Synod Study Groups Signal Structural Shifts: Digital Jurisdiction and Women’s Role in Seminary Formation on the Vatican Table

Mar 03, 2026 08:47

Valentina di Giorgio

XVI Asamblea General Ordinaria Del Sínodo De Los Obispos Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Vocations

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

In 2024, the Catholic dioceses of England and Wales, together with the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, recorded 22 priestly ordinations, two more than the previous year

Dec 24, 2025 19:40

Elizabeth Owens

Pope Leo XIV•Vocations

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

Leo XIV Recasts the Meaning of Priesthood for a Wounded Church

Dec 22, 2025 15:27

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Good News•Local Church•Vocations•Young People

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

Another benefit of the program has been the increase in seminarians. The diocese promotes vocations with the Called by Name program, which has been successful in other dioceses in the United States.

Nov 26, 2025 17:43

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Analysis Opinion•Local Church•Vocations

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

For all the challenges exposed, one reality stands firm: Australian clergy, in their own voices, describe a vocation that still brings joy

Nov 23, 2025 12:18

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Good News•Local Church•Vocations

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

The researchers note that in an average year the movement is measured not in crowds—typically up to eleven Anglican clergy received, and roughly the same number ordained. Still, the long-term arithmetic is striking. The authors estimate that around 700 Anglican clergy, religious, and even bishops from England, Wales, and Scotland have entered the Catholic Church since 1992

Nov 23, 2025 12:15

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Leo XIV in the Eyes of Macron and the Secular French World: A Lesson in French History Rooted in Christianity, with Contemporary Implications

Address by the Holy Father during the meeting with French authorities, representatives of civil society, and the diplomatic corps

Compensation for Abuse in the French Church: Nearly 2,000 survivors have asked to be heard and/or to receive compensation. Leo XIV will speak with 7

At a Paris briefing on September 22, INIRR president Marie Derain de Vaucresson said the authority’s experience had yielded lessons not only for the Church but also for civil society

Synod Study Groups Signal Structural Shifts: Digital Jurisdiction and Women’s Role in Seminary Formation on the Vatican Table

Pope Leo XIV, seminarians, and the call to a supernatural view of reality

Pope Leo XIV to priests: no to homilies with Artificial Intelligence and the search for “likes” and “followers” on social media

Letter of the Superior General of the Camaldolese Monks about Netflix, Instagram and TikTok that Every Superior and Formator Should at Least Read.

National liturgical donation: 4,000 American seminarians will receive the Liturgy of the Hours free of charge

This is what religious with perpetual vows in the USA are like, according to the CARA 2025 survey

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