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Pope Francis requests Roman Catholic priests be given the right to get married
Yahoo News ^ | 11/3/2017 | Matilda Long

Posted on 11/03/2017 7:30:50 AM PDT by detective

Pope Francis has requested that Roman Catholic priests be given the right to get married.

The request applies to priests in Brazil, and is on the agenda for an upcoming synod (church council) in the Amazon region.

The controversial move would address the critical shortage of men joining the priesthood

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: anglican; blindsquirrel; brazil; celibacy; christbridechurch; churchdoctrine; easternrites; francis; marriage; marriedclergy; marriedpriests; popefrancis; priests; stoppedclock
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1 posted on 11/03/2017 7:30:50 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

Ahh.... marry women?


2 posted on 11/03/2017 7:33:09 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY.)
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To: detective

Pope AntiChrist.


3 posted on 11/03/2017 7:34:00 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: House Atreides

Beat me to it.


4 posted on 11/03/2017 7:34:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: detective

Plenty of Muslims need jobs. How about letting Muslims be Catholic priests?


5 posted on 11/03/2017 7:36:10 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: detective

not a problem...they did for centuries...


6 posted on 11/03/2017 7:36:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: detective

I think the article is misleading. It has never been permissible for a deacon or priest to get married, ever. What had been allowed in the past was for a married man to be ordained a priest or deacon.

What the article, I think, means to say is...Francis wants the Pan Amazon synod to consider ordaining married men for the priest crisis there. This would allegedly be on an “experimental” basis; i.e., will try it here and ram it down everyone else’s throats later.

In my opinion, that would be an unwise concession to the modern age. Just Francis the Wrecking Ball continuing to plow away.


7 posted on 11/03/2017 7:36:45 AM PDT by Miles the Slasher
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To: detective
Great! Now the Catholic church can enter into the 21st Century like the progressive Episcopal Church:

Gay US bishop Gene Robinson to divorce husband

Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the US Episcopal Church,
has announced he is divorcing his partner of 25 years.

8 posted on 11/03/2017 7:36:52 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: detective

I think it doesn’t matter at all.


9 posted on 11/03/2017 7:39:44 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Goblins, Orcs and the Undead: Metaphors for the godless left.)
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To: Lazamataz

Ann Barnhardt refers to him as “Antipope Bergoglio, False Prophet Forerunner to the Antichrist”.


10 posted on 11/03/2017 7:41:21 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Miles the Slasher

-—It has never been permissible for a deacon or priest to get married, ever.-—

Ever ?

You sure about that ?


11 posted on 11/03/2017 7:45:20 AM PDT by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: House Atreides

“Ahh.... marry women?”

As long as they’re at least 9 years old.


12 posted on 11/03/2017 7:45:59 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: detective

Bergoglio is a constant menace. He is a Communist.


13 posted on 11/03/2017 7:46:08 AM PDT by BurrOh (All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. ~Orwell)
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To: Popman

Was Peter married?


14 posted on 11/03/2017 7:48:49 AM PDT by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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To: detective

Maybe I’m missing something, but I think the headline is wrong. It’s not that Francis is asking, it’s that someone is asking Francis.

From the article:

A request to lift the ban on marriage was made by Brazilian bishop Cardinal Claudio Hummes, who reportedly asked the Pope to consider ‘viri probati’, meaning married of great faith, as priests.


15 posted on 11/03/2017 7:49:07 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Priests getting married like normal men...

Certainly can’t hurt the body of Christ and the RCC failthful.

Marriage rounds out a man, gives him a deeper understanding of the female sex...among many other things.


16 posted on 11/03/2017 7:50:21 AM PDT by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: detective

And become Episcopalians.


17 posted on 11/03/2017 7:50:46 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: detective

Eastern Rite churches in communion with the Roman Catholic Church already permit married priests.

As a Protestant, I don’t have a dog in this fight, and I have no issue with married clergy. However, this particular pope has a less than stellar record of enforcing Church doctrine as it is.

I suspect this comes more out of his sense of “social justice” rather than a sober judgement of how to attract and retain faithful priests to spread the Gospel. I could respect and disagree with both John Paul II and Benedict XVI. They were both deeply committed to serving our Lord and their church.

Ironically, I can agree more with Francis while respect him much less. I doubt his commitment, which is frankly just sad.


18 posted on 11/03/2017 7:53:34 AM PDT by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)
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To: detective

They’ll probably end up marrying each other.


19 posted on 11/03/2017 7:56:13 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Miles the Slasher

“It has never been permissible for a deacon or priest to get married, ever.”

I think you are incorrect. St. Peter, the apostles and the early priests were married men. I have read that records from the middle ages show that the vast majority of Catholic priests were married.


20 posted on 11/03/2017 7:59:21 AM PDT by detective
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