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With PPF stalled, bishop moves forward with seminary renewal

News: Seminary formation

The Pillar
Aug 26, 2021
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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone is the most recent American bishop to introduce a propaedeutic, or spirituality, year as a component of priestly formation for seminarians studying to become priests in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

The move comes amid a hangup between Vatican officials and the U.S. bishops’ conference over whether seminarians should b…

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