Story of a Priest

When you meet Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik, who has been called by the Holy Father [Francis] to lead the Dicastery for the Clergy, you immediately get the feeling of being at home, of being welcomed in an “open space” that fosters genuinely human, sincere, and straightforward communication, unencumbered by formalities and pleasantries.

(From the Introduction)

Cardinal Lazarus brings out the portrait of a faith born of constant contact with the Word of God and with witnesses to the Gospel; … the portrait of a priestly ministry that needs to be regenerated in the light of the Gospel, emptying itself of all clericalism and rethinking itself “close to” and “with” its lay brothers and sisters, in community—both synodal and ministerial. I therefore express my gratitude to Cardinal Lazarus and to those who have edited these pages.

Pope Francis (from the Preface)