Austria Opens a New Path to the Priesthood for Midlife Professionals

Jan 07, 2026 17:46

Joachin Meisner Hertz

The program is designed for men who have already established professional and personal lives

Vocations

Nine diocesan priests begin novitiate in the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic

Br. John Langlois, OP, Provincial Promoter of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic for the Province of St. Joseph, vested the priests with the scapular of the Order. During the rite of vestition, Br. John asked those seeking admission into the Order what they desired. They responded: “God’s mercy and yours.”

Nov 04, 2025 10:07

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church•Vocations

Asia’s Oldest Seminary Turns 360 Years: Where Is It?

The General Regional Seminary College, today known as Tinggi Katolik Seminary, was founded by the visionary Bishops Pierre Lambert de la Motte and François Pallu of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP), initially with the humble name of St. Joseph Seminary.

Oct 19, 2025 06:41

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Vocations

Vatican suspends training at major seminary in Congo amid growing division in local Church

The Vatican’s intervention suggests growing concern over the impact of the dispute on ecclesial life

Oct 15, 2025 11:47

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations

One in five Catholics worldwide is African, as is one in three seminarians: the impressive statistics of African Catholicism

Africa Becomes the Beating Heart of Catholic Growth

Oct 14, 2025 17:14

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Vocations

What keeps pastors in the pulpit, and why do some leave? The study that sheds light on departures by Catholic priests

While the study focuses on Protestant clergy, its insights inevitably raise questions about the Catholic priesthood, where annual departures, though less frequently studied, remain a pastoral concern

Oct 02, 2025 17:19

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Leo XIV begins 2026 with a new papal staff: here is the meaning… and the photos

In a Church often scrutinized for its symbols, Leo XIV’s choice is neither ornamental nor nostalgic. It is a visual theology, compressed into metal and form, reminding both shepherd and faithful that the path forward passes through the wounds of history—but does not end there

Ordinary time, our baptism, and the memory of a gift received: a simple reflection by Leo XIV

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, January 11, 2026

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Austria Opens a New Path to the Priesthood for Midlife Professionals

Priestly vocations in England and Wales: data pointing to either stabilization or decline

The current situation of the priesthood: this is what Leo XIV’s letter to priests says about identity, formation, loneliness, desertions, renewal, etc.

Mass Attendance Boom: The Case of the US Diocese of Bridgeport

The health (physical, mental, and spiritual) of Australian clergy in 2025: What interesting research reveals

One-third of Catholic clergy in the United Kingdom are Anglican converts: the surprising revelations of an investigation

Surprising research data among French clergy: the younger they are, the more conservative… and happy they are

Nine diocesan priests begin novitiate in the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic

Asia’s Oldest Seminary Turns 360 Years: Where Is It?

Vatican suspends training at major seminary in Congo amid growing division in local Church

One in five Catholics worldwide is African, as is one in three seminarians: the impressive statistics of African Catholicism

What keeps pastors in the pulpit, and why do some leave? The study that sheds light on departures by Catholic priests