Can Syro Malankara Priests Marry?
At This Moment, All the Catholic Oriental Churches Can Admit Married Men to the Diaconate and the Presbyterate, with the Exception of the Syro-Malabar and...
At this moment, all the Catholic Oriental Churches can admit married men to the diaconate and the presbyterate, with the exception of the Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara Churches.
What priests Cannot marry?
Throughout the Catholic Church, East as well as West, a priest may not marry. In the Eastern Catholic Churches, a married priest is one who married before being ordained. The Catholic Church considers the law of clerical celibacy to be not a doctrine, but a discipline.
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Can the Catholic priest marry?
For any Catholic priest, if already ordained a priest, they cannot subsequently marry. Likewise, marriage after ordination is not possible ordinarily, without permission of the Holy See. This would apply in a situation if a wife died.
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