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Pope Francis to priests: Weakness is a chance for encounter with God

On: June 8, 2021

Vatican City: Pope Francis told a group of young French priests on June 7 that weakness is a chance for encounter with God, and not something they should try to overcome by their own strength. “My fragility, the fragility of each one of us, is a theological place of encounterContinue Reading

Separate, elitist priesthood model at fag end: Bishop

By: Matters India

On: September 29, 2017

In: International

By Mark Brolly Sydney: A Vietnamese Australian Catholic bishop has warned that the model of an exalted, separate and elitist priesthood was “drawing its last breaths.” “We bear the brunt of public anger and distrust in the wake of the sexual abuse crisis,” Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen of ParramattaContinue Reading