▁August ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁Pope ▁also ▁apolog ized ▁for ▁" ab uses ▁of ▁power ▁and ▁conscience " ▁committed ▁by ▁cler gy ▁in ▁that ▁country . ▁ ▁Pri est ly ▁cel ib acy ▁As ▁a ▁cardinal , ▁Berg og lio ' s ▁views ▁regarding ▁the ▁cel ib acy ▁of ▁pri ests ▁were ▁recorded ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁On ▁Heaven ▁and ▁Earth , ▁a ▁record ▁of ▁convers ations ▁conducted ▁with ▁Abraham ▁Sk ork a , ▁a ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁ra bbi ▁and ▁re ctor ▁of ▁the ▁Latin ▁American ▁Rab bin ical ▁Sem inary . ▁He ▁says ▁that ▁cel ib acy ▁is ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁discipline ▁rather ▁than ▁faith , ▁and ▁that ▁tradition ▁and ▁experience ▁would ▁advise ▁to ▁keep ▁it . ▁He ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁By z antine , ▁Ukrain ian , ▁Russian , ▁and ▁Greek ▁Catholic ▁Church es ▁allow ▁married ▁men ▁to ▁be ▁ord ained ▁pri ests , ▁but ▁not ▁b ish ops . ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁many ▁of ▁those ▁in ▁Western ▁Catholic ism ▁who ▁are ▁pushing ▁for ▁more ▁discussion ▁about ▁the ▁issue ▁do ▁so ▁from ▁a ▁position ▁of ▁p rag mat ism , ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁loss ▁of ▁man power . ▁He ▁states ▁that ▁" If , ▁hypoth et ically , ▁Western ▁Catholic ism ▁were ▁to ▁review ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁cel ib acy , ▁I ▁think ▁it ▁would ▁do ▁so ▁for ▁cultural ▁reasons ▁( as ▁in ▁the ▁East ), ▁not ▁so ▁much ▁as ▁a ▁universal ▁option ." ▁He ▁emphas ized ▁that , ▁in ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁the ▁rule ▁must ▁be ▁strictly