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To: prairiebreeze

All Catholic priests, except Monsignors, are called “Father” in the second or third person. “Is Fr. Smith home?” “Hi, Fr. Smith.”

In the third person, they are also called, “Reverend,” as in “The Reverend John Smith, pastor of Saint Mary’s Church.”

Catholics do not speak of a priest as “the reverend,” as in “is the reverend in his office?”

Catholics speak of “the pastor,” as in “the pastor ripped out our beautiful high altar,” but they do not say, “Pastor Smith gave a beautiful sermon.”


31 posted on 04/24/2014 8:53:26 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan; driftless2; MarMema

Thank you for the clarifications.


53 posted on 04/25/2014 5:30:12 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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