FILE PHOTO: Roman Catholic pilgrims display a banner with an image depicting Jesus Christ as they travel in a boat while accompanying the statue of Our Lady of Conception (not seen) during an annual river procession and pilgrimage along the Caraparu River in Santa Izabel do Para, in the Amazon jungle December 8, 2012. Picture taken December 8, 2012. REUTERS/Paulo Santos/File Photo
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Vatican document on Monday said the Church should consider ordaining older married men as priests in remote areas of the Amazon, a historic shift which some say could pave the way for their use in other areas where clergy are scarce.
The recommendation, contained in a working document prepared by the Vatican for a synod of bishops from the Amazon scheduled for October, also called for some kind of "official ministry" for women in the area, although it did not elaborate.
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