In an open letter to clergy, religious and faithful of the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, Metropolitan Archbishop William C. Skurla announced that “Our prayers and efforts to return to the ancient tradition of allowing Byzantine Catholic men to choose between celibate or married priesthood have finally succeeded.”
Read the letter from Metropolitan Archbishop William issued to the clergy, religious and faithful of the Archeparchy.
Read the Vatican Decree from Leonardo Cardinal Sandri, Chair of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches.
Read the Nov, 14, 2014 story by Peter Smith in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Read an article by author Laura Ieraci, wife of Subdeacon Andrew Summerson, in the National Catholic Reporter Online.
Read the USCCB blog by Father Ronald Roberson, CSP. Father Ronald is associate director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the USCCB, and a consultor to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Read the Feb. 8, 2015 feature by Peter Smith in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.