Pope leans towards national celibacy decision

By Deborah Gough
Updated July 14 2014 - 10:08pm, first published 9:23pm

Pope Francis appears to be leaning towards giving Catholic bishops around the globe the power to decide whether to end celibacy for priests in their jurisdiction, a priest turned academic says.

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