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By Ines Inés San. MARTIN — Martín Rome pope francis Expressed compassion thursday for men who have left the priesthood, to marry reportedly saying he “understands,” their suffering but he stopped short of saying that-those ex priests should be able to return to. active ministry Francis was quoted after that encounter as saying that the issue of priests who left to marry being able to come back was “on his agenda,” but a cleric who took part in the Thursday session said Francis did not indicate that he was inclined to take dramatic steps. Advertisement. Tags: Catholic Church, celibacy, married priests, Pope Francis, reform, Vatican. David Gibson is a national reporter for RNS and an award-winning religion journalist, author and filmmaker. He has written several books on Catholic topics. The first 72 Popes had wives and most priests had wives at that time. Celibacy was instituted in the Roman Rite in the 1500’s partly due to politics and partly due to the influence of the monasteries. Why is it that priests from the Anglican/Episcopalian Churches can become Catholic, be married, and get ordained. ADVERTISEMENT. Pope Francis has promised to shake up the Catholic Church, and his new secretary of state did just that this week, saying that the tradition of priestly celibacy should be open to debate. Pope Francis has already loosened up the papacy in his four months as head of the Catholic Church, eschewing many of the formal trappings of his office and saying he would not judge gay priests. Cereti cited the example of the Eastern Catholic Churches, where married men can be ordained priests, to question why the married priests of the Latin Rite cannot celebrate the Mass and the other sacraments of the Church. Francis was quoted after that encounter as saying that the issue of priests who left to marry being able to come back was “on his agenda,” but a cleric who took part in the Thursday session said Francis did not indicate that he was inclined to take dramatic steps. Advertisement. (RNS) Pope Francis likes to say that he prefers to raise questions rather than issue edicts or change doctrine, and he has certainly generated plenty of debate with his off-the-cuff remarks about gays and his cold-call chats on topics like divorce and Communion, as happened recently with a woman in Argentina. Martin 'open' to married priests. Pope says married priests possible, media reports claim. Why the media is WRONG about Pope Francis and married priests ... Pope Francis Allows Married Man to Join Priesthood for First Time in ... U.S. Catholics View Pope Francis as a Change for the Better | Pew ... Pope says married priests possible, media reports claim | National .. Pope's right hand man says priests may be allowed to marry and celibacy is 'tradition, rather than law'. 1  Archbishop Pietro Parolin says there should be a 'discussion' on issue. 2  Statement carries weight as he is Pope Francis' second-in-command. 3  He says celibacy for priests is 'not dogma'. The Pope’s new right-hand man has called for ‘discussion’ on the issue of celibacy within the Catholic Church. Archbishop Pietro Parolin, the new secretary of state of the Vatican, told Venezuelan newspaper El Universal that celibacy is tradition rather than law, and should be open to discussion. VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has made a habit of personally answering letters sent to him from around the world -- but not from a group of two dozen Italian women who say they are married to or involved with Catholic priests. Categories: Beliefs, Institutions. 
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