Married Priests Would "Reshape Catholics' Understanding of the Priesthood": F.X. Rocca (WSJ)

Source: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiD5bjh9ujkAhWDtZ4KHc06CuQQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fcatholics-debate-the-future-of-priestly-celibacy-11561652407&psig=AOvVaw2YVXeDOccGYYBhV7tOWVsh&ust=1569396250493098
(9/24/19)

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Both sides in the debate over clerical celibacy agree that regularly ordaining married priests would, for better or worse, reshape Catholics’ understanding of the priesthood. Catholic doctrine doesn’t require clerical celibacy, and married priests were common in the early church, but celibacy was always honored as a sign of special commitment. “An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and he is divided,” wrote St. Paul in his First Letter to the Corinthians.