Jerry John Rawlings, Ghana’s late leader, once wanted to be a priest

The late Jerry John Rawlings, the military leader who led Ghana from 1981 to 2001, once aspired to the priesthood. Rawlings, founder of Ghana’s opposition National Democratic Congress, died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra on 12th November. He was last seen in public on 19th October, during the final funeral rites for his... Read More

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August 8, 2020

Praise for Dominicans as Fr Sam joins priesthood

Family and friends were on hand to help Fr Samuel Burke OP celebrate his ordination to the priesthood at St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh. Fr Samuel has been in the city for the past year as a deacon at the Dominican-run St Albert the Great in George Square and serves as chaplain for the University... Read More

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July 29, 2020

East Anglia Diocese ordains Peter Wygnański to the priesthood

Peter Wygnański arrived at the end of his seminary journey on Saturday 25th July as the Bishop of East Anglia ordained him to the priesthood at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich. Around 100 supporters from places where Peter had lived and ministered, as well as Peter’s parents and sister and some 30... Read More

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July 22, 2020

Ordination to the priesthood in a time of coronavirus

This month Fr Thomas Kent was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Richard Moth in the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton in this time of coronavirus. The ceremony was very different from normal, in that, only very few clergy, friends and family were able to gather to celebrate with him due... Read More

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March 20, 2019

Spain sees jump in ordinations to priesthood from 2017 to 2018

Ordinations to the priesthood in Spain have soared by 24 per cent in the last year. In 2018, a total of 135 men were ordained priests compared to 109 in 2017, according to statistics released on 12th March by the Spanish bishops’ conference. The Archdiocese of Madrid recorded the highest number of ordinations, with 14.... Read More

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March 18, 2019

Santiago church recommends ex-cathedral rector be removed from priesthood

The Archdiocese of Santiago has recommended the former rector of the cathedral be removed from the clerical state after allegations of abuse and his remarks about the Church. The controversy began unfolding in early March after Chilean news outlet Radio BioBio published a criminal complaint made in 2015 by Daniel Rojas Alvarez against the Archdiocese... Read More

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February 21, 2019

Irish Primate warns against abuse becoming ‘political football’

The Primate of All-Ireland has criticised Catholics who use the issue of clerical abuse to score points against people they disagree with in the Church. The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, also rejected the idea that abuse scandals can be blamed on priests who are gay. However, in an interview with The Irish Catholic, he... Read More

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February 18, 2019

McCarrick removed from the priesthood after being found guilty of abuse

Pope Francis has confirmed the removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick, the 88-year-old former cardinal and archbishop of Washington. The Vatican announced the decision on 16th February, saying he was found guilty of “solicitation in the sacrament of Confession and sins against the Sixth Commandment with minors and with adults, with the aggravating... Read More

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January 30, 2019

Gift of fidelity in marriage, priesthood is possible, pope says

Unity and fidelity are indispensable cornerstones of Christian marriage, Pope Francis said. Having two people generously come together as one and pledge lifelong faithful love must be not only “adequately explained to future newlyweds,” these values also require the pastoral care of the Church’s ministers and members, the pope said, addressing members of the Roman... Read More

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October 1, 2018

Pope expels Karadima, notorious Chilean abuser, from priesthood

Pope Francis expelled from the priesthood a Chilean who gained notoriety for sexually abusing young men in his parish. In a statement, the Vatican said that Fernando Karadima was dismissed from the clerical state by the pope, who “made this exceptional decision in conscience and for the good of the Church.” Citing canon law, the... Read More

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Jerry John Rawlings, Ghana’s late leader, once wanted to be a priest

Praise for Dominicans as Fr Sam joins priesthood

East Anglia Diocese ordains Peter Wygnański to the priesthood

Ordination to the priesthood in a time of coronavirus

Spain sees jump in ordinations to priesthood from 2017 to 2018

Santiago church recommends ex-cathedral rector be removed from priesthood

Irish Primate warns against abuse becoming ‘political football’

McCarrick removed from the priesthood after being found guilty of abuse

Gift of fidelity in marriage, priesthood is possible, pope says

Pope expels Karadima, notorious Chilean abuser, from priesthood

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