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Article: 'Our priests': an appreciation.(EDITOR'S NOTE)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- May 4, 2007
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I take the opportunity this week, in this little corner of the Catholic universe, to speak some words of appreciation for our priests, who struggle (see story Page 5) to find a new equilibrium in the wake of decades of awful press.
"Our priests." Yes, I know it sounds possessive, even presumptuous. It comes out, though, somewhat naturally, as in a familial way.
And just as in our families, there are curmudgeons and ne'er-do-wells, even criminals among them. Perhaps the divine moment amid the ache of the past two decades, amid the drip, drip of bad news that merged into torrents that nearly overwhelmed us, was the inevitable realization that there really ...