"This conference of representatives from the nine Amazon countries elected a new president last week [March 2026]: the Brazilian cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner [appointed bishop by St. John Paul II]. This Franciscan is an outspoken supporter of married priests."

 

His Eminence Leonardo Ulrich Cardinal Steiner of Brazil

"This conference of representatives from the nine Amazon countries elected a new president last week [March 2026]: the Brazilian cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner [appointed bishop by St. John Paul II]. This Franciscan is an outspoken supporter of married priests."

Source: https://hendromunsterman.substack.com/p/is-belgium-the-new-amazon-bishop?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNDA5OTYyNjIzMDg1NjA5AAEe0ZqyBpqkAU_Igr5whGmSAQP6SceeXXjVRl4F0URjjvV68kB6BFEUKAS4-ps_aem_Wsb23PtlqVxa_R0jrkNkyQ