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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:21 am
Well if the Vatican hopes to bring the Anglican Communion, or at least some of them back to Rome, then they are going to have to end their 900 year official policy on clerical celibacy. I can`t see the entire Anglican Communion returning, as the more Protestant elements have doctrinal differences that go beyond mere clerical celibacy...transubstantiation being a major bone of contention.
A friend of mine is a Dominican priest from Spain, and he sees celibacy as being a personal choice for the priest. He figures being married with kids, while solving some problems, could create new ones as well. »He`s an interesting combination of liberal and conservative beliefs.