The elderly priest’s voice is strong and untouched by melancholy. The cares of old age don’t weigh upon him. To Msgr. Topper, there is little difference between the earthly life and life eternal, “because when you are ordained, you are in heaven.”
On Harrisburg, PA’s Msgr Topper, the oldest and longest-serving priest in the US. At the National Catholic Register.
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