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Religion & Public Life
November 13, 2019
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** What do Catholics around the world think about married priests?
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Recently, Catholic bishops across the Amazon ([link removed]) called for Pope Francis to allow the ordination of married men as priests in order to address severe clergy shortages in the region. Church leaders worldwide are debating the proposal ([link removed]) , with some conservative cardinals strongly opposing the idea. Pew Research Center has raised a similar question with Catholics in nearly 30 countries – should the church allow priests to marry?
In a U.S. survey ([link removed]) conducted in 2015, most Catholics (62%) favored the idea. Roughly six-in-ten or more Catholics in much of Central and Eastern Europe ([link removed]) echoed this view in a 2015-2016 survey – including in Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine – although fewer shared this perspective in Poland (49%) and Bosnia (31%). The question was also asked in a 2013 survey of Latin America ([link removed]) , which found wide disparities across 19 countries, from 20% in Guatemala who said priests should be allowed to marry up to 66% in Uruguay. A slim majority of Catholics in Brazil – home to the world’s largest Catholic population and the bulk of
the Amazon region – expressed this view (56%).
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** MEDIA MENTIONS
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** U.S. Catholic bishops elect Hispanic immigrant as leader ([link removed])
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Nov. 12 - The New York Times *
** Study finds U.S. Latinos are no longer majority-Catholic. Here are some reasons why ([link removed])
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Nov. 8 - Religion News Service
** IN THE NEWS
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** Cardinal O’Malley says Vatican may soon reveal report on disgraced Cardinal McCarrick ([link removed])
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Nov. 12 - The Boston globe *
** Trump weighs conditioning foreign aid on religious freedom ([link removed])
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Nov. 11 - Politico
** Myanmar accused at UN court of genocide against Rohingya ([link removed])
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Nov. 11 - The Associated Press
** India’s Supreme Court clears way for a Hindu temple at country’s most disputed religious site ([link removed])
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Nov. 9 - The Washington Post *
** Pakistan opens visa-free border crossing for India Sikhs ([link removed])
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Nov. 9 - The Associated Press
** Global debate gets underway over married Catholic priests ([link removed])
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Nov. 9 - The Associated Press
** A new chain of Christian pregnancy centers will provide a controversial service: Contraception ([link removed])
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Nov. 7 - The Washington Post *
** Auschwitz survivor a focus of Italy’s anti-Semitic tensions ([link removed])
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Nov. 7 - The Associated Press
** Judge voids Trump-backed ‘conscience rule’ for health workers ([link removed])
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Nov. 6 - The New York Times *
** UMC’s Western Jurisdiction announces ‘safe harbor’ for LGBTQ clergy ([link removed])
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Nov. 6 - Religion News Service
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