Non-Celibate Priests Expected in the Amazon Region

[catholic03]

The German Catholic News website reports that experts in Latin America expect exceptions to celibacy shortly.

Lateinamerika-Kenner erwarten in Kürze erste Ausnahmen vom Zölibat - katholisch.de

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"Latin America experts expect the first exceptions to celibacy shortly

Priestly ordination of married men will soon be a reality: Latin American experts are convinced of this in the Catholic Church. Bishops from Amazonia would soon ask Pope Francis for permission to consecrate the “viri probati”, it was said - and this procedure was in the spirit of the pontiff…"

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The article also states that ordination of females as priests is not open, thus upholding the universal doctrines of the Church.

 

[stpurl]

People have LOTS of expectations. Doesn’t mean those expectations will be fulfilled.

 

[CilladeRoma]

There are already married priests in the Church. There is one in my diocese. I am no where near the Amazon and have my choice of 20 different Masses every day of the week within 10 miles off home.
If a married priest is an acceptable option here, why wouldn’t it be a brilliant answer to an urgent problem in the Amazon?
I don’t understand all the angst about this, especially for people who are not affected by it, which is probably all of us on CAF.