Don Lorenzo MilaniNon c’è peggiore infedeltà che essere fedeli a un morto
About This Quote
non c’è peggiore infedeltà che essere fedeli a un morto literally translated as “it’s not worse to be faithful to a dead person than to be faithful to a live one” is a famous Roman Catholic saying that applies to the issue of celibacy in the priesthood. It is a reference to a quote from Pope Gregory I.
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