The Pope’s decision to allow the setting up of an ordinariate for Anglicans who wish to become Catholic is a generous experiment. It would not be a separate “church” like the Eastern Churches, which are self-governing churches of apostolic origin in communion with Rome. As far as I kow, no pope has ever claimed the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Celibacy'
Benedict and the Anglican Use
October 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Anglicans · Celibacy · Vatican
Misery Loves Company
May 24th, 2009 · No Comments
A priest molested a boarding school boy - but this case didn’t happen in Ireland. It was an Episcopal priest, James Lydell Tucker, a father of five, who molested boys at an upper-class Episcopal school in Austin, Texas. And the Episcopal diocese conspired to cover it up.
What are the lessons? Men don’t have to be [...]
Tags: Celibacy · Episcopal Church · clergy sex abuse scandal
Celibacy in Brazil
February 21st, 2008 · No Comments
According to Ship of Fools (who has done the most intelligible translation of the Portuguese news article):Â
The final document of the 12th National Meeting for Presbyters, which ended yesterday in the Monastery of Itaici, in the city of Indaiatuba (SP), asks the Vatican for alternatives to priestly celibacy - which would mean the ordination of [...]
Tags: Celibacy
Questioning Celibacy
February 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The new head of the German Bishop’s conference, Bishop Zollitsch, has raised a minor fuss in Germany by his comments on celibacy. According to Der Spiegel
Der Freiburger Erzbischof und neugewählte Vorsitzende der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz, Robert Zollitsch, spricht sich “gegen Denkverbote” beim Thema Zölibat aus. Im Gespräch mit dem SPIEGEL sagt der 69-Jährige, die Verbindung zwischen [...]