Panel: End American ban on Eastern married priests

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Roman Catholic bishops and Orthodox Christians wants the Vatican to lift a ban on married priests for a small segment of the American church.

The committee wants the Vatican to allow ordination for married men in Eastern-rite Catholic churches in North America.

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