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More than 450 men are set to be ordained priests this year in the United States, and the survey of their ordination class shows that the overwhelming majority of priests-to-be were raised Catholic in intact families and individually showed habits of frequent church service and regular prayer life. The seminarians to be ordained, also known as ordinands, are overwhelmingly “cradle Catholics.” About 93% of ordinands were baptized Catholic as infants. Another 96% were raised by their biological parents. About 92% were raised by a married couple living together. For 84% of ordinands, both parents were Catholic. One in three respondents had a relative who is a priest or religious. More than 63% of survey respondents said their parish priest had been an encouraging influence on their vocation, followed by a fellow parishioner, a friend, their mother, father, or teacher or catechist. For the complete results of the poll, visit catholic news agency dot com.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254179/survey-of-new-priests-most-pray-rosary-go-to-eucharistic-adoration-parents-stayed-married
Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See Eduard Habsburg says that Pope Francis will find “a vibrant Christian country” when he visits Hungary this weekend. In an interview with EWTN News, Habsburg said that Hungary has a “rich mixture of Christian churches living together very well” from Byzantine-rite Catholics to Calvinists. Hungary is a Catholic-majority country in Central Europe with a significant Protestant Christian minority — 20% of the population, according to the Pew Research Center. Both Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and President Katalin Novák are part of the Calvinist-oriented Hungarian Reformed Church, which has more than 1.6 million members. Christianity has a more than 1,000-year history in Hungary. Saint Stephen, king of Hungary, led his country to embrace the Christian faith during the 11th century.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254178/ambassador-habsburg-pope-francis-will-find-a-vibrant-christian-country-in-hungary
Today, the Church celebrates Saint Zita, a 13th century Italian woman whose humble and patient service to God has made her a patron saint of maids and other domestic workers.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-zita-of-lucca-446