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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, FEB 16 - A painting of the Last Supper hangs in a common room at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa., on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. The seminary's bucolic campus outside Philadelphia is dotted with reminders of papal visits and other moments from its 188-year history. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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At a Catholic seminary, hope for church beyond scandals
February 21, 2020 midnight

At a Catholic seminary, hope for church beyond scandals

WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (AP) — The seminarians walk along a hallway lined with photos of classes of priests who came before them. Some are pious alumni who have become their teachers and mentors; others climbed the Catholic hierarchy to be revered as bishops and cardinals.