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by bcadmin | Mar 17, 2022 | Augustinians, Catholic News Service, News, Pope Francis, priest shortage, Religious orders, Vatican, Vocations | 0 |
With the number of vocations to religious life dropping, sometimes precipitously, communities must trust in God but also plan for the future by educating laypeople to carry on their work and spirituality, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 15, 2022 | Associated Press, Baptism, Church in Europe, German Church, Germany, News, priest shortage, Women in the Church | 0 |
The Diocese of Essen has become the first in Germany to allow women to perform baptisms, citing a lack of priests.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 28, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic missionaries, catholic priests, Church in the US, News, priest shortage | 0 |
As fewer American-born men and women enter seminaries and convents, U.S. dioceses and Catholic institutions have turned to international recruitment to fill their vacancies.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2021 | Cei, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italian bishops, Italy, lead, News, priest shortage, priesthood, Vocations | 0 |
New data released by the Italian church highlights what has been a concerning trend among Catholic leaders in the country for decades: namely, a drop in the number of local priests, offset in part by an increase in foreign priests serving in Italy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 1, 2020 | Italy, lead, Lent, News, News Analysis, Pontifical North American College, priest shortage, Rome, station churches | 0 |
There’s a strong case that some priests currently in Rome could be better utilized somewhere else. Nonetheless, experience over the years suggests there are at least three basic reasons why a bit of Roman seasoning often has a positive effect on priests, perhaps especially Americans.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 1, 2020 | Italy, lead, Lent, News, News Analysis, Pontifical North American College, priest shortage, Rome, station churches | 0 |
There’s a strong case that some priests currently in Rome could be better utilized somewhere else. Nonetheless, experience over the years suggests there are at least three basic reasons why a bit of Roman seasoning often has a positive effect on priests, perhaps especially Americans.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 13, 2020 | 2019 Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region, 2020, Amazon synod, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, Columns, deaconesses, News, Pablo Neruda, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, priest shortage, Querida Amazonia, Robert Royal, St. John Paul II, The Catholic Thing, Vinicius de Moraes | 0 |
Robert Royal: Despite ambiguity in the pope’s post-synodal Exhortation, there are no doctrinal changes. An olive branch to tradition or a strategic retreat?
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