The letter closes with a focus on vocations and the need for both prayer and renewed pastoral creativity. Pope Leo XIV calls ...

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 ...

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 ...

MAUMERE, Indonesia — Arnoldus Yansen thought for certain he was going to become a Catholic priest, just like his older brother, cousin and uncle. He attended St. Peter Major Seminary, a bastion of ...

The scandal involving Florida priest Father Alberto Cutié has many in the secular media and some within the Church clamoring for the ordination of married men. Proponents claim this change could ease ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II expressed concern Friday over the decline in priestly vocations in the United States, telling visiting American bishops that the drop presents a "stark challenge" that ...

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 ...