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Pope Leo XIV told the new priests to be channels, not filters, and said the Church must stay open to seekers.
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Pope Leo to new priests: Keep Church door open, don’t be an obstacle to seekers
(OSV News) — Priests are called each day to leave the doors of the Church open to a “suffering humanity” in need and not “be an obstacle to those who wish to enter,” Pope Leo XIV told 10 deacons just before ordaining them to the priesthood. The vocation to priestly ministry is a call to reflect Christ’s “patience and tenderness” and “to keep the threshold open and direct others to it, without using too many words, the pope said April 26 during h…
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Pope Leo to New Priests: Keep Church Door Open, Don't Be an Obstacle Faith | 04/26/2026 By: OSV News Ordained priests called to be channels, not filters, for a suffering humanity Father Douglas Jones, then a deacon, lies prostrate during his ordination to the priesthood at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York City June 14, 2025. …
Pope Leo's ordination homily: 'Keep the door open! Let people in, and be prepared to go out' - Deacon Greg Kandra
This is great, the conclusion of the Holy Father’s homily today at the Mass where he ordained 10 priests in St. Peter’s: Today more than ever, especially when statistics seem to indicate a divide between people and the Church, keep the door open! Let people in, and be prepared to go out. This is another secret for your life: you are a channel, not a filter. Many believe they already know what lies beyond the threshold. They carry memories with t…
Vatican City. Pope Leo XIV ordered this Sunday, in the Basilica of St. Peter of the Vatican, eight new priests of the diocese of Rome, in a solemn ceremony in which he encouraged them to be a “channel and not a filter” and to always keep the “open door” of the Church. The group of new priests is composed of six Italians, a Cameroonian and a Colombian, Yordan Camilo Medina, who presented themselves before the pontiff with the traditional “here I …
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