August 14, 2025 • Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
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A priest forever – Pages 10-11
Father George Younes, center, exits the sanctuary at the end of his priest ordination liturgy at St. Maron Maronite Catholic Church in Minneapolis July 26. At left is Maronite Chorbishop Don Sawyer of Austin, Texas, and at right is Chorbishop Sharbel Maroun, pastor of St. Maron. In 2014, Pope Francis revoked a previous papal order barring married men in Eastern Catholic Churches living in the Western Hemisphere from ordination to the priesthood, making this particular ordination possible. In the background at left is Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the U.S. Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, the presiding bishop at the ordination, and at right is Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, a concelebrant. DAVE HRBACEK | THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT
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