Men with adult children can be priests. It's men with young children who cannot. The reason is simple: Children need parents to raise them. Once the child is no longer a dependent, then that barrier falls. read more
Men with adult children can be priests. It's men with young children who cannot. The reason is simple: Children need parents to raise them. Once the child is no longer a dependent, then that barrier falls. Note that no priest, with or without children, can be married (or female). Widowers can be ordained, but the church does not recognize divorce. read more
When men and women are ordained as priests and nuns, they in essence become "married" to the church. And they do it knowing full well they cannot marry or have sex. The real reason the catholic church is having problems with pedophile priests is because is because it tried to compensate for a priest shortage in an ill-conceived way. read more