Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
People are sometimes confused the first time they hear the term “religious priest.” Aren’t all priests religious? In this context, the word “religious” refers to someone who belongs to a religious order, such as the Benedictines or Dominicans. Such priests are called “religious” to distinguish them from those incardinated in a diocese, who are referred to as diocesan or secular priests.
Watching a news report of a group of students chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” I wondered if they were even cognizant that their refrain, repeated so full-throatedly and relentlessly, was a call for genocide.