priesthood

In early December the independent and very liberal National Catholic Reporter weekly newspaper published a long, carefully reasoned editorial declaring that “The Ordination of Women Would Correct an Injustice.” If the Church were deliberately perpetrating an injustice in the matter…

So your old roommate’s in seminary and your sister just made first vows, and you’re feeling a little guilty getting excited for your wedding. Marriage isn’t exactly a straightforward regimen toward holiness (you do get to have sex, after all)…

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Since the introduction of the new liturgical texts this past November, I’ve attended Mass in Australia, California, New York, Rome, Washington and Phoenix, and in none of these venues have I detected any of the calamities confidently predicted by opponents…

Football and the Priesthood

by Alexandra Richards February 5, 2012

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It Takes 110 Villages — and a Determined Priest

by ACN-USA News January 10, 2012

The view and the sheer scale are overwhelming: Lake Titicaca, high up in the Altiplano, the high plateau of the Andes, is 120 miles long and 40 miles wide. It lies at an altitude of 12,500 feet and is divided…

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A Woman in the Highest Office

by Kathleen Blease November 28, 2011

One day I came across a post on Facebook from a man who, for the life of him, couldn’t reason why women aren’t ordained priests. Still quite young, he reminded me very much of myself at that age, and he…

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The Blessing of Mediocrity

by Sylvia Dorham September 24, 2009

Thank God for the mediocre priests. 
Praise Him for the lukewarm and wishy-washy Church leaders.
Bless Him for the days of half-hearted adherence to Church teaching and the post-conciliar years of the infallible self.
And I mean that from the…

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The Order of Melchizedek

by Fr. Kyle Schnippel June 24, 2009

Contrary to what might be expected, the first priest mentioned in the Bible is not from the Tribe of Levi. In fact, the first priest is described before Levi is even born. In Genesis 14, we are introduced to Melchizedek,…

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