The country is in the west particularly because of civil war and Drogenmafia well-known. Of its flowering church and the many appointments one hears less.

(kreuz.net/Kirche in emergency) „the seminars for priests of Colombia are practically full “- Mons says. Ricardo Tobon, the bishop von Sonsón Rionegro in the northwest province Antioquia.

„It is unfortunately only few well-known, which carries the Colombian church out “- archbishop explains Flavio Calle Zapata from Ibagué in the southwest of the country.

At present generally speaking 1200 young men prepare country for their priesterlichen service.

They do not only want to evangelisieren in native Diözesen. Nearly 700 of them is ready to go as mission acres abroad.

Already now Colombian priests and medal people are in completely central and South America actively - like that in Argentina, Brazil, on Cuba, in the Dominican republic, in Nicaragua and in the United States.

Even in Africa, Europe and Asia one meets clergyman from the Colombian priest min airs.

The church of Colombia is dynamic, because the Christian faith lives. Nine of ten of the 46 million Kolumbianer are catholic.

Each third participates regularly in the church life.

However in the Erzdiözese Medellin - in the heart of the country - under the 2.6 million catholic nearly thousands of clergyman work. The number of the seminarists goes into the hundreds.

There are Pfarreien, where on Sundays up to eight fairs are celebrated. In some municipalities priests are active up to four.

Many believer go frequently and regularly beichten.

For many years the international welfare organization resident in Germany supports `church in Not' the priest min airs - and concomitantly the desire of many Kolumbianer to overcome the social conflicts by a meditation on the gospel.

Connoisseurs of Colombia lead back the continuous readiness for the service at the next one, on the grown self-confidence of the catholics.

They defy the difficult political like socio-economic situation of the country, which clicks from a small by powerful ones is caused.

However in the 90's - according to estimations - 40,000 humans died with the fights between the army and the Guerilleros.

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DDL: @Frasim - well and?

Is pointing to the aspects of negative not perfectly legitimate? Of the church one will nevertheless only hear Belobhudelungen in this regard - any must take over the job nevertheless to make clear that by no means all gold was there/is, which shines there (e).

And is it now really such a large secret that monasteries served over many centuries as disposal enterprises for inconvenient ones?

Frasim: @Gotthard

Does it actually lie in your nature to always light up everything from the negative side to?

God hard: Secondarily?

Few become stop then due to of secondary motivation priest. Whether that is expression of appointment?
„Secondary appointments “it gave at all times - today probably to all few.
If the later born sons and daughters were put into the monastery…
if women, who wanted to become gladly teacher or nurse, went into the monastery… 19. Century!!
if women in Africa of the load of many children and the load of the farm work and the suppression by the husband and its unfaithfulness to escape want - entering a medal!

Turned around and gave there is the Oblaten, which committed itself as married humans a medal…

The sociology of the appointments in history and present would be an interesting research field of theology, from which much could be learned.

Puchil2: Worth the appointment?

The point is however: Few become stop then due to of secondary motivation priest. Whether that is expression of appointment?

Beobachterin: Chance

Puchil2: Similar dynamics explain also the relatively high number of seminar for priestsists.

Well and? That shows nevertheless that the young people notice their chance and that it straight by the catholic church receives such! It does not diminish nevertheless by any means the value of the appointments.

Puchil2: From an interview with a young Kolumbianer

„However a completely substantial factor is the economic situation of the society altogether. Many young people do not see a perspective for their life. If now the chance of the military service is offered to them - as chance he is actually noticed, and that is not only in Colombia like that, but in all of Latin America -, then they use the opportunity. For many young people the military is the only possibility, reads and to write to learn, the only possibility of finding a work. For the war to decide, is thus an enormous economic and personal advantage. “

Similar dynamics explain also the relatively high number of seminar for priestsists.