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June 17, 2019

Married priests on synod agenda

A woman participates in a march of indigenous people through the streets of Atalaia do Norte in Brazil's Amazon region March 27, 2019. The Vatican was to release the working document for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon June 17.

VATICAN CITY -- An upcoming Synod of Bishops will study the feasibility of ordaining married men in the Amazon region to compensate for a shortage of priests.

Published in Vatican
May 1, 2014

Could married priests be next on Francis’ reform agenda?

Pope Francis

Pope Francis likes to say that he prefers to raise questions rather than issue edicts or change doctrine, and he has certainly generated plenty of debate with his off-the-cuff remarks about gays and his cold-call chats on topics like divorce and Communion, as happened recently with a woman in Argentina.

Published in International