This article below is so rich with quotes on married priests. Thank you to "SettimanaNews" (2024).
One main quote is the focus on granting the local bishop authority to make the decisions.on a case by case basis for ordaining married men as Catholic priests.
The other comment is about emphasizing being "Catholic and Apostolic" more that to what Rite one belongs. What matters is that the Catholic Church's ordination to the priesthood comes to us from the Apostles in an unbroken line of succession. There are not two types of Catholic but one.
This focus on oneness makes the Catholic Faith less tribal and more universal.
There are more comments below worth reflecting on for restoring married priests in the Latin Rite for baptized cradle Catholics.
Credit: SettimanaNews (2024)
Cardinal Sako: "Married priests, why not?"
BIO
Louis Raphaël Sako
February 24, 2024 - 07:52
(SettimanaNews) – Louis Raphaël Sako (1948), author of the following article, was ordained a Chaldean priest in 1974, elected Bishop of Kerkuk of the Chaldeans on September 27, 2003, and consecrated on November 14 of the same year. He was elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Church on January 31, 2013. Benedict XVI conferred ecclesiastical communion upon him on February 1, 2013. He was created a cardinal by Pope Francis, receiving the cardinal's hat in the consistory of June 28, 2018. Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans, he resides in the city of Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan, having temporarily left the see of the Iraqi capital due to disagreements with the President of the Republic. A free voice within the Catholic hierarchy, a distinguished scholar of the history of the various Churches, he travels the world to report on the tragic situation of Christians in the Middle East (Francesco Strazzari)."
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"After the ordination, some of those present asked me: Why don't we Latins have this opportunity? We Eastern Catholics are Catholic just like the Latin Roman Catholics. In the Church, we are not two categories of Catholics, but one category: Catholic and Apostolic."
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"There are two different traditions, but tradition is not eternal . The world today is different from the past; it has changed, and society has changed as well. Surely there will be no progress without updating."
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"Some people are called to the priesthood while remaining celibate, and others by getting married."
"In the Eastern Churches, both models exist: celibate priests and married priests. What's the problem? Marriage is a sacrament."
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"Ordaining married men to the priesthood does not negate the presence of celibate priests. Celibacy remains a highly valued charism. They are two different options, and one does not contradict the other."
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"All churches have a great need for priests; why, then, not give local bishops the opportunity to distinguish case by case and decide what they believe is right for their diocese?"
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