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A priest is the person in church who tells you about God and Jesus and what happened when they were around. He is the person who leads everyone in the congregation or group of people in prayer. He is pretty much the main person in charge. He also has different names like father, priest, or pastor. If he is the priest in a Catholic Church, he is unable to get married, have children or anything like that because he is technically wed to the Church, and has taken a vow of celibacy in order to imitate Our Blessed Lord more closely.

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Catholic AnswerA priest is persona Christi in the Church. He is "another Christ". He is the arms and legs, mouth and ears for Our Blessed Lord in the Church. Thus when the priest celebrates Mass, he says, "This is my Body" and when he forgives sins he says, "I forgive you...." He is the one in the Church who offers the sacrifice - that has been the definition of a priest since ancient times: one who offers sacrifice. Like Our Blessed Lord, he is offering himself in sacrifice.
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