Maryknoll Fr John Siyumbu distributes Communion during his ordination to the priesthood in 2022. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, celebrated the ordination Mass. Fr Siyumbu, who is from Bungoma, Kenya, is the first seminarian from East Africa to be ordained a Maryknoll priest. He will serve in Latin America. Photo: CNS/Gregory Shemitz Inviting priests from the Church in developing parts of the world to maintain the status quo in Irish parishes and to cope with the vocations crisis is “selfish” a liturgical expert has warned. Spiritan priest Prof. Tom Whelan also warned that pastoral plans that have no greater vision than replacing Sunday Mass with ceremonies with…
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