Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:Then we better write to the press. I read it on Sunday times!
[b]ABSOLUTELY NOT ALLOWED.
These idiots are suspended of priestly faculties because they have contravened the Church's teaching on priestly celibacy.
In latest news, one of them have been excommunicated.
http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=21117[/b]
Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:how come they claim that the suspended/ex-comm priests are still considered as ordained priest?
[b]ABSOLUTELY NOT ALLOWED.
These idiots are suspended of priestly faculties because they have contravened the Church's teaching on priestly celibacy.
In latest news, one of them have been excommunicated.
http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=21117[/b]
Holy Orders is a Sacrament of indeliable character, just like Baptism. It cannot be reversed. What is done is simply to strip these errant priests of all authority. Masses celebrated are valid, but illicit. Marriages celebrated are invalid. Confessions and Last Rites are only valid in the danger of death where there is no possibility of finding a priest in good standing.Originally posted by vince69:how come they claim that the suspended/ex-comm priests are still considered as ordained priest?