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n. - The office and dignity of a clergyman of the highest order in Christian churches

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  • I mean the statement from Rome that perhaps homosexually oriented priests are invalidly ordained or should be drummed out of the priesthood is absolute nonsense and would...
  • Roger Vangheluwe said in a statement he would immediately leave an abbey in his bishopry of
  • In a statement, the former bishop said he planned to immediately leave an abbey in his bishopry of Bruges, where he has been staying since his April 23 resignation.
  • Roger Vangheluwe said in a statement he would go "somewhere hidden" away from an abbey in his bishopry of Bruges, where he has been staying since his April 23 resignation.
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