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On March 9, 2023 again in Frankfurt am Main at Synodal Path around 75 percentage of German Roman-Catholic bishops supported married priests and want a free celibacy for priests. [99] In January 2024, Maltese archbishop Charles Scicluna supported married priests in Roman Catholic church. [100]
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 ...
They thus admit clerical marriage, not merely the appointment of already married persons as pastors. But in view of 1 Timothy 3:2 and 3:12 , some do not admit a second marriage by a widowed pastor. In these denominations there is generally no requirement that a pastor be already married nor prohibition against marrying after "answering the call".
The Roman Catholic Church should "seriously think" about allowing priests to marry, a senior Vatican official and advisor to Pope Francis said in an interview published on Sunday. "This is ...
In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the loss of clerical state (commonly referred to as laicization, dismissal, defrocking, and degradation) is the removal of a bishop, priest, or deacon from the status of being a member of the clergy.
When priests retire they are still priests even if they no longer have any active ministry. However, they only hold the basic rank after retirement. Thus a retired archbishop can only be considered a bishop (though it is possible to refer to "Bishop John Smith, the former Archbishop of York"), a canon or archdeacon is a priest on retirement and ...
The couple, both widows, married on Friday, Nov. 1, after meeting at their retirement home in Austin, Texas. Snyder is 98 and his new bride is 96. The groom was smitten the first time he saw ...
Attempted marriage. The attempt to marry despite an existing valid marriage or vow of chastity, or the marriage to a woman who had an existing valid marriage or vow of chastity forms an irregularity even after the death of the spouse. [35] Participation in an abortion or murder. Any prior act, statement, financial or moral support which ...