The Catholic Church has always accepted married priest under the Pope. It is Roman Rite priests who are barred from marriage after accepting priestly vows. Various other Catholic Rites do not bar ordained priests from marriage. Clergy from closely aligned denominations are permitted to join the Catholic Church as a married priest through special formation.
“Various other Catholic Rites do not bar ordained priests from marriage.”
ALL “Catholic Rites” bar ordained priests from marriage; every last one of them.
Incorrect. Married men may be ordained as Priests in 21 of the 22 Churches sui juris which comprise the Catholic Church. Once ordained a single Priest may not then marry and remain in ministry, in all 22 Churches.
Clergy from closely aligned denominations are permitted to join the Catholic Church as a married priest through special formation.
Married Anglican ministers who convert to the Latin Rite and seek ordination may be ordained under the 1980 Pastoral Provision, on a case by case basis. Other married protestant ministers who convert to the Latin Rite and seek ordination can be ordained under a dispensation from the discipline of celibacy. In both examples the caveat is that should their spouse precede them in death they will then adopt the disciplne of celibacy for the remainder of their life. No agreement, no ordination.