Dear Brother Priests, 

The International Meeting “Parish Priests for the Synod,” and the dialogue with all of you who have taken part, provide me with the opportunity to pray for the parish priests the world over. To all of you, I address these words with great affection. 

It is so obvious as to sound almost banal, but that does not make it less true: the Church could not go on without your dedication and your pastoral service. So before all else, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation for the generous work that you do each day, sowing seeds of the Gospel in every kind of soil (cf. Mk 4:1-25). 

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/letters/2024/documents/20240502-lettera-parroci.html