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A response I gave to an inquiry from Xavier University, New Orleans:
ReplyDeleteAt least it has them thinking. You might recall I wrote a review of South Africa's Bishop Fritz Lobinger's "Like is Brothers and Sisters: Ordaining Community Leaders" back in 2001 who called for ordaining "viri populi" or leaders of communities as priests to lead priest-less neighborhoods, even as temporary priests, if they didn't want a long term commitment. He said even local bus drivers might know the people. He was concerned of areas with 300,000 people and no priest. His vision saw several ordained men, who probably were married, working under an ordinary. The news today is similar to that vision, except retained for indigenous men of the Amazon. It was a strange news, combining the evangelization of the Amazon with the preservation of the ecology of the region. Considering the violence reported there with loggers and others with the indigenous it is almost setting the newly ordained up for martyrdom as leaders for Eucharist and leaders in preservation. The reaction of a married priest group, CORPUS, is "Finally!" but I think their comment is premature considering how long the idea has been around with no action.
Joe Ruane