Kate Kuenstler

St. Paul at the home of Aquila and Prisca, depicted in a fresco at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome (Dreamstime/Zatletic)

Let's use the title 'co-worker' for laypeople in parish leadership

Simply Spirit: The Vatican's recent instruction on parishes restates a male-celibate-priest-controlled vision that is already moribund. St. Paul reminds us of a better way of mutuality in ministry: the example of Aquila and Prisca.

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