{"id":55476,"date":"2026-01-19T16:04:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=55476"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:04:58","slug":"italian-priests-suicide-underscores-humanity-of-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/italian-priests-suicide-underscores-humanity-of-priests\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0646\u062a\u062d\u0627\u0631 \u0643\u0627\u0647\u0646 \u0625\u064a\u0637\u0627\u0644\u064a \u064a\u0633\u0644\u0637 \u0627\u0644\u0636\u0648\u0621 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0625\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0647\u0646\u0629"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The tragedy points to the urgent need to provide support and accompaniment to priests, who often bear great responsibilities and challenges, usually alone. \/ Credit: Africa Studio\/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 8, 2025 \/ 16:18 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church \u2014 especially in Italy \u2014 was profoundly shocked by the news of the death of Father Matteo Balzano, a 35-year-old priest who took his own life on Saturday, July 5. Alarm was initially raised when he failed to celebrate Sunday\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tragedy points to the urgent need to provide support and accompaniment to priests, who often bear great responsibilities and challenges, usually alone. \/ Credit: Africa Studio\/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 8, 2025 \/ 16:18 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church \u2014 especially in Italy \u2014 was profoundly shocked by the news of the death of Father Matteo Balzano, a 35-year-old priest who took his own life on Saturday, July 5. Alarm was initially raised when he failed to celebrate Sunday\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":75541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-55476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5513,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/pope-francis-advances-martyred-albanian-priests-along-path-to-sainthood\/","url_meta":{"origin":55476,"position":0},"title":"Pope Francis advances martyred Albanian priests along path to sainthood","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0648\u0646\u064a\u0648 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source Father Luigi Paliq (left) and Father Gjon Gazulli were declared martyrs by Pope Francis on June 20, 2024. \/ Credit: Screen capture from aciprensa.com of photo courtesy of The Order of Friars Minor, Episcopal Conference of Albania Pope Francis on Thursday advanced the cause for sainthood for two martyred Catholic priests who were killed \"in hatred of the faith\u201d in Albania in the first decades of the 20th century.The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints made the announcement&nbsp;of\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1719187370_screenshot-2024-06-21-at-09.29.34.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6026,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/russian-forces-release-two-ukrainian-catholic-priests-captured-in-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":55476,"position":1},"title":"Russian forces release two Ukrainian Catholic priests captured in 2022","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0648 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source Sviatoslav Shevchuk is Major Archbishop of Kyiv\u2013Galicia and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. \/ Credit: Screenshot\/EWTN News Nightly ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2024 \/ 16:00 pm (CNA). 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