ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 9, 2025 / 08:00 am

Father Miguel Tovar is 24 years old and one of the youngest priests in Spain . After his ordination on July 5 in the Diocese of Cartagena, he and his parents visited Rome and met Pope Leo XIV, who encouraged him to never lose “the joy of the priesthood.”

“What a great gift from the Lord, one month after my priestly ordination, to be able to greet the pope. The Holy Father encouraged me to be faithful and not to lose the joy of the priesthood in prayer,” Tovar wrote on Aug. 7 on X.

Tovar said that after telling the pope he had been ordained very recently, Pope Leo XIV told him: “Be faithful. Many priests lose their joy. Never lose the joy of the priesthood, which you will always find through prayer.”

Upon learning that Tovar’s parents had accom

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