This year will be dedicated to the priests,as our pope declared this year as the
Priesthood year in the memory of
St. Jhon Maria Viany (who was also a priest). The holy chruch will celebrate the priesthood year from
19 june 2009 to 19 june 2010 and the main theme will be
"The honesty of the honest priests of CHRIST".It was offically inagurated by the pope on june 19 at a holy mass conducted at the St.Peter's basillica, in which the holy body of the St.Viany was brought.After this there was a meeting of priests in which the pope declared the holy message.
The pope is also going to declare the St.Viany as the heavenly mediator of all the priests in the world.