padre?
Common name used for all chaplains....whether Catholic or not. At least, that's how I take Kolo's use.
Perhaps he recognizes my ordination....I don't know.
Kolokotronis freepmailed me; I was not aware of your previous ministry. Welcome Home!
Catholic, Orthodox, West, East ... no matter ... you're in good company, as I suspect you already know. I'm RC but a member of an Eastern (Maronite) Catholic Church. Kolokotronis is my Eastern guide to understanding the distinctions. Bless him and you!
"Perhaps he recognizes my ordination....I don't know."
I use it, Padre, as a term of utmost respect! When I was a boy, one of my family's dearest friends was a Monseignor who had been a Rear Admiral and head of our chaplains in the Pacific theater during the War. He taught me that in God's scheme of things there is a definite hierarchy; God, Chaplains, Admirals, Master Chiefs and then everyone else.
In the close to fifty years since he told me that, I've yet to find him wrong! :)