It made clear that Pope Benedict XVI had not called the meeting intending to make significant changes but to discuss the issue in general and some circumstances in particular. “The meeting was called because of what happened with Mgr Milingo,” the Vatican said, “but they will also discuss the situation of priests who have left and who want to come back.”
Probably that means using the exception to the celibacy canon (it's not a doctrine folks, just a rule) that allows eastern Uniate Roman Catholics [Maronites and the like] and former Anglican priests who 'pope' over to Rome to cover some other pastoral conditions. It is not normal for married former-Anglican-now-ordained-Roman-Catholics to be permitted to serve as parish priest but to exercise their priesthood in non-parochial situations like school chaplaincies. I would expect a similar ruling to emerge.
Still, chipping away, chipping away...
Pope calls meeting on married priests - World - Times Online: Filed in: priest, marriage, RomanCatholic, church, celibacy
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