Madrid Synod Proposes "Temporary Priesthood" and "Female Clergy"
According to InfoVaticana.com, the process was developed through consultation phases in 2024 and 2025, and is comparable with the German Synod. The Archdiocese of Madrid is currently led by the pro-homosexual Cardinal José Cobo.
Preparations have begun for the first Convivium-named Presbyteral Assembly, which is scheduled to take place in Madrid on 9–10 February 2026.
The archdiocese has recently distributed official working documents synthesising over 800 pages of submissions from parish pastoral councils, clergy, consecrated life and other ecclesial groups.
The archdiocesan synthesis includes a subsection labelled 'Peculiar Proposals'. This subsection cites contributions from groups who advocate optional priestly celibacy and propose a non-lifelong or 'temporary' priesthood. They also refer to 'future women priests'. The relevant quotes from two different groups read:
"We believe that the imposition of celibacy on priests (and on future women priests) is an unjust and anti-evangelical law that produces victims and contributes to a dominant clericalism that creates inequality in the community."
"We believe that freely chosen celibacy can help priest to be closer to social realities.' We propose the possibility of a temporary priesthood, not for a lifetime. Both lay people and religious pass through different stages of life."
These proposals are presented as part of the collected contributions and are not marked as heretical in the archdiocesan synthesis.
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