World Day of Prayer for Sanctification of Priests emboldens priests to embrace the cross, USCCB chairman says (USCCB)

Bishop James Checchio of Metuchen (NJ), chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, issued a brief statement for the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, which takes place on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope St. John Paul II instituted the world day of prayer in 2002.