[sinkspur]

But as of today, when the new law takes effect, "it is possible to ordain a married deacon [to the priesthood], with permission from Rome. The door is not closed," said Metropolitan Judson Procyk of Pittsburgh, who has championed the traditional Eastern married priesthood.

And now, it appears that the Church is making an exception to elevating an ordained man to another order.

"The question is why the bishops' judgment isn't trusted when they want to ordain married men, while they are trusted to ordain unmarried men. This has nothing to do with logic. I think Rome just doesn't want to give any signals to the Latin rite that change is possible."

.....and things continue to change......

[sitetest]

Dear sinkspur,

"And now, it appears that the Church is making an exception to elevating an ordained man to another order."

No, that's not so at all, sinkspur. This is occuring in the Eastern Catholic Churches in the United States, not the Roman Catholic Church. What's happening here is that Eastern Catholics are being permitted, in the United States, to return to their own traditional practices.

And Roman Catholics are continuing our own traditional practices of the general rule of celibacy for priests.


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