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To: JoeProBono

Aren’t Roman Catholic priests in Africa and some other places allowed to marry?


2 posted on 05/07/2009 2:00:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible." Machiavelli)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No but many in every country don’t respect their vows. This guy was too public with his private life.


3 posted on 05/07/2009 2:10:27 AM PDT by Mercat (Scary middle aged people take to the street!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I believe that they were released from their vows of chastity in Africa.


7 posted on 05/07/2009 2:23:30 AM PDT by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Aren’t Roman Catholic priests in Africa and some other places allowed to marry?"

Eastern Rite Churches, which are in communion with Rome, permit their clergy to marry.

19 posted on 05/07/2009 6:17:57 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No


22 posted on 05/07/2009 6:43:59 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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