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The New Pope's First Crisis

The priest shortage and its surprisingly simple solution: allow marriage as an option for priests

Related Topics: Faiths, Catholic, Priest, Celibacy, Priest Shortage, married priesthood, optional celibacy, American priests, Priesthood, churchs problems, married clergy, celibacy rules

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The Pros and Cons of Married Priests

In Beliefnet's 'Virtual Conclave,' religion experts, including a Guatemalan priest, debate the possibility of married 'fathers.'

Related Topics: Faiths, Priesthood, Priest, Married Priests, Life, married priesthood, celibate priesthood, parish priest, Married, Priest Shortage, female altar

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Is There a Priest Shortage? Worldwide & U.S. Statistics

The shifting demographics of the Catholic laity and priesthood throughout the world and the U.S.

Related Topics: Faiths, Catholic, Priest, Catholic population, Religious, Religious priests, Diocesan priests, Color, Religious sisters, Population, Religious brothers, font size

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Clergy Health Problems Resulting From Priest Shortage

New pastoral guidelines for priests to have adequate rest and for the laity when no priest is available

Related Topics: Health, Wellness, Stress, Catholic, Priest, holy day celebrations, Guidelines, guidelines state, Priest Shortage, Clergy, Health Problems, Celebrations, diocesan priests, Religious priests

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Paul Wilkes: When In Rome

From mourning for John Paul II to looking ahead to a new pope, Beliefnet's correspondent reports from Rome.

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Do Gay Men Make Better Monks?

For some Trappist brothers, sexual identity is not a stumbling block.

Related Topics: Faiths, Catholic, Gay, Monastery, Monk, sexual liberation, sexual expression, Sexual, gay men, gay liberation movements, Life, monasterys gay history

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Not a 'Panzer Pope' After All

In his first year, Benedict XVI has confounded both liberal and conservative Catholics.

Related Topics: Faiths, Catholic, Pope, Catholics, American Church, Religious Liberty, Love, sexual abuse crisis, Homosexual, Media Coverage, house cleaning, Priest

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Married, With Children--and a Priest

My dad said Mass at the dining table with pita bread and pink Zinfandel. Later my mom bundled us off to a real church.

Related Topics: Faiths, Catholic, Church, dining, dining room, Priest, pita bread, ceramic chalice, torn bits, dining room table, table, dining room chair

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Confessions of a Frustrated
Lay Minister

I do everything from prepare the liturgy to process annulments--but I feel invisible in the Church.

Related Topics: Faiths, Catholic, Minister, Ministry, ecclesial ministers, lay ecclesial ministers, lay, Parish, lay ministers, Social Justice, Priest, emergency measures

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priest shortage

The New Pope's First Crisis

Next Vicar Page

The Pros and Cons of Married Priests

Is There a Priest Shortage? Worldwide & U.S. Statistics

Clergy Health Problems Resulting From Priest Shortage

Paul Wilkes: When In Rome

Do Gay Men Make Better Monks?

Not a 'Panzer Pope' After All

Married, With Children--and a Priest

Confessions of a Frustrated
Lay Minister

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