VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis’ hints about a possible opening on the issue of married priests are sowing confusion in the Vatican and among Catholic reformists and conservatives alike.
Twice in three months, Francis has talked about changes to the tradition of celibate priests—although he has never been precise about how exactly this could be reformed.
On a flight back from his trip to the Middle East, Francis pointed out that there were already married priests in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic and Coptic Catholic churches.
“The door is always open but we are not talking about it now as the order of …read more
Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
