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Pope Francis on the priesthood: True or false closeness?

As our Catholic World News service reported today, “In a major address on priesthood, Pope emphasizes closeness to God, the bishop, other priests, and the people.” I hope it does not surprise readers when I say that they should read the full text of this address, which is about 6,500 words in all, or roughly the equivalent of reading six to seven average-length commentaries on our website…