Should Catholic Priests Be Able to Marry?

Priest celibacy is one of the most recognized elements of the Catholic church. But with a religion largely based on family values and passing beliefs onto the next ...

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According to the Vatican's secretary of state "priest celibacy is an open question" for the Catholic Church and it should be. Family values and passing along belief in god to the next generation are a large part of Catholic life. Plus, marriage is one of the seven sacraments. Why in this day and age does the church require its Priests to miss out on those elements of their religion? Well, first off they don't. Celibacy is not a revealed truth passed down from God to man. It is a church discipline and as such there are some exceptions. According to USCatholic.Org about a hundred Catholic Priests in the US today are married. These Priests were Episcopalian and Lutheran ministers who got married. Then later converted to Catholicism at which time they were ordained as ...