Measuring the Call: New Study Exposes Strengths and Gaps in U.S. Seminary Assessments

Sep 28, 2025 19:27

suggests that while seminaries and dioceses have made measurable progress in evaluating candidates, the process remains uneven Photo: Vatican News

Analysis Opinion•Spirituality•Vocations

The Crippling Effect of Modern Discernment

Nowhere is discernment more on display than in the modern consideration of a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. Here, an entire subculture of “the discerning” has formed. They read the same books, like the same bands, and appropriate the same spiritual language.

Jul 01, 2025 14:14

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations

How Many New Priests Will Be Ordained in France in 2025? These Are the Figures

Marseille, Paris, and Rennes are the dioceses with the most new priests in 2025

Jun 28, 2025 07:30

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Vocations

This is the letter that Pope Leo sent to all priests on Sacred Heart day

Letter of Pope Leo XIV to the priests of the Catholic Church on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of the Clergy

Jun 27, 2025 11:08

ZENIT Staff

Jubilee 2025•Pope Leo XIV•Vocations

Interiority, Seminary: School of Affections, Wounds, Discernment … Pope Leo XIV Speaks to Seminarians

Pope Leo XIV’s meditation to seminarians on the occasion of the Jubilee of Seminarians

Jun 26, 2025 06:20

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Jubilee 2025•Pope Leo XIV•Vocations

“We Are Not Perfect but We Are Fiends of Christ,” the Pope’s Great Address That All Priests Should Read

The Holy Father’s words to participants in the meeting for priests, promoted by the Dicastery for the Clergy, regarding the implications for formation to the priestly ministry.

Jun 26, 2025 06:13

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV “responds” to Trump’s threat regarding Iran’s extinction: here is what he said

The Pope’s remarks echoed and reinforced his Easter message delivered during the Urbi et Orbi on April 5, where he had already called on those with the power to wage war to lay down their arms and choose dialogue

Two interpretations of the empty tomb, only one to choose: Pope Leo XIV’s reflection

Address on the occasion of the Regina Coeli prayer on Monday, April 6, 2026

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Measuring the Call: New Study Exposes Strengths and Gaps in U.S. Seminary Assessments

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In view of the shortage of priests, diocese grants dispensation from Sunday Mass: where and under what circumstances?

The Crippling Effect of Modern Discernment

How Many New Priests Will Be Ordained in France in 2025? These Are the Figures

This is the letter that Pope Leo sent to all priests on Sacred Heart day

Interiority, Seminary: School of Affections, Wounds, Discernment … Pope Leo XIV Speaks to Seminarians

“We Are Not Perfect but We Are Fiends of Christ,” the Pope’s Great Address That All Priests Should Read