Convert - revert - interesting.
Commonly repeated lie.
Oh, of course.
Until these prospective ordinands found out that: (1) You cannot be in debt and enter a seminary (i.e. no mortgages allowed) and (2) you get paid jack plus squat.
And no word on if the study includes the numerous Catholic priests who were laicized in the 1970s so they could get married.
They will never be allowed to work as priests again, no matter the circumstances.
Leaving a church he felt was in turmoil-——and the Roman Catholic Church in not in turmoil. Maybe, I missed something.
I think this article captures very well the pain some of our Episcopal Brethren experience when feel they have been forced to set off into the deep of another Faith Tradition.
Ya’ know...this isn’t like working for Pepsi and deciding quit and go work for Coca-Cola.......
There is a commitment of faith and belief in the traditions and beliefs of the Catholic Church. That doesn’t happen because of current job disatisfaction.....
Sigh......Whatever....
If this is how he feels, perhaps he doesn't truly have two vocations.
Intimidating, perhaps ... but if it's a novel concept to the gentleman, what was he doing as an Episcopal priest?
In general, I think the Church needs to be as cautious about ordaining former Protestant clergy as about any other candidates for the priesthood ... perhaps even more so. The concept that they're merely "changing employers" is intuitively simple - but far from the sacramental reality!
“A recent study by Catholic University in Washington estimated that making celibacy optional likely would quad ruple the number of priests. “
to put it bluntly, this is total BS!!!!!!!!!
the number of heretics and bad priests would quadrouple and good priests would leave.
He just wants to get into some new habits.
However, the greater problem I see is the "nun shortage." We need more holy women in the church. Whatever the solution will be, the succesfull effort will involve brining both the sexes back into religious life. It will be a massive re-awakening for everyone.
**Cindy Webb says if Phil chooses the priesthood, “God will work out the details.”
She was raised Catholic and converted to the Episcopal Church for Phil after they married.
“I felt our family should all be together in one place,” Cindy Webb says. “Phil and I have not been on the same timetable. We’ve had to kind of wait for each other.”**
God bless this wife and her support of her husband!
So just how many hours a day does a Catholic priest work on average?
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