the albert the pay center for history at villanova university, a conversation from a series on revisionist history. exploring what the term means means and how it influences our understanding of the past. historians focus on early america and address topics ranging from the 1619 arrival of enslaved africans to nottingham's colonial perspectives and revolutionary war soldier experiences. >> on behalf of villanova university, the college of arts and sciences, i am delighted to welcome you to the first event of our programming season for the academic year of 2019 and 2020. my name is jason steinhauer. i'm director of the lepage center at villanova, a relatively new center created in 2016. it opened its doors in 2017. our mission is to bring history to bear on contemporary issues. that is what we do all year-round. some of the issues we have examined in the past have been the issue of fake news and historical perspective, stuff on endless war. last year we did a series on democracy and the history of democracy and credit participation. -- democratic process evasion. this year is revisionist hi

the end of the year but thank you really is a professor of theology and religious studies of villanova university and joins me now via skype from philadelphia good to have you with us again on al-jazeera the mere debate about married priests has divided the catholic church for generations why do you think pope francis is considering that this is perhaps a good time to broach the subject once again. well he's considering this because there's a lot of pressure coming from the current church globally and also because in these last. since the 1950 s. niigata shares there has been a series of exceptions and special provisions for married priests in the going to church those coming especially from of the presence of judges. at the anglican churches they have accepted the image as mary varies so there is a really a history of exceptions and right now the situation we as a region poses of moberly is opening the question eve it's more important to preserve the celibacy requirement and the cost. of head the many communities we doubt it priests for many many months every year in terms of the debate but he w

for gilly is a professor of theology and religious studies at villanova university he explains why pope francis is considering the proposal despite the debate about married priests dividing the catholic church for generations. he's considering least because there's a lot of pressure coming from the current church globally and also because in these last night i mean since the 1950 s. you've got a church there had been a series of exceptions and special provisions for married priests you know got a church those carrying a special in from of the presence of jesus. the anglican churches they have been accepted literature as mary varies so there is a ready history of exceptions and right now the situation is he was a regent both of globally he's opening the question eve it's more important to preserve the celibacy requirements and the cost. of having many communities we doubt it priests for many many months every year. of 0 it means celeron the reminder of our top stories iraq's human rights commission says 63 people are being killed in just 2 days of protests across the country and these 2

the albert the pay center for history at villanova university, a conversation from a series on revisionist history. exploring what the term means means and how it influences our understanding of the past. historians focus on early america and address topics ranging from the 1619 arrival of enslaved africans to nottingham's colonial perspectives and revolutionary war soldier experiences. >> on behalf of villanova university, the college of arts and sciences, i am delighted to welcome you to the first