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 1 Int    |    INTRODUCTION~To the Bishops, Priests and Faithful of the Whole
 2 Int, 2 |    consciences, perplexing some priests and young aspirants to the
 3   1, 6 |       Church today, through her priests, is called upon to work. ~
 4   1, 7 | celibate life. ~The Shortage of Priests~
 5   1, 10|      who strongly maintain that priests by reason of their celibacy
 6   1, 10|         happens, they say, that priests often become hard and lacking
 7   1, 13|  ministers—subdeacons, deacons, priests and bishops—who are living
 8   2, 25|     spiritual life, and all you priests who have gained a supernatural
 9   3, 40|       in the East only celibate priests are ordained bishops, and
10   3, 40|       are ordained bishops, and priests themselves cannot contract
11   3, 45|     which needs God's glory, 87 priests, ever more perfectly conformed
12   4, 57|       life. She entrusts to her priests the testimony of a life
13   4, 59|     companionship of his fellow priests and the love of the entire
14   5, 61|      Church of preparing future priests. ~Personal Response to the
15   6, 78|              The Brotherhood of Priests~
16   6, 79|       brotherhood 131 which all priests enjoy in virtue of their
17   6, 80|       the unity of spirit among priests should be active in their
18   6, 80|       sufficiently recommend to priests a life lived in common and
19   6, 80|   experience with their brother priests; the movement to form associations
20   6, 80|   holiness. ~Charity For Fellow Priests~
21   6, 81|                             81. Priests should reflect on the advice
22   6, 81|       responsibility for fellow priests troubled by difficulties
23   7, 83|     sorrow to those unfortunate priests who always remain Our dearly
24   7, 83|         and its consequences to priests and to others move some
25   7, 85|    great number of good, worthy priests—provide in justice for the
26   7, 86|                    86. If these priests knew how much sorrow, dishonor
27   7, 87|  interest in what befalls young priests who, no matter how great
28   7, 89|         which will confirm good priests in their determination to
29   7, 90|     thank our Lord because many priests who for a time had been
30   8, 91|    means to ensure for our dear priests an easier and happier way
31   8, 91|         and destined them to be priests; it was you who placed your
32   8, 92|       and pastoral care to your priests and to the young men preparing
33   8, 92|       young men preparing to be priests. 140 In no other way can
34   8, 92|      seminarians, and help your priests in every way possible to
35   8, 93|    superiors and judges of your priests, be their teachers, fathers,
36   8, 93|         to help. Encourage your priests in every possible way to
37   8, 93|       filial trust in you, your priests will be able in time to
38   8, 95|        will never neglect those priests who have strayed from the
39   9, 96|     vocations; they should help priests wholeheartedly, with filial
40   9, 96|  reserve in their dealings with priests, on account of their condition
41 End, 98|       world, and dearly beloved priests, Our sons and brothers:
42 End, 98|         the faithfulness of her priests to the sublime gift of holy
43 End, 99|        the critical shortage of priests when compared with the spiritual