Pope laments haemorrhaging of priests and nuns

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Pope Francis is lamenting the haemorrhaging of nuns and priests in Europe.

God only knows how many seminaries, monasteries, convents and churches will close because fewer people are being called to lives of religious service, he says. Read more

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