Thank you for this perspective from the other side. We only seem to get the Catholic perspective, and the liberals among us seem to find every nonsensical excuse to justify marriage of priests. Again, it's Catholics living in Protestant countries that are more sold on to the idea.

Thank u.. I find the married priest concept even an aberration.. if the priest marries then will he able to commit himself to the church completely?? Well, I have small children and let me tell u, they take away all of my spare time.. so, a married priest might find it really impossible to manage his priestly and family duties together..

My priests are not married and I still have to make an appointment. I am not distressed by that though, I think it's perfectly ok to make an appointment because even though they dont have families as they do lots of church and community work.

I’d also point out a married priest bring a valuable perspective on marriage, parenting, and being a caretaker.

Not really. By the 5th century, the trend was Preist celibacy

5th or 12th. What’s the difference

@@mathewjose4753 but not in the apostolic age

Celibacy is better according to St. Paul as well. If you cannot control your own desires you're not going to be effective at helping others with their own. I love being catholic.

My high school crush is a priest… wished if he felt the same about me 😭🙏🏾

You against priests being happy?

Why are you so worried? LOL.

fyi the friend was the woman he married

It's not a teaching of the faith. It's a discipline, not dogma.

Having a "girlfriend" is not scriptual. The goal should be toward marriage. There is a window of time for you to see if someone is compatible for you. Then you should either leave them or marry them.

Eastern catholics have married priests too. And latin catholics (roman) its also allowed to have permanent deacons who are married. The rule though is you have to be married before becoming a priest, thats same for eatern catholics, anglican ordinariate catholics and permanent deacons. Once in the clergy (priest or deacon) you can no longer get married

I thought so too. Western catholics can have married deacons, and there are some married priests from former anglicans (anglican ordinariate) but not that many.

One CANNOT serve the Church and take care of a wife and family too. 1 Cor 7:8 - "To the unmarried and to widows I say: IT IS GOOD FOR THEM TO STAY AS THEY ARE, like me." 1 Cor 7:32-33 - "I should like you to HAVE YOUR MINDS FREE from all worry. THE UNMARRIED MAN GIVES HIS MIND TO THE LORD'S AFFAIRS AND TO HOW HE CAN PLEASE THE LORD; BUT THE MAN WHO IS MARRIED GIVES HIS MIND to the affairs of this world and TO HOW HE CAN PLEASE HIS WIFE, and he is DIVIDED IN HIS MIND." If you believe in the Bible, you cannot believe in married priests. As an authentic Catholic I would NEVER attend a mass where there is a married priest. ALL priests should be heterosexual, celibate virgins, and nothing else. That is what I was brought up to believe, and that is what I will believe until the day I die.

Hey guys, thanks for responding. I'll address both comments here. We too have a married priest in our diocese and I greatly appreciate his ministry. I am open, as well, to the possibility of married priests in the Catholic Church. As long as it's not just a reaction to scandal or a misunderstanding of the theology of celibacy. John, I think the history of celibacy in the Church and the priesthood is more complicated and rich that 1 pope changing it "out of the blue." As Daniel pointed out, Paul references celibacy. St. John was a celibate. It's a thing from the beginning. It is though not a necessity from the beginning. But Daniel, it is also true that it is a possibility and that the sacraments are valid when said by any ordained man, whether he be married or not. I think it would look more like what's in the Eastern Churches. Pastors and Bishops chosen from the celibate, because they more specifically image Christ as the bridegroom, and others filling in the gaps.

@@danielfortier2629 maybe you should start by researching what you were taught was not the case for the 1st 1000 years of the Holy Church. Like the fact married men could be priest and were priest. Now You being an authentic Catholic wouldn't take communion from a Married Priest who not a virgin well you would have to reject receiving Holy Communion from St Peter because St Peter was married with a wife and he had sex and some of the other apostles were believed to be married as well. Question: "Were any of the disciples married?" Answer: We know for certain that Peter was married because he had a mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14). The apostle Paul, who was not married, asked the Corinthians whether he also did not have the right to take a believing wife (1 Corinthians 9:5), as did “the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas [Peter].” From this, we can assume that Peter was not the only one to have a wife. There's nothing wrong with marriage God created it he highly spoke of it that's how we got Eve. I can also sling up Bible verses saying how great marriages is and that it mans choice. Also all Eastern Rite Catholic like Byzantine like Maronite like Orthodox Catholics married men can still become priests and have kids and wife and a dog and they still take care of their parishes quite well for 2000 years..... They been able to have marry men as priests since the beginning of the church history... 100% for married men to become priests we'll get a lot more heterosexuals priest that way .👪 💒 PS the whole church watched our married priest baptize his daughter using the ancient Rite a baptism it was beautiful it felt pretty authentic with God being there.

It's important to note, (I go to a Byzantine Catholic parish and the TLM), that a married man can become a priest. In the East, once you are a priest, you CANNOT get married. You have to be a married man and THEN you can become a priest. However, if you are a married priest, you cannot be raised to the episcopacy/bishopric. The Western tradition of celibacy should stay because it is a beautiful tradition. If it is that big of an issue, then I believe (I hold this view) that the Eastern Catholic Churches should expand. It would, 1. Allow for married men to become priests, 2. Demonstrate that the Catholic Church isn't merely the Roman Church, and 3. It could improve Roman Catholics spiritual life (they may find a greater connection to God in the Eastern rites).

In the new testament Jesus Christ is the only high priest that is talked about.

It makes me angry too. Let them marry.

did He break the law, Himself? I'm Eastern Orthodox, our priests are married, but boy, is your screed misguided!

then you disobey a Catholic teaching. ROC, just like the Orthodox, accepts that a married man can be ordained as priest - it just chooses not to in vast majority of cases.

Someone didn’t watch the video.

Priests in the OT were married long before the Bible was put together. In the new testament Jesus Christ is the only high priest that is talked about.