Is it more difficult to be a priest today? Cardinal Ouellet’s answer (interview)

 

Is it more difficult to be a priest today? Cardinal Ouellet’s answer (interview)

VATICAN CITY (VATICAN CITY)
Aleteia [Paris, France]

February 17, 2022

By Cardinal Marc Ouellet

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As a symposium in Rome considers the priesthood, we hear from the prefect who organized the event.

ardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, is leading a symposium titled Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood at the Vatican through February 19, 2022.

In the lead-up to this event, I.Media spoke with the Canadian cardinal about what is at stake for the Church today.

Why did you choose to hold a symposium on the priesthood today?

Cardinal Ouellet: The Church is currently in a synodal process that raises the question of the participation of the People of God in the whole life of the Church. In launching the Synod on Synodality, the Pope does not wish to conduct a survey of opinions in the Church, a parliamentary operation or a collection of ideas. He wants to reawaken the faith of the People of God.

After the Synod…