A top South Korean Church leader has hailed an association run by clergy and laypeople for making significant contributions to increasing priestly vocations in a country grappling with low birthrate ...

Despite constant terrorist attacks suffered by Catholics in Burkina Faso from Islamic fundamentalists, vocations to the priesthood have increased in recent years, especially in dioceses located in ...

Poland stands out as the undisputed leader in religious vocations in Europe in 2025, with 206 new ordained priests, the highest number on the continent. This recent data from the Polish Catholic ...

The church in Asia's most Catholic country is grappling with a decline in those with a vocation for the priesthood - Copyright AFP Ted ALJIBE The church in Asia's ...

On Saturday, July 6, twin brothers George and Johnny Jallouf, friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, were ordained priests in their hometown of Aleppo, Syria. It marked the first priestly ordination ...

The letter closes with a focus on vocations and the need for both prayer and renewed pastoral creativity. Pope Leo XIV calls for renewed priestly formation, stronger priestly fraternity, and a more ...

The Korean Catholic Church needs to implement revised guidelines for effective priestly formation in all seminaries including establishing an emotional care system and a psychological evaluation model ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Four Union Catholic students are playing key roles in one of the Archdiocese of Newark’s fastest-growing faith initiatives: the Sons of Thunder, a vocations group for boys in ...

In the flickering candlelight of Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran last week, a bald, stocky American lay prostrate before the altar and was ordained a priest in the long, ancient ceremony of the ...

As cardinals gather in the Vatican to elect a new pope -- with a Filipino among the favourites -- the church in Asia's most Catholic country is grappling with a decline in those with a vocation for ...

The church in Asia's most Catholic country is grappling with a decline in those with a vocation for the priesthood Clergymen in the Philippines told AFP they believe a Filipino pope could inspire a ...