"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

“The question is no longer whether the Church can ordain married men as priests but when it will do so, and who will do it." "Any delay comes across as an excuse.” - Bishop Johan Bonny, Diocese of Antwerp, Belgium (March 20, 2026)

“The question is no longer whether the Church can ordain married men as priests but when it will do so, and who will do it."  "Any delay comes across as an excuse.” 

- Bishop Johan Bonny, Diocese of Antwerp, Belgium (March 20, 2026)

https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/europe/belgian-bishop-plan-ordain-married-men