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Right to left, Abbe Joel Estrada, Abbe Andrew Todd, Abbe Benjamin Coggeshall and Abbe Francis Altiere sit on the altar during their ordination at St. Francis de Sales on Tuesday (Aug. 5). The Mass was celebrated in Latin by Cardinal Raymond Burke, the former Archbishop of St. Louis. Photo by Cristina Fletes-Boutte, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(RNS1-aug6) Right to left, Abbe Joel Estrada, Abbe Andrew Todd, Abbe Benjamin Coggeshall and Abbe Francis Altiere sit on the altar during their ordination at St. Francis de Sales on Tuesday (Aug. 5). The Mass was celebrated in Latin by Cardinal Raymond Burke, the former Archbishop of St. Louis. For use with RNS-LATIN-MASS, transmitted on August 6, 2014, Photo by Cristina Fletes-Boutte, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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