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How are the parishes? It is in fatigue that the future germinates. We discuss this with a sociologist, two parish priests, a vicar and the vicar general

This article – dedicated to the questions that parishes ask themselves today – starts from the end. Dominique Collin,French Dominican theologian, in his book Christianity does not exist yet (Queriniana, 2020) overturns the bitterness and worries that accompany some of us in the efforts that are experienced within our communities, even heavier efforts after the … Read more

Milan Fashion Week: surfer priests and nuns who score goals. On display are the “mystical” shots by Stefano Guindani

by Saturnina Kaiser

from Gian Luca Bauzano During the Milan fashion week the exhibition opens Mens sana in corpore sano, a monographic of the well-known fashion and celebrity photographer. Protagonists religious men and women engaged in their favorite sports and competitive passions, a mystical wellness Top models and great stylists, big screen actors and fashion shows. The international … Read more

Brazil would welcome persecuted Catholic priests in Nicaragua, announces President Bolsonaro

by Aaron Mathis

The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, offered this Tuesday at the UN General Assembly to “open its doors” to religious Catholics who “suffer persecution” by the Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua. “Brazil opens its doors to welcome Catholic parents and nuns who have suffered persecution from the dictatorial regime of Nicaragua”, assured the president in … Read more

Priests reflect on how to accompany popular spirituality

by Aaron Mathis

It was within the framework of the meeting of permanent formation of the diocese of Cruz del Eje. The local bishop, Monsignor Ricardo Araya, convened and the priest Enrique Bianchi (San Nicolás) spoke. The priests of the Cruz del Eje diocese met on the 6th and 7th in Villa Cura Brochero, to have a day … Read more

Spiritual exercises with the priests of the diocese of Urgell

by Donna Dunlap

From July 25 to 29, invited by the Archbishop of Urgell, Joan Enric Vives, I accompanied a group of priests and a deacon of this diocese in the spiritual exercises in the Seminary. They have been days of personal and liturgical reflection and prayer, of shared silence, of Eucharistic adoration and of fraternal meals. The … Read more

After the suicide of François de Foucauld, questions about the malaise of priests

by Geoffrey Vanhouten

His name was François de Foucauld, like the saint – his great-grand cousin. He would have turned 50 a few days later and had been a priest for 18 years in the diocese of Versailles. This Friday, July 8, his funeral will be celebrated at 3 p.m. at the church of Vésinet, about twenty kilometers … Read more

Do priests take vacations?

by Steven Felton

Summer has already begun, and it is often synonymous with vacation. Priests are also entitled to it. Aleteia interviewed some of them to find out how they live them and what organization they have so as not to completely abandon the faithful. “Unless there is a serious reason, the parish priest can be absent each … Read more

Open letter to new priests

by Geoffrey Vanhouten

Ordained priests for the service of the Church, by the gift of the Holy Spirit and the laying on of hands, you are an immense grace. An open letter to new priests who keep the fire of mission alive and overcome the crisis of belief. Dear Henry and Timothy, I take up my pen as … Read more

National Retreat of Priests of the Charismatic Renewal held • Diario de Los Andes, news from Los Andes, Trujillo, Táchira and Mérida

by Aaron Mathis

The tourist and Catholic population of La Puerta, entrance to the Andean mountains, was the place chosen by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (RCC) of Venezuela to carry out the National Retreat for priests. More than fifty priests, accompanied by Monsignor Ramón Aponte, Bishop of Valle de La Pascua and National Advisor of this apostolic movement, … Read more

Diocese of Toulon: “Rome reminds us that we cannot ‘invent’ priests without taking needs into account”

by Helen Flores

We do not know the real reasons for the suspension of ordinations in the diocese of Toulon. It is, however, symptomatic of the tensions and difficulties that have arisen for more than twenty years in the Church of France. From the outside, we can understand several things. In the first place that clerics (priests, deacons) … Read more