Of course, many Christians, including many priests and preachers, take neither theology nor its political implications seriously.
During this time, the military junta controlled Argentina and many priests, including Jesuits, supported the liberation theology movement.
Father Stephen Wang, dean of studies at Allen Hall Seminary, says it is a sacrifice that many priests manage.
" In the United States, many priests already have that power, but Vatican officials portrayed Tuesday's announcement as "a widening of the church's mercy.
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For many priests, and those contemplating the priesthood, one of the hardest things about the ministry is the sheer loneliness of the job.
"She is now a good woman as many Catholic priests will attest, " he said.
They start no doubt with his deep Republican roots, roots that have been growing further into the ground for many Roman Catholic priests since the time of Roe v.
There were many -- 192 priests and bishops were named in litigation, the archdiocese said.
Many of his fellow priests, wearing cassocks in the stands, weren't as calm.
Press reports revealed that, in many dioceses, such behaviour among priests was viewed as an internal disciplinary matter, to be hushed up and certainly not to be reported to the secular authorities.
"Women are good priests and there are many of them who would by now in the normal course of things be in episcopal roles or being considered for them, " Mr Clark insists.
Not that the present pope would entertain for a moment the idea that this ban was wrong, although many cardinals and bishops and probably most priests believe it was a dreadful mistake that happened because the indecisive Pope Paul VI allowed himself to be bullied by his Curia.
Besides, by no means all priests were on the political right: many, encouraged by Pope John XXIII, distanced themselves from Franco in the 1960s, and helped nudge Spain towards democracy after his death.
But New York's Catholics, while admiring the pope and O'Connor, mostly ignore their teaching on contraception, and many would like a softer attitude to gays and women priests.
In many African countries, for example, churches are packed and priests are hard pressed to keep up with the flow of converts.
Many Egyptians have been thrilled to see Christians and Muslims, including robed priests and turbaned Azharite scholars, mingling cheerfully in the square.
Many of the alleged abusers in the 2, 600-page report were not priests, but nuns or Catholic lay people.
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