[A.A. Cunningham]

Perhaps the younger Ratzinger and his colleagues hadn't yet had the time to read Paul VI's 24 June 1967 encyclical Sacerdotalis Caelibatus.

[Vaquero]

celebacy in the priesthood does not go back to the beginnings of the church by any stretch.

When talking to my parish priest about family matters I was struck by how the priest just did not get it....he was completely unaware of such problems.

So lets say I want to be married and be a priest....I could become an Anglican priest, get married, then decide to join the Catholic Church as a priest and bingo...married priest...

these is just so much confusion regarding this issue.

[frogjerk]

Perhaps the younger Ratzinger and his colleagues hadn't yet had the time to read Paul VI's 24 June 1967 encyclical Sacerdotalis Caelibatus.

Could it be something so simple like what you describe? No, can't be. There must be a conspiracy or other salacious story...the press - UGH.