How to Use the priesthood in a Sentence

the priesthood

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  • This spring, nine men were ordained to the priesthood in Milwaukee, the most since 1992.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2024
  • The risk in the priesthood, Mr. Welby said, is that people will reject the Gospel of Jesus.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • There have never been such gay vestments for the priesthood.
    — Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2023
  • His family’s deep faith inspired his choice to join the priesthood.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 1 June 2024
  • But for Manson, who was feeling a call to the priesthood at the time, looked at it more with curiosity.
    — Holly Meyer, Fortune, 30 July 2023
  • Keenan said those who committed abuse should face jail time and those who were complicit should be removed from the priesthood.
    — Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2023
  • The church leaders were discussing whether the church should admit gay men to Catholic seminaries in preparation for the priesthood.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 29 May 2024
  • Frank was a talented student, and the monks encouraged his interest in the priesthood.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • He was removed from the priesthood in 2002 and eventually ended up in Oregon.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The movie’s patriarchy is taken to the extreme, but the reality in the church is that a 12-year-old boy with the priesthood has more power to act in God’s name than adult women — just by being male.
    — and David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Other groups pressing for women’s ordination to the priesthood are also in Rome, even though the pope has taken the subject of women priests off the table.
    — Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Shortly thereafter, the Vatican announced that Casey had resigned as bishop of Galway but remained in the priesthood.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • According to a previous release from the archdiocese, the men received at least seven years of formation for the priesthood.
    — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 19 May 2024
  • Lk 22:32), that the Church has no authority whatsoever to ordain women to the priesthood, and that all the faithful of the Church must definitively abide by this decision.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
  • In his Monday statement, Rodi also said Crow will not be able to return to the priesthood, regardless the outcome of the investigation.
    — Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Manriquez, now 70, is the mother of two lesbian daughters who supports female ordination to the priesthood.
    — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The pope emphasized the church's inability to change doctrine on the subject, but also questioned whether opening the priesthood to women would benefit the clergy.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Vivaldi joined the priesthood to be commissioned to write music, much to chagrin of his jealous rival and church hierarchy.
    — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 15 Apr. 2024
  • He was removed from the priesthood in 1996, according to the Maryland attorney general’s report.
    — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
  • Amorth’s convoluted road to the priesthood included fighting as a partisan in World War II, getting a law degree and working as a journalist.
    — Deepa Bharath, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Ultimately, the judgment of the priesthood superseded her expert viewpoints.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Many other abusers were simply encouraged to leave the priesthood voluntarily.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023

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