The lead article in the Times...

...this morning is about the Vatican's bid to convert Anglicans to the Roman church.

The issue has long been close to the heart of Pope Benedict XVI, who for years has worked to build ties to those Anglicans who, like conservative Catholics, spurn the idea of female and gay priests.

First of all, not only have I never heard a good reason to exclude women from the priesthood, but I've never heard any reason. And as for gay priests in the Catholic Church, well, the idea of that is just plain silly.

Female and gay priests. It's 2009; is that really enough to drive someone out of their church? Don't these people have anything else to worry about?

The article goes on to say that:

Under the new arrangement, the Catholic practice that has allowed married Anglican priests to convert and become Catholic priests would continue...Cardinal Levada acknowledged that accepting large numbers of married Anglican priests while forbidding Catholic priests to marry could pose problems for some Catholics.

I think it solves a major problem for the Catholic Church. It sounds to me that if a Catholic priest wanted to marry he could simply convert to the Anglican Church, get married, and then convert back. Beautiful.