[sinkspur]

Assuming arguendo that it is true, it represents poor cathechesis of the faithful.

Why? Any parish that has a married deacon provides fertile ground for most Catholics to realize that it's not that much further to envision a married priest.

I will leave it to you to do a little informal survey of Catholics you know, of various age groups.

I would bet that you'll find that a large number, if not a majority, would support the ordination of married men to the priesthood.

[Petronski]

Why? Any parish that has a married deacon provides fertile ground for most Catholics to realize that it's not that much further to envision a married priest.

Camel's head in the tent, eh?

Pick and erode, pick and erode. Just the way Hillary wants to pull America into evermore-pure socialism, so to do you AmChurch lefties want to water down the Liturgy until it is unrecognizable.

So sad, by the way, about your desperate predictions (hopes) that Ratzinger would never become Pope. One more conservative the AmChurchies will have to outlive.

[Conservative til I die]

Why? Any parish that has a married deacon provides fertile ground for most Catholics to realize that it's not that much further to envision a married priest.

Except a deacon is not a priest. It's like saying having nuns provides fertile grounds for most Catholics to envision female clergy.