood after he admitted on TV he had an illegitimate daughter. https://www.thelocal.de/20140429/german-priest-stefan-hartmann-asks-pope-to-wave-celibacy-vow Tue, 29 Apr 2014 10:00:00 +0200 german-priest-stefan-hartmann-asks-pope-to-wave-celibacy-vow