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{{Short description|Catholic Decree on Priestly Training}}
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'''''Optatam totius''''', the [[Second Vatican Council]]'s '''Decree on Priestly Training''', was issued during the final year of the Council (which met from 1963 to 1965) and in concerned with priestly vocations and the [[Formation in the Catholic Church|formation]] or training of candidates for ordination.<ref name=ot>Second Vatican Council, [https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651028_optatam-totius_en.html Optatam Totius], published on 28 October 1965, accessed on 29 May 2026</ref> It includes a recognition that "priestly training, because of the circumstances particularly of contemporary society, must be pursued and perfected even after the completion of the course of studies in [[seminaries]].<ref name=ot />{{rp|Paragraph 21}}

Approved by a vote of 2,318 of the bishops assembled at the council in favour, and 3 opposed, the decree was promulgated by [[Pope Paul VI]] on 28 October 1965. The Latin title refers to "the desired renewal of the whole Church".<ref name=ot />

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