Married Priest Will Join Catholic Priesthood

Gregory Elder, 47, presented his application to Late Pope John Paul II by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who one month later would become Pope Benedict XVI. Last Friday, Elder was informed that he had been accepted to the priesthood. When he is ordained, likely in 2006, he will be the first married man to serve communion in the Diocese of San Bernardino, which has 1.1million members in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.