German Bishop, Married Priests Almost Certain
Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz, Germany, is “pretty sure” that celibacy will be abolished in the next years. Kohlgraf spoke to the German anti-Church monthly Herder Korrespondenz. He admitted that …More
Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz, Germany, is “pretty sure” that celibacy will be abolished in the next years.
Kohlgraf spoke to the German anti-Church monthly Herder Korrespondenz.
He admitted that abolishing celibacy would not automatically solve an alleged problem of priest-shortage.
[Especially liberal bishops who fail to attract vocations, hope that abolishing celibacy they could liberate themselves from this embarrassment]
Picture: Peter Kohlgraf, © Bistum Mainz, Pressebild, #newsDgcysqmwig
Kohlgraf spoke to the German anti-Church monthly Herder Korrespondenz.
He admitted that abolishing celibacy would not automatically solve an alleged problem of priest-shortage.
[Especially liberal bishops who fail to attract vocations, hope that abolishing celibacy they could liberate themselves from this embarrassment]
Picture: Peter Kohlgraf, © Bistum Mainz, Pressebild, #newsDgcysqmwig
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mccallansteve --- I do not see us Catholics "getting along" with protestants as that high of a goal in these times. I can tell neither do you. I actually find the idea impossible so long as they reject the Real Presence, the sacrament of Confession, the praise and honor given only to the Virgin Mary, and the doctrine of purgatory. Would it not be better if we both spent our time evangelizing a world …More
mccallansteve --- I do not see us Catholics "getting along" with protestants as that high of a goal in these times. I can tell neither do you. I actually find the idea impossible so long as they reject the Real Presence, the sacrament of Confession, the praise and honor given only to the Virgin Mary, and the doctrine of purgatory. Would it not be better if we both spent our time evangelizing a world of unbelievers? I ask that same question to our maverick bishops who go about trying to "help" our Church in all the wrong ways. Seriously, does it seem the way things are going that we have much time left on this planet?