Sunday, February 19, 2006
POLYGAMY AND PRIESTHOOD
While we in Western civ. worry about homosexual priests, in Africa there is a different kind of challenge to legitimacy...polygamy. Specifically, if the seminarian's father has more than one wife, may the seminarian be ordained? The topic is discussed at Zenit by Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university. The answer surprised me, though I must admit the explanation sounds very sensible.
It's easy to get caught up in the Western expression of the faith and forget there are other problems besides our own that require the attention of our leadership. This is one of them, and so I think it is important to take note of it.
