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Bishop Johan Bonny expressed his plan to ordain married men into the priesthood by 2028 in a move that has not received approval from the Vatican and would violate the current Code of Canon Law.
A historically Catholic country, since the 1950s Belgium has seen a significant decline in the number of its practicing Christians.
Pope John Paul II praised Baudouin in a 1995 general audience in which he said that 'he was a great guardian of the rights of the human conscience.'
Pope Francis is visiting three cities in Belgium to mark the 600th anniversary of the Catholic universities of Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve from Sept. 26–29.
The Pope is also expected to meet with victims of sexual abuse.
Within 8 hours after registration opened, more than 10,000 people had applied for one of 650 available spots for the meeting with Pope Francis in the Luxembourg cathedral.
Organizers explained that the approximately 18,000 remaining seats in the city-owned stadium are being reserved for groups from parishes, dioceses, and movements.
In total, Pope Francis is planning to visit six countries in the month of September after nearly a year of no international travel.
The traditional Vatican protocol required women to wear a black mantilla and a black dress with long sleeves for official papal audiences, although this custom has been made optional in recent decades.
On the occasion of the release of his autobiographical book retracing the last 50 years of the history of the Church, retired Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard discusses the great challenges of our time.
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