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Church in the World?Priests suffer overwork, isolation and fatigue?France Philip Crispin - 2 December 2006Many French priests feel overworked and are asking grave questions about their future role within the Church, a major new study has found, writes Philip Crispin. "Overwork, isolation, fatigue: a significant group of priests have given voice to their suffering," said François Boursier, a lecturer at the Institut Catholique in Lyons which carried out the research. "But a majority believe that they succeed in striking a good, even very good, balance in their lives, thanks to the importance attached to spirituality and prayer." Mr Boursier said many priests regretted being snowed under by managerial tasks and were concerned by poverty - a priest's monthly allowance is between £470 and £670. Some 1,200 priests and Religious took part in the study, the biggest since 1985. Mr Boursier believes the study is representative of the lives of France's 17,473 diocesan priests. |
 In this week’s issueMaking markets moral Iron and velvet Love in a Catholic climate Someone to talk to A good Lent takes planning South American surprise Can the Church support abuse victims on its own terms? Elena Curti Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools? Christopher Lamb Goodwin the scapegoat Elena Curti The pain of being a coeliac Catholic Sr M, guest contributor The Church's moral obligation to victims of clerical sexual abuse Speeches from this week's conference in Rome This week in Rome bishops and religious superiors met at the first Vatican-backed symposium devoted to forging a global response to the crisis of clerical sexual abuse that has disgraced ... Archbishop voices 'shame and sorrow' after priest's abuse trial Longley to visit parishes 'damaged' by Walsh Today, Tuesday 7 February, Bede Walsh, who served as a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, has been convicted by a jury, following a 10-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent ...
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