VATICAN CITY
Oklahoman
[The Pfarrer Initiative]
NICOLE WINFIELD | Published: April 5, 2012
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Austrian priest who founded a group of clergy who question church teaching on celibacy and women’s ordination has downplayed Pope Benedict XVI’s denunciation.
The Rev. Hellmut Schueller said Benedict was merely asking for reflection on whether their disobedience can help reform the church. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Schueller noted that Benedict didn’t forbid what the dissident priests were doing or advocating.
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