Pope encourages young priests to rely on each other in times of crisis
ROME (CNS) -- The first years of priesthood are challenging, and the best way to survive and thrive is through closeness to God, to one's bishop, one's fellow priests and to one's parishioners, Pope Francis told priests who have been ordained less than 10 years."One never comes out of a crisis alone," the pope told them, according to the Vatican press office.Pope Francis held a closed-door meeting May 29 with about 90 priests working in the Diocese of Rome who have been ordained since 2014; they included priests who were ordained for the diocese in April.Earlier in May the pope had m...