During yesterday's General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI concluded his brief examination of the priest's exercise of the tria munera Christi---the three offices of Christ---by focusing on the pastor's duty to govern the portion of the Christian flock entrusted to him.  Like many of the texts he composes, the Pope's reflection is worth a slow and deliberate…  » More

On Saturday, May 22, the Priory of St. Thomas Aquinas at Providence College celebrated three anniversaries of long-serving Dominican priests. Fr. Alan Morris, O.P., ordained a priest in 1950, celebrated 60 years as a priest, while Frs. David Folsey, O.P., and Damien Myett, O.P., ordained together in 1960, both celebrated 50 years of priesthood. In…  » More

On the second day of his pilgrimage to Fatima, Pope Benedict XVI concluded a special Vespers service by consecrating the priests of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  Below is the prayer he used for the act of consecration.

ACT OF ENTRUSTMENT AND CONSECRATION OF PRIESTS TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
Church of the Most Holy Trinity,…  » More

To mark the approaching conclusion of the Jubilee Year for Priests, Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, Prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy, has written a personal letter to the Church's priests worldwide.  In it, Cardinal Hummes expresses the wish of the Holy Father to confirm the excellent witness rendered by the vast majority of priests, and…  » More

Earlier today, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the participants of an international clergy conference now meeting in Rome.  Organized by the Congregation for Clergy as a special event of the current Jubilee Year for Priests, the conference has taken for its title the motto of the jubilee: "Fidelty of Christ, Fidelty of the Priest."  Below is the full…  » More

Click above to hear an excerpt of a lecture given by Fr. Walter Wagner, O.P., on the special place held by the priesthood in Dominican life. Fr. Wagner delivered this talk at a recent Vocations Weekend at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. His refletions serve as a wonderful ferverino during this Jubilee Year for Priests.

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In the video above, Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P., offers his perspectives on the past, the present, and the future of the Catholic priesthood.  His remarks can serve our ongoing reflections during this Jubilee Year for Priests.

A well known author and academic, Fr. Nichols is a son of the English Province and is prior of St. Michael and All Saints Priory…  » More

This is the final part of "Alter Christus," a fast-paced film on the many aspects of the priesthood in the life of the Church. Centered on the life of St. John Vianney, the topics covered range from the priestly identity to the sacraments, from celibacy to the mission.