Actually this isn't really news. Married Anglican priests have joined the Roman Catholic Church and acted as priests while remaining married. It seems a bit awkward but it seems to be well established:
Pope Benedict has allowed married Anglican priests to join the priesthood in the Catholic Church.
Pope Benedict said many groups of the Anglican clergy and faithful had asked to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church.
He said this in a statement released on Tuesday by Cardinal William Joseph Levanda, President of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith in the Vatican.
Contacted, the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) head, Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, declined to comment in detail.
“But I can say there are areas where the Catholics and the Anglicans are very close. The movements between them is not a new phenomenon, it happened during the reformation and continues to take place,” he said.
Making the announcement, Cardinal Levanda said the Catholic Church in a forthcoming document provides for the ordination of married former Anglican clerics as Catholic priests.
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http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/674924/-/uo1rag/-/
3 comments:
I can't imagine any self-respecting woman remaining faithful to churches that try to keep them down.
It's sick.
The Roman Catholic Church is making concessions due to its lack of priests and it is also a way to observe married priests.
That the Church does not allow the ordination of women does mean the dignity of women is lessened. These are matters of theology based solidly on clear biblical teaching and two thousand years of sacred tradition.
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