From England-A PIECE of history was made when a former Anglican minister became Liverpool’s first married Catholic priest.
Father Jonathan Brown needed special permission – or “dispensation” – from Pope Benedict to be released from the ordained Catholic priest’s traditional vow of celibacy.
That was because as well as being married 37-year-old Fr Jonathan is the father of two young children.
He will only be required to follow the rule of celibacy if he outlives his wife Kara.
Although it is not unusual for former Anglican ministers to convert to Catholicism and become ordained priests, only a handful are married and with a young family.
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How sad that priests are accepted from other faiths when good Catholic priests who are called to both priesthood and marriage are dismissed from ministry. Surely the latter are better witnesses to Catholic faith and stronger proponents of Catholicism having stayed the course in spite of the church's troubles. What wonderful gifts a Catholic married priest and his spouse would bring to the pastoring of a parish!!! Soon celibacy will be optional and not mandated for Paul said "Regarding celibacy, I have no command from the Lord" so why should the hierarchy command it?
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