Thursday, October 24, 2019

"Start with Viri Probati Deacons" & "Then Ask Permission for Deacons to Become Priests"; Diaconate is "Laboratory" for Viri Probati: Synod Cardinal Christopher Schonborn of Austria


Source: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2019-10/synod-amazonia-schonborn-presence-pastors-pentecostals-women.html (10/19/19)
Excerpt:
“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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