{"id":13036,"date":"2012-05-07T10:44:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T16:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=13036"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:08:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:08:40","slug":"what-makes-pope-benedict-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/05\/what-makes-pope-benedict-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes Pope Benedict smile?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Seminarians! \u00a0Lots of \u2019em! \u00a0Read on: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bishop James D. Conley of Denver said the news of rising seminarian numbers across the United States\u00a0has\u00a0delighted Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was very happy to receive that information,\u201d Bishop Conley told CNA on May 4 after meeting the Pope at the Vatican.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said he had heard that vocations were going up in the United States and he said this is very positive news and, in fact, he had a big smile on his face when he heard the news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bishop Conley was one of ten bishops from Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming who had an audience with Pope Benedict as part of their five-day \u201cad limina\u201d pilgrimage to Rome which concludes tomorrow.<\/p>\n

He explained to the Pope that there is now a year-on-year increase in the numbers of young men opting for the priesthood across many US dioceses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him that in the Archdiocese of Denver both of our seminaries, St John Vianney Theological Seminary and Redeptoris Mater Neo-catechumenal seminary, are full,\u201d the bishop added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact we have more applicants than we have space so for the first time in many years we have to create a waiting list which is a good problem to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most recent statistics show a similar story across the United States. Last year the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University estimated that the 2011 seminary intake was up 4 percent on the previous year and had reached its highest figure in 20 years. Meanwhile, Rome\u2019s North American College is full to its 250 capacity for the first time in decades.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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