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Cardinal Hollerich: There’s ‘Space to Expand’ Church Teaching on All-Male Priesthood

Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich speaks at a press conference in the Vatican on Aug. 26, 2022.

In new interview, the cardinal questioned the infallibility of papal documents that affirmed the Church’s perennial teaching that only men may be ordained to holy orders, adding, ‘But for the moment, if Pope Francis tells me it is not an option, it is not an option.’