Monday, June 17, 2019

Viri probati

That's an approved man in Latin and Latin is commonly used in the Catholic Church. It was most recently used in a proposal for an upcoming Vatican conference on the needs of communities in the Amazon region. The approved men will be ordained as priests provided they are "elderly men, preferably indigenous, respected and accepted members of their community.” Such men could be ordained “even if they already have an established and stable family.” Is this the first step toward the ordination of married men in other areas of the world?

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