ORDINATION OF MARRIED MEN TO SOLVE THE SHORTAGE OF PRIESTS???
ORDINATION OF MARRIED MEN TO SOLVE THE SHORTAGE OF PRIESTS??? In a newly released interview, Pope Francis discussed the shortage of vocations to the priesthood, saying the first response must be prayer. He also mentioned working with youth, the low birthrate, and the ordination of married men. “The first [response] – because I speak as a believer – the Lord told us to pray. Prayer, prayer is missing,” Pope Francis said in the interview. He called the lack of priests, to the point that some parishes are cared for by female “community leaders” in Switzerland, “a problem that the Church must resolve.” After prayer, he recommended working “with youth who are seeking orientation. And this is very difficult since it must be done because they ask for this: the youth are the great discarded ones in modern society, because they have no work in many countries.” “For vocations, there is also another problem,” he said, “the problem of the birthrate. If there are n...