Surveys conducted by the organizations FutureChurch and Call to Action represent 53 of the nation's 195 dioceses. The groups say the surveys are their response to a shortage of priests that has developed since about 1965.Ah yes, FutureChurch and Call to Action - two of the finest, orthodox groups known to man (cough..gag!) It's amazing that reporters are so eager to obtain their information from dissenting groups like these.
Allowing priests to get married would enable the church to tap into a ready-made pool of an estimated 25,000 priests who left the ministry to get married...Sure, let's bring back those who rejected their vows, who violated Church law by attempting to marry. Great...
FutureChurch points to other denominations for proof that allowing a married clergy results in a larger number of ministers. But Schenk [Sister Christine Schenk, executive director of FutureChurch] acknowledged that 84-year-old Pope John Paul II has stood firm on the celibacy requirement, and no change will happen as long as he is pope.Proof, eh? I think someone is confusing facts with fiction.
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