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Pope Francis suggests he’ll review Catholic Church’s vow of celibacy for priests
Nypost.com ^ | 03/27/2023 | Ronny Reyes

Posted on 03/27/2023 7:57:09 AM PDT by massmike

Pope Francis has hinted that he would review the Roman Catholic Church’s rule of priestly celibacy, describing it as an individual “discipline” rather than a “contradiction” to the church.

“There is no contradiction for a priest to marry. Celibacy in the western Church is a temporary prescription,” Francis, 86, remarked. “It is not eternal like priestly ordination, which is forever, whether you like it or not. Whether you leave or not is another matter, but it is forever. On the other hand, celibacy is a discipline.”

Celibacy was made a requirement in the Catholic Church around the 11th century, following centuries of tradition for priests to embrace the practice along with vows of abstinence.

Most recently, Germany’s Catholic Church voted to formally send a request to the Pope to end the requirement, and it appears as though Francis might agree.

Citing the Eastern Rite Catholic Church, which gives more leeway to its priests, Francis said: “Everyone in the Eastern Church is married, or those who want to. Before ordination there is the choice to marry or to be celibate.”

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1 posted on 03/27/2023 7:57:09 AM PDT by massmike
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Soon sodomy will be mandatory


2 posted on 03/27/2023 7:58:05 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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I just dont understand how this guy was ever elected pope to begin with, didn’t anyone know his views on things beforehand?


3 posted on 03/27/2023 8:00:03 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: massmike

Each other?...........


4 posted on 03/27/2023 8:00:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: dsrtsage

A married priest might prevent sodomy…..which is already a problem with some priests.


5 posted on 03/27/2023 8:04:24 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: massmike

What about the representation of Nuns marrying Christ? Is that next. After all, goose/gander.

wy69


6 posted on 03/27/2023 8:04:28 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: TexasFreeper2009
I just dont understand how this guy was ever elected pope to begin with, didn’t anyone know his views on things beforehand?

He was a well-known Lefty in South America. And it's widely agreed that he campaigned like crazy among liberal cardinals to get himself elected--which is strictly forbidden, and as I recall makes a Papal election invalid.

Food for thought.

7 posted on 03/27/2023 8:04:45 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: TexasFreeper2009
I just dont understand how this guy was ever elected pope to begin with, didn’t anyone know his views on things beforehand?

There's leftist cardinals out there too. There are clear factions. Where there are humans, unfortunately, there are corruption and politics.

8 posted on 03/27/2023 8:13:29 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: TexasFreeper2009

I think the vast majority of the cardinals in the College of Cardinals knew exactly was his views were.


9 posted on 03/27/2023 8:16:23 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: massmike

The eastern catholic churches allow married priests.


10 posted on 03/27/2023 8:18:05 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: Vaquero
I noticed at the end he says marriage or celibacy before ordination. I think the real pressure is few people want to be nuns and priests anymore because of that sacrifice. I can’t say marriage has helped Protestant churches avoid sexual scandals.
11 posted on 03/27/2023 8:20:31 AM PDT by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024)
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To: Vaquero

might=zero relation to that problem

Rampant same sex attraction is the issue.

Not the obligation of sexual continence.


12 posted on 03/27/2023 8:22:27 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: massmike
Priests marrying women?
13 posted on 03/27/2023 8:24:59 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: massmike

This one thing that I agree with the Poope. Although he’ll probably introduce gay marriage for priest


14 posted on 03/27/2023 8:26:50 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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Yep, jettisoning priesthood celibacy will most definitely be accompanied by “gay marriage.” Bank on it.


15 posted on 03/27/2023 8:30:08 AM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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The ban on marriage is also entirely unbiblical.

I’ve yet to see a Catholic explain these two facts:
* They claim the popes have their authority as the successors of St Peter.
* The Bible clearly mentions that Peter was married.


16 posted on 03/27/2023 8:38:47 AM PDT by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Classic bait-and-switch. He was sold as The Great Reformer [tm], who would fix The Mess In The Curia [tm].

Sort of like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.

17 posted on 03/27/2023 8:45:22 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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True.. you have to be married before ordination though.


18 posted on 03/27/2023 8:47:18 AM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: massmike
Celibacy was made a requirement in the Catholic Church around the 11th century

False. It was the expectation in the West from about the 3rd Century on.

Jewish priests did not have marital relations during the time they served the Temple. Orthodox priests -- married ones -- to this day do not have marital relations the day before they offer the Divine Liturgy.

In the West, the custom of daily Divine Liturgy (Mass) became established early on. The obvious inference can be drawn ...

19 posted on 03/27/2023 8:48:46 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: Renfrew
The Bible doesn't exactly say that Peter was married, it just indicates that he had a mother-in-law. It is within the realm of possibility that he was a widower who was still close to his MiL.

However, where the Bible is silent, tradition is not. Tradition says that Peter had a wife and a daughter who went with him to Rome.

The evidence points both directions in the case of St. Paul. Paul clearly teaches in 1 Cor 7 that celibacy is superior to marriage as far as serving the Lord is concerned. Have you read it?

Almost all commentators agree that John the Evangelist was celibate.

Of course, what was common by way of concession in the early church is not necessarily the discipline that would be expected 2000 years later. See my post above.

20 posted on 03/27/2023 8:53:29 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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