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Vatican tries to reboot priesthood amid crisis over abuses

By NICOLE WINFIELDFebruary 17, 2022 GMT

ROME (AP) — The Vatican opened a three-day conference Thursday on rebooting the Catholic priesthood amid a drop in vocations and a credibility crisis over the “depraved" clergy sex abuse and cover-up scandal.

Vatican cardinal skeptical about married priests for Amazon

By NICOLE WINFIELDOctober 2, 2019 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A top Vatican cardinal has expressed skepticism about ordaining married men to address the priest shortage in the Amazon, defending the value of priestly celibacy on the eve of a big Vatican meeting where the issue is officially up for debate...