June 22,2013: The prostration of the ordinands during the Litany of the Saints at the Fraternity of St. Peter's Roman parish, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini in Rome / CNARome Newsroom, Jun 3, 2022 / 11:00 am (CNA).The Vatican has asked a diocese in southern France to suspend its ordinations of priests and deacons scheduled for this month after a "fraternal visit" of the diocese.Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon announced June 2 that the suspension was requested due to "questions that certain Roman dicasteries were asking about the restructuring of the seminary and the policy of welcoming people to the diocese.""We welcome this request with both sorrow and confidence, aware of the trial it represents above all for those who were preparing to receive ordination," Rey said.The announcement comes after Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille conducted a visitation of the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, his suffragan, at the request of the Vatican. Aveline is among the ...