51.   The local priest gave him the go-ahead.

52.   The local Orthodox priest, Father Milivoje Ciric, was celebrating Trinity Sunday inside his small white church perched above the river.

53.   There are now so many more local priests and nuns in the countries of the developing world that the Catholic Church does not need to import them from abroad.

54.   Two local Episcopal priests became Catholic clergy, one taking a congregation with him.

55.   Under the direction of a local priest, Masekela formed a band with other township youth.

56.   When Flores recommended a local Episcopal priest for a papal award called the Benemerenti Medal, Loch had a reference work on it.

57.   When the youthful Alfredo secretes scraps of film, censored by the local priest, and brings them home, they catch fire and almost burn down his house.

58.   While musicians hammered out a hypnotic cadence on chimes, gongs and cymbals, a local priest recited prayers to bless the undertaking.

59.   With those wartime prayers came the plan for the grotto, a concoction of the local priest and his people, one that would one day spawn a legend.

60.   Patterson, of Conway Springs, Kansas, remains bitter that Catholic officials in her diocese knew of abuse allegations against the local priest, yet alerted no parishioners.