Pope Francis has said he is open to married men becoming priests to combat the Roman Catholic Church’s shortage of clergy. In an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, Pope Francis said the lack of Catholic priests was an “enormous problem” for the Church, and indicated he would be open to a change in the rules governing eligibility for the priesthood. “We need to consider if ‘viri probati’ could be a possibility,” he said. “If so, we would need to determine what duties they could undertake, for example, in remote communities.”

Pope Francis has said he is open to married men becoming priests to combat the Roman Catholic Church’s shortage of

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The computer belonging to an accountant appointed by the Vatican to clean up the Catholic church’s books has been hacked, Italian media reported Saturday. Libero Milone, whom Pope Francis named the Vatican’s first auditor general in June, has alerted the police to an alleged cyberattack, Turin daily La Stampa said. Vatican police opened an investigation into the matter and suspicions have been raised that it might be an inside job, according to the newspaper.

Jesus Christ was an inside job. So why not hacking being inside, too.. The computer belonging to an accountant appointed

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