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There is an alarming shortage of celibate priests. The shortage is so acute that many parishes are being forced to close. At the same time, there are over twenty thousand married priests here in the United States.
 
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Term Definition
Obligation
Amount of money to be paid as support by the absent parent and the way it is to be paid.
 
Order to show cause (OSC)
A court order telling a person to appear in court and to explain why a certain order should not be entered. (E.g., An Order to Show Cause why a parent should not be held in contempt for failure to obey anorder to pay child support)
 
Order, Congregation, Society

A religious order is the title loosely applied to all religious groups of men and women. A society is a body of clerics, regular or secular, organized for the purpose of performing an apostolic work. A congregation is any group bound together by common rules.

 


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