Word: priesthoods
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Someone I know called being in academics likejoining a priesthood," she says. "You're expectedkind of to give up everything else and devoteyourself to your work...
...psyches and, in one hour or less, form opinions on their characters? Are any of these interviewers qualified to do this, or are they acting like armchair psychologists at the students' expense? And why are colleges doing this anyway? Presumably they are choosing candidates foe academia and not the priesthood...
...sector of active churchgoers, though Catholicism has a vast official membership that counts all baptized infants. The Catholic Church remains powerful, but its esprit is being sapped by theological discord, not to mention declines in attendance at Mass, in parochial-school enrollment and in women's religious orders. The priesthood is attracting fewer and fewer new recruits, so that by the 21st century, many church functions will most likely be performed by laymen--and women. Meanwhile, Evangelicals are making inroads into the traditionally Catholic Hispanic populations...
Aside from a talk to the Philippines' bishops, who have been engaged in a running battle with the government over population control, John Paul avoided raising the subject of sexual morality. He touched only briefly on the question of women, who are still barred from the priesthood: before the beatification ceremony for Mary MacKillop, a pioneering 19th century social worker, he said the church ``faces the challenge of finding fresh and creative ways of recognizing and integrating the specific charisms of women.'' Bantering with reporters toward the beginning of the trip, the Pope was asked how he felt about having...
Within this world of veiled desire, the movie focuses on the tense relationship between the central character, Father Peter Lavin (Henry Czerny), who runs the orphanage and Kevin (Johnny Morina), a 10-year old boy surrounded by a halo of pure innocence. Lavin is a tyrant of the priesthood--in his black robe, he is a model of pathology and pure evil. Czerny's performance in the role is nothing less than stellar--as his steely eyes glitter, he brings to light both the calculated ruthlessness as well as the moments of ferocious anger in this complex character. Silent...