#Priests

Romania: five-a-side football championship for priests in Timisoara. 230 athletes from 16 countries. Mgr Pál, “opportunity for communion through sport”

“Silenced” priests. Ferrari ( ISPI): “A long-standing situation. The regime cracks down on all opposition”

According to a Report published by the Ukrainian Catholic Church, at least 24 clergymen from various Christian denominations were subjected…

Ukraine: a priest seized, threatened and deported from his hometown. The story of Father Oleksandr who feels no hatred

Father Oleksandr Bogomaz, priest of the Greek-Catholic Church of Melitopol spoke about his experience with SIR. He was taken by…

We, foreign-born priests in Italy. Open letter to Christian communities

A refresher seminar for foreign-born pastoral workers serving in Italian dioceses was held at the Missionary Formation Centre (CUM) in…

Priests in Nigeria fear for their lives. Over 50 priests abducted, some of them killed

SIR interviewed Father Tobias Chikezie Ihejirika, a confrere of Father Luigi Brenna and the first Nigerian Somascan Father. The two…

Romania: priestly ordinations in Iasi, Bucharest and Alba Iulia. 14 new priests for the Christian community

Russia: awaiting peace in St Petersburg. Father Iuri: ” We are here to bear witness to the Gospel”

Weeks after the tragedy of February 24, Russia is experiencing the economic impact of the war. What is really happening…

Romania: Mgr. Kovács (Diocese of Alba Iulia) introduces “radical changes” in the formation and appointment of clergy

Father Claudio and sclerosis: a cross that turns into light and overcomes barriers

A parish priest in the Italian town of Collegno, near Turin, has transformed his disease into a preferential option for…

Paper bomb outside the parish church in Caivano. Fr Patriciello: “The Camorrists are enemies of the people, of society, of their own children”

SIR spoke with the parish priest of the St Paul the Apostle parish church in the Italian town of Caivano,…

Pope Francis: “Celibacy is a gift”

Pope Francis opened the International Symposium on the Priesthood with a speech that lasted almost an hour. He started from…