Sentences with phrase «members of priests»

Is the «priest - penitent privilege» properly invoked when there is no pastor - parish setting in which confession is a religious duty incumbent upon priest and penitent, when the «penitents» are not necessarily members of the priest's denomination, when there is no «confession» as such, and when the clergyman is asked to divulge not the content of a confession, but, as the legal briefs say, observations made by him «incident thereto»?

Not exact matches

Instead of accepting blame for the son of their most famous church member, George Romney, they slandered the priest.

And, it was not a priest but rather a family member, the source of most cases of child abuse and corruption.

While there were also a significant number of abuse cases involving parish priests in Ireland, another major scandal involved criminal abuse committed by members of religious orders working in Catholic - run institutions such as orphanages and reform schools.

But a British flying officer, David Walker, in a conversation with a Catholic priest during World War II asked: «You know, padre, on our aircraft one of our crew members is a Catholic, and you bless him before we go off on bombing missions over Germany.

Sometimes called «God's Marines» (not all appreciate the nickname) for their willingness to go to the frontlines of faith, Jesuits form the largest order of Catholic priests in the church, with approximately 18,000 members worldwide.

Congress recognized that most of the members of the tribe had been converted to Christianity, and Congress gave a subsidy of $ 100.00 a year for seven years for the support of a priest so that he could «instruct as many... children as possible.»

Father Melville then tells how he and two other members of his society, a nun and a priest, were accused of aiding Guatemala's guerrillas.

Sehra: As the Hindu priest ties the sehra (flower veil) on the forehead of the groom while chanting sacred mantras, the close family members sing sehra songs to pep up the environment.

They are then further disturbed that the headteacher loyally supports the staff member who has made the children shout out «penis» or «vagina» at the front of the class, or has said that the Church will one day ordain women priests, or has talked openly about their gay partner.

We should further learn from the same Constitution that the Church really does not teach a two - tier theory of her members, according to which some would trot along the common road, hoping nevertheless to arrive at God, while the others, priests and religious, constituting as it were the aristocracy, walk in more exalted paths.

He added: «As a result, he remained a priest and he was perfectly entitled to remain a member of the Church, to continue to participate in the life of the Church, and indeed to continue to argue for a change in the Church's position on same - sex marriage.

for every priest that violated his vows and the trust of his parishioners there will someday be a reckoning... true the head always suffers for his members that go astray... but the Brits don't understand the Catholic church if they think that we are going to accept practicing man and females gays into the priesthood and except the pope to issue condoms for the prevention of AID they got something else coming... If the Brits want to live in a perverse society where every thing goes that their moral problem!!

But even broader contributions await release in the priests, pastors, rabbis, lay leaders, and grass - roots members of religious communities (i.e., congregations) Approximately 124 million members of 320,000 churches and temples are served by 246,000 clergymen and rabbis.

There were patriarchs from Jerusalem, Antioch and Alexandria; archbishops from the Eastern Orthodox, Anglican and Lutheran communions; bishops from these communions and from the Old Catholics, Methodists and Moravians; members of the supreme courts of Germany and Scotland; deans, canons, professors, executives, editors, ministers, priests, missionaries — and seven women!

In classic religious fashion, that which is most dangerous and polluting is transformed by the proper ministrations of members of a holy caste («priests» in this case) into a potent source of sanctity and holiness.

He was a member of a thirteenth - century Roman Catholic religious order, the Servites (Ordo Servorum Mariae), from 1950 to 1969 and an ordained priest from 1957 to 1969.

And, of course, among Roman Catholics, both because of the cultural stereotype that Catholicism is sexually repressive and because of the celibacy requirement for priests and members of religious orders.

(Galatians 6:16) It is a «people for God's own possessions, (I Peter 2:9) whose members are «kings and priests to God» (Revelation 1:6) It is Isaiah's righteous Remnant, (Isaiah 10:22 - 23, quoted Romans 9:27 - 28) Jeremiah's people of the New Covenant, (Jeremiah 31: -34, quoted at length Hebrews 8:8 - 12; cf. II Corinthians 3:4 - 18.)

Within this large design, the violence of the crucifixion and the temple priesthood's highly active part in it are highlighted by smaller touches characterized by ironic reversals: the loyal Peter cowardly denies Jesus, and Joseph of Arimathea» the Sanhedrin member» bravely claims him; the Jewish high priest pronounces Jesus blasphemous and worthy of death, while the Roman centurion supervises the execution and proclaims Jesus the «Son of God.»

One was a priest, another was a member of the aristocracy of that period, possibly both were returning from worshiping in the temple in Jerusalem.

Man will never be a «God», but was created to live on the earth forever, with only a limited number of 144,000 going to heaven (Rev 14:1, 4) to serve in the official capacity of «kings and priests» as members of God's heavenly kingdom.

