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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Raise up a crop of married priests?

Pope Benedict XVI's Anglican/Episcopal bridge to Catholocism isn't going to solve the priest shortage by allowing married men who aren't already Anglical clergy to find a way in.

Mark Silk's expert correctly reports there isn't even a Eastern Rite seminary exception for ordination of married Catholic priests. Indeed, ask a Maronite [warning: some may respond with asperity].

Seriously. An exception like that, under this pope? Unlikely.

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