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Father Martin Carter is one of only a handful of Roman Catholic priests in Canada who are married.
Formerly a married part-time Anglican minister, Carter, 65, of Charlottetown was a granted rare permission by the Pope to become a Catholic priest after he converted.
And last week, Pope Benedict gave the nod for a German Lutheran convert, Harm Klueting, 61, to become ordained and remain married to his wife.
Pope John Paul approved of married men being allowed to become ordained with special permission from the Vatican in 1980.
Since then, there have been about a dozen married Canadian men and 100 married American men who have been ordained as Catholic priests.
It took about two years before the Vatican gave permission for Carter to become ordained in August 2009.
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