Get Rid of the Celibacy Requirement

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We homeschooled and I know many families who were very poor but continued to homeschool, one family even lost their home and had to move in with their family in a very small house but they continued to homeschool. I also knew single women who worked and homeschooled.

The reason I mention homeschooling is because someone had said that in some protestant churches wives are required to work and if they are required to work but wanted to homeschool they would not be able to.
 
I pray we work on bringing back purity, self control and godliness because there will only be other types of abuse issues if we allow priests to marry.
 
Then they would have to sacrifice homeschooling which is not a requirement and work outside the home.
 
Pope Paul VI

Christ’s Example

“21. Christ, the only Son of the Father, by the power of the Incarnation itself was made Mediator between heaven and earth, between the Father and the human race. Wholly in accord with this mission, Christ remained throughout His whole life in the state of celibacy, which signified His total dedication to the service of God and men. This deep concern between celibacy and the priesthood of Christ is reflected in those whose fortune it is to share in the dignity and mission of the Mediator and eternal Priest; this sharing will be more perfect the freer the sacred minister is from the bonds of flesh and blood. (28)”
 
Thing is, even the Church doesn’t always require celibacy to be a priest, so most likely God doesn’t either.
 
Many would have a problem with that because many mothers and fathers believe it is better to have the mother stay home with their children. (That is a whole different argument, just saying that is what some think and want) Thus this would be an issue that would cause problems in a marriage if a wife is forced to work. It would be another consequence of married priests.
 
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But a man with a psychosexual disorder is incapable of being totally dedicated to the service of God and men. When the Church needs priests so badly, but so many of those available have these disorders, what can you do? Pope Paul VI didn’t take this into account.
 
In the Latin Church, yes, but the Eastern Rite, which is part of the Church, does not. So more than a few special cases.
 
I wouldn’t call homeschooling a luxury for the middle and upper class. Most of the homeschool families I know are low income. Most states alot money for homeschooling at least in certain types of homeschooling programs. Plus it’s all about lifestyle and decisions that the family makes.
 
I’m a big supporter of married clergy. It won’t be a magical, cure all, for fixing problems…but it would inspire so many more vocations and open the door for many good, catholic families to do more for the church.

My husband and I are a military family. Military families bear a lot of burden and they’ve been making it work for hundreds of years. We deal with deployments, incredibly long work days, moving often, extra duties and lots and lots of sacrifice.
Secular families do this and make it work everyday.
Protestant families do it too.
It’s not impossible. It’s just life.
We do it with SAHMs, working moms, homeschooling, public and private school…private being the rarest…due to a lot of moving.

The only draw back to it is money. The military has food and housing allowances…with and without defendants. This is in addition to base salary. It’s expensive …but we have the endless government funding.
It would be far more difficult for a diocese to support several priests with large families of 5 plus kids with a wife who stays at home.
It would limit options…but the Protestants make it work and have done so for awhile.
 
Exactly…it’s a lifestyle decision made by the family.

We don’t homeschool but most of the families I know who homeschool are not middle class at all. They tend to be working class because the family is taking a pay cut for mom/dad to stay home.

They pool resourcesand get creative with coops and using families with different strengths and weaknesses.
 
Imagine being a good and holy priest most of your life and reading replies here,how discouraging .
 
If it’s a calling, how do you explain the late Richard Sipe’s (ex-priest) ethnographic study that 50% of priests at any given time do not practice celibacy and upwards of 6% (later revised to 9%) abuse minors?
 
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These are real men who give their all for God,there is nothing abnormal about them .
Real vocation and proper screening are vital.
 
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From time to time someone will always come up with this ‘abolish the celibacy’ mambo jambo.
If you’re unhappy with the Catholic Church just go to the copycats.
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Was not requiring celibacy also “mambo jambo” when Christ selected his apostles?
 
This clerical optimism is very commendable, but these documents only answer the question of “What are some of the reasons the Catholic Church gives for mandatory priestly celibacy?” and not the present problem. The reality is that churches without mandatory celibacy have plenty of ministers, even while growing, who minister very well to their flocks. The Catholic Church is shrinking overall and is closing churches due to lack of clergy and in other places, priests have little time to do anything except say Mass and (seldom) hear confessions. And the number of priests and bishops who are fit to be ordained is smaller still. This is a problem not accounted for in these documents.
 
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All the good priests I know are doing a lot more than mass and confessions 🙂
 
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