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To: SubMareener

The Catholic Church allows married priests in the Eastern Rites, but an issue often raised is who provides for their families? Other Apostles were married, but the fate of their families left behind as they met their martyrdom isn’t recorded.

Because some rites allow it, there is no one position by Rome, but a look at the early twentieth century upheavals supports the case for celibate priests. While many Catholic priests could meet martyrdom because wives and children couldn’t be used to coerce them, married clergy in other faiths were compromised by those relationships.


10 posted on 01/28/2017 7:48:39 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

The church has been in favor of married priests considerably longer than enforced non married priests

Married priests with kids likely to be more rounded and conservative

And far fewer homosexuals

Just saying you guys

It’s a Trent thing and is it all that to serious Catholics and if so why


11 posted on 01/28/2017 7:53:43 PM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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To: kearnyirish2

Interesting, and not widely known...married deacons in the Catholic Church are expected to be celibate.


14 posted on 01/28/2017 10:53:02 PM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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