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    Let married men become priests



    So, what do you think. Might this happen?

    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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    Well, priests were supposed to be celibate in the West from about the 4th century, not 10th; it just took a while for it to be uniformly enforced. The Roman Catholic Church may well finally relax that; eucharistic ministers aren't sufficient to make up for the deficit of priests. I'm a little more concerned with some of the other stuff he's advocating, however. Celibate homosexuals should be welcomed, but I suspect he's not referring to them.
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      I don't expect it to happen immediately, and probably not with the next Pope (I expect a fairly conservative successor to Francis). Within the next couple of decades? No idea.
      "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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        There are some priests that have families, usually they are converts from anglicanism or lutheranism. Its a small t- tradition. Meaning its respected and held up, but it CAN change.
        A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
        George Bernard Shaw

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          Originally posted by Catholicity View Post
          There are some priests that have families, usually they are converts from anglicanism or lutheranism. Its a small t- tradition. Meaning its respected and held up, but it CAN change.
          The priest at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Eugene used to be a priest at St. Mary's Episcopal Church- the one I worship at. That was the first time I came across the situation of a married priest.
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            The Catholic Church is in the grip of Satan, so I would not expect them to change on this.

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