Seminarians Archives

Seminarians learn more from their leaders’ lives than words, pope says

Jun 10, 2021

Seminarians can learn more from the way their bishops, rectors, spiritual directors and formators live than from what they say, Pope Francis said.

By Carol Glatz

Priests testify at Vatican trial on abuse in minor seminary

Jun 7, 2021

Several priests, some of whom were former students at a minor seminary located in the Vatican, testified at the ongoing trial of Father Gabriele Martinelli, who is accused of sexually abusing a younger student at the St. Pius X Pre-Seminary.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Record number graduate from North Carolina diocesan college seminary

May 30, 2021

St. Joseph College Seminary, the only program of its kind between Washington and Miami, graduated nine men this May — the largest class since its founding.

By SueAnn Howell

Seminarian killed in accident is recalled as ‘prayerful and loving’

May 14, 2021

A seminarian from the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in New York City, the diocese reported.

By Catholic News Service

Pontifical charity to raise money to build wall around Nigerian seminary

Apr 21, 2021

The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need hopes to raise $51,000 to erect a security wall around the major seminary of the Good Shepherd in Nigeria’s Sokoto Diocese.

By Francis Njuguna

Tenderness, reconciliation needed in today’s world, pope says

Mar 29, 2021

Priests must follow the example of Jesus, the good shepherd, who laid down his life not just for his flock but also for the sheep that strayed away, Pope Francis said.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Remember your past with gratitude, pope tells Filipino priests

Mar 22, 2021

Pope Francis asked Filipino priests doing graduate studies in Rome not to think of their time in the city and their residence at the Pontifical Filipino College as a pause disconnected from their “real” lives.

By Cindy Wooden

Ex-seminarian’s suit against archdiocese, seminary in Rome called baseless

Feb 13, 2021

A former seminarian’s lawsuit filed against the New York Archdiocese, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Pontifical North American College officials and several “John Does” over him not being allowed to return to the NAC is baseless and without merit, according to spokesmen for the archdiocese and the U.S. seminary in Rome.

By Catholic News Service