@@tony1685Catholicism is the purest and truest form of Christianity

@@samfunk8467it’s the ONLY Christianity! You have the holy Catholic Church. You have 48,000 protestant CULTS.

​@@samfunk8467how do you know, haven't u ever read Bible ?

@@paulebreowong2790 I have

There's wonder working power in following Kingdom principles on giving and tithing. Hallelujah!

But then, how do you get all that in that period of time? What is it you do please, mind sharing?

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Amen!

I am by myself most of the time. Most of my life have been by myself because I can not stand people drinking, smoking tobacco products, marijuana, doing drugs, using fool language and coursing. But, I have never, never, ever feel alone because I know that God is with me. Deo gratias. God bless you.

That most Catholic priests are celibate is largely an accident of the history due to the Latin Church's overwhelming numbers.

Why would God choose a married man to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ (Peter) and then the church that claims he’s their first pope (Do you realize Jesus Christ is an Apostle?) does away with the ability for a man like him to be chosen by God in His body again? Do you think man’s rules will stop God from anointing any man He wants to be an apostle today? But men will stand in the way and say we should be more like Jesus and be celibate as priests. Why don’t you be more like Jesus Christ and read His words and let His Spirit help you to think like Him so you can look like Him. Peter would have been rejected by the Catholic “priesthood” today.

@@Windowsndoors Peter, our first pope actually gave up everything and followed Christ. Including his wife and family. (Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have?) He did not lead a married life after becoming a disciple of Christ. A priest is In Persona Christi. He is married to the church. How can he have another wife? His heart belongs to God alone. This is why in the early church itself, priestly celibacy was made a norm. It is a gift by God to the priest and also to the church. A married man is not free to give his all to God and His church. He is pulled in all directions. It is not fair even on a natural level- to the person involved, let alone the wife and children. A priest has to put God and the church first- before himself. His life is a sacrificial one. Just as Christ whom He represents. Even in some eastern churches with married priests, only celibate men can be consecrated as bishops. I hope you made a typing error. Jesus Christ is the Son of God- the Second person of the Most Holy Trinity- Truly God and truly man. Our Lord, our King and our saviour. Not an apostle.

@@1978gisa he did not leave his wife. Jesus commands to love your wife but allowed Peter to divorce his? No.

@@1978gisa you all twist scripture. They left all things. A wife is not a thing. Read 1 Corinthians 7. It explains how a married man is supposed to live. It’s not saying to divorce your wife. Peter did not do that. God would not command to love your wife as Christ loved the church in one breath and then by the same Spirit “Peter, and all men must leave their wives.” Is God confused or double minded? A man is devoted to Christ and that’s why wives are commanded to submit to their husbands as to the Lord. God will always lead by the head and the husband is the head. He created life for order and if there’s going to be marriage there must be a leader. It’s not to be controlling or more important. The man bears the responsibility of listening and following the Lord like Abram and Sarai. If you have a wife who wines and complains as you go you still have to follow and if she wants what’s behind you have to let her go and follow.

This is correct. If the celibacy law ever gets repealed in the West, only already married men could enter formation, with the wife having 100% veto power. Once the wife or her priest-husband dies, neither spouse can ever remarry. Those single men who enter seminary will still be bound to celibacy from the get-go. Such rules won’t apply to religious orders, just the diocesan priesthood.

Some Eastern Orthodox now allow a priest to re-marry if his wife dies and he still has young children. The intent is to provide those children with a mother figure during their formative years. This is permitted under economia only and is not a standard practice.

It is, my brother in Christ. Come closer!

Don't u know pedo priests ?

Atheism is the most beautiful.

@@sopadeeletras well said!!

Catholicism is beautiful, remember that there are Eastern Churches in communion with Rome as well.

What did God guide you ? The Gay Ginger Rogers ?

God bless you for that. 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤

@@whenitRainsitpours25 Her husband died, God bless what ?

@@paulebreowong2790 You don't even understand anyway, so just shut up

@@paulebreowong2790 she didn't mention her husband died. Are we even reading the same comment here? 🤨 Get your anti-theist mindset elsewhere

Closeted gay men will continue to be drawn to the priesthood as long as being gay is stigmatized. Gays have been able to hide in the cloistered world of the all-male priesthood. Nobody will ask Lucas why he has no interest in women, or has no children.

As someone who is Eastern Rite Catholic, we still value celibacy however we do not see it as a barrier to priestly ordination - celibacy is a gift, not a given, and just because a man has not received that gift does not mean he should be barred from said ordination (though episcopal ordination is different). But I would be curious to see an official answer from this channel.

