Married Priests are Longing to Serve Through the Church
It is very clear that the Roman Catholic Church has a great need of priests. The
Bishops worldwide have brought their concern repeatedly to the Vatican. In addition priests are needed to bring the Eucharist to those Catholic people who do not have a resident priest. The Eucharist is the essence of Catholicism.
Currently on the sideline, there are approximately 150,000 validly ordained priests. But these priests are married. The majority of these priests are ready, and willing to return to the sacred ministry of the altar.
It is our mission to find a way to reconcile these married priests with the Church and to reinstate them in the public sacred ministry, working in every way possible with the Church.
It is evident that the “care of souls” demands a new pastoral provision to make this vision a reality.
No lesser apostle than St. Paul himself demonstrated his theology of the priesthood and the episcopacy when he wrote to Timothy:
“A Bishop must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate, self controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not aggressive, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money.” (Timothy 3:2-3)
DAVID BELFORT:
"I WAS STUDYING TO BE A JESUIT PRIEST DURING THE VIET NAM ERA, RECEIVING A REVELATION I LEFT BECAUSE THE I REALIZED MAN MUST FULFILL THE THREE BLESSINGS. MARRIAGE IS ONE OF THOSE BLESSING. THIS IS THE CURE FOR THE MALAISE HOMOSEXUALITY AND LACK OF VOCATION IN THE PRIESTHOOD. HATS OFF TO ARCHBISHOP MILINGO'S LEADERSHIP".
Tags: Milingo, Catholic Church, priesthood, esiscopacy, pastoral, reconcile, Timothy 3:2-3, Bible
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