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After nine years without ordinations, Argentine diocese has a new priest. Here’s his story

May 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Alexis Oser. / Credit: Press Diocese of Alto Valle de Río Negro

ACI Prensa Staff, May 14, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
After nine years without priestly ordinations, the Diocese of Alto Valle de Río Negro in Argentina on May 1 celebrated the o… […]

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Number of foreign-born Catholic priests in Italy continues to rise

November 10, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis ordains 10 men to the priesthood in St. Peter’s Basilica on May 7, 2017. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Rome, Italy, Nov 10, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
New data shows that in 2020, 8.3% of Italy’s diocesan and religious priests were not Italian, … […]

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Number of new Catholic seminarians in Poland falls by nearly 20% year on year

October 13, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Mass in the chapel of a seminary in Poznań, western Poland, Sept. 15, 2018. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Warsaw, Poland, Oct 13, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Nearly 20% fewer candidates for the Catholic priesthood have enrolled in Poland’s seminaries … […]

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