Pope Francis has opened a highly contentious three-week summit in the vatican that could potentially clear the way for some married men to become Catholic priests. The meeting -- which focuses on environmental and religious issues in the Amazon region - will take up the question of whether some respected married elder men could be ordained to help overcome a shortage of priests in remote areas in the region. Currently indigenous Catholics in remote parts of the Amazon can go months without seeing a priest or having a proper mass. For more on some of the controversial proposals on the agenda, Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele spoke to Reverend Father Patrick Rakeketsi, Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference Associate Secretary General..