Celibacy was never intrinsic to priesthood, and the Council took its first step on women, yet both questions …
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Decoding challenges facing the global Church through contemporary theology.
Interpreting contemporary realities through the lens of the Bible and the Church’s Magisterium.
The Christian East viewed through faith, history, and dialogue.

Celibacy was never intrinsic to priesthood, and the Council took its first step on women, yet both questions …

Luigi Sandri is a writer at Religion Digital
Sixty-four years after Vatican II, two of its latent questions, married priests and women’s ordained ministry, remain unresolved, with Pope Leo XIV so far leaning against opening either door.
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