UNITED IN GIFT —
A parish priest in the Italian town of Collegno, near Turin, has transformed his disease into a preferential option for…
ORGANISED CRIME —
SIR spoke with the parish priest of the St Paul the Apostle parish church in the Italian town of Caivano,…
PRIESTS —
Pope Francis opened the International Symposium on the Priesthood with a speech that lasted almost an hour. He started from…
STATISTICS —
There were a total of 31, 793 priests in 2020 compared to 38,209 in 1990, marking a 16.5% drop in…
STATISTICS —
Data collected by the National Office for the Pastoral Care of Vocations of the Italian Bishops’ Conference confirm the declining…
CIASE REPORT —
Presentation of a shocking Report that documents cases of sexual abuse in the Church of France. An estimated 216,000 victims…
RIFLECTION —
There is little to be scandalised about: while there is need for reparation, including legal and criminal reparation, in response…
ITALIAN BISHOPS’ MEETING —
During the two-day meeting the bishops discussed the details of a specific pastoral plan, focusing on a number of points,…
VIOLENCE —
Mexico’s criminal violence has taken a heavy toll even on priests, with some 30 killings reported since 2012, based on…
COVID-19 —
Cardinal Stella, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy: “Facilitate vaccination of priests, at least those ‘in care of souls’…
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN —
How many priests have died in Latin America and the Caribbean? Several hundred for sure, and most certainly close to…
BOOK —
Older priests were dying in the highest numbers, with a mean age of 82 years, mirroring the age of COVID-19…
