Monday, October 10, 2005

Analysis: Bishops propose priests wed

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/article_1053642.php/Analysis_Bishops_propose_priests_wed

[Monstersandcritics.com] October 10, 2005--Pope Benedict XVI`s first synod of bishops was supposed to focus on the Eucharist, the sacrament at the core of the Roman Catholic faith in which a priest transforms bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ. But the first collective meeting of 256 bishops representing the Catholic world in four years, and the first presided over by the new pope inevitably brought out the major problems facing the episcopates - terrorism, Islam, and the issue of married priests.

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