It doesn't end a thousand-year-old tradition: Pope Francescu rules against married men being priests

Bishops had supported this measure last year, but the decision had to be approved by the pope in order to begin to apply.

Catholic priests are required to abide by the rule of not getting married, writes BBC, translation Periscope.

Singleness is seen as the devotion of man's life to God.

A statement from the Vatican states: “Amazona is challenging us, writes the pope, to overcome limited prospects and not to be satisfied with solutions that address only part of the situation.

It is estimated that about 85 percent of Amazon villages cannot keep weekly masses because of the decline of priests.

If the Pope were to put in place the proposal made by Catholic bishops last year, a thousand-year tradition would end. /Periscope