(NCR Online) It seems that married priests are on the
horizon in the Catholic church. Word is that an experiment will soon
take place in Brazil to address the severe shortage of priests in that
country.
We know, of course, that married priests
are already active even in the United States. Episcopal clergymen and
even some Lutheran clergyman who have entered the church have been
allowed to serve as clerics and remain married. As is to be expected,
things will go slowly. Pope Francis could simply make an announcement
that henceforth priests can get married within the church and that would
be that. Of course, that is not the way we do things in our church.