Posted on 01/13/2016 6:03:43 PM PST by marshmallow
In the accounts of a German theologian and a Brazilian bishop, Francis's plan to allow local exceptions to the norm of clerical celibacy. Beginning with the Amazon
ROME, January 12, 2016 - An exchange of letters, a conversation, and an innovation already become law confirm the intentions of Pope Francis to extend the presence of married clergy in the Catholic Church, as already anticipated in this article from www.chiesa:
The Next Synod Is Already in the Works. On Married Priests
The exchange of letters took place through the initiative of a high-ranking German theologian, Wunibald Muller, 65, who in December of 2013 wrote an open letter to the pope, prominently displayed on the official website of the episcopal conference of Germany under the title "Pope Francis, open the door," asking him to remove the stricture of celibacy for priests.
Muller is not just anyone. He is a psychologist and a prolific writer. He founded and directs the "Recollectio-Haus" at the Benedictine abbey of Munsterschwarzach in the diocese of Wurzburg, for the care of priests and religious in existential crisis, financed by another seven dioceses (Augsburg, Freiburg, Limburg, Mainz, Munich-Freising, Paderborn, Rottenburg-Stuttgart) and with the spiritual assistance of the most widely read Benedictine not only in Germany but in the world, Anselm Grun.
Muller's stance is represented well by the titles of his undergraduate and doctoral theses: "The priest as spiritual guide of homosexual persons" and "Homosexuality, a challenge for theology and the care of souls."
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