Married priests Archives

Dreams of shutting down lazy talk about “the people” and “the base”

Jul 12, 2020

If I were Pope for a day, I’d commission one of the most reliable polling institutes in the world to conduct regular surveys of the global Catholic population on all the issues of importance in Catholic life.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Eastern churches help Catholic Church be truly catholic, bishop says

Feb 19, 2020

In the United States, there are 17 eparchies — dioceses — that belong to one of nine Eastern Catholic churches: the Ukrainian, Ruthenian, Maronite, Chaldean, Melkite, Syriac, Syro-Malabar, Armenian and Romanian Catholic Churches. Most on on their ad limina visit to Rome.

By Cindy Wooden

Widower-turned-priest backs both celibacy, viri probati

Feb 16, 2020

As the debate on married priests ferments following the publication of a major papal document that was expected to address the issue, one married man who became a priest when his wife died has weighed in on the issue, saying he supports both celibacy, and viri probati.

By Elise Ann Allen

Father Josh: A married Catholic priest in a celibate world

Feb 15, 2020

In a Catholic world where debates over clerical celibacy have flared from Brazil to the Vatican, Joshua Whitfield is that rarest of things: A married Catholic priest.

By Tim Sullivan

Why did Francis punt on married priests in his Amazon document?

Feb 13, 2020

The absence of a clear result on married priests in Querida Amazonia doesn’t necessarily mean the debate is over.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Pope’s top aides say door still open on married priests, women deacons

Feb 12, 2020

Though Pope Francis’s highly anticipated document on the Amazon bypasses the hot-button issues of women deacons and the married priesthood, a number of the pope’s close advisers have said the door is not definitively closed.

By Elise Ann Allen