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Spellman Attacks Deacon Married Clergy Proposal
Vatican City dispatch reports Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York leading conservative priests in opposing a draft council section that would restore the New Testament order of married deacons as a permanent rank below priests. He warned of practical difficulties and potential priest shortfalls, urging careful study of why the order was abolished.
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Louis Cassels
Vatican City
UPI
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Tcumenhanl Council
Spellman
Ierarchy
Latin America
Asia
Africa
Woene
Ernesto Ruffini
Palermo
Sicily
Antonio Bucci
Ruffini
Bucci
de Teclesia
Maurice Baudoux
Manitoba
Canada