Priests worldwide show interest in June gathering with Pope

(April 27,2010) The Vatican organizers of a worldwide gathering of priests in June in Rome, have been forced to extend a registration deadline because of an overwhelming response to the Pope's invitation. The 3-day gathering, marking the conclusion of the Year for Priests, is being organized by the Congregation for the Clergy. That office has reported a deluge of applications, and announced that the deadline for registration will now be set back to May 17.
Cardinal Claudio Hummes, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, has encouraged priests to participate in the event as a means of showing Pope Benedict XVI their "solidarity, support, and unconditional communion in the face of frequent attacks."