tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post71776490902017344..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Italian bishops deny married clergy to serve in ItalyByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-60079814250559322862011-03-05T10:57:46.372-06:002011-03-05T10:57:46.372-06:00Update: For those interested, in the comments sect...Update: For those interested, in the comments section of my blog article is a comment from the author of the Adista news release in confirmation of the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-48992649723189204022011-03-05T00:00:27.462-06:002011-03-05T00:00:27.462-06:00I posted the story based on several Italian news s...I posted the story based on several Italian news sources. This isn't the first time this has happened in Italy. In 2002, the CEI asked the Ukrainian Catholic Church not to send married priests to serve in Italy. See:<br /><br />http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/6984?eng=y<br /><br />The Ukrainian and Romanian Catholics have not been banned in Italy. The CEI is asking that celibate priests serve in Italy. This is similar to what the situation was for Eastern Catholics in the USA for many years. <br /><br />You say there are "too many things in that story which are untrue." What did you have in mind?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-65447407307514695772011-03-04T16:23:16.357-06:002011-03-04T16:23:16.357-06:00Don't hold your breath. I think this was gross...Don't hold your breath. I think this was grossly misrepresented and hence will simply go away. If true as stated it would mean that the Italian Episcopal Conference effectively banned the Romanian Catholic Church from their country, which is, of course, untrue. There are too many things said in that story which are untrue.<br /><br />It pains me to say this, but the post from OrthoCath seems to be scandalous, calumnious, and lacking of the proper charity and respect due the office of bishop. He should take it down.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17347384066458759403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-61577280195228261942011-03-04T09:28:23.019-06:002011-03-04T09:28:23.019-06:00I'm sure there will be more on this story. I&#...I'm sure there will be more on this story. I'll post whatever updates I find or are sent to me.Byzantine, TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-22905859215790517112011-03-04T09:25:48.088-06:002011-03-04T09:25:48.088-06:00This looks like another hatchet job by the press. ...This looks like another hatchet job by the press. I'd like to know what the bishops actually said.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17347384066458759403noreply@blogger.com