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To: Antoninus
A celibate priest never has to choose between going out at 3 AM to adminster last rights to a dying parishoner, or staying home to care for his sick child.

If the priest is married, his wife can care for the child.

This dilemma doesn't seem to be a problem for the married doctors I know.

We have married priests in the Church today: Anglican converts, three of whom are pastors of very large parishes in Ft. Worth.

That's far from "part-time."

11 posted on 04/03/2002 11:13:23 AM PST by sinkspur
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To: sinkspur
We have married priests in the Church today: Anglican converts,

I used to be against the idea of married priests but the Eastern Orthodox seem to do okay with them. I believe that the way they do it is they allow married men to become priests but priests don't marry ---so you wouldn't have your parish priest dating.

124 posted on 04/03/2002 6:04:03 PM PST by FITZ
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