Deacon David Lopez concludes the following in his blog Sioux City Deacon Formation here which was accessed on March 21, 2017:
Therefore, I am lead to conclude (at least tentatively), Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI have all understood Canon 277.1 to involve one obligation, that of continence-and-celibacy, and not two separate obligations. In permitting married men to be ordained, both aspects of the one obligation are removed together.
Deacon Lopez's point above is important for two reasons:
First, it shows that the three Roman Pontiffs have understood the sense and meaning of continence in Canon 277 to mean that the obligation to celibacy and continence is already removed.
Second, in the current discussion of possibly ordaining married men to the priesthood, the continence canon does not impose a celibacy-continence obligation. Case closed.
Therefore, I am lead to conclude (at least tentatively), Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI have all understood Canon 277.1 to involve one obligation, that of continence-and-celibacy, and not two separate obligations. In permitting married men to be ordained, both aspects of the one obligation are removed together.
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First, it shows that the three Roman Pontiffs have understood the sense and meaning of continence in Canon 277 to mean that the obligation to celibacy and continence is already removed.
Second, in the current discussion of possibly ordaining married men to the priesthood, the continence canon does not impose a celibacy-continence obligation. Case closed.
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