Cardinal Keith O’Brien: Priest Marriage Is Possible (VIDEO)

Should Catholic priests be allowed to marry?

Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the leader of the Church in Scotland, insisted that the centuries-old ban on a priests marrying was “obviously not” the teaching of Christ.

He said the insistence on celibacy had left many priests struggling to “cope” in their ministry without the support of marriage.

The Cardinal, the only mainland British cleric with a vote on Benedict XVI’s successor, said it would also be open to the new Pope to reconsider issues such as the ordination of women as priests.

Pope Benedict, who steps down next week, has repeatedly resisted suggestions that priests should be allowed to marry and publicly criticized Austrian clerics who questioned Church teaching on the issue.
Although unafraid of controversy, Cardinal O’Brien is viewed as an unlikely radical.

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