{"id":45755,"date":"2019-02-12T09:14:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=45755"},"modified":"2019-02-12T09:15:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:15:35","slug":"bishop-feige-womens-ordination-will-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/12\/bishop-feige-womens-ordination-will-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Feige: Women\u2019s Ordination Will Come"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bishop Feige of Magdeburg, Germany holds that the question of women\u2019s ordination is open, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katholisch.de\/aktuelles\/aktuelle-artikel\/bischof-feige-priesterweihe-fur-frauen-wird-kommen\">katholisch.de reports<\/a>. \u201cIt is no longer persuasive to reject it rigorously and to argue only from tradition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bishop considers it unlikely that women will be ordained priests at the present time, because it would not be accepted by many Catholics and would break the unity of the church. \u201cBut on the other hand, it will come,\u201d he said. \u201cJust a bit ago I could not have thought this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing Pope Francis, he said that the teaching of the church\nis not to be preserved without allowing its further development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bishop Feige notes that obligatory celibacy is not a divine\nobligation. He also advocates a changed profile of the priest. They should be \u201cless\narchaic-middle class\u201d and more \u201cdynamic-alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katholisch.de\/aktuelles\/aktuelle-artikel\/bischof-feige-priesterweihe-fur-frauen-wird-kommen\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.katholisch.de\/aktuelles\/aktuelle-artikel\/bischof-feige-priesterweihe-fur-frauen-wird-kommen<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Feige of Magdeburg, Germany holds that the question of women\u2019s ordination is open, katholisch.de reports. \u201cIt is no longer persuasive to reject it rigorously and to argue only from tradition,\u201d he said. 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