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Debate: Should Catholic priests be allowed to marry?
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- | *'''Priests do not worry about sacrificing family life for God.''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31091-2004Nov6.html "Should Roman Catholic Priests Be Allowed to Marry?". Washington Post. November 7, 2004]: "I personally love having a non-married priesthood. I never have to worry about whether I am taking away from a child's time, or a wife's time, if I call up with an emergency." | + | *'''Priests do not worry about sacrificing family life for God.''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31091-2004Nov6.html Kathryn Nicole Stockhausen. "Should Roman Catholic Priests Be Allowed to Marry?". Washington Post. November 7, 2004]: "I personally love having a non-married priesthood. I never have to worry about whether I am taking away from a child's time, or a wife's time, if I call up with an emergency." |
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- | *'''Allowing priests to marry would require Church pay them more.''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31091-2004Nov6.html "Should Roman Catholic Priests Be Allowed to Marry?". Washington Post. November 7, 2004]: "And as for financial considerations, most Roman Catholic priests, especially diocesan ones, receive a substantial portion of their pay in the form of in-kind contributions. This would be difficult to maintain if a priest took on a wife and children, and their pay would have to be increased as well. The church, especially in America, is having enough financial problems right now without adding to it by allowing priests to marry." | + | *'''Allowing priests to marry would require Church pay them more.''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31091-2004Nov6.html Kathryn Nicole Stockhausen. "Should Roman Catholic Priests Be Allowed to Marry?". Washington Post. November 7, 2004]: "And as for financial considerations, most Roman Catholic priests, especially diocesan ones, receive a substantial portion of their pay in the form of in-kind contributions. This would be difficult to maintain if a priest took on a wife and children, and their pay would have to be increased as well. The church, especially in America, is having enough financial problems right now without adding to it by allowing priests to marry." |
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