[sinkspur]

Celibacy will never be optional with any of JPII's successors, either. Get used to it, Sinky.

It already is, in the Eastern Rite, and, if you're Episcopalian and thinking of converting, you can get married.

It's only a matter of time, niner.

[Unam Sanctam]

It's only a matter of time, niner.

And a sad day it will be for the Church if you're right. We've seen enough dumbing down and lowering of standards in the Church in the last 30 years to last another millenium at least.

[ninenot]

Seems the issue is less and less on the table as time goes on. Yesterday JPII's comments to the Nigerians; today's Zenit article posted by me.

Wonder what Mahony's "Plan B" is, insofar as his Plan A was blown to smithereens by the Pope's comments yesterday?

BTW, you may wish to read the Zenit post--even the Episcopalians understand your source material on the 'date' of celibacy to be "pseudo-history."