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Celibacy on the agenda for October synod
George Weigel, First Things
Friday, January 18, 2019
Should the Amazonian Synod request the pope to grant a dispensation from the discipline of celibacy for that region, and should he grant it, it will be just a matter of time before bishops conferences elsewhere—Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and Austria come immediately to mind—make similar requests, citing pressing pastoral needs. On what ground would those requests be denied?