the priesthood
noun
: the job of being a priest
He is entering the priesthood.
He decided to leave the priesthood.
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Shortly thereafter, the Vatican announced that Casey had resigned as bishop of Galway but remained in the priesthood.
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Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
The risk in the priesthood, Mr. Welby said, is that people will reject the Gospel of Jesus.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
The pope emphasized the church's inability to change doctrine on the subject, but also questioned whether opening the priesthood to women would benefit the clergy.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
Ultimately, the judgment of the priesthood superseded her expert viewpoints.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
Lk 22:32), that the Church has no authority whatsoever to ordain women to the priesthood, and that all the faithful of the Church must definitively abide by this decision.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
Women have long complained they are treated as second-class citizens in the church, barred from the priesthood and highest ranks of power yet responsible for the lion’s share of church work – teaching in Catholic schools, running Catholic hospitals, and passing the faith down to next generations.
—Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
Keenan said those who committed abuse should face jail time and those who were complicit should be removed from the priesthood.
—Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2023
Other groups pressing for women’s ordination to the priesthood are also in Rome, even though the pope has taken the subject of women priests off the table.
—Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
The risk in the priesthood, Mr. Welby said, is that people will reject the Gospel of Jesus.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
The pope emphasized the church's inability to change doctrine on the subject, but also questioned whether opening the priesthood to women would benefit the clergy.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
Ultimately, the judgment of the priesthood superseded her expert viewpoints.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
Lk 22:32), that the Church has no authority whatsoever to ordain women to the priesthood, and that all the faithful of the Church must definitively abide by this decision.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
Women have long complained they are treated as second-class citizens in the church, barred from the priesthood and highest ranks of power yet responsible for the lion’s share of church work – teaching in Catholic schools, running Catholic hospitals, and passing the faith down to next generations.
—Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
Keenan said those who committed abuse should face jail time and those who were complicit should be removed from the priesthood.
—Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2023
Other groups pressing for women’s ordination to the priesthood are also in Rome, even though the pope has taken the subject of women priests off the table.
—Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
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