Bishop Dumais once more. (News in Brief: Canada).Gaspe--Some people claim that the scandal around retired Bishop Raymond Dumais, 52 (see C.I., Jan/Feb, p. 30), will reopen the debate about priestly celibacy. Bishop Dumais is now living with a woman in Bic, a town close to Rimouski, QC, and has asked to be laicized. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Fr. Guy Lagace, president of the priests' forum of the Archdiocese arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch  di·oc of Rimouski, "It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a that we woke up to a new culture within the Church" (Le Soleil). Comment: It's time for Fr. Guy Lagace to wake up and to realize that the 40-year-long agitation for the abolition of celibacy has long since spent itself Instead of adding to the commotion, he should pray that Bishop Dumais recovers his senses and returns to the priesthood. Almost certainly the Church will not laicize la·i·cize tr.v. la·i·cized, la·i·ciz·ing, la·i·ciz·es 1. To free from ecclesiastical control; give over to laypeople. 2. To change to lay status; secularize. him; it would be an extremely rare exception if she did. |
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