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I think it is unfair to Catholics that Uniate Catholic priests can marry and in that Papal recognized church divorce is allowed just as in the Orthodox rite, but it is denied to the Roman Catholics of the Latin tradition.
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It is almost certainly bogus.
I would assume the first sentence is wrong, and the latter correct.
Greece is the word for pop monks
Wednesday, 13 March, 2002, 16:06 GMT
The group's first CD went platinum in Greece
A group of black-robed Orthodox monks of the Saint Augustine and Seraphim Sarof monastery in Greece want to become Europe's most unlikely pop stars. They are hoping to break into a wider market with their third album, which contains English-language songs.
The band's manager Father Nektarios said the group wanted to save young people from the temptations of modern life and bring them closer to God - by using the same tools as the devil.
By Your Side, the group's third CD, was launched at a concert in Athens on Monday.
It contains an English-language club remix of I learned To Live Free, a song which established the act in their home country in 2000.
The song came from their first CD, which sold 60,000 - platinum sales in Greece.
Their songs have titles like Anarchy And Rock and Pal, I'm Down and appear to have struck a chord with Greek youth.
The monks have said they are also supported by Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece, who has tried to reverse dwindling church attendance with fiery speeches - and reversed church policy by allowing boys to wear ear-rings.
'Boiling'
The monastery is near the coastal town of Nafpaktos
The monks claim support from Archbishop Christodoulos
Group member Father Panteleimon, 30, has said: "We have many messages - on human relationships, the dead-end young people find themselves in.
"We are all boiling in the same pot under the new world order."
Now, says Father Panteleimon: "We want to let people outside Greece know what we are about.
"That's why we translated it into English."
The 12 members of the group, all between 18 and 30, hail from a monastery in the village of Trikorfo near the central Greek town of Nafpaktos.
They have a UNION???
Can you back that up? I don't have a copy of the Code of Canon Law for the Eastern Churches right on hand... but I'd be very interested to know.
"Fairness" is not a concept that one can apply to Traditional Roman Catholic priests. Marriage is not denied to them, it is understood and accepted when they become priests that they cannot marry. If marriage were a goal, they wouldn't have become priests. If they change their minds, they are free to leave the priesthood and marry, or to become priests in a sect that allows marriage.
Spar...I think Orthodox priests must be married before ordination, otherwise they cannot be married.