Jesuits open their first training centre in Bangladesh

Jul 13, 2024 16:09

Amy Balog

help promote vocations by allowing novices to study in their mother tongue Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory ordained the largest number of priests since 1960.

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Vocations•Young People

Germany: research reveals that young clergy are conservative and opposed to ecclesiastical progressivism

Titled «Who Will Be a Priest?», the study delves into the origins and motivations of current priests. Commissioned by the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) Commission for Priestly Vocations and Ecclesial Services, the research engaged 847 men ordained between 2010 and 2021, as well as 1,668 men who left seminary during their training.

May 21, 2024 17:18

ZENIT Staff

Good News•Local Church•Vocations

The Boom and Vocational “Miracle” of a Men’s Monastery in Austria

According to Abbot Maximilian Heim, the key to its success is rooted in the love of God and neighbour, and in following Saint Benedict’s Rule: “Ora, Lege et Labora” (Pray, Read and Work). This philosophy, combined with the unity within the community and with the Church, has enabled Heiligenkreuz to flourish in modern times.

May 19, 2024 12:08

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Testimonies•Vocations

Seminarian ministering in dangerous jungle to be ordained priest

Deacon Santosh Kumar has been ministering in the parish Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Kalpahad, North Andaman, where parishioners regularly walk 6 km (3 miles) through dangerous forests to attend Sunday Mass. But Deacon Kumar and the parish priest also have to make the trek through dense forest to get to far-out chapels to celebrate Mass or make pastoral visits.

May 01, 2024 00:08

John Newton

Local Church•Vocations•Young People

These are the men who will be ordained priests in the U.S. in 2024

The average age at ordination was 34 years old. Since 1999, the average age was 35 and ranged between 33 and 37.

Apr 29, 2024 23:43

ZENIT Staff

Rome•Vocations•Young People

“Be Compassionate Brothers To Others”: Cardinal Luis Tagle Ordains 20 Legionaries of Christ in Rome

The Mass of Priestly Ordinations took place two days before the opening of the General Convention of the Regnum Christi, the Family of which the Legionaries of Christ are a part, as are its consecrated men and women, and hundreds of lay members, who clothed the new priests and accompanied them during the Mass of Ordinations.

Apr 27, 2024 00:59

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital, will lose the title of the country’s Primate Archdiocese

By Pope Francis’ Decision, Buenos Aires Is No Longer the Primate Diocese of Argentina

A Primate Diocese is a diocese that has a preeminent position or leadership in the Catholic Church in a region or country.

Pope Francis delivered the traditional weekly address before the Marian prayer of the Angelus

What do the Gospel, rest and compassion have to do with each other? Pope Francis explains and warns against «dictatorship of doing»

Allocution on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, July 21, 2024

Jesuits open their first training centre in Bangladesh

UK: Three new priests for the Diocese of Westminster

A Good Year of Vocational Harvests in Some Dioceses of the United States: These Are the Data

A deaf-mute is ordained as a Catholic priest for the first time in Indian history

Pope Francis’ Face to Face Conversation with Young Clergy of Rome: Issues Addressed

Pope Confirms Benedict XVI: No Gays in Seminaries

Opus Dei gives to the Church 29 new priests from 19 countries

Germany: research reveals that young clergy are conservative and opposed to ecclesiastical progressivism

The Boom and Vocational “Miracle” of a Men’s Monastery in Austria

Seminarian ministering in dangerous jungle to be ordained priest

These are the men who will be ordained priests in the U.S. in 2024

“Be Compassionate Brothers To Others”: Cardinal Luis Tagle Ordains 20 Legionaries of Christ in Rome