Belgian Bishop Says He Will ‘Make Every Effort’ to Ordain Married Men by 2028

Belgian bishop says he will ‘make every effort’ to ordain married men by 2028

(OSV News) — A Belgian Catholic bishop said he “will make every effort to ordain married men as priests” and expressed his commitment to doing so by 2028.  In a pastoral letter published March 19, Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp wrote that the question is “no longer whether” married men can be ordained, but “when” and “who will do it.” “I will make every effort to ordain married men as priests for our diocese by 2028,” Bishop Bonny said. “I will a…

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