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I Am a Priest, and This Is Why I’m Pro-Choice

How to Properly Respond to the Homosexualist Priest

Let’s be honest: We do not have a “homosexual priest” problem within the Church. Rather, we have a homosexualist priest problem within the Church. Priests who might experience same-sex attraction at least have the possibility of addressing that issue effectively in order to live their priestly vocation as a true icon of the Church’s Bridegroom, …

Why We Need a Priest

Everyone needs a priest. No one can approach God without a mediator. It is for this reason that the High Priesthood of Jesus Christ is one of the most glorious truths in all of God’s revelation in Scripture.

Why do priests wash their hands during Mass?

The priest does not wash his hands because they are dirty, but to signify a spiritual meaning.

What Does it Mean to “Defrock” a Priest?

Q: What does it mean when a priest is “defrocked”? Sorry but it sounds like tearing his clothes off! –Jane A: References to priests being “defrocked” have recently turned up in numerous art…

Why Do Catholic Priests Wear Those Fancy Vestments?

The thing we find strange about today's gospel of the wedding feast is the fellow who did not have a wedding garment.<br>What was the wedding garment that the king deemed so important? First we have to put ourselves back in Jesus' time. Clothes were expensive and poor people probably had only two sets of clothes.

Who Gets To Decide the Truth?

We all get a say—not just priests, princes, or partisans.

What My Gramma Taught Us About the Secret to More Vocations to Priesthood

What My Gramma Taught Us About the Secret to More Vocations to Priesthood I have been a priest for more than 32 years. I feel truly blessed to be a

Too old to be a Priest?

My brothers and sisters this is just the start of what I'm assuming will be many posts on clarifying assumptions that you might have regarding older vocations or vocations in general. I know I've had quite a few and if I can share them here to help make someone else's possible discernment process a

How Robot Priests Will Change Human Spirituality

If our tools amplify our intentions, we need to question our motivation for developing robots that automate blessings or hearing confession

Top 10 people who were going to be priests

An assortment of characters who resisted the pull of a higher calling

Why do priests wear a white collar?

It started out as something from popular fashion and then later took on a deeper spiritual meaning.

What Is the Difference Between a Friar, a Monk and a Priest?

A reader writes to Aleteia: “Can you please help me to understand the differences between friar, monk and priest? I appreciate your attention. [Signed,] Lorena F.” These are somewhat fl…

How to Help Priests Smell Like Their Sheep

When families and priests get together, both benefit

Should We Have Married Priests?

When Catholics discover that I am a married priest the vast majority of them say, “That’s fantastic! I hope the Church change...

Dear priests who improvise at Mass: Please don’t.

Adding more words will not make Mass “better.” If you cleanly speak the words as they are, if you let them flow through you, the people in the pews may hear the Mass as they have never heard it before. You do not need to do more. It’s not about you.

Why would a priest or seminarian not report sexual harassment by a superior?

Six interrelated reasons for reluctance, based on my own experience.