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To: eastsider

Eastern Rite Priests, if they are ordained in North America are technically not allowed to be married at the time of their ordination. This is the result of a Papal decree dating from the early 20th or late 19th century.

This rule has been broken a couple of times in the past few years by Eastern Rite Bishops, but it is still in place.


122 posted on 01/05/2005 12:22:48 PM PST by csbyrnes84
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To: csbyrnes84

Unless I'm mistaken, the decree was issued at the request of the U.S. Bishops, through the premier diocese of Baltimore. If the pope would revoke the decree, it would go a long way to resolving the problem. JMO.


123 posted on 01/05/2005 12:30:34 PM PST by eastsider
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