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From Crux:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

According to a Spanish missionary archbishop who\u2019s been in Ecuador since 1998, \u201cWe must thank God that there are still prophets like Pope Francis\u201d who think about the future.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the bishop backed the ordination of married men as priests in the Amazon, supporting the idea of calling\u00a0viri probati,<\/em>\u00a0or tested married men, into the priesthood to serve isolated rural communities.<\/p>\n

Archbishop Rafael Cob of the Diocese of Puyo believes that an Oct 6-27 Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazon region convened by Francis is \u201chistorical.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Cob spoke with a group of journalists, including\u00a0Crux<\/em>, currently in Ecuador on a trip to the Amazon organized by REPAM, an ecclesial network from the region collaborating with the synod.<\/p>\n

The prelate said that a key issue the synod will deal with is the possibility of the Church in the Amazon, which includes parts of nine countries, shifting from a \u201cclerical institution\u201d to a \u201cministerial one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must start from the Christian vocation of baptism: Laity, religious and priests from one body and one family,\u201d Cob argued, three weeks before heading to Rome to take part in the October synod.<\/p>\n

This shift, he said, would allow for the ordination of the so-called\u00a0viri probati<\/em>so they can distribute the sacraments in communities that are so remote that they perhaps see a priest twice a year.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0viri probati<\/em>, he said, are nothing new. On the contrary, Cob said, \u201cthe Church has had them from the beginning.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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