By M K George Rome, July 22, 2022: Promoting vocations to religious and priestly life in the Catholic Church has always been a contentious issue. How much of it is a divine call and how much, a human project? The Church asserts that the call to religious and priestly lifeContinue Reading
The number of seminarians has fallen amid what a Vatican document calls a “crisis of vocations”. Between 2012 and 2016, the number of men in seminary training for the priesthood fell by nearly 4,000, to 116,160. The decline has been especially concentrated in the Americas and Europe. In Africa seminaryContinue Reading
Numbers entering English seminaries to become Catholic priests are at their highest level in several dioceses across UK. The rural English diocese of East Anglia has 12 men studying for the priesthood – its highest number in 30 years.Five men started their studies in September. They are based at sixContinue Reading
Cincinnati, US: The Rev. Benedict O’Cinnsealaigh looks out his office window at the courtyard below, marvelling at how much his view has changed in just a few weeks. Once home to green grass and well-manicured shrubs, the courtyard is now a muddy mess. Heavy equipment rumbles throughout the day andContinue Reading
Scotland’s Catholic church has launched its biggest recruitment drive for the priesthood in generations amid ongoing concerns over a rapidly ageing clergy. As the number of priests in parts of Scotland is predicted to drop by 100 in the next two decades, young men in parishes across the country willContinue Reading
Abu Dhabi: Last week Catholics in Southern Arabia gathered in Abu Dhabi to celebrate the ordination of two Capuchin Franciscan priests by Bishop Paul Hinder, Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia. Fr. Darick Paul D’Souza and Fr. Arun Raj Manuel were ordained at a Mass in St. Joseph’s Cathedral in theContinue Reading
Pope Francis is a former Jesuit novice masterContinue Reading
Shrinking family sizes and expanding career opportunities for women are posing a problem for the ChurchContinue Reading
