Non-latin rite and married priests

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check out this link:

wtu.edu/news/InTheNews/married-reordained-9-05-03.htm

…especially the paragraph towards the end:

However, about three years ago, Coriden said, an Eastern Rite bishop in Connecticut ordained a married deacon to the priesthood and was not reprimanded by Rome.
“There was no reaction to it whatsoever,” Coriden said. “I think that prohibition (to Eastern Rite celibacy) is just going to quietly and gradually fall.”
 
The prohibition against married eastern clerics in the US has long been on the decline ,thankfully.

My point is that if you intend to be a married priest to begin with and switch churches, then I think there is a moral dilemma involved .

If you are a man who has no previous intention towards married clergy , but after the rite switch you change your mind, then there is no problem IMO.
 
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This isn’t a status symbol or a a state to seek for its own end…

There is nothing wrong with joining any of the Catholic Churches in communion with Rome.

If you feel the call to be married and to be a priest, you will have to sort how that will work out.

But just going to the Ruthenians, Ukrainians, Melkites, etc so you can be a priest and be married isn’t going to cut it. You have to be called to priestly service TO those communities.

Our bishops know the drill already. Guys who call them up trying to satisfy their own whims and find the “married priest niche” are not well recieved. If you know us, join us and want to serve us that is one thing. We aren’t here to accomadate some “let’s get around celibacy” game.

I can also tell anyone and everyone here that a Roman who transfers, marries, and gets ordained in the East is not going to have “going home to Rome” as an option. For the most part, Byzantine priests aren’t granted bi-ritual faculties for the Roman rite as often as the reverse. I can tell you right now, a married ex-Roman is going to have a tougher time getting them otherwise, and his Eastern bishop is going to want to know what is up with that.
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Not only that, SS, God is also onto guys who try that ruse and He will make sure that Romans who are switching to become priests will not make it.

You have to make it through the Vocation Director, the Parish Priest, and eventually the Bishop before you can even get into the Seminary. He uses our clergy to screen out people who have less than altruistic motives.

By the way, I like your posts and your blog.👍
 
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