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DATE: SUNDAY, December 5, 1993                   TAG: 9312050051
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-10   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: VATICAN CITY                                LENGTH: Short

POPE TO TAKE ANGLICANS UPSET BY WOMEN PRIESTS

Vatican leaders are laying plans for accepting Anglican clergy - included married priests - who leave their church to protest its decision to ordain women.

A document by British Roman Catholic bishops, issued by the Vatican on Saturday, provides guidelines on how to integrate Church of England members, including the "exceptional circumstances" of married priests.

The Church of England decided last year to allow women priests, the first of whom should be ordained in 1994. More than 30 Anglican clergymen have already quit in protest. The document was released as Pope John Paul II lauded efforts to fight discrimination against women and minorities.

- Associated Press 


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