[narses]

"NYer, I love you, but the Anglican Dispensation priests do ALL of what you describe above, and more."

And at least one in your area has cogently made THE SAME ARGUMENTS as posted here. You denigrate them because the author is celibate and ignore those of the married Anglican Use convert in your own back yard. And to pretend that a Protestant, even a "papabile" like Dr. Steve, does anything like the duties of a Catholic priest is silly.

[sinkspur]

You denigrate them because the author is celibate and ignore those of the married Anglican Use convert in your own back yard. And to pretend that a Protestant, even a "papabile" like Dr. Steve, does anything like the duties of a Catholic priest is silly.

Fr. Hawkins has an Anglican Use parish, and he publicly expresses support for celibacy (he's married; I wonder what his wife thinks?).

Fr. John Gremmels, married pastor of a parish five times the size of Fr. Hawkins', thinks married priests would work in the Catholic Church. Gremmels is a Catholic priest, a MARRIED Catholic priest, who seems to be able to pastor the largest parish in the diocese of Ft. Worth.