Sentences with phrase «moral life of the priest»

In proposing a way forward, the study rejects the primacy of place that is given to the therapeutic mentality because it fails to appreciate the role that religious devotion and faith play in the moral life of the priest, and has no proper understanding of human nature, original sin and free will.

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Many parish priests can confirm that relativist, utilitarian and / or anti-life priorities concerning the moral life have been allowed, in varying degrees, to take hold in the minds of many parishioners.

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!!

The report states, «Whether a priest keeps his vows and lives in accordance with the moral precepts of the Church is the business of his bishop, his fellow priests, and his parishioners.»

The priests» shortcomings continually remind us that ultimate justice flows neither from human institutions nor ecclesiastical insight, nor even from the sensible practice of a moral life.

The problem is that forcing priests into celibacy has created an army of bitter old se.xless men who want to believe their is some moral superiority in living as they do.