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What a journey!  It’s the first Catholic ordination in one Pennsylvania community — and it’s one for the history books: St. Joseph’s Church in York will be the setting on Saturday for an event sure to go down in local religious history, and perhaps more. Paul Schenck, born into a Jewish family, eventually ordained as…

Stories like this one in Kentucky are rare, but not unheard of. But it’s big enough that is made the local paper: James Reinhart is accustomed to being called dad, grandpa or deacon, but he’s still getting accustomed to his new title. “I’m not used to being called Father Jim,” Reinhart said Sunday as he…

These cases seem to be coming more common. Another Protestant converts and becomes a priest — and makes a little news in the process: After 19 years as a Lutheran pastor, the Rev. Philip Johnson had grown disenchanted with Protestantism. “There comes a time, if you’re Catholic, to be Catholic,” the newest priest of the…

More priests are using the Internet to do their job, according to Zenit: A new study about the use of digital technology by priests worldwide shows that the Internet has become a frequently utilized tool in homily preparation, evangelization and pastoral support. The PICTURE (Priests’ Information and Communication Technologies Use in Their Religious Experience) study…
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