Francis replied, “Priests who do spiritual direction have the charism not because they are priests, but because they are lay people, because they are baptised.”
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Pope Francis speaks to seminarians and priests. Shocking speech.
Presbyteral formation, spiritual direction and pornography. The Pope speaks to the seminarians who are shocked. On Monday 24 October 22…
It wasn’t too long ago that the practice of seminarians being assigned lay spiritual directors was discontinued, and I think, reprobated. While spiritual direction is not the same as Confession, the two are closely linked. There is a big difference between having a director who can absolve, and one who can’t. This seems like the latest example of the laicizing of clerics, and the clericalization …More
It wasn’t too long ago that the practice of seminarians being assigned lay spiritual directors was discontinued, and I think, reprobated. While spiritual direction is not the same as Confession, the two are closely linked. There is a big difference between having a director who can absolve, and one who can’t. This seems like the latest example of the laicizing of clerics, and the clericalization of the lay.
