Pope Rebuffs Call for Married Priests in the Amazon

Pope Francis has decided against relaxing rules on celibacy for Roman Catholic priests

Pope Francis has decided not to relax rules on celibacy for Roman Catholic priests, declining a proposal from bishops that he allow married men to become priests in Latin America’s Amazon region to tackle a shortage of clergy there, the Vatican said Wednesday.

The pope, “after praying and reflecting, has decided to respond not by foreseeing changes or further possibilities of exceptions from those already provided for,” Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Vatican’s communications office, said....

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