Local priests urge optional celibacy

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: August 19, 2003| Author: TOM HEINEN AND MARY ZAHN | Copyright information

Local priests urge optional celibacy

Married men could ease shortage, 163 clerics say in letter

By TOM HEINEN AND MARY ZAHN theinen@journalsentinel.com

Tuesday, August 19, 2003

More than 160 priests in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee have signed a letter to the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urging that the priesthood be opened to married men, organizers said Monday.

It is the first effort by priests anywhere in the country to bring up the ...

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