France: Half of the Priests of the Diocese of Arras Are Over 80 Years Old fsspx.news

Msgr. Olivier Leborgne was appointed Bishop of Arras (Pas-de-Calais), in October 2020. On the Actu.fr site of April 27, 2021, he admits, faced with the vocations crisis and de-Christianization: “I’m afraid of heights, it’s unsettling, but I’m not worried,” adding “never having believed in the myth of the golden age. We navigate between nostalgia for what we have never been and the fantasy of what we will never be!”

But he adds: “Beware of the denial of reality. Yes, it’s complicated. Half of the priests in this diocese are over 80 years old.” The bishop announces: “I will not manage in the psychosis of regression! Let’s stop crying and shift our gaze.”…

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