The pontiff acknowledged that priests in the Eastern Orthodox Church, which is considered a part of global Catholicism, are married, and that churches aligned with Rome allow married clergy, who select that option before ordination.
‘s celibacy requirement could be reconsidered, although he added that he did not believe relaxing the rule would encourage more men to consider a clerical vocation. He described celibacy in the priesthood as a “gift” from God but also a “provisional” discipline that is not essential to ordination.
“Here in the Curia we have one — just today I came across him — who has his wife, his son [and he] comes [here],”“Everyone in the Eastern church is married. Or those who want to,” saidAmong the reasons for instituting celibacy more than a thousand years ago was to block the priestly office from becoming a hereditary institution, passed on from father to son, according to the Rev.
“It’s very clear in the tradition of the East, no priest may marry, [but] married men may become priests. That’s an important distinction that one has always to be clear on,” Father Morozowich said. Mr. Morris, now an executive business coach in New York City, tied the question of expanding the potential applicant pool to other issues plaguing the church.
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