Global Seminary Hub Spreads Modernist Corruption Under Guise of Vocations
The EWTN News portal reports on the Indonesian island of Flores as a “vocational powerhouse” producing hundreds of priests for global distribution. The article highlights St. Paul’s Major Seminary in Ledalero—founded by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD)—which claims to have formed 1,500 priests serving in over 70 countries. Archbishop Paulus Budi Kleden, SVD, boasts of the island’s “contribution to the global clergy,” while seminary professor Father Sefrianus Juhani describes formation focused on “emotional maturity” and “social skills.” The piece celebrates seminarians engaging in environmental advocacy, HIV patient visitation, and disaster relief, framing these as essential to priestly identity.