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Pope Francis Says Ban on Female Priests is Likely to Endure

NY times online   by Laurie Goodstein

Catholic teaching that women cannot be ordained as priests will probably go on forever said Pope Francis during his trip to Sweden. He referred to a letter written in 1994 by Pope John Paul II who said that Jesus only chose men to be disciples. Read more here and here.