We are in the Western part.

As an avid Bible reader, I have also struggled with this passage in regards to Catholic discipline. It is clearly Biblical that priests should be allowed to marry if not encouraged in some instances. Even the first Pope, Pope Saint Peter, was a married man. While the practice may be beautiful in some ways, the enforcement of is not biblical and goes against the practice of most of church history.

I thought it actually said "Deacon" and not "Bishop" Though??? Priests can't be married, but decaons can. Priests have to give their whole heart to God because it also says in the bible(book of corinthians I believe) that when a man is married his heart is not given completely unto God its given to his wife and his Time is spent on earthly duties that stem from his marriage. Whereas a priest is free to serve God with his entire being.

I think you don't need to defend this because if you follow the church then it is mandatory to follow canon laws. This celibacy is more a church law and discipline than a dogma or doctrine IE a pope or the council of bishops can change this. Whatever, this is a church discipline and it also shows how successful the church is such that even after 2k years there are people who gives up their bodily pleasures and serve the God.

​​@@eoinMB3949 You're correct, there is a portion that talks about deacons. But it also talks about bishops, actually the chapter starts out with bishops clearly stating they should be allowed to be married. You are also correct about 1st Corinthians, however, that is in regards to all men and not specifically priests. Is 1 Corinthians then calling all men to be celebent as you are saying? Of course not, the Bible says a man is to leave his parents and be joined to his wife. Paul also speaks of the wonders of marriage in Ephesians. He's simply speaking of the gift of celibacy, as Paul himself was celibate, but he certainly is not calling all people nor priests to forced celibacy.

​​@@AthanSMaliakkalwhile I don't disagree with you, priests were allowed to be married in the church longer than they've been denied the sacrament. If you look into the history, the main reason that celibacy was enforced was due to property rights and the church losing property due to marriage. The enforcement of the practice was not necessarily a religious one.

Is he under Scotland Yard investigation of sex crime on minor ?

Brooo, yes but married men can't become priests AT ALL in Latin Rite. That's the point that people are talking about.

@@TheCakeStudios7 the video title specifically frame the question around people who are already priests getting married. People keep responding by saying “in the east priests can get married”. I’m specifically referring to those people There are also some exceptions that allow Latin right married men to become priests

@@eliohaddad8544 I think you meant to say: Some non-Roman Catholic married Priests can convert to Roman Catholic married Priest

@@whatsup3270 yes, from Protestant sects. Ex Anglican, Episcopalian and Lutheran clergy can be received into the church. But because they don’t have valid orders, they need to be ordained properly. So you still have the case of a now married Catholic lay man (remember his orders were invalid in those Protestant sects) who received special permission that allows him to be ordained despite his marriage

The secular clergy do not enter the religious life, as the regular clergy do. So, for the secular clergy, who do not take religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, whether or not they are permitted to marry is a matter for the Church. If the Church did decide that they were free to marry, then they would not be breaking any religious vow if they did then marry. The regular clergy can never marry - they have taken religious vows which permanently exclude entering into the married state.

Jesus often says in Scripture: leave your family and follow me. And he also said basically that everyone is his mother, brother, sister,. Thank you God for sending us our pastors and priests who we call " Father"

Good point.

If the pastor is protestant then there NOT Christian and on there way to HELL because there’s NO salvation outside the holy Catholic Church which is the ONLY CHURCH

I was going to ask same question.

A deacon is not a priest.

@@alisongiunti5859True, but the celibacy law also always applied to subdeacons. There was no permanent diaconate as an institution for most of Church history.

Any ism that demands a person to deny their God-given sexuality is likely to cause trouble.

@@Videx19 Jesus Christ Himself disagrees with you.

@@AA-xo9uw Did Christ tell you that himself? Can I have his cellphone number so he can tell me in a phone call? Celibacy is not working for 40,000 Roman Catholic priests around the world who are having sex with other men. Also, there are an estimated 10,000 born with Roman Catholic priests as the father. The poor kid is often lied to because the Roman Catholic Church can’t have scandals.

Stupid: it most certainly is not a denial of sexuality, but in fact, it's an affirmation and acceptance of the fact, which is the basis for a decision to voluntarily renounce marriage and all sexual activity for the sake of the Kingdom.

