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The Catholic Church in France will have 105 new priests in 2024

June 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Priests concelebrate a Mass in Rome. / Credit: Martha Calderón/ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 22, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The French Bishops’ Conference (CEF) reported that, in 2024, 105 new priests will be ordained, 17 more priests than in 20… […]

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16 men to be ordained to the priesthood in Washington, DC

June 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

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CNA Staff, Jun 7, 2024 / 17:15 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Washington is set to ordain 16 men to the priesthood later this month, an increase of 10 compared with 2023. According to the archdiocese, the Mass of… […]

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16 priests, 25 deacons ordained in Seoul, site of World Youth Day 2027

February 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Sixteen new priests were ordained Feb. 1–2, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. / Credit: Archdiocese of Seoul

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 6, 2024 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taek of Seoul recently ordained 16 new priests and 25 new deacon… […]

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Ordination of 9 new priests represents hope for Church in Nicaragua

January 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, the archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua, on Jan. 6, 2024, ordained nine new priests in the midst of one of the worst waves of persecution against the Catholic Church in the country. / Credit: Archdiocese of Managua

ACI Pr… […]

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Survey of new priests: Most pray rosary, go to eucharistic adoration, parents stayed married

April 26, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

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Denver, Colo., Apr 26, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
More than 450 men are set to be ordained priests this year, and the survey of their ordination class shows that the overwhelming majority of pr… […]

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70 new priests ordained in one weekend in Mexican diocese

June 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Guadalajara Cathedral (Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady), Mexico / Shutterstock

Guadalajara, Mexico, Jun 7, 2022 / 14:29 pm (CNA).
In one historic weekend, the Cardinal Archbishop of Guadalajara, José Francisco Robles Ortega, ordained 70… […]

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Priest ordained in Spanish diocese after almost 11 years without vocations

June 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Denver Newsroom, Jun 23, 2021 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
On June 20, Bishop César Franco of the Diocese of Segovia, Spain, ordained Álvaro Marín Molinera to the priesthood – almost 11 years after the last priest wa… […]

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