#Clergy

Leo XIV: “Try to be exemplary in a humble life”

Pope Leo XIV asked Rome’s clergy to be “credible and exemplary priests”. “I would like to help you, to walk…

The Ratio and seminarians. Fr Gianola (Italian Bishops’ Conference): “The Christian community forms new priests, young people long for what is meaningful”

“Young people have so much energy: thirty years ago they entered the seminary through ordinary channels, but nowadays they are…

The Italian Church’s future priests. Msgr. Manetti (Italian Bishops’ Conference): “A man of relationships, who walks with the people of God”

“When the seminarian comes before the bishop for ordination, the challenge is to present himself in faith, aware of his…

Synod on Synodality. Msgr. Repole (Turin): “Different sensitivities, but no divisions, a sign of hope for the world”

“The message of the Synod can be embraced by Christians from the nations of the world, who, by virtue of…

Turkey – Syria earthquake: Bertogli (Antakya), “Now the priority is to survive”

The Capuchin friars of Antakya and Mersin offered beds and food to survivors of the February 6 earthquake. The testimony…

Priests in Italy: average age rising, almost one in ten are not Italian nationals. Decline in the number of priests under 30 and fidei donum priests.

There were a total of 31, 793 priests in 2020 compared to 38,209 in 1990, marking a 16.5% drop in…

Vaccination of priests. Card. Stella (Congregation for the Clergy): “Facilitate vaccination for priests. They provide a socially useful service”

Cardinal Stella, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy: “Facilitate vaccination of priests, at least those ‘in care of souls’…

CEI: Rome, Permanent Episcopal Council from 21 to 23 September

Pope Francis: meeting with Roman clergy, “financial and sexual scandals have made us all more cautious”

Pope Francis: meeting with Roman clergy, “bitterness is a subtle enemy”. “We should accept it, without getting angry at ourselves”