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Pope Francis is understood to be looking at solutions for the issue of mandatory priest celibacy




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According to Italian newspaper  La Repubblica Pope Francis is understood to be looking for solutions to the issue of mandatory priest celibacy within  the Catholic Church.

Although according to a Vatican spokesman who said that reports on the possibility of priests being allowed to marry did not correspond to what the Pope actually said to La Repubblica newspaper.

Pope Francis is quoted as telling the newspaper: “The problem certainly exists but it’s not a big one. It needs time but there are solutions and I will find them.”

Meanwhile in Ireland, the Association of Catholic Priests have welcomed the Pope’s reported willingness to discuss whether priests should be allow to marry and whether married men should be ordained.

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