married priests

[Joseph73]

I agree that if the Church allows married priests, that is quite a different thing than allowing priests to marry.

Once you take Holy Orders, that’s it. You can’t get married or remarried after that. The only difference is that men who are married before they take the vow are permitted.

I would have no problem with that.

 

[bilop]

Generally correct, though a cleric can remarry with dispensation from the Holy See. Typically this only occurs if the cleric has young children, and needs a wife to help raise them.

There was a famous case of a Venetian noble who was in the monastery. He had 5 or 6 brothers, and they were all killed in a single battle, and none of them had children. The Pope dispensed him of his vows so he could marry and the family would not die out. After he had raised his children, he returned to the monastery, and his wife also became a religious.

God Bless

 

[maryjk]

Well, if you got a married pastor, they might assign only one priest to your parish (and maybe bring in a non-resident retired priest to help on Sundays). Many, many parishes have only one priest. It’s actually the norm in Church history law.

Not sure where the non-resident retired priest would come from. But I am sure they are just waiting in the wings to drive an hour each way to our parish.

And they would have to bring in someone. Otherwise our pastor would have 5 Masses for Sunday. Even with that, we are spilling into the hallway since there aren’t enough seats.

Could it work, sure. But it would be far from ideal, regardless of “Church history law.”

I have no problem with married priests. It would effect me either way, married or not.

But it wouldn’t be as easy as some think to change how they live. You can’t just shove a dozen kids in to one bedroom. And you can’t simply add a bath and sitting room for the unmarried priest.