To: anniegetyourgun
Just because Cardinal Bernard Law can't control his diocese doesn't mean the entire RCC should make this kind of change.
2 posted on
03/15/2002 12:06:28 PM PST by
al_c
To: al_c
I would agree that this is not the reason to make this change.
To: al_c
"Just because Cardinal Bernard Law can't control his diocese doesn't mean the entire RCC Priests get married. . .so they can get divorced? . . .Commit adultery? . . .
No good reason for Priests to 'go there'. Simply trading one problem; and inviting another.
They can just say "NO" and bear the responsibility of their choices/actions.
41 posted on
03/15/2002 2:31:48 PM PST by
cricket
To: al_c
oops. . .something missing on the way to posting. . ."second try". . .
"Just because Cardinal Bernard Law can't control his diocese doesn't mean the entire RCC should make this kind of change"
Agree; and why should Priests get married. . .so they can get divorced? . . .Commit adultery? . . .
No good reason for Priests to 'go there'. Simply trading one problem; and inviting another.
They can just say "NO" and bear the responsibility of their choices/actions.
42 posted on
03/15/2002 2:36:09 PM PST by
cricket
To: al_c
Celibacy for the priesthood is custom,not dogma. The apostles weren't celibate, Peter had a mother-in-law. The Eastern Rite allows it.
I don't think celibacy leads to pedophilia but I do think the requirement of celibacy attracts a disproportionate number of maladjusted people.
Women too should be allowed into the priesthood. It's a strange and unsupportable notion but factually true that, under the current rules, Richard Speck would have been a more acceptable candidate for the priesthood than Mother Theresa.
To: al_c
Excuse me, but God said, "it's not good for man to be alone". If God thought it was okay for a man to have a spouse, then why isn't it okay for the clergy. I think couples make a great team. My Pastor's wife is critical to his success. And ... this would certainly stop the influx of homosexual males into the priesthood.
63 posted on
03/15/2002 6:48:55 PM PST by
CyberAnt
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