{"id":732277,"date":"2019-10-27T15:54:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T15:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/27\/catholic-bishops-approve-proposal-that-allows-married-men-to-become-priests\/"},"modified":"2019-10-27T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T15:54:17","slug":"catholic-bishops-approve-proposal-that-allows-married-men-to-become-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/27\/catholic-bishops-approve-proposal-that-allows-married-men-to-become-priests\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Bishops Approve Proposal That Allows Married Men To Become Priests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_667252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-667252\" style=\"width: 775px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-667252 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Pope-Francis.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis \" width=\"775\" height=\"425\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-667252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A proposal that allows some married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region was on Sunday approved by some Catholic Bishops.<\/p>\n<p>However, the proposal must be first approved by Pope Francis \u2013 if this happens, it would be a historic change to centuries-old tradition of unmarried priests in the catholic church.<\/p>\n<p>It passed by a vote of 128-41 and applies only to some churches in the Amazon region that are experiencing a shortage of priests \u2013 regions such as Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela are excluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0\u2018Abortion is not okay, it\u2019s like hiring a hit man\u2019 \u2013 Pope Francis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proposal, known as viri probati, refers to older Catholic men, who have stable families, and respected in their communities and are already ordained as deacons in the church.<\/p>\n<p>This proposal doesn\u2019t in any way mean that Catholic priests are now allowed to be married but only allows married men to become priests.<\/p>\n<p>It, therefore, doesn\u2019t change the rule of celibacy for Catholic priests, who are not allowed to marry.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis A proposal that allows some married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region was on Sunday approved by some Catholic Bishops. 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