May 16, 2011: Should Catholic priests be allowed to marry—each other?

Francis commented on Greater Boston on 05.18.11
Your intro blurb is incorrect. Your guests said as much in your interview. I find Ms. Rooneys expressed notion that the Roman Catholic Church does not value women absurd. As you drive about New England, you might take note of the number of Roman Catholic parishes named after the Blessed Virgin Mary. With the rare but possible exception of Episcopal churches, try to find a protestant church that honors Jesus Mother. Protestants constantly comment on Marys role in Catholic theology, often criticizing. Without pressing on Catholic Christian theology, only an unmarried man may be ordained a Roman Catholic priest although there are exceptions more and more these days. Eastern right priests may marry by diaconate, the year before priestly ordination but a married priest cannot be ordained a bishop. These two people interviewed are not Roman Catholic priests. In fact, officially or not, they are not Roman Catholic at all.