You’re so desperate as to be quoting The Bitter Pill now? May as well start quoting press releases from Catholics for Choice or the Association of Roman Catholic Wymynprysts.
Why even have a pope, if bishops’ conferences determine Church reforms?
Pope Francis, in this Lenten season, reminds me of Pontius Pilate. He washes his hands and leaves decisions to mob mentality.
First, it’s Holy Communion for adulterers; now it’s married priests that’s up for a vote.
What are the child molesters supposed to do for a living if their careers are stolen by normal people?
That’s an entirely misleading headline. The most that can be said is that the Pope stressed that the bishops of the world need to get creative in addressing the priest shortage. Anything more than this is wishful thinking on somebody’s part.
The Eastern Catholic Churches already ordain married men to the priesthood. Only celibate priests are ordained bishop, as in the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
That married priests COULD be allowed is not news; the prohibition on married clergy is merely a discipline imposed by the Patriarch of Rome, which is another office exercised by the guy who is also Pope. Other Catholic Patriarchs exercise different discipline in this matter.
Im not Catholic. A Christian however who sees nothing morally repugnant with allowing married men to be priests!
Why shouldn’t they be allowed to marry? Catholics believe Peter was the first pope. He was married.
If it was okay for Jesus to have those working so closely with him to be married, it should be fine with Catholics.
And there would likely be a lot less homosexual activity if more of them were married and had families.
That’s my 2 cents worth.
Genesis 2
24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Mark 10
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But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
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For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
There, for you people who claim that more than one wife is an abomination I will use the very same scripture to show you that it is an abomination for a man not to have a wife.
It took a part of man to make woman so therefore a man is not a complete man with out the woman.
Its a discipline. It can change. Although, right now, celibacy for the Kingdom of God is a powerful witness in our sex - society.