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The extent to which the expression has found favor was brought home a few weeks ago when Archbishop Harry Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis traveled to Rome to ordain a Minnesota-bound candidate for the priesthood.
To hold the priesthood is a euphemism for any sort of physical affection displayed by women towards men (since all men, at least in principle, are members of the priesthood); the Word of Wisdom is a reference to Mormons' dietary laws (which prohibit smoking, alcohol, drugs, and caffeine-containing hot drinks); Primary is a reference to children up to the age of eleven (as with the Relief Society, this is an example of the name of the organization being extended generally to its members).
Also, legal language endures to “unite the priesthood,’ that the “discipline [may] not be made common among the vulgar.
The backspin: The United States and Canada have gained more cardinals, and to woo them, candidates for the papacy will have to be more sensitive to American Catholics' dissent from papal teachings on divorce, remarriage, and women in the priesthood.
The cover story examines "The Last Counterculture": the Catholic priesthood.