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Bishop Gmür didn’t stop at questioning celibacy; he also waded into another contentious issue: the ordination of women.
A Swiss bishop called for the end of mandatory priestly celibacy and for the ordination of women in an interview published Sunday, just days ahead of his participation at the Synod on Synodality in Rome next week.
“It’s time to abolish mandatory celibacy,” Bishop Felix Gmür of Basel told the Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag on Sept. 24.
The bishop elaborated: “Celibacy means that I am available to God. But I believe that this sign is no longer understood by society today. Many think: What is wrong with this person, does he have a problem? When a sign is no longer understood, it must be questioned.”
“I have no problem at all imagining married priests,” the 55-year-old bishop added.
Bishop Gmür didn’t stop at questioning celibacy; he also waded into another contentious issue: the ordination of women. “The subordination of women in the Catholic Church is incomprehensible to me. Changes are needed there,” he declared.
“I am in favor of the ordination of women; it will also be a topic at the synod that will soon take place in Rome,” Bishop Gmür stated.
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A Swiss bishop called for the end of mandatory priestly celibacy and for the ordination of women in an interview published Sunday, just days ahead of his participation at the Synod on Synodality in Rome next week.
“It’s time to abolish mandatory celibacy,” Bishop Felix Gmür of Basel told the Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag on Sept. 24.
The bishop elaborated: “Celibacy means that I am available to God. But I believe that this sign is no longer understood by society today. Many think: What is wrong with this person, does he have a problem? When a sign is no longer understood, it must be questioned.”
“I have no problem at all imagining married priests,” the 55-year-old bishop added.
Bishop Gmür didn’t stop at questioning celibacy; he also waded into another contentious issue: the ordination of women. “The subordination of women in the Catholic Church is incomprehensible to me. Changes are needed there,” he declared.
“I am in favor of the ordination of women; it will also be a topic at the synod that will soon take place in Rome,” Bishop Gmür stated.
Continued below.
Swiss Bishop Calls for Women’s Ordination, End to Celibacy Ahead of Synod
Bishop Gmür didn’t stop at questioning celibacy; he also waded into another contentious issue: the ordination of women.
