With so many seminaries all but empty, and so many dioceses struggling to find priests for their parishes, what is happening in Minnesota could well be considered a miracle: St. John Vianney Seminary in St. Paul has increased its housing, its staff and what it demands of students. And the men keep coming. The seminary’s…

Can wearing a clerical collar be hazardous to your health? A report out of England suggests it can make you a target: Catholic and Anglican vicars should remove their clerical collars while off-duty to avoid being singled out for attack, a church safety group said here yesterday. Criminals often target clergymen because they are perceived…

Thinking about dedicating your life to God as a priest or nun? The Columbus Dispatch, in Ohio, decided to profile a few people who are weighing that question, as part of a series. And the first installment was published Friday: Adam Boyden was once a casual Catholic who loved to party. Now, his life is…

A Florida seminary is reeling from a lot of bad buzz over ads in its quarterly magazine — and now, it seems, it was all a terrible mixup: Whether it was a ghastly prank or a nightmarish mistake is not clear, but somehow eight pages of a Catholic seminary magazine were replaced by ads meant…

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