Father of nine to be ordained Catholic priest

[Karlis]

Hellyer is just one of 68 former Anglican clergymen being ordained this month into the Catholic Church's Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. It was established by Pope Benedict XVI earlier this year as a "Roman home" for Anglican converts within the Catholic Church. "I was amazed when the personal ordinariate was announced, amazed at its generosity and the respect it gave to the authentic traditions of Anglicans. It came out the blue. Read more...

[Corp]

Good for him. Personally think all priests should be allowed to marry. Might help with their priest shortage.

[Queen in the North]

Catholic priest at the prison here has a wife and four children, opened his mass when he filled in at the local church with "Well I think I can trust this lot not to riot during the sermon". Nice guy, seems a bit unfair on all the Catholic priests who can't get married, maybe because of all this it'll change.

"At present, we’re also looking at moving to a Catholic presbytery in Plymouth. Hopefully it can be adapted for our use - most presbyteries weren’t built with nine children in mind."

Well, no.

Edited June 10, 2011 by queen.overthink