{{Short description|Roman Catholic priest operating in contact with the "street"}} [[File:Guy-gilbert.jpg|thumb|Guy Gilbert]] [[File:Alex Zanotelli2.JPG|thumb|Alex Zanotelli]] [[File:Don Andrea Gallo.JