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Once again, the subject of a married priesthood has come up — and once again, someone is saying it’s not in the cards: Ordaining married men is not a guaranteed way to solve a vocations crisis, and it will not automatically improve the quality of priests, said Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Kiev-Halych, head of the…

It used to be the Maytag repairman had the loneliest job on earth. Now, according to this report from Connecticut, he may have some competition: The rectory is very peaceful — a little too peaceful, if the Rev. Joseph Looney is being honest about it. Looney has been stationed at the Church of the Nativity…

Those clever people in Britain have devised a new way to encourage vocations: priestly pin-ups. Or, more accurately, clerical calendars: Twelve Catholic priests have swapped their pulpits for favourite pastimes in a calendar designed to try to recruit young men to the priesthood. The priests, from the Diocese of Leeds, are pictured in an array…

A regular visitor to The Bench, Pete Bond, sent me this wonderful bit of news: Saturday, he and four other men will become the newest members of the diaconate family in California: As most of the faithful are aware, “Gaudete” means “joyous”…and so it is with great joy that the Diocese of San Bernardino announces…
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