Get Rid of the Celibacy Requirement

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If one is already a priest, like the Anglican in question, then converts, as he did, he can be a married Catholic priest. And, as another person has stated, even though a priest’s wife and children were not ordained, unrealistic expectations are placed on them that cause stress. The point is: he did not enter a Catholic seminary as a married man with nine kids.

Again, where would all these married priests and children live? Who would pay their living expenses?
 
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KJW5551 said:
Yeah that’s just flat out wrong. Eastern Catholic married priests absolutely have young children.
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I’m only speaking of Roman Catholics. No one needs to get rid of the celibacy requirement in Eastern churches since married men can become priests.

So it’s just flat out right.
 
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ConstantLearner said:
Oh, it happens. It’s already been said in this thread that some married men are accepted in Catholic seminaries, but a man with nine kids would be a rare exception. And, as another person has stated, even though a priest’s wife and children were not ordained, unrealistic expectations are placed on them that cause stress.

Again, where would all these married priests and children live? Who would pay their living expenses?
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Oh my, it will cost money!
 
KJW5551 said:
This can be done any time someone is seriously ill, not only at the point of death. CCC 1514.
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So when a Catholic is hit by a car in the middle of the night he should just hold on until business hours?
 
MikeInVA said:
It will cost more than money. If the married priest needs to get a job to make enough to live on, he will now have three competing loyalties.
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Someone would have to get short shrift, the congregation or the family.
 
goout said:
Life is hard, really hard. Why did I get out of bed this morning?
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Try having three jobs and a duty to pray every day at certain hours, plus a duty to the needs of hundreds of parishioners.
 
And where are these additional priests coming from? It sounds wonderful that all of these married men are standing by waiting to become priests but I don’t think it’s so.
 
ConstantLearner said:
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goout:
Life is hard, really hard. Why did I get out of bed this morning?
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Try having three jobs and a duty to pray every day at certain hours, plus a duty to the needs of hundreds of parishioners.
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I get the point that life is hard.
Do you get the point that faithfullness to vocation opens up God’s abundant fruitfullness?
And that fear of scarcity should never be a motivation for considering what is right?
 
Tha same goes for all men who have demanding jobs. But the responsibilities of the priesthood should be managed so they are no more demanding than any other job.
 
MikeInVA said:
So when a Catholic is hit by a car in the middle of the night he should just hold on until business hours?
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No. When did I say that? I said that 90% of appointments are prescheduled. A Catholic being hit by a car in the middle of the night would certainly fall under the 10%.

Putting words in people’s mouths is always a poor argumentation technique.
 
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