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To: Biggirl

Perhaps as a temporary measure, older, widowed men of complete orthodoxy, high virtue, worldly success, and with some theological training could be ordained. But for the long term, the Latin Church should maintain the tradition of ordaining never-married, celibate men.


11 posted on 09/21/2018 1:55:19 PM PDT by sitetest (No longer mostly dead.)
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To: sitetest

Read that there will be a meeting of Bishops from the Amazon area of Brazil next year to look at ordaining mature married men to the priesthood. Vert large area of Brazil.


12 posted on 09/21/2018 2:00:11 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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