{"id":80190,"date":"2025-08-25T16:46:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=80190"},"modified":"2025-08-25T16:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:46:35","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-concerned-about-the-shortage-of-priests-in-france-and-around-the-world-its-a-great-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2025\/08\/25\/pope-leo-xiv-concerned-about-the-shortage-of-priests-in-france-and-around-the-world-its-a-great-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV, concerned about the shortage of priests in France and around the world: \"It's a great shame.\""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Pope began the week by receiving a large group of French altar servers, accompanied by priests and bishops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They welcomed Pope Leo XIV with prolonged applause. At the same time, the Clementine Hall was filled with the rhythm of one of the best-known songs of the French monastic community of Taiz\u00e9: \"Laudate Dominum.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pope spoke to them about the importance and meaning of the Eucharist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<br><\/strong><em>And the Church, from generation to generation, carefully preserves the memory of the Lord's death and resurrection, to which she is a witness, as her most precious treasure. She safeguards it and transmits it by celebrating the Eucharist, which you have the joy and honor of serving.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that is not all. Pope Leo XIV spoke about the vocational crisis in France and around the world. He encouraged young people to be alert to a possible call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<br><\/strong><em>I speak to your consciences, enthusiastic and generous young people, and I will tell you something you must listen to, even if it worries you a little: the lack of priests in France, in the world, is a great disgrace. A disgrace for the Church.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual, at the end, the Pope blessed everyone present. Afterward, he thanked everyone and wished them a good day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AM<br>TR: GS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pope began the week by receiving a large group of French altar servers, accompanied by priests and bishops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":80191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VzMn7dUteX0","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bctvministrantifranciaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bctvministrantifranciaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80194,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80190\/revisions\/80194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}