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Article: Married priests optimistic over discussions of celibacy.
- Article from:
- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- May 8, 2002
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Byline: Dianna Marder
PHILADELPHIA _ Just about now, Joseph Ruane, a married Catholic priest, could be shaking a finger at the church and saying, "I told you so."
But that is not the Christian way.
And make no mistake: Ruane may have resigned his parish post in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, he may celebrate Mass at home or participate in a Mass led by a woman, he may officiate at the weddings of divorced people, he may be married _ but he is still a Roman Catholic and he is still a priest.
Ruane, 69, was a founding member in 1968 of a group for priests who left their jobs because they disagreed with the church's insistence on ...
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