The People Speak Out

Local voices connecting globally

This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.  (Pope Francis)

Canon Law 212 calls upon the laity to speak up:

2 - The Christian faithful are free to make known to the pastors of the Church their needs, especially spiritual ones, and their desires.

§3. - According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they possess, they have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful, without prejudice to the integrity of faith and morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of persons.

I believe Catholic priests should be able to marry. The first few centuries of Christianity, priests were allowed to be married. It was only later that the Church made “rules” for priesthood. Some of Jesus’ apostles were married.
I personally know a very kind, loving, smart, learned, inspiring man who was a priest for many years, and he left the priesthood to marry and raise two children. Especially with such a shortage of Catholic priests, the Church would be enhanced by allowing married priests.

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