Cardinal Parolin rues ‘earthquakes’ of depopulation, lack of vocations
September 11, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, traveled to Rieti, Italy, to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the dedication of its cathedral by Pope Honorius III.
Recalling the 2016 earthquake that causes extensive damage in the region, Cardinal Parolin spoke in his September 9 homily of “other types of ‘earthquakes’ that still shake this territory”: the “continued depopulation of its centers,” the “exodus of young people,” the “lack of vocations,” and the “struggle to rebuild relationships in a rather fragmented territory.”
Cardinal Parolin called on the faithful to reawaken their baptismal faith, to shun indifference, and to pray for vocations. He also encouraged young people to look to the examples of Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis and become “healthy bearers of joy, witnesses of hope, of peace.”
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