The Catholic Register

Serving isolated parishes may mean ordaining married men, cardinal says

cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 08:33:30 -0500

VATICAN – The idea of exceptionally ordaining older married men of proven virtue to celebrate the Eucharist in isolated Catholic communities is something that should be discussed, said Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy.

Pope Francis has some ideas on how to fix the priest shortage

cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:20:00 -0500

VATICAN CITY – In a newly-released interview Pope Francis discussed the shortage of vocations to the priesthood, saying the first response must be prayer. He also mentioned working with youth, the low birthrate, and the ordination of married men.

Women deacons would be great help to aging clergy, says theologian

evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 10 May 2016 11:30:00 -0400

TORONTO – One solution to the shortage of clergy available to Canadian Catholics starts with the ordination of women into the diaconate, according to Phyllis Zagano.