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| Pope Francis: Married Men Could Be Ordained To Ease Priest Shortages by sarrki(m): 5:06pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
has said the Catholic church may consider ordaining married men who could potentially then work in remote areas faced with a shortage of priests. “We must think about whether viri probati are a possibility,” Francis said, referring to older married men who are already involved in church business. “Then we have to decide what tasks they can take on, for example in remote communities,” he added in an interview with German weekly Die Zeit. Civil war in the Vatican as conservatives battle Francis for the soul of Catholicism Read more Many in the church believe, given the lack of priests in many places, that a new path to ordination should be opened. They think that in addition to priests who take a vow of celibacy, older married men with a long commitment to the church could also be considered. Pope Francis said in May 2014 that “there are married priests in the church” citing Anglican ministers who converted, Coptic Catholics and the priests of some eastern churches. The church, and notably the current pope’s predecessor Benedict XVI, had previously said that celibacy was not a matter of inflexible church dogma unlike, for example, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, Francis said allowing priests in training to choose whether or not to be celibate was “not the solution”. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/10/pope-francis-married-men-could-be-ordained-to-ease-priest-shortages |
| Re: Pope Francis: Married Men Could Be Ordained To Ease Priest Shortages by sarrki(m): 5:08pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
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| Re: Pope Francis: Married Men Could Be Ordained To Ease Priest Shortages by PenisCaP: 5:09pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
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| Re: Pope Francis: Married Men Could Be Ordained To Ease Priest Shortages by gbegemaster(m): 5:09pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
sarrki:Sarrki, Why? |
| Re: Pope Francis: Married Men Could Be Ordained To Ease Priest Shortages by sarrki(m): 5:13pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
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| Re: Pope Francis: Married Men Could Be Ordained To Ease Priest Shortages by gbegemaster(m): 5:14pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
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| Re: Pope Francis: Married Men Could Be Ordained To Ease Priest Shortages by sarrki(m): 5:26pm On Mar 11, 2017 |
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