[Lex Gabba]

and here’s the thing: Benny’s dead wrong on this and has been since back when he was in charge of priestly discipline. There ALREADY ARE married Roman Catholic priests in the Eastern Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. IF we had more of them we wouldn’t have such a crisis in vocations in the US which wouldn’t have led to the relaxation of screening standards at seminaries, and we would have been able to weed out a LOT more pedophiles.

I personally believe Ratzinger’s shameful actions in the Cardinal Law case (which IMHO amounted to obstruction of justice) should have utterly disqualified him from consideration for the papacy. It shook my faith deeply when he ascended the throne of Peter, but then I remembered the church is more than the sum of its members.

[ctdonath2]

But...what of the principle of papal inerrency?

[starlifter]

There are hundreds of married Roman Catholic priests in the United States.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Benny’s(sic) dead wrong on this and has been since back when he was in charge of priestly discipline. There ALREADY ARE married Roman Catholic priests in the Eastern Rite(sic) of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Priests in question are in the Latin Rite, therefore, Benny(sic) is not incorrect. Also how many Rites are there in the Catholic Church?

IF we had more of them we wouldn’t have such a crisis in vocations in the US

A specious, at best, assertion, that is refuted by the actual shortage of Priests in all 21 of the Churches in the Eastern Rites.

By the way are you as upset with the DA in Boston who chose not to seek an indictment of Bernard Law or is your contempt reserved solely for the Pontiff?