{"id":40948,"date":"2018-02-27T15:26:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T21:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=40948"},"modified":"2018-02-27T15:26:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T21:26:57","slug":"wsj-married-priests-in-the-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/27\/wsj-married-priests-in-the-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"WSJ: Married Priests in the Amazon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0put up an in-depth article yesterday, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/catholic-church-considers-married-priests-to-ease-amazon-clergy-shortage-1519680013?mod=e2tw\">Catholic Church Considers Married Priests to Ease Amazon Clergy Shortage<\/a>.&#8221; The issue arises in part because of the severe shortage of ordained clergy &#8211; there are 7,000 Catholics for every priest in South America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are communities here that do not receive the Eucharist during an entire year,\u201d said Bishop Adolfo Zon Pereira of Alto Solim\u00f5es. 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