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...experiment on it if it's going to be destroyed anyway? When they grapple with these questions, politicians and scientists are often accused of playing God. On issues this morally and scientifically mysterious, Bush knew, humility was the better part of wisdom. He avoided playing national priest (relying purely on Scripture) or capitalist tool (letting the markets decide). Instead, he played lifeguard: These are dangerous waters, he warned. Mind where you swim when you go looking for treasure...
...Joseph Towle, a priest in the Bronx, N.Y., usually hears confessions, but recently he offered up a jaw-dropping one of his own. Thirteen years ago, a man named Jesus Fornes told Father Towle he had committed a murder, one for which two innocent men had been convicted. Towle disclosed last month that Fornes, now dead, was the killer, and urged that the men--who had served 13 years in prison--be freed...
...According to Walsh, the Church is well aware of the priest shortage - and leaders are taking "appropriate" actions to reverse the trend. "Right now we have about 35,000 people studying to become lay ministers," she says. "Once they?ve completed their studies, they can take on many of the duties traditionally taken on by priests. They won?t be able to perform the sacraments, like marriages and funerals, but they can bring communion to the sick...
...Jeremy and Tanya McKeen of Salem, Mass., provide one very recent example. Two weeks ago, they were married by Ron Ingalls, a priest turned English teacher. "The first time we met with him he talked about particle physics and the metaphysics of love much more than he talked about religion," says Jeremy. The wedding itself was also short on religion but long on warmth, which is what Jeremy and Tanya, who were both raised as Protestants, were looking for. "We had the ceremony at a rock quarry and Ron said a homily, but that was pretty much it," he says...
...goings on at rentapriest.com, not everyone in the Church shares their point of view. Louise Haggett remembers the time she shared a ride from the airport with a bishop. She couldn?t resist posing an ostensibly rhetorical question. "What would you do," Haggett began, "if we put a married priest in your parish?" The bishop replied gravely, "Well, I?d have to put an end to it, I suppose." Haggett pressed on. "But what if no one complained?" she asked. The bishop paused before answering sotto voce. "Then I?d just look the other...