#Seminaries

Portugal: Seminaries Week, “sign of hope for the Church and the world”

Preparing youths for the priesthood: new scenarios, new challenges

Some reflections on the formation of candidates to the priesthood, pastors of souls within a secularised environment. “God must not…

Exorcists: Fr. Bamonte (IAE), “scant attention paid by seminaries and theological faculties” to training in demonic world

United Kingdom: the uneven trend of vocations in seminaries and monasteries. From recruitment to discernment

The figures on candidates to the priesthood and aspiring nuns in the Church of England and Wales are encouraging while…

Prevention of abuse starts from the seminaries. Msgr. Patrón Wong: “Attentive vigilance and personal accompaniment of the candidates”

The first European Conference on Human formation and psychological evaluation in seminaries, with the participation of the Holy See, was…

Celibacy and child abuse. F. Zollner: “There is no connection, but we should avoid mistakes and misunderstandings”

“There is no connection between vocations and abuse, but we should do out utmost to avoid misunderstandings and prevent non-eligible…

Permanent formation of the clergy: a renewal project of the Italian Church. Interview with bishop Sigismondi

By spring 2017 Italian bishops will issue a compendium on the permanent formation of the clergy. It’s the final achievement…

Pontifical Yearbook: the figures of the Catholic Church in the world. Higher rates of new baptised, crisis of Europe, increasing numbers of diocesan priests, the difficulties of the religious

There are approximately 1 billion 272 million baptized Catholics in the world that are growing at a faster pace than…