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The Pope rebuffs his liberal supporters by rejecting married priests

13 February 2020

3:34 AM

13 February 2020

3:34 AM

Pope Francis today issued his official response to October’s ‘Amazon Synod’, which discussed a plan to ordain married men in the region. He was expected to endorse it and thus open the door for the ordination of married men throughout the whole Catholic Church. (It’s already permitted in Eastern-rite Churches.

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