why don't Catholic Priests get married yet there are so...?

Question

many nuns (single women) and they have so many orphanage homes?

Answer 1

Catholic priests of the Eastern Order do indeed marry.

Answer 2

The Catholic Church does not allow it. However, they are thinking about take that restriction up to revision as it is difficult finding young men who are willing to live a life without sexual relations.

Nuns aren't allowed to marry either. And the children in the orphanage homes come from all sorts of backgrounds.

Answer 3

it is against catholic religion for the priest to be married.... as for nuns and orphanage homes i dont understand that really but its because they look after people

Answer 4

Peace!

There was a time when the Church allowed priests to marry. It was stopped because some priests enriched themselves. Personally, I think the doctrine should be reviewed again. The Orthodox Church allows priests to marry before they are ordained. I think the practice has worked well for them. I have not heard of scandals involving priests in that Church.

Answer 5

<> You mistake 'marriage' for a correct at the same time as that's honestly a privilege. The priesthood is likewise a privilege. both privileged life entail aspects that are incompatable with the different. <> You mean isn't celibacy responsible for there being fewer monks? NO! for sure no longer. Priestsly celibacy isn't any tremendous huge secret. that's compared to adult males bypass off to the seminary, in user-friendly words to locate once they "won't be able to go away" that they are "forced" into celibacy"! properly, for one component, celibacy isn't any secret. adult males bypass off to the seminary, understanding and having already determined that they are going to take the vow of celibacy. And, in the adventure that they did change their minds, they could go away the seminary each and every time they want. No seminarian is "forced" to stay adverse to their will.

Answer 6

There is no rule in the Bible that prohibits marriage. But Catholicism and other religions chose to make up their own rules that priests cannot marry. Interestingly, when referring to the great apostasy from true worship that would set in after the death of the apostles, Paul wrote that “some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons, by the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, . . . forbidding to marry.”—1 Timothy 4:1-3.

Answer 7

So what are you suggesting the Priests marry the Nuns?

God Bless You

Answer 8

Marriage is a sacrament in the Catholic Church. Celibacy is not.

Men and women choose not to marry following:
+ The practice recommended in the Bible
+ The example of Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, and the Apostle Paul.

+++ Scripture +++

+ In Matthew 19:12, Jesus says, "Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it."

Jesus says celibacy is a gift from God and whoever can bear it should bear it. Jesus praises and recommends celibacy for full time ministers in the Church. Because celibacy is a gift from God, those who criticize the Church's practice of celibacy are criticizing God and this wonderful gift He bestows on His chosen ones.

+ In Matthew 19:29, Jesus says, "And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life."

Whoever gives up children for the sake of His name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life. Jesus praises celibacy when it is done for the sake of His kingdom.

+ Matthew 22:30 - Jesus explains, "At the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven."

In heaven there are no marriages. To bring about Jesus' kingdom on earth, priests live the heavenly consecration to God by not taking a wife in marriage. This way, priests are able to focus exclusively on the spiritual family, and not have any additional pressures of the biological family (which is for the vocation of marriage). This also makes it easier for priests to be transferred to different parishes where they are most needed without having to worry about the impact of their transfer on wife and children.

+ In 1 Corinthians 7:1, Paul writes, "It is a good thing for a man not to touch a woman."

This is the choice that the Catholic priests of the Roman rite freely make.

+ Then in 1 Corinthians 7:7, Paul says, "Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am."

Paul acknowledges that celibacy is a gift from God and wishes that all were celibate like he is.

+ In 1 Corinthians 7:27, Paul writes, "Are you free of a wife? Then do not look for a wife."

Paul teaches men that they should not seek marriage. In Paul’s opinion, marriage introduces worldly temptations that can interfere with one’s relationship with God, specifically regarding those who will become full time ministers in the Church.

+ In 1 Corinthians 7:32-33, Paul teaches, "I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife." And in verse 38, "So then, the one who marries his virgin does well; the one who does not marry her will do better."

Paul recommends celibacy for full time ministers in the Church so that they are able to focus entirely upon God and building up His kingdom. He “who refrains from marriage will do better.”

See also
1 Timothy 5:9-12
2 Timothy 2:3-4
Revevation 14:4
Isaiah 56:3-7
Jeremiah 16:1-4

+++ Scriptural Examples +++

The celibate clergy did not come into full bloom until about 1000 A.D. There were many married priests, bishops, and popes before this time.

Biblical role models of a celibate clergy came from the Jews, John the Baptist, Jesus, and the Apostle Paul.

The Jews. The Talmud argues that a person whose “soul is bound up with the Torah and is constantly occupied with it” may remain celibate (Maimonides, Laws of Marriage 15.3). For example, Yahweh ordered the prophet Jeremiah not to marry (Jeremiah 16:1-4). Moreover, the Essenes was a group that was active in Jesus’ time that practiced celibacy and thought by most scholars to be the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

WWJD? What would Jesus do? Jesus did not marry.

John the Baptist and Jesus are both believed to have been celibate for their entire lives. Some scholars believe that the example of the Essenes influenced either or both Jesus and John the Baptist in their celibacy.

The Apostle Paul is explicit about his celibacy (see 1 Cor. 7). There is also evidence in the gospel of Matthew for the practice of celibacy among at least some early Christians, in the famous passage about becoming “eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 19:12).

The concept took many twists and turns over the years and will probably take a few more before Christ returns in glory.

A priest is "married" to the Church. Some people think that a priest who takes his duties seriously cannot take proper care of a wife and family. "A man cannot serve two masters."

With love in Christ.

Answer 9

What a good idea, that would solve the problem of adopting out to gays immediately wouldn't it, write to the Pope and tell him about your new solution.

Answer 10

It would be nice if the RC Church would reverse its policy on this issue.
I Cr 13;8a