Deacon Keith A. Fournier is a Senior Contributor to The Stream and the Founder and Chairman of Common Good Foundation and Common Good Alliance. A married Deacon of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, he and his wife Laurine have five grown children and seven grandchildren. He is a human rights lawyer and public policy advocate who served as the first and founding Executive Director of the American Center for Law and Justice in the 1990’S. He has long been active at the intersection of faith and culture and serves as Special Counsel to Liberty Counsel. He is also the Editor in Chief of Catholic Online.
In a wide-ranging interview with a German newspaper, Pope Francis was asked about ordaining married men. He said what he has said in the past. He reaffirmed the gift of consecrated celibacy and does not favor making it optional. Francis…