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Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha, South Africa, (left) is shown here at the opening Mass of the weeklong meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar in Kampala, Uganda, July 21, 2019. (CNS/Courtesy of SECAM)

South African bishop supports ordaining married men to priesthood to increase access to sacraments

The president of the Southern Africa Catholic Bishops' Conference said that bishops throughout the continent are engaged in a respectful dialogue on ordaining ordaining "proven married men" to the priesthood.

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