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To: SnakeDoctor
Mandated celibacy forces those without the gift of celibacy, but who are called to discipleship, to force celibacy on themselves or choose another vocation. If marriage is not a moral wrong, and does not draw men away from God ... why are those without the gift of celibacy not allowed the priesthood?

21 of the 22 Churches sui juris which comprise the Catholic Church ordain, as a norm, married men. No man has a right to be ordained to the Priesthood, particularly in the Latin Rite. Those who feel called to both the vocations of marriage and the Priesthood have options that you are quite obviously unaware of.

I suggest that in the future before opining on a topic you know little about, educate yourself. Unless of course, you enjoy coming across as a buffoon.

94 posted on 03/17/2010 6:22:49 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: SnakeDoctor

Also see 106.


107 posted on 03/17/2010 1:16:44 PM PDT by john in springfield
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