Cardinal Ranjith Excludes Girls from Serving as Altar Servers in Sri Lanka

Dec 19, 2024 15:45

ZENIT Staff

Cardinal Ranjith Photo: InfoVaticana

Pope Francis received in private audience seminarians and formators of the “Apostle James” Inter-Diocesan Seminary

commemorated its centennial on November 21 with a jubilant Mass and the ordination of 40 deacons

The ceremony was presided over by Bishop Hugo Nicolás Barbaro of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina

Since 1970, Ireland has seen a 70% drop in the number of priests and religious

The RSVP program also encourages local councils to provide non-financial support

Pope Francis•Vocations•Young People

Pope to seminarians in Toledo: the 3 vicinities, how they genuflect and the fundamental elements of the priesthood

Pope Francis Encourages Seminarian Brotherhood and Closeness During Audience with Seminarians from Toledo Ecclesiastical Province

Nov 07, 2024 22:46

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church•Vocations

Ireland starts new 2024 – 2025 school year with 21 new seminarians

This marks a significant moment as the total number of seminarians currently in formation for Irish dioceses rises to 74.

Sep 20, 2024 16:17

Elizabeth Owens

Local Church•Vocations

Hope reborn for Church in Ireland with slight increase in priestly vocations

Renewed Hope for the Catholic Church in Ireland as Vocations See Modest Rise

Sep 05, 2024 18:17

Elizabeth Owens

Testimonies•Vocations

21-Year-Old Leaves the World of Weights for the Priesthood: From Weightlifting Champion to the Seminary

“I cannot say that sometimes I was a practicing Catholic,” he said. “I went to Mass on Sundays, but I never went to Adoration. I really did not pray the Rosary. I went to one of those schools that was somewhat Catholic in name . . . So, in reality, I alienated myself from the faith when I arrived at Northern [University]”.

Sep 02, 2024 17:35

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Local Church•Vocations

Vocational Boom in Nigeria: Diocese Doubles Number of Priests in 10 Years

With the August Ordination, the number of priests in the diocese has doubled over the last ten years.

Sep 02, 2024 17:29

Rafael Llanes

Pope Francis Extends a Hand of Compassion to Ukraine This Christmas

Cardinal Krajewski’s journey across Ukraine will not simply be about delivering equipment. It will be a pilgrimage of presence, as he visits communities ravaged by violence to listen, pray, and share in their struggles. His goal is to help open “the door of hope” in hearts burdened by despair and to stand as a symbol of global solidarity.

Pope Francis reveals two attacks against him that ended with the death of perpetrators

Francis recounts the chilling intelligence received by the Vatican Gendarmerie upon his arrival in Baghdad. British intelligence had flagged two potential attacks: a young woman carrying explosives was reportedly heading to Mosul as a suicide bomber, while a van laden with explosives sped toward an undisclosed target.

Cardinal Ranjith Excludes Girls from Serving as Altar Servers in Sri Lanka

The Papal Foundation Awards $800,000 in Scholarships to 110 Priests, Brothers, Sisters, and Lay Faithful

See Vocation as a Pilgrimage: Pope’s Address to Spanish Seminarians

African seminary with almost 800 students celebrates 100 years by ordaining 40 deacons

Opus Dei offers 20 new deacons to the Church

Ireland: in two decades the country’s capital will be without 70% of the clergy

Knights of Columbus Surpass $100 Million in Support for Religious Vocations

Pope to seminarians in Toledo: the 3 vicinities, how they genuflect and the fundamental elements of the priesthood

Ireland starts new 2024 – 2025 school year with 21 new seminarians

Hope reborn for Church in Ireland with slight increase in priestly vocations

21-Year-Old Leaves the World of Weights for the Priesthood: From Weightlifting Champion to the Seminary

Vocational Boom in Nigeria: Diocese Doubles Number of Priests in 10 Years