Friday, November 8, 2019

Profile of Married Priest: Fr. Pyotr Married with 4 Kids; Not Adopting an "Ultra-Liberal Stance"

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/uniates-survived-communism-and-flourish-again-in-ukraine-1.118152%3fmode=amp (6 Nov. 2019)


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The married status has not, however, led to Father Pyotr adopting an ultra-liberal stance towards priestly celibacy. "I would advise those priests in the West who are calling for an end to the regulations on celibacy to think hard about it. Becoming a priest is to carry a cross. To be a priest and to be married is to bear two crosses.

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