Around 200 parish priests met outside Rome last week for an official synod meeting after some members of the 2023 synod assembly said not enough parish priests had been included.
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The synod can’t succeed without parish priests, Pope Francis says in new letter
Pope Francis wrote a letter of encouragement to parish priests, who were largely missing from the first synod session.
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Over 200 parish priests gather outside Rome for synod meeting
Largely missing during October synod meetings, over 200 parish priests gather outside Rome for meetings
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Catholic Answers’ AI ‘priest’ laicized after backlash
AI priest “Father Justin,” a chatbot used to answer questions about the Catholic faith, has been renamed “Justin” and swapped out his virtual clerics for a button-down shirt after facing backlash from online users just one day after launching.
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Why Pope Francis is worried about seminaries and young priests with ‘authoritarian attitudes’
In this special “Deep Dive” episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle paints a comprehensive picture of seminary formation today and the challenges formators are seeing.
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New Jersey priest tackles celibacy and sex abuse in new film meant to humanize Catholic clergy
While reductive narratives depict priests as perfect heroes or evil villains, said writer and producer Father Stephen Fichter, the truth is more complicated.
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Pope Francis tells seminarians to give up ‘cult of appearance’ for Lent
During Lent, Pope Francis said, Catholics—and especially Catholic seminarians—should rediscover the joy of simplicity, and pay less attention to their appearance and more to their prayer lives.
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Parish priests were missing at the Synod. Now 300 will meet at the Vatican.
Members at last October’s synod, which included cardinals, bishops, women and men religious, lay men and women, noted their concern with the almost total absence of parish priests at the synod assembly.
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Senior Vatican official says priestly celibacy should be optional
Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, said that the Church should reconsider the celibacy requirement for Latin-rite priests.
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‘Grace is everywhere’: Reflections on 60 years of priesthood
Looking back on 60 years of priesthood, the author notes the importance of the cross, the Eucharist, faith and grace in giving people meaning, purpose and hope in life.