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To: Tamar1973

"Spoken like a typical man who attends a church run by celibate men."

Your comment is unnecessarily inflammatory. It's also factually inaccurate.

There are numerous ordained men in the Catholic churches who are or who have been married. Most Deacons are married. There are many married Priests in the Eastern Catholic churches, and even a few married Priests in the western (Roman) Catholic church. And then there are those who became Priests after being widowed.

Your comment also implies that the church is run solely by men. A point of view that borders on the laughable for those of us who actually attend Catholic parishes, or who have ever had any significant interaction with Nuns. Women, not men, are usually the ones who step forward to run the lay ministries in our parishes. And arguably *the* most powerful and influential Catholic in the U.S. during the last 25 years has been Mother Angelica.


59 posted on 04/21/2006 11:29:21 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Reading a book about Mother Angelica right now, I mean WOW, what a woman she is. I am so amazed by her childhood, the way that she grew up in a neighborhood reminds me of the "Godfather" movie, seriously. Rita Rizzo was her name. God bless her always.


64 posted on 04/21/2006 2:00:06 PM PDT by SaintDismas
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