Chris McDonnell reviews Jim Forest's Writing straight with crooked lines

Thomas O’Loughlin, in a slightly longer version that was published in La Croix, looks at some objections raised to ordaining married men as presbyters.
"It has often been noted that while universities speak of ‘education’ (focusing on developing the individual’s talent), seminaries, along with military academies, speak of ‘formation’: learning to think with the group, act together, and became familiar with the group’s standard procedures and goals."

Jesus and Paul endorsed the Jewish tradition of intercessory prayer. Praying for others is one a way to express our communion with them in Christ...