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Vatican's desire to co-opt unhappy Anglicans may end celibacy for Catholic priests
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As the 77 million member Anglican churches are splintering due to internal squabbles over homosexual clergy, women as priests and same-sex marriage, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing to reap major benefits from one of its oldest competitors.
England was a Catholic country until Henry VIII couldn't convince Pope Clement VII to grant him an annulment from his wife, Catherine, which would enable him to marry his new girlfriend, Ann. The reasons the pope did not grant Henry the annulment have nothing to do with right or wrong or Jesus, they had to do with fearing to destroy the myth of the pope being infallible and also that the pope was a virtual prisoner of Henry's brother-in-law, Charles V. If the pope granted Henry the annulment in 1530 there probably would not be an Anglican church today.
Yesterday, October 31, the Vatican issued a clarification regarding the Roman Catholic Church making allowances for Anglican priests who are married. This appears to be a crack in their dogma which demands celibacy from Catholic priests and also from nuns. This would not be the first time the Catholic Church has changed its dogma. For example, in the 12th century it was a mortal sin to believe that witches could fly, but in the 15th century it was a mortal sin to believe that witches could not fly.
This wavering on the part of the Vatican must give hope for Catholic women who want to be priests.
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