Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to defend the 'necessity' of priestly celibacy by co-authoring a bombshell book as Pope Francis considers whether to allow married men to be ordained as Catholic priests. The Pope emeritus wrote in an extract published by French daily Le Figaro that not taking a wife protects the church's 'celibacy' and calls on bishops, priests and others to deny 'diabolical lies' and 'fashionable ...