Pope Francis requests Roman Catholic priests be given the right to marry:

[Kingofalldems]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pope-francis-requests-roman-catholic-priests-given-right-get-married-163603054.html

This is for Brazil only but would start the ball rolling.

[Freethinker65]

1. How about the rights of women to take contraception

[OnDoutside]

2. About time !!!

The lack of priests in Ireland is critical or worse.

[Doreen]

3. They want boys so if they keep having girls then what?

Do they kill the girls like some cultures have? Do they make them get divorced? Will the boys be forced to become priests?

[shenmue]

4. What?

[Kingofalldems]

6. Me too.

[Doreen]

7. It says that he wants priests to marry because of the declining population of

men going into the priesthood. So I take it that means if they marry they can have boys to go into the priesthood. If that is the case then that is where my questions stem from.

[shenmue]

8. No

They don't ordain children.

[Doreen]

9. I am not talking about ordaining children but raising them to grow up and become priests.

Why does he want priests to marry if the children ( boys ) are not going to become priests for sure? Am I missing something?

[marylandblue]

11. Nobody want to live a life of celibacy anymore

If you let priests marry, you'll get more applicants.

[rpannier]

14. And you came here with that rubbish because?

This is the Catholic and Orthodox group, not the insane foolishness bigot group

[No Vested Interest]

15. You're right to point that out to the commenter, but, giving her the benefit

of the doubt, the person may not have been aware of the "safe haven" concept of certain groups.

[Doreen]

16. Because I misunderstood and apoligize.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Once priests have wives and daughters, maybe they will see women differently.

It's a beginning.

Good move Pope Francis...

[Sailor65x1]

10. He's the Pope.

Who is he asking??

[marylandblue]

12. The cardinals and bishops who have to go along with it

[rpannier]

13. At his age he's going to need some concensus

Otherwise when he dies, it dies with him