Sentences with phrase «often than priest»

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The cardinal accepted that abusing priests were routinely moved from parish to parish rather than being defrocked, and the word of clergy was often taken as more trustworthy than children claiming they were abused.

1) The people, including Father Greeley, who incessantly lament the gap between teaching and the reception of teaching are typically the same people who have for years worked to undermine the credibility of the Church's teaching office; 2) Their measure of whether the Church is listening is whether teaching is brought into line with their preferences; 3) The curia in Rome coordinates and corrects as necessary, but the teachers of the Church are the bishops, priests and catechists who too often find it easier to blame Rome than to do their job; 4) Catholic Americans are about 6 percent of the universal Church, and Greeley's think - for - themselves educated Catholics who are unhappy with church teaching, usually on matters sexual, are a much smaller part of that 6 percent.

I wish that the Church were more focused on removing pedophile priests than punishing women who often serve the most vulnerable segments of society.

In North America, where Orthodoxy is a tiny minority, it is often easier to learn about the faith through the Internet than from the nearest Orthodox priest, who may be a long drive away, speak poor English, or be baffled by the very existence of a «regular American» interested in the Church.

When the church fathers considered friendship, they were often less concerned with its normal sense than with «relations among monks, priests, or other devotees who lived together in religious communities.»