The pastor is increasingly a foreigner: ‘You have too much luxury, you have forgotten your faith’ | Interior

Now that the growth of Dutch priests is stalling, the Catholic Church is looking abroad. In 2023, 30 percent will come from abroad. Like Father Titus Ikyomke from Nigeria. Becoming a missionary was his dream, the Netherlands seemed a beautiful country to him. “But I didn’t expect that so few people go to church here.”