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Pope Francis gives thanks to young Nigerian priests and nuns who answered God’s call

March 25, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis meets with Nigerians living in Rome on March 25, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Mar 25, 2024 / 09:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis gave thanks on Monday for the many young Nigerians who have answered God’s call to the priest… […]

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Catholic by the numbers: New religious brothers and sisters have a lot in common

January 25, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Members of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia enjoying a performance of The Hillbilly Thomists at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on Aug. 1, 2022. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA

CNA Staff, Jan 25, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Almost all Catholic relig… […]

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A cardinal, an archbishop, and a bishop reveal their vocation stories

December 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, and Bishop Earl Fernandes. / Credit: Dennis Callahan/Archdiocese of San Francisco; Joaquin Peiro Perez/CNA; Joe Bukuras/CNA

CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Serving at the altar … […]

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‘I want to give my life for this’: 2 priests, friar at WYD share their vocation stories

August 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Mendo Saraiva de Refóios Paes de Ataíde (left), Father Peter Julia (center), and Brother Federico Viquez. / Credit: EWTN News and Andreas Thonhouser/EWTN News

Lisbon, Portugal, Aug 3, 2023 / 13:02 pm (CNA).
Father Mendo Saraiva de Refóio… […]

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‘Give your life to Jesus’: How a World Youth Day put a young man on the path to priesthood

July 25, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

At World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Nelson Cintra (at left in top row) was changed by Christ — and now he will go to Lisbon as a new priest for World Youth Day 2023, Aug. 1–6. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Nelson Cintra

Boise, Idaho, Jul 25… […]

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Why the serious drop in priestly vocations in Europe’s largest diocese?

May 5, 2023 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 67

On the Solemnity of the Annunciation, the Archbishop of Milan, Mario Delpini, made international news with his own “annunciation” that the priestly formation program in the Archdiocese was to undergo a major re-structuring. Before getting […]

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Pope Francis: ‘There is no vocation without mission’

April 26, 2023 Catholic News Agency 6

Pope Francis smiles with two religious sisters during his general audience on Jan. 11, 2023 / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Apr 26, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).
In his message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2023, Pope Francis said God’s cal… […]

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Pope Francis: Monks and nuns are ‘the beating heart’ of evangelization

April 26, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on April 26, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican City, Apr 26, 2023 / 05:15 am (CNA).
It is no accident that the patron saint of foreign missionaries is a cloistered nun, Pope Francis said… […]

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10 things to know about the latest survey on the Catholic Church today

March 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

More than 100,000 people attended the papal Mass in Juba, according to local authorities. / Elias Turk/EWTN

Washington D.C., Mar 8, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA).
On March 3 the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported the latest statistics abou… […]

The Dispatch

Decline in vocations to the priesthood is worse where priests serve larger flocks, report says

March 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 5

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Denver, Colo., Mar 3, 2023 / 13:25 pm (CNA).
The decline in the number of priests, seminarians, and new vocations to the priesthood in the United States appears to be more pronounced in parishes where priests serve more par… […]

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