Posts Tagged ‘Priest ordination’

Record ordinations in four US Catholic Archdioceses

Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Record Ordinations

Four US archdioceses have recently reported record ordinations, marking a significant milestone for the Catholic Church. The archdioceses of Washington, St Paul and Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee celebrated the largest number of new priests in decades. On 15 June, the Archdiocese of Washington celebrated its largest ordination class in 64 years. Cardinal Wilton D Read more

Catholic church flourishing beyond expectations in Asia

Monday, July 22nd, 2019

A new study shows the Catholic church is flourishing beyond expectations in Asia with ordinations well in excess of international averages. As an example, although there are only 750,000 Catholics in Myanmar, the Church in the Southeast Asian country ordained 83 new priests last year. At the same time, only 19 new priests were ordained Read more