In Tulsa, we had priests from Nigeria, Tanzania, India, and Sri Lanka. They spoke English I could understand. The Church has always been international.
If you have a difficulty with a foreign-born priest, Bill, what are you doing to promote vocations to the priesthood from your parish/diocese?
Ugh, I hate this nonsense. Especially coming from folks who should know better.
Should be only minor differences in the pronunciation of Latin from one African and Asian country to the next :<).
Hadn't spoken to you about this previously, other than in general about Hispanic neighbors and religious affiliations, but it turns out the girl with whom our kids have been playing belongs to a denomination called Iglesia De Dios Israelita. Most interesting the little I have found to read about it. Seems to be somewhat of a Jewish-Christian hybrid, although they think of themselves as C not J. Very orthodox, I guess, and seem to strictly observe Old Testament food rules and such. I read that the individuals in Mexico sort of slant one way or the other depending on whether they are rural or city, the country ones being more to the Christian side in choice of hymns and so forth. Oh, and the family has both a bunny rabbit and a parakeet, and I spent a couple hours this weekend procuring proper cages for each. We told them they can come over any time (I mean the people -- the pets, too).
Well, buenas noches in Hebrew, I guess.
Amen!