October 11, 2005

Detroiters weigh plan for priests

From Detroit to Rome , a vigorous debate is bubbling up for the first time at the highest levels of the Catholic Church about the need to solve a worldwide priest shortage that is forcing church closures. In Trenton , Wayne State University student Jaime Fleszar said she and many other Catholics don't want their church to start widely ordaining married men or opening the priesthood to women.

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