[AnAmericanMother]

Chances are he was widowed before Christ's ministry began. When his mother in law was sick in bed and Our Lord healed her, she got up and waited on them - which would not have been necessary if St. Peter's wife had been alive.

[plain talk]

You may be reading too much into that. If someone is healed they may have a burst of energy and wish to help. Doesn’t prove that Paul did not have a wife. Doesn’t prove that he did have a wife either actually. Not much in scripture one way or the other on that subject. :-)

[chesley]

That really proves nothing.

argumentum ex silentio and argumentum ad ignorantiamare generally considered at least weak, in the former case, and fallacious in the later, sometimes in both.

[SeekAndFind]

FYI, there were 39 married Popes in the past ( not to mention priests ).

This is documented by historians.

See here for instance:

Kelly, J. N. D. Oxford Dictionary of Popes. New York, Oxford Press. 1986.