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Vatican Statistics: Catholic Population Shrinks in Europe, Rises in Africa and Everywhere Else
The Catholic population decline coincided with a total population reduction on the continent, which recorded a net loss of 517,000 people living in Europe over the year.
The Church Could Not Go on Without You: Pope Francis to World’s Parish Priests
Pope Francis published a letter on Thursday addressed to all parish priests in the world with his advice for building a missionary Church.
World Meeting of Parish Priests for Synod on Synodality Opens in Rome, Some 300 Priests in Attendance
The four-day meeting, which is taking place from April 29 to May 2 at the Fraterna Domus retreat house in Sacrofano, Italy, is attended by about 300 priests.
Rome to Host World Meeting of Parish Priests in Preparation for Synod on Synodality
The World Meeting of Parish Priests for the Synod on Synodality will be held April 29–May 2 in Sacrofano, Rome.
Synod on Synodality Organizers iInvite 300 Parish Priests to a Listening Session in Rome
Synod on Synodality organizers are inviting 300 parish priests to come to Rome for a meeting of “listening, prayer, and discernment” that will help shape the next Synod assembly discussions.
Vatican Statistics: Africa Had Biggest Increase in Catholics, While Numbers Fell in Europe
Catholics in the world numbered 1,375,852,000 people at the end of 2021, with an overall increase of 16.2 million compared with the previous year.
Spanish Priests Criticize Radio Personalities Who Say Mother Teresa Took Advantage of Poor
On Monday, a contributor to a Spanish radio station news program claimed that St. Teresa of Calcutta was part of a list of “bad people who did things well.”
Catholic Clergy in France Set to Carry ID Cards Indicating They're in Good Standing
Catholic clergy in France will soon carry a standardized identification card linked to a national database that shows whether they are currently in good standing and can celebrate Mass and hear confessions.
Church Growing Quickly in Africa among 10 Things to Know from Latest Catholic Survey
On March 3 the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported the latest statistics about the global Catholic Church.
Candidates for the Priesthood Must Be Well Scrutinized: Pope Francis
The pope was speaking to seminary formators from the Milan archdiocese.
The Devil Tempts Priests with "hidden idols": Pope Francis at Chrism Mass
‘The priest with a functionalist mindset has his own nourishment, which is his ego,’ he said.
Don’t "remain barricaded in the sacristy": Pope Francis to Priests
He praised the example of Pius XI, elected pope 100 years ago.
Priests, Religious in Africa among Those in Danger of Persecution, Catholic Charity Says
Catholic pontifical and charity foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, has highlighted a number of African countries on the list of many countries in the world where Priests, Religious and Lay missionaries are facing the danger of killings, kidnappings and other forms of persecution.
Stand Up for Justice for God’s People, Catholic Archbishop in Malawi Urges Priests
The Catholic Archbishop of Malawi’s Lilongwe Archdiocese has called upon Priests under his pastoral care to stand up and fight for justice for the people of God and also to be near to the suffering masses in the Southern African country.
In New Book, Vatican-based Guinean Cardinal Calls Catholic Priests to Spiritual Renewal
‘If priests, if society look to God, then I think things will change,’ he said.
Priests, Religious in Predicament amid Ethnic Skirmishes in South Sudan: Catholic Bishop
Members of the Clergy, women and men Religious and other Church personnel in South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) are in a predicament amid ongoing tribal skirmishes, the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese has said, regrating the fact that the violence seems to have “taken the direction of negative ethnicity.”
"Aging is not a disease but a privilege": Pope Francis Tells Elderly Priests
He said: ‘Please, pray for me who is a little old and a little, but not too much, sick!’
Catholic Bishop in Nigeria Cautions Priests, Religious against Operating Personal Projects
The Bishop of Nigeria’s Nsukka Diocese has cautioned Clerics, women and men Religious against owning and operating personal projects saying conflicts have often resulted from such engagement.
Catholic Peace Entity in Cameroon Reports Looting, Arrests of Innocent Priests by Military
Law enforcers in Cameroon have been accused of harassing civilians through arrests of innocent persons including Catholic Priests and looting of homes whose owners have fled owing to ongoing insecurity in the Central African country.
“You will be shepherds like him”: Pope Francis to New Priests He Ordained on Sunday
Pope Francis ordained nine men to the priesthood on Sunday, urging them to be shepherds like Christ throughout their priestly lives.
