Seminarian ministering in dangerous jungle to be ordained priest

May 01, 2024 00:08

John Newton

Deacon Santosh Kumar Photo: Aid to the Church in Need

Pope Francis•Vocations

Formation for the priesthood, a work of construction: the Pope’s message to seminarians

Address of the Pope to the seminarians of the Diocese of Naples on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of its foundation.

Feb 16, 2024 22:40

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations

USA: This is how religious individuals who professed perpetual vows in 2023 are

Approximately eight out of ten respondents (82%) state that someone encouraged them to consider religious vocation. The most common sources of encouragement were the parish priest (45%), a religious sister/brother (44%), and a friend (41%).

Jan 26, 2024 22:12

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Vocations•Young People

Ireland: after vocational winter, 15 new seminarians in the country by 2024

The fifteen new students are currently undertaking their Propaedeutic Programme in the Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Dundalk, Archdiocese of Armagh; Royal English College, Valladolid, Spain; and, Royal Scots College, Salamanca, Spain. These fifteen bring the total number of seminarians studying for the priesthood for Irish dioceses to 64.

Jan 25, 2024 23:55

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria, the land of Saint Augustine, according to local media: these are the dates given by the press

There is also a practical indication reinforcing the plausibility of the trip. The official calendar of Wednesday general audiences published by the Prefecture of the Papal Household does not list an audience for April 15

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

The Pope also warned against a subtler distortion of priestly identity: the search for validation on social media platforms such as TikTok. The illusion, he suggested, is to believe that accumulating followers or “likes” means one is effectively evangelizing

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