Posted on 03/08/2018 1:26:02 PM PST by ebb tide
The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis has appointed members of a pre-synodal council who will collaborate with the secretariat of the Synod of Bishops in preparation for the Pan-Amazonian synod next year.
Also announced was the theme of the October 2019 synod: Amazonia: new pathways for the Church and for an integral ecology.
Of particular, though not unexpected, interest are the appointments of Cardinal Claudio Hummes and retired Bishop Erwin Kräutler to the council. Both have advocated a change in discipline to allow married clergy in the Latin rite, and the Pan Amazonian synod is expected to provide a forum to at least discuss the matter.
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In regards to the Byzantine rites, the man has to be married first.
If I am not mistaken, that is why the bishops come from the monestaries.
I didn’t forget that. But you’ve seem to have forgotten that widowers were never barred from the priesthood.
As Protestant and Byzantine have been mentioned with no prior objection from you, I ask the RM if the caucus label is still warranted.
Urban legend. Google "Synod of Elvira".
This requirement, like so much of Roman Catholicism, "evolved" over the centuries. It was finally ruled on at Trent in the 24th session.
It is yet another man-made rule of Roman Catholicism.
The NT clearly allows for clergy to be married.
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