Pope Francis has exhorted Catholics to be open to fresh ways of evangelization, saying the church must 'open new roads for the proclamation of the Gospel.'
Ordaining married men, even in limited circumstances, risks deepening the antipathy in strongly conservative church circles toward Francis, whom they deem to be dangerously progressive.
His critics, including so-called traditionalist Catholics, insist the Vatican adheres strictly to centuries-old rules demanding that priests be celibate, unmarried men. But in the first centuries of the church, married men did serve as priests. Even the first pope, St. Peter, hand-picked by Jesus, was married, as were many of the first apostles.
The idea that mature, married men of"proven virtue" could become priests has been suggested for decades, including during the papacy of St. John Paul II, a darling of conservatives. Synod bishops also called for the Vatican to revive study of whether women can be ordained as deacons, a lesser role than priests. During Francis' papacy, a commission to study that prospect produced no action.
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