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Seminaries
“If a young man wants to enter the seminary and has a homosexual tendency: stop him”: Pope Francis Quoted again
The pope said there was “an air of faggotry” at the Vatican, according to reports.
After Pope Francis' Derogatory Remark on Gay Men in Catholic Seminaries, Vatican Apologizes
Spokesman Matteo Bruni told journalists that the pope “never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms, and he apologizes ...”
"Priestly formation at the heart of evangelization," Pope Francis Tells Seminary Rectors
Pope Francis on Thursday said that “all priestly formation, particularly that of future pastors, is at the heart of evangelization.”
Candidates for the Priesthood Must Be Well Scrutinized: Pope Francis
The pope was speaking to seminary formators from the Milan archdiocese.
Increasing Number of Major Seminarians in Kenya “a good crisis”: Catholic Archbishop
The rise in the number of Major Seminarians in Kenya that has resulted in “a minor crisis” of lack of rooms in the national Diocesan Seminaries presents “a good crisis”, a Catholic Archbishop in Kenya has said.
Human Formation “very foundational” in Training of Future Priests: Rector in South Africa
Human formation is quite critical in the training of candidates for the Priesthood in the Catholic Church, a Rector in South Africa has told ACI Africa in an interview.
First-Ever Congress of Clergy in Ivory Coast Planned for July, Donations Requested
The Episcopal Commission for Clergy, Seminaries and Pastoral Care of Vocations in the West African nation of Ivory Coast has announced an Extraordinary Congress on the life and ministry of priests, the first-ever, at the beginning of the second half of the year and called on well-wishers to donate toward the course viewed as “a new beginning in spiritual growth.”
