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In some Christian churches, such as the western and some eastern sections of the Catholic Church, priests and bishops must as a rule be unmarried men. In others, such as the Eastern Orthodox Church, the churches of Oriental Orthodoxy and some of the Eastern Catholic Churches, married men may be ordained as deacons or priests, but may not remarry if their wife dies, and celibacy is required ...
It can change" but added: "For the moment, I am in favor of maintaining celibacy, with all its pros and cons, because we have ten centuries of good experiences rather than failures.... Tradition has weight and validity." [76] He said that now the rule must be strictly adhered to, and any priest who cannot obey it "has to leave the ministry."
Catholics claim that, while all Christians have the right to receive the sacraments, [4] there is no right to ordination. [5] They further claim that the sacraments work ex opere operato, [6] as manifestations of Jesus' actions and words during his life, [7] and that Holy Orders is the manifestation of Jesus' calling of the twelve apostles. [8]
As of 2013, a minority in the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests support ordaining women to the priesthood and a majority favour allowing woman deacons. [103] In 2014, the Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland stated that the Catholic Church must ordain women and allow priests to marry in order to survive. [104]
In 1924 The Methodist Episcopal Church granted women the right to be ordained as local deacons and elders. [26] The Rev. Belle Carter Harmon of Montana was the first woman to be ordained a local deacon in the Methodist Episcopal Church, [ 27 ] on 31 August 1924 at Helena, Montana. [ 28 ]
Ruby Franke, the Utah mother of six who branded herself as a parenting expert and garnered millions of subscribers to her now-defunct YouTube channel, "8 Passengers," was driven by "religious ...
[8] Catholics living a consecrated life or monasticism include both the ordained and unordained. Institutes of consecrated life, or monks, can be deacons, priests, bishops, or non-ordained members of a religious order. The non-ordained in these orders are not to be considered laypersons in a strict sense—they take certain vows and are not ...
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