Pope Francis : married men could be ordained priest to ease the shortage of priest

Pope Francis has stirred Catholics around the world with his relatively open comments on homosexuality , abortions . In his latest interview with Germany newspaper  'Die  Zeit'

The Pope said in an interview Thursday that he might consider ordaining married men who could work in rural areas where there are few priests. According to his remarks,

Pope Francis is not interested in completely removing the Church’s celibacy rule, but he said married men who are already involved in the church — called “viri probati” — could be useful.

He said , “We must consider if viri probati is a possibility", “Then we must determine what tasks they can perform, for example, in remote communities.”