[altura]

Well, Peter had a wife... at least he had a mother-in-law.

It’s an archaic rule, based on some mumbo jumbo about monks, has kept many good men out of the priesthood and attracted many homosexual men to it.

After all, no one will ask why you don’t have a wife and kiddies if you’re a Catholic priest.

[A.A. Cunningham]

It’s an archaic rule,

Based on what, your poor knowledge of Scripture and the history of the discipline?

based on some mumbo jumbo about monks

The Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Luke, St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, the celibacy of Moses and Jeremiah are all "mumbo jumbo"? You better pray that ignorance is a mitigating factor in your particular judgment.

I'll bet you think the Ten Commandments should be renamed to the Ten Suggestions.

[Romulus]

Well, Peter had a wife... at least he had a mother-in-law.

If Peter's wife had been alive at the time of the Gospel account, why is it that no one got waited on till the MIL was healed?