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1 posted on 10/14/2005 6:07:18 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius
Priest shortage stems from crisis of faith, ignorance of the infinite, not celibacy, say Bishops

Absolutely 100% true.

I am a personal witness to the upswing of vocations to the priesthood that is arising from this mess and it was all because of faith.

The fundamental call to the priesthood is death to self in service to others. When certain members of the Church - who shall remain nameless - only give homilies about how Jesus is just one big, cuddly teady-bear, who is going to die for that? BUT...when you have someone actually proclaim the Truth in its fullness, who proclaims unequivocally without a doubt that faith in Jesus Christ and His work through the Sacraments is necessary, men will willingly give their lives for that. The greatest number of seminarians we had from our parish occured when we had a wonderful Monsignor who told it like it is. A few people did not like being taken out of their comfort zones, complained to the Bishop, and had him moved to some podunk town. Since then, applicants to the seminary have decreased.

The priesthood shortage has NOTHING to do with celibacy.
2 posted on 10/14/2005 6:21:09 AM PDT by mike182d ("Other than than, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?")
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4 posted on 10/14/2005 6:58:31 AM PDT by NYer (“Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion")
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The priest shortage stems from the goons and vipers we have had for bishops.
7 posted on 10/14/2005 8:26:52 AM PDT by Maeve (O most merciful Christ, how shall I sing thee praise?)
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To: Petrosius
For the record:

Pope Defends Clergy Celibacy Order
Has the Time Come to Consider Making Celibacy Truly Optional In the Western Church?
Catholic Scandals: A Crisis for Celibacy?
Celibacy of the priesthood is a church strength, not a liability
Celibacy s history of power and money

Pope: Priests Must Stay Celibate
Giving Thanks for the Good Shepherds ( A Defense of Priestly Celibacy)
Don't end celibacy for priests
The celibate superhero
Priestly Celibacy And Its Roots In Christ

How to Refute Arguments Against Priestly Celibacy
Priestly Celibacy Reflects Who - and Whose - We Are[Father George W.Rutler]
Celibacy
Tracing the Glorious Origins of Celibacy
God’s call to celibacy for the sake of His Kingdom - by Card. George

Vatican Says Celibacy Rule Nonnegotiable
Bishop Attacks Move to End Celibacy
A response to Fr. Joseph Wilson's defense of mandatory celibacy
The gift of Priestly celibacy as a sign of the charity of Christ, by Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Archbishop Dolan:"We Need to Be Renewing Our Pledge to Celibacy, Not Questioning It"

Celibacy is gift cherished by church
Celibacy Will Save the Priesthood
Celibacy Defended by EWTN's Fr. Levis
Call To Action: Dump Celibacy
The (Catholic) Church Has Always Prospered When Celibacy Is Honored

John Paul II Hails "Inestimable Value" of Priestly Celibacy
For Priests, Celibacy Is Not the Problem
Fr. Shannon Collins Discusses Celibacy
5 Arguments Against (Catholic) Priestly Celibacy and How to Refute Them
Why A Married Priesthood Won't Remedy the Priest Shortage

New Vatican Document on Homosexuality and the Priesthood Coming Before Fall 2005
Catholic priests demand the right to marry
Catholic priests urge Church to reconsider celibacy rules
Alternative Priests´ Council Hits Back on Mandatory Celibacy
Married Priests? The English Experience

Saying Yes to God: a Look into Vocations
New Vatican Document to Eliminate 1961 Papal Ban on Ordaining Homosexuals
Saying Yes to God: a Look into Vocations
Is it time to ordain married men to the Catholic priesthood?
40% of Scots priests want end to celibacy

A small, sturdy band of 'John Paul priests'(JPII legacy of conservative priests)
Yes, Gay Men Should Be Ordained
Cardinal says Priests will marry
Fathers, Husbands and Rebels: Married Priests
An Unneeded Headache (Vatican document on [NOT] admitting homosexual to the priesthood)

Vatican Prepares Draft Directives Against Admitting Gays as Priests
From Anglican to married Catholic priest
Spain gets first married priest
Spain (R) Catholic Church ordains first married priest
The Catholic Church - East-West Difference Over Priestly Celibacy

ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SCRANTON TO RECEIVE FIRST ECUSA PRIEST
Defending Chastity in the Priesthood
Ordination of married men is raised at Vatican synod
Patriarch of Venice deemphasizes ordination of married men to the priesthood
Cardinal Pell: Ending Celibacy Rule Would Be a Blunder

Priest shortage stems from crisis of faith, ignorance of the infinite, not celibacy, say Bishops [at Synod]

24 posted on 10/14/2005 5:39:27 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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