I think catholic priests should be allowed to marry

Aries i agree with you ! They should not be allowed , before they get into priesthood , they were taught and conditioned that they can't marry for life and that was taught to them the very first day of their schooling in priesthood and because they are just like us human being have passion also then they can still be allowed to marry provided they will get out from the vocation. They can served best if no responsibility of their own.

If the unmarried status lets them perform their duties in the manner they should all is well. But sadly that is not the case. So many priests are undergoing psychiatric treatment. And so many are breaking the rule of celibacy. I think most break the rule of celibacy but not all are exposed. Priests with a clean conscience could perform far better then those who are guilty.

Yes true many priest are breaking because just like us they are into so much pressure , vocations demands a lot ! Just like us sometimes we break down because can no longer bear life's demand how much more to priest ,where in many are dependent on him spiritually ,emotionally , financially . ..the game is like 1 versus all!

In the one which I was talking about the heads are particularly old.On the other hand there are some where we have young people also and there I think they are not allowed to get married at all.Kanchi kamakodi etc..,This is a good ashram ; of course we hear of so many scandals associated with the flybynight operator sannyasis.They are , a big scam.

I think even those in charge of the ashram should continue to remain married as we hear of so many scandals among them too.

That is why it is time religion takes a look at what is and what is not.

When this rule was made, I wonder what was it that they felt that only unmarried men can serve mankind better. As you have pointed out a man with a family can set a good example and he is bound to keep his marriage intact which in itself is an effort.

When they join the priesthood they are very young and are not exposed as much as they do in later years specially nowadays. The fact that so many are going astray could be an indication that some radical change is called for. It is easy to quote the gospel but difficult to practice.

Following Jesus means giving up EVERYTHING.. Luke 5 records Jesus calling his first disciples.In both instances, in the calling of Simon Peter and Levi the tax collector, Luke notes they “left everything and followed him.” Luke’s gospel that others wanted to take care of their affairs before they followed Jesus and Jesus basically told them they could take care of those things or follow him. But they couldn’t do both.them leaving their boats, their nets, their tax collector booth, and their other possessions. And that’s all true. But they also left their families, their houses,and their careers... I suggest if one wants to be a priest and follow jesus..center your self to God..not to your own self..give up your needs our earthly needs... dont take a vow of a priest if you cannot do it.. dont worry if catholic priest go astray..even the disciples of jesus like Judas, even do the worst thing..and even simon peter denied jesus 3 times...what did jesus do? did you tolerate? it? no.. what happens to priest today alreay happens in biblical times.

It is time those teaching theology should look at the reasons why so many priests go astray. If they want their priests to remain celibate then there has to be a radical change whatever that is. Otherwise we will only be reading scandals by the dozen every single day.

Giving of one's 100% is possible even after one is married. When priests today spend most of their time building churches, collecting funds and what not which is far from being holy, taking care of a couple of children and having a wife is a mere drop. Just yesterday the parish priest dropped in asking for donations. He never asked us how spiritually strong we were but whether we were financially strong to give him money. Most priests today do not have a clean conscience and rightly so as they are exposed much too much. You must be reading about it every single day. Marriage will give them a clean conscience and they will perform better. These are my views Angelpink based on what I see around me. One priest impregnated a nun here recently.

Marriage is one of the things. The commercial aspect of religion which is almost 90% should be taken away from them and lay people should handle it. Today religion is nothing but money.

Priests can perform better if they are not shackled by guilt and most are. As you say it sure will remove a huge problem. Marriage will give them a guilt free conscience and to some extent the boys around them will be safe!

That by remaining celibate alone one can render service to mankind needs to be given a thought. These rules were made during the time when there were hardly any situations that these priests were exposed to. Looking at the number of priests that go astray these days that itself is proof enough that this rule needs to be given a second look.

If they give up what they are doing today, such as building churches and other money oriented projects which is a layman's job they will have plenty of time for spiritual pursuits even after getting married. A guiltless conscience can do wonders spiritually. When they made their vows they were not exposed as much as they get to later on.

When an individual joins the priesthood he is just around his teens and the 14 years that he gets trained are free from all exposure and so deciding whether an individual can stick to celibacy becomes easy at that time. In later years if he finds that he cannot keep to the vows the right thing would be to get out but that is not easy just as it is not easy to get out of a bad marriage.