Source: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2019-10/synod-amazonia-schonborn-presence-pastors-pentecostals-women.html (10/19/19)
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“So why not start with viri probati deacons in the villages? Prepare them as catechists, as deacons, before asking whether they can become priests?” he said.
Cardinal Schönborn pointed out that there are stages for every priestly ordination and the first stage is becoming a deacon.
It’s 50 years, since Vatican II, he concluded they could have begun with permanent deacons, “so I think it is worth it to ask these questions!"
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