Former Pope Benedict, in a new book written with a conservative cardinal, defends priestly celibacy.<br /><br />Benedict wrote the book, “From the Depths of Our Hearts,” with Cardinal Robert Sarah.<br /><br />Sarah is a Guinean prelate who heads the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.<br /><br />Reuters reports that excerpts were published on Sunday on the website of the French newspaper Le Figaro.
