“Let us pray that the ecclesial community might welcome the desires and doubts of those young people who feel called to live Jesus’s mission in life: either through the priestly life, or religious life.”
Pope Francis made that appeal for prayers in The Pope Video, which was released on Tuesday to accompany his prayer intention for February 2025.
Drawing on his own vocational experience, the Pope recalled that at 17 years old he had other plans for his life that didn’t include becoming a priest.
“But one day, I went into the church…and God was there, waiting for me!” he said.