The ones listening have not been the «establishment», or the intellectuals but, by and large, the humble and grateful people of God — loyal priests desperately trying to hold the line in their parishes, seminarians despised by their professors, Anglican converts seeking the clear truth, devout teachers in our schools, prayerful parishioners, and members of the new movements have been enthusiastic for this teaching.

Well then if you and your members ARE the church, you then by extension have supported child mol.e.sta.tion by hiding p.e.d.o priests and allowing them to continue acting on behalf of the church while doing so.

Nor were all members of the Brahmin caste priests.

The Catholic Multimedia Centre said the priest had been on holiday when he was abducted on April 3 and that family members paid a ransom of over 100,000 US dollars.

Some traditionalist priests might want to use [the 1962 form] almost exclusively, excluding those members of their congregation who want the New Mass..

We wonder why there is so much unease in the hearts of members of Christian orders and of priests, why so few deep conversions are effected in China despite the flood of missionaries, why the Christian Church, with all its superiority of benevolence and devotion, yet makes so little appeal to the working masses.

A Lefebvrist priest — members of the Society of St Pius X have long been fervent supporters of the Fatimist conspiracy theories — tried to stab him while he was at the shrine.

Thus, the priests are merely slavish members of the pope's body (this is a spirito - magic reality), connected with the pope - head by the magical consecration or ordination.

It makes sure that members of the laity are not victims of something fabricated by an individual or group, it guarantees that laity are sharing in the same liturgy that binds the priest, the bishop, and the pope.

This plain diocesan priest did enjoy the foreword to the new edition by Member of Parliament David Alton in which he underscores the importance of ECT for sectarian strife in Northern Ireland and for evangelization in England, where less than 10 percent of the population attends church.

Conclusion: When a priest abuses a child, in fact a member of the pope's body abuses a child.

While members of other religious orders, some diocesan priests, and even a few bishops who have cultivated a reputation for being «gay - friendly» have sharply criticized the November instruction, the Jesuits do seem to be in the vanguard of the attack.

A «dean» is the senior priest in charge of a cathedral, sharing responsibility with the other members, who are usually called «canons».

During talks in Rome with a Catholic delegation from Nigeria, the pope demanded that priests and church members in the diocese of Ahiara write to him personally to «ask his forgiveness».

The headmaster of the school, a priest who is a member of a religious order, confirmed that the school shows contraceptives to students.

I would not hesitate to go to a wedding, funeral, graduation, retirement party, baby shower, ballgame, courtroom, birthday party, family reunion, public hearing, town parade, school play, or other social function due to the presence or lack of a 1 - 2 minute prayer from a pastor, priest, rabbi, imam, valedictorian, mayor, police chief, council member, or 3rd grader who will play the Tree in the school spring play, nor would I feel it appropriate or necessary to make a social scene just so everyone could hear my opinion on the matter.

As the priest names himself and the members of the gathered community sinners, one can easily lose sight that the Church herself is not a sinner, but rather «a reality that surpasses, mysteriously and infinitely, the sum of her members» (RR, p. 52).

For the ecclesiastical hierarchy of deacons, priests and bishops, this means that no member may claim to act on his own authority or power.

Maybe a small group of the Sanhedrin didn't like the idea of a blasphemer being buried in a respectable tomb, so they stole the body and tossed it into a hole, and did not tell the high priest and the other members.

At a deeper theological level, it is worth noting that 11 of the 12 members of the Catholic faculty are priests, and there is a fundamental difference of opinion at the bottom of this dispute over what is called Kirchlichkeit — perhaps best rendered «churchliness.»

Druids were members of the learned class among ancient Celts, acting as priests, judges and teachers.

The Catholic priest telling you about all this is himself something of an anomaly since he is an Afrikaner, virtually all of whom are members of the Dutch Reformed Church, «The National Party at prayer.»

For example, while I led the funeral procession from the house of the deceased to the burial ground — dressed in the traditional attire of the local Christian priest, and accompanied by a band of church members singing Christian lyrics — there was a group of Dalit leaders, sometimes accompanied by a group of drummers, fulfilling the native Dalit ritualistic requirements.

Then there is Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who was a member of the group that worked out with Rome the rules for dealing with abusive priests, and has demonstrated how they can work in a way that is both responsive to victims and fair to the accused.

Many of the rescuers were priests and members of religious orders.

In one Catholic college a student interviewed twenty - two members of the Department of Theology; fifteen were Catholics (five of them priests).

I should clarify that my comments about dwindling numbers of RCC priests (and members) relates primarily to the US, and not world - wide.

He recalled how his fellow priests had in many cases become very casual, and how in Rome «I heard, among other clever and coarse anecdotes at mealtimes, members of the papal curia laugh and boast about how some said Mass and with reference to the bread and wine spoke these words: ««Panis es, panis manebis; vinum es, vinum manebis» — «Bread you are and bread you shall remain; wine you are, and wine you shall remain» — and with these words they elevated the host and the wine in the usual way.