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As churches shrink and pastors retire, creative workarounds are redefining ministry

By Elizabeth E. Evans — July 28, 2023
(RNS) — As older clergy get set to retire, there are few younger seminarians to replace them — and few churches that can afford to pay them.

Pope Francis to new bishops: Dispense mercy, don’t be ‘charming liars’

By Josephine McKenna — September 16, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) People don't like whiny bishops, the pontiff said, and they can 'sniff out narcissists, manipulators and hawkers of vain crusades.'

Vatican pulls support for seminarians’ soccer league

By Tracy Gordon — March 15, 2012

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has withdrawn its support from a soccer tournament between Rome's seminaries, saying the tournament had lost its "educational" value. By Alessandro Speciale.

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