Politics, football (soccer) and religion are always very sensitive topics. Maybe the OP's "not that important" was an unfortunate way to put it. I think the a

Politics, football (soccer) and religion are always very sensitive topics. Maybe the OP's "not that important" was an unfortunate way to put it. I think the answers you ask for are in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis[0] [0] https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_19940522_ordinatio-sacerdotalis.html https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters...