Franciscans seek canonical change to allow a brother's election to lead order [CWN]

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Franciscan leaders have asked Pope Francis to consider allowing a dispensation from the canon-law requirement that the head of a religious order must be an ordained priest.

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Within the context of Franciscan spirituality this makes sense. It was never meant to be a priestly order. St Francis was not a priest.
 
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