{"id":2430,"date":"2008-04-22T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/04\/oops-2.html"},"modified":"2008-04-22T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T11:08:00","slug":"oops-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/04\/oops-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Oops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SA3_rXHT1TI\/AAAAAAAACUs\/UpVF1kWIoVM\/s1600-h\/FE_PR_080418priests%5B1%5D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SA3_rXHT1TI\/AAAAAAAACUs\/UpVF1kWIoVM\/s400\/FE_PR_080418priests%5B1%5D.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> U.S. News &amp; World Report has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/articles\/news\/2008\/04\/18\/what-to-do-about-the-priest-shortage.html\">a good piece<\/a> on the priest shortage that&#8217;s worth reading.   <\/p>\n<p>It also has the picture above, which carries this caption: <\/p>\n<p><i> A priest blesses a boy as he prepares to receive communion during the Papal mass in DC. <\/i> <\/p>\n<p>Um.  Not quite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. News &amp; World Report has a good piece on the priest shortage that&#8217;s worth reading. It also has the picture above, which carries this caption: A priest blesses a boy as he prepares to receive communion during the Papal mass in DC. Um. 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