1.   Although Haggett argues that the priest shortage constitutes an emergency that allows married priests to perform sacramental rites, church officials disagree.

2.   Even in families where priests no longer perform the traditional religious duties, knowledge of the heritage is often preserved.

3.   Even without remains, priests can perform a special funeral Mass.

4.   Everything was examined, photographed, and put back in the tomb, and a Roman Catholic priest performed required exhumation rites.

5.   In the reform church, priests can perform these ceremonies and be open about their own sexuality.

6.   Proponents say testing is a safeguard against escalating medical costs and a means of ensuring that the priests can perform their duties.

7.   The priest performed a group blessing, marching slowly toward the back of the church as if pushing back a wave.

8.   Visitors file before it, leaving mementos and coins, while a priest performs rituals and says prayers for the ancestors who passed through this castle.

9.   Other proposals, many originating in a special committee on sexuality, would authorize priests to perform gay commitment ceremonies and direct the church to develop rites for them.

10.   A jeweler sells the lovers wedding rings, and a priest performs each marriage and counsels the couples through their hardships.