Posted on 10/09/2017 4:19:34 PM PDT by marshmallow
He also said he was 'very open' to giving Communion to the divorced and remarried
The new Bishop of Innsbruck, Hermann Glettler, has said he supports the ordination of women to the diaconate, and is open to giving Communion to the divorced and remarried.
ORF reports that Bishop Glettler said he would be “clearly for” admitting women to the diaconate.
Last year, Pope Francis set up a committee to study the issue of women deacons, and their role in the early Church. The Pope said that while his understanding was that the women described as deacons in the New Testament were not ordained as male deacons are today, “it would be useful for the Church to clarify this question.”
However, Bishop Glettler said it would give him great joy if the committee “arrived at the finishing line relatively soon and the decision was positive”.
He also said that the idea that woman may one day be priests is “not so utopian”. However, change will come in “steps”, such as ordination to the diaconate.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
Sounds like we’re doing a crap job of picking bishops. Is this the first time he has ever said such a thing??
I’ll bet there’s a junior vice president at Ford who wants to bring back the EXP and the Pinto too. So what?
Won’t happen!
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