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November 2019

November 29, 2019

Steubenville to ordain first married priest, a former Pentecostal minister from its first diaconate class

Big news, via CNS: Deacon Drake McCalister, a former Pentecostal minister, has been given approval...

October 2019

October 20, 2019

Cardinal Schönborn on women’s ministry and deacons in Amazon

One of the four men charged with drafting the final document for the Amazon Synod...

October 17, 2019

In praise of the priest’s wife: ‘Your ministry begins before ordination even happens’

Here's something I think a lot of deacons — and their wives — will appreciate....

October 16, 2019

Synod update: a dissenting voice on married priests in the Amazon

“We must allow people to hear the calling of Jesus, and sometimes because of our...

October 15, 2019

Synod update: Ordaining married men a ‘recurring topic’

From RNS: The ordination of married men has been a recurring topic at the synod....

October 07, 2019

Synod on married priests, women in ministry: ‘It will be necessary to define new paths for the future’

"Whether celibacy is kept or not will not matter a whit to whether the Church...

September 2019

September 16, 2019

Amazon archbishop backs ordaining married men as priests

From Crux: According to a Spanish missionary archbishop who’s been in Ecuador since 1998, “We...

September 12, 2019

Eastern archbishop: Marriage doesn’t solve the priest shortage

From Crux: Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has urged...

September 09, 2019

Meet the divorced father of two who is also a Catholic priest

From the Aberdeen News in South Dakota: The Rev. Tom Hartman’s first call was as...

June 2019

June 17, 2019

Vatican Document for Amazon Synod Proposes Ordaining Married ‘Elders’ as Priests

Details (roughly translated): The Instrumentum laboris outlines an "inculturated liturgy" : "The need for a process of...

June 03, 2019

Wow: This 100-Year-Old Priest Has Four Sons Who Are Priests, Too

This vocation has to be one for the record books: Don Probo Vaccarini was ordained...

May 2019

May 15, 2019

From Pentecostal Preacher to Catholic Priest

Another amazing vocation story about a married man about to be ordained to the priesthood:...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

Will the Amazon Synod Discuss Married Priests?

Well, that depends on whom you interview and when. This appeared yesterday, via CNS: The...

October 2018

October 08, 2018

Pope praises families of married Eastern Catholic priests

Details: The families of Eastern-rite Catholic priests give an important witness to what is healthy...

October 03, 2018

‘It can be more tricky to find a suitable married man to ordain than a suitable celibate man’

An Australian bishop has some thoughts on the pros and cons of ordaining married men...

June 2018

June 08, 2018

Vatican: ‘We don’t want to preclude anything’ regarding women or married priests at Amazon summit

From Crux: At a press conference on the summit of bishops focusing on the Pan-Amazonian...

May 2018

May 22, 2018

‘There is no canonical or doctrinal objection to ordaining married men for priestly ministry’ — UPDATED

That's the central point that canonist Ed Peters makes in his post today, but he...

August 2011

August 19, 2011

What about the families of former Anglican priests?

A few months back, I posted an item about one Anglican clergyman's leap of faith,...

August 17, 2011

Married priest: "A celibate priest can give so much more"

That comes straight from the horse's mouth, as it were -- from a former Anglican...

August 08, 2011

Priest of note: he tried out for the Met — and he's married

From Oregon comes this intriguing piece about yet another married Episcopalian minister who has become...

August 05, 2011

Divorced grandfather ordained a priest in California

He's shown above with his children and grandchildren (and, according to the caption, his ex-wife...

June 2011

June 06, 2011

Sacramento gets its first married priest

Several months ago, I posted an item on this man's unusual journey to the priesthood. ...

May 2011

May 04, 2011

Married priests: a "temporary aberration"

That, according to at least one high-ranking Vatican official: Married priests will be only a...

February 2011

February 22, 2011

Pope grants special permission for married man to be ordained priest — UPDATED

It happened in Germany. Details, from the New York Daily News: A married father of...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

Quote of the day II: what we may hear with married priests

“Well! I see another year has gone by and the pastor’s wife still isn’t pregnant. ...