ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, FEB 16 - Seminarian John Paul Heisler plays basketball at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa., on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Seminary students are working toward ordination as Catholic priests and speak of their classmates as "brothers." (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
February 21, 2020
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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.