"Pope Francis reminds us that we must cultivate priestly vocations because they are a diamond in the rough that must be worked with care, patience and respect for conscience". Jesús Sanz, Archbishop of Oviedo, at the University of Navarra.

His statements are framed in the opening of the Course of update of Canon Law that counts with the participation of a hundred experts and is focused on "Reflections on the current Canon Law . training priestly. Application of Mitis Iudex".

In his lecture, entitled "training of the clergy and candidates for Holy Orders: the new Ratio of training Priestly", he stressed that "every spiritual and pedagogical resource must be used to the full so that the person called to this ecclesial vocation gives glory to God and is a blessing for the brothers who ministerially entrust him", as the Holy Father pointed out in his speech to the Plenary of the Congregation for the Clergy in October 2014.

The Archbishop of Oviedo also assured that fidelity to the call received cannot be considered "as a pious inertia that simply adds three years to the seniority in the ministry, but as a committed attitude of daily renewing the faithful response to the One who calls us every day. Likewise, on the need for training he said that, as the Pope affirms, it cannot be a task that ends, "because priests never cease to be disciples of Jesus".

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After the inaugural session, the professor of seminar of Vigo, Ángel Marzoa, spoke on "The suitability of candidates for holy orders". Then, the Vice President of the seminar International Bidasoa, Emilio Forte, offered the third lecture: "The project community of seminar and the areas of freedom".

The two sessions to be held this afternoon will focus on "The motu proprio Mitis Iudex two years later. Experiences of its application in Spain". position The first will be given by Aurora López-Medina, professor of State Ecclesiastical Law at the University of Huelva and lawyer at the Spanish Tribunal of the Rota; and the second by María Álvarez de las Asturias, director of high school de Orientación Familiar "Coincidir".

The presentations on Friday, November 17, will begin with a lecture by Eduardo Baura, professor at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome), on "Judicial and extrajudicial competencies of the tribunals of the Roman Curia in the development normative after the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus".

Miguel Angel Ortiz, professor at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, will address the second session which will focus on "The public dimension of marriage and its canonical consequences". position "The right of defense in criminal trials and proceedings" is the degree scroll of the penultimate session, which will be given by José Bernal, professor at the University of Navarra. Finally, José Ramón Villar, professor at the University of Navarra, will close the course with a discussion paper on "Synodality in current theological reflection".