Being married Quote by Pope Francis

I think all priests should be married.

— Denis Leary

Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and…

— Alex Gibney

If all the priests go we all want to be married and the pope goes all priests should be married than I say go…

— Lino Rulli

One of the topics that [Pope Francis] wants to raise, according to many Vatican analysts, is given the shortage of - worldwide shortage of…

— Sylvia Poggioli

In early Judaism, the priesthood was maintained within various families and passed down from father to son, thus necessitating marriage. But this is the…

— Michael Coren

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly…

— Hans Kung

Various Eastern fathers referred to the practice of married priests in their churches, offering each one of us elements for a further careful evaluation…

— Angelo Scola

“During the tenth and eleventh centuries the rule of the Church prohibiting the clergy from marrying appears to have been widely and publicly neglected…

— James Harvey Robinson

I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and…

— Garry Wills

Not so much anymore but some years ago in my homeland there was a habit, something called 'casamiento de apuro,' a marriage in haste…

— Pope Francis

People always ask how there are female priests, but in this world there are.

— Maggie Q

“Most priests hate weddings. Early on, they warned me that brides can be the most difficult people on the planet to work with. There’s…

— Charles Benedict