Catholic Diocese Of Joliet

Bishop Conlon talks about Vatican II Council's Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests -- in Latin it is called "Presbyterorum Ordinis" -- and the internal, spiritual life of a priest. The priest is configured to Christ. He is called to perfection, which is filled through his ministry as a priest. It's a special call because he is consecrated through ordination to the union of Christ. He strives to perfection with special graces. He becomes holy through his ministry and his ministry become more efficacious because the priest has grown in holiness.