The priest doesn't give couples counseling, but spiritual guidance. To encourage and guide you in the path of sacrificial love for your spouse, children, and your 'neighbour' (i.e. those God has put around you). Who better to show this path of love if not the man who chooses LOVE itself, sacrificing the desires of the flesh to have a heart more available to your concerns? On that same token (one could argue), how can you have a meaningful relationship with Christ in his sacred humanity since he was celibate? How can you relate to Him or Him to you? That beauty lies there, in that he loves you (each one of us) so much that he forgoes that natural good desire for spouse and family to give his heart fully to you and me. That's the point of celibacy. It also gives hope (with witness of good celibate men) that God is worth a lifetime to wait for, to belong just to Him. I'm not the kind of guy to ever comment on youtube videos (first time I have, I think). It's just that I've seen this said by many others and it saddens me. That priest has made the sacrifice for you, as Christ has. For struggles of married life per se, or to exchange ideas about married life more specifically then it makes sense to chat to other married men. Those who are living a good Christian life in particular. Writing the above with lots of love, brother. As I said, I felt compelled to address your point. Onwards and upwards !

He lives in a world of make-believe like the rest of us.

Have you not read the call of Jesus that "so one flock of sheep and one shepherd"? Obey the Pope. Celibacy is a total surrender. It is a gift from God. It further sanctifies the priestly life. Perhaps a married priest has more commitment to his family. It shouldn't. At any time a priest should be able to approach the faithful entrusted to him at any time, be it night or day. His life must be wholly for Jesus and the believers. So should every Catholic priest. We should not look for things in other churches. The Catholic Church is one, holy, universal..Amen

You neglected to mention that prior to ordination you received a dispensation from refraining from conjugal relations with your spouse and also agreed that if your spouse precedes you in death that you will then adopt the discipline of celibacy for the remainder of your life. Why?

@clivedytor2069 Clive, if you're truly an Orthodox or Eastern Rite priest, please identify your Church and where you serve, - the eparchy, and your bishop. Thank you.

Neither do the Traditional Latin Mass orders, who must be single and celibate. Once ordained, a priest can’t marry. All married priests were already Sacramentally married long before even considering their vocations.

Man, you're a genius. Let's put you on charge since you've got it all figured out!

They turn wine into the Blood of Christ, so.. your point?

Even better. The priest turns wine into the blood of Jesus.

You should delete your comment you got eaten in the replies

But St Peter the Apostle was married

@@publican168 true yes. More than one pope was married though.

I believe you may have worded your statements incorrectly. The Catholic Church does not allow priests to marry. It allows already married men to become priests. The married priests that exist married before ordination.

Sacrifice ? Can't u do anything better ?

and the pervert priests

Amen

What belongs to God is married men. Just because an establishment of religion has forced celibacy to priest doesn't mean it is of God...

@@ChristianX-pn9ou That is your interpretation.

No it wasn't. God's first commandment was to fast - "Of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden thou shalt not eat."

@@Ggdivhjkjl sorry. First command WITH A BLESSING attached to it

Read what Christ had to say in Matthew 19 and Luke 18 during His exchange with Peter.

@@AA-xo9uw “some” not all have the gift. But it doesn’t make one more spiritual as the Catholics like to make it out to sound.

@@AaronGlenn88 No one has a right to be ordained. One of the reasons why the seminary is so long is so an individual can discern if they have the ability to give up everything as Christ explains in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke in order to serve the Kingdom without impediment. Relativists like you fail to recognize that and you also fail to comprehend that the ministerial Priesthood of the ordained isn't a 9-5 vocation.

23 of the 24 Churches sui juris which comprise the Catholic Church ordain, as a norm, married men. However if the spouse of a married Priest precedes him in death, the Priest must then adopt the discipline of celibacy for the remainder of his life. That also applies to married protestant ministers who convert to Catholicism and are ordained in the Latin Rite under the 1980 Pastoral Provision or the Anglican Ordinariate,

Read Canons XXVII and XXXIII from the Council of Elvira. I'd be curious for your explanation of the reason for the epidemic of sexual abuse of minors which occurs in public schools since you can't use your crutch of blaming celibacy for those crimes and disorders.

Married men may be ordained in the Eastern Rites. However, once ordained a single Priest may not lawfully marry and remain in the clerical state and all Bishops in the Eastern Rites are chosen exclusively from the ranks of celibates.

Not allowing priests to marry after ordination is intended as a way of protecting parishioners from being preyed upon.

@Ggdivhjkjl Well given all the scandals that have come out from priests "behaving badly", I don't think it's working that well. Perhaps a discipline could be implemented that the priest may not have a romantic relationship with parishioners from his own church. That seems a much simpler restriction than banning them from getting married entirely.

23 of the 24 Churches sui juris that comprise that comprise the Church ordain, as a norm, married men.

@@FinalLugiaGuardian Public school teachers are allowed to marry but that hasn't prevented the epidemic of the sexual abuse of minors from occurring public schools, has it?

Marriage is not the solution to pedophilia. You have married teachers abusing students, married fathers abusing their own daughters etc. I think we can make the case that pedophiles should not marry. If a man’s wife dies does he have to immediately seek a wife for fear of abusing his children? No. If grandma passes away, grandpa is not going to become a pedophile. Your stance is illogical.

Paedofillia is from gay priest entering the church, married priest would not change paedofillia. Most sexual assault happens in the secualar world and by married men , you better believe it.

3 Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect. 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?) 1 Timothy 3

Adevarat, si eu sunt greco-catolic si sunt de aceeasi parere.

Matthew 19 10 The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.” 11 But he said to them, “Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given. 12 For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.”

He may be married to the church, but he gets his sexual release from other priests. Remember, at least 10% of Roman Catholic priests are living the lavender lifestyle.

Suggest you obtain a copy of "The Apostolic Origins Of Priestly Celibacy" by Christian Cochini, read it deliberately and completely and become edified.

At one time he was. His wife, however, is never mentioned in Scripture and his exchange with Christ in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke are often overlooked by people like you. "Then Peter answering, said to Him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed Thee: what therefore shall we have? And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say to you, that you, who have followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of His majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for My name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting. And many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first." Matthew 19:27-30 "Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things, and have followed Thee. Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting." Luke 18:28-30

Well when you consider that the Church teaches that homosexuals are not to be admitted to the priesthood, I’m not sure your comment really holds.

Technically no Orthodox priest can marry. They must rather be married before ordination, but cannot be ordained after the diaconate. This is the case in the Eastern Catholic rites as well. There are many celibate Orthodox priests too and all Bishops must be celibate. To accuse a man who chooses celibacy of homosexuality is ignorant. Our Lord was celibate and many of our beloved Apostles were celibate

Isn't it that you have to be married BEFORE you are ordained? That's how it is in the Eastern Catholic Churches

@@israeliana yes, so priests cannot get married. But a married man can become a priest

@@kyrieeleison1243 However, the research indicates that 56% of Roman Catholic priests are sexually attracted to men, and 10% of Roman Catholic priests are having sex with other men. Despite church teaching on homosexuality, the church has a credibility issue as it says one thing, but is willfully ignorant that homosexuals make up half of the clergy.

That’s just uncharitable

Your attitude is very disrespectful. Yes, there are some Catholic priests in the Eastern rites that are married. However, they were not priests when they got married. Priests cannot get married. If he is widowed, he cannot marry again.

Go to confession.

@@calebadcock363 we have married priests. Burke does not have job because he has made a mess everywhere he served. And he has eaten too much - gluttony!

@@marie-lucilia no there are “Roman” priests who are married. Former Anglican and Lutheran clergy who are ordained Catholic priests.

Many other Christian religions have pastors who are married and lead many sheep.

@@Videx19 Well if your married you couldn't look after you flock 💯 that's my opinion THANK YOU GOD BLESS 🙏

I think Cardinal Burke knows that.

@@jcers maybe they should stop assuming all catholics are not Roman.

Amen brother. Please support the comment I also put on this thread. I think you'd agree.

@@josephjacob3274 perhaps one could consider the fact that the video was titled as it is in order to attract the attention of Christians of other denominations who might have an innate objection to this Church discipline without wanting to get them bogged down in Catholic ecclesiological structures. I’m certain that the person who titled this video is well aware of the 23 other Catholic Churches outside of the Latin Church.

Well,no....That not true. It's true that there are some Eastern Rite priests who are married,however they were already married BEFORE they become a priest. Not after. An eastern rite priest cannot get married after he becomes a priest.

Latin rite should be preferred over any other rites!!

You must be a troll. That's not the teaching of the Church.

Technically no priest, Western or Eastern that can “get married”. Rather they must be married before ordination. In the Western rite they just simply must be celibate for ordination

@@kenchrusch9020 no he's current. Do you know what the Eastern Catholic Churches are?

They have to be married before being ordained, so it's not inaccurate. There are no Catholic Priests who get married, but there are Married Men who become Priests

Hahahahah, I have heard 5,000 highly educated good behaved faithful not to be priest, don't you know why ?

Rather, worthy married men should be ordained as priests, as they are in the Eastern Churches.

The 23 Churches sui juris in the Eastern Rites that ordain, as the norm, married men all have a shortage of Priests. Your solution is specious at best and refuted by facts.

@@jenniferfulford3871 My question not yet answered, as usual, God failed to answer people.

Incorrect. Suggest you read Matthew 19 and see what Christ Himself has to say on the topic.