France is showing unexpected signs of religious renewal, and Italy is witnessing the emergence of a new generation of seminarians Photo: Imagoeconomica

The World’s Oldest Priest Dies: Who Was He? How Old Was He? Where Did He Live?

Father Bruno Kant always carried his breviary, «his last and most precious memento.» He obtained his high school diploma in Danzig in 1934. He lost his father in the War, a painful thorn that haunted him for a long time: «I wanted to be a priest because I thought that, after all the disappointments I had experienced, perhaps I could improve the world a little.»