25 Oct 1965: The experiment will allow Catholic priests to experience the everyday life of manual workers Paris,October 24
The worker priest experiment is to be tried again in France, more than 11 years after the original scheme was suppressed by the Vatican. The plenary assembly of the French Catholic hierarchy, and meeting in Rome yesterday,gave permission for the original experiment.
A communique after the meeting stated: “The French episcopacy proposes, with the agreement of the Holy See, and to authorise a small number of priests to work full time in factories and on building sites after an appropriate preparation. The authorisation is foreseen for a first period of three years. The choice of these priests will beget to comply with certain precise conditions,such as aptitude, suitable formation, or community life,close relations with other priests and working-class Catholic Action militants in the sector in which they work.
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Source: theguardian.com