Pope to announce decision to allow married Men in Priesthood.
The Vatican on Friday said Pope Francis will on Feb. 12 release a document in response to a proposal to allow married men into the priesthood which will only be allowed in the amazon region.
It was made in October by a summit of bishops, known as a synod, in order to deal with a serious shortage of clergy in the sparsely-populated South American rainforest region.
The idea outrages traditionalists, who fear it could open the way to the complete abolition of the celibacy rule for priests, which is not part of church dogma but has been in place since the Middle Ages. The Vatican said the document will be called Querida Amazonia, (Dear Amazon).
