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To: NYer

Will the clergy who come in to the Catholic church be already married with families?


3 posted on 09/24/2010 2:34:52 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie ( Ok, Joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Will the clergy who come in to the Catholic church be already married with families?

I believe you will find the answer to your question here.

4 posted on 09/24/2010 2:43:12 PM PDT by NYer ("God dwells in our midst, in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar." St. Maximilian Kolbe)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Will the clergy who come in to the Catholic church be already married with families?

Some of them will be. This is allowed by the canons governing the ordinariate.

Many people don't realize that there are legitimately married, active priests in the Catholic Church. In the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church, it is quite normal. In the Latin Rite, which is what we're most familiar with in the Western Hemisphere, married priests are allowed as an exception, if they are already married clergy in another Christian denomination when they convert to Catholicism. This would be the case with Anglican priests who convert under the guidelines of the Ordinariate.

5 posted on 09/24/2010 2:43:25 PM PDT by StonyMan451
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Many dioceses (including my own) have married priests who converted from other denominations. In fact, one of the priest died here in Oregon at a recent retreat, shaking up all the priests, and leaving a wife and children behind.


28 posted on 09/24/2010 6:51:23 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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