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I got a Pope question.
Jan. 2nd, 2010 01:54 amI was thinking and came up with a really bizarre question for any Catholics in the audience:
a)I know that Catholic priests cannot get married, but they can BE married, if they are Orthodox priests who become Catholics and continue to be priests.
b)It's my understanding that candidates for the papacy must be male, Catholic, and ordained-- that usually they are cardinals, but that ordinary priests have become Pope before.
So, is there any rule that would disqualify a married priest from becoming Pope?
a)I know that Catholic priests cannot get married, but they can BE married, if they are Orthodox priests who become Catholics and continue to be priests.
b)It's my understanding that candidates for the papacy must be male, Catholic, and ordained-- that usually they are cardinals, but that ordinary priests have become Pope before.
So, is there any rule that would disqualify a married priest from becoming Pope?
