"Cancelled" is equivalent to a displacement to non-existence when counting the official number of priests who serve as clergy in a particular (diocesan) church. They are deprived of the means to exercise the ministry and are disavowed before the faithful.
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"Approaches to Ecclesial Radiography" - Archbishop Héctor Aguer
What do we see when we apply an x-ray to the body of the Church on earth? The emeritus Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina, tells us in this l...
'On the other hand, the canceled priests... have the providential opportunity to join the Passion of the Lord and not to harbor feelings of hatred, but to strengthen themselves in hope and discreetly attend to the faithful who approach them.'
