Catholic laity grow in number as priests and seminarians continue decline
The trends of recent years have been repeated, with growth especially found in Africa while Europe stagnates.
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Articles tagged Catholic Priests
Montana bill would jail priests for 5 years if they refuse to violate seal of confession
A bill proposed by Montana Democrats would jail Catholic priests for upholding the confessional seal, to which they are bound by Canon Law. Catholic League criticized the bill as ‘an egregious violation of the First Amendment.’
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Poland celebrates national day of remembering priests who stood firm against oppression
'Fans in Poland are seen as anti-communist and anti-liberal at the same time. They are simply patriots, for whom old Polish values such as God, honor and homeland are still very important. From time to time they demonstrate this with large banners.'
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Catholic priests band together to raise money for pregnancy crisis centers with ‘Concert for Life’ tour
Six priests are traveling across Texas on a three-day concert tour that includes folk, rap and rock songs.
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New Catholic priests in the US are embracing theological orthodoxy, eschewing progressivism
America’s new Catholic priests break all the progressive molds that call for a synodal church that not only repeats the errors that brought the Church to the present crisis, but takes them to an even worse, more egalitarian level.
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Tanzanian boys are becoming devout Catholic leaders — with your help
Catholic entrepreneur Christopher Wendt has launched an initiative to build the St. Benedict House of Studies in Tanzania, Africa to accommodate the authentic and traditional Catholic faith growing in the African nation. St. Benedict House of Studies will support a school for boys, giving them education and formation to become Catholic priests. Wendt is sponsoring a climb of Tanzania’s crown jewel, Mount Kilimanjaro — world-famous for its beauty and majesty — to support the development of the St. Benedict House of Studies and its curator, Fr. Antonius Maria. Fr. Antonius Maria already educates and mentors hundreds of boys and girls, […]
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro can help Tanzanian boys become devout Catholic priests: here’s how
Christopher Wendt of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima joins me on this episode of The John-Henry Westen Show.
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WATCH: Priests, pro-lifers sing ‘Salve Regina’ during Eucharistic adoration outside Planned Parenthood
The pro-life crowd knelt and sang the Marian hymn while adoring the Blessed Sacrament in front of a Planned Parenthood facility in Pittsburgh.
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St. Jerome Emiliani left his life as a soldier to become a priest and care for the sick
St. Jerome Emiliani, a native of Venice, worked miracles both before and after his death after he turned away from his dissident life as a soldier and was ordained a priest.
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Cardinal Sarah: No synod or Church authority has power to ordain women priests
No authority in the Church ‘has the power to transform this divine gift to adapt it and reduce its transcendent value to the cultural and environmental field,’ the renowned Guinean cardinal said about the priesthood.
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