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Australia's Catholic priests are pushing for optional celibacy, married priests, with a plan to take the issues to the Vatican

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Tags: theology, religion, catholicism, celibacy, vatican, priests, australia, catholic church, author.joanne mccarthy, paywall.soft
https://www.smh.com.au/national/we-live-in-joyful-hope-plan-to-allow-married-catholic-priests-20180916-p5042e.html

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Title
'We live in joyful hope': Plan to allow married Catholic priests
Authors
Joanne McCarthy
Published
Sep 16 2018
Word count
545 words

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  1. sublime_aenima
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    It’s 100% the way to go. Deacons are allowed to be married. It wasn’t until a few hundred years ago that priests were expected to be celibate and it was purely due to the church not wanting to...

    It’s 100% the way to go. Deacons are allowed to be married. It wasn’t until a few hundred years ago that priests were expected to be celibate and it was purely due to the church not wanting to support entire families. Requiring priests to be male and single are both horrible stances (among others) the Catholic Church has that should be forgotten.

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