Cardinal Egan Willing To Discuss Relaxing Celibacy Rules In The Church
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
NY cardinal predicts 'discussion' on celibacy
Cardinal Edward Egan, outgoing Archbishop of New York, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cardinal_Egan
said today that priestly celibacy is not a closed issue and is "a perfectly legitimate discussion.""I think it's going to be looked at, and I am not so sure it wouldn't be a good idea to decide on the basis of geography and culture not to make an across-the-board determination," the cardinal told Fred ################er, state editor of the N.Y. Post and host of the Fred ################er Show on 1300 Talk Radio in Albany.
Cardinal Egan, who made the comments during a 30-minute interview on ################er's radio show while in Albany March 10 for the New York State Catholic Conference's annual Public Policy Day, said that many Eastern Rite Catholic Churches allow married priests with "no problem at all.""Is it a closed issue? No, that's not a dogmatic stand," he said, when ################er asked if he had "any hesitancy about priestly celibacy."The cardinal said his inability to reverse the downward trend in priestly vocations was his "greatest disappointment" as archbishop.
During the interview, he also addressed the Church's legislative priorities on issues such as abortion, same sex marriage and education. He told ################er that he felt the Church was winning the battle of public opinion on abortion thanks to sonogram technology, but losing the battle on the same sex marriage front due to a well-funded Page Ranking campaign by proponents.
This was reported in today's main stream evening news. He spoke on talk radio on March 10th.
Posted by Mary DeTurris Poust at 11:01 PM to a blog.
I HOPE THEY INVITE SOME WOMEN IN THE DISCUSSION. THAT WOULD BE A NICE CHANGE WOULDN'T IT.
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