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To: Petronski

I don't know what this guy's deal is, but I think he's right on the issue. I read a piece earlier today predicting that Pope Benedict will move towards re-uniting Rome, the Eastern Orthodox, and the orthodox part of the Anglican church (which I think is TOTALLY awesome), and if that happens, the Catholic church will have a mixture of married and celibate priests. I think it's inevitable, because there are no doctrinal differences that I can detect to prevent it and because surely that unity of the faithful has to be God's will.

We'll see. I hope I live long enough to see it.


122 posted on 05/26/2005 11:03:28 AM PDT by walden
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To: walden

A lot of people write a lot of pieces about what they want.

Sinky himself in April said "Ratzinger will never be Pope," but that's only because he didn't want Ratzinger to become Pope. Wishful thinking is a powerful analgesic.


127 posted on 05/26/2005 11:09:56 AM PDT by Petronski (A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
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To: walden

Unification can happen, and one day will, without a dissolution of the Latin Rite. In fact, if the Latin Rite is abandoned in whole or in part, it won't be a unification then but something else.


129 posted on 05/26/2005 11:13:23 AM PDT by annalex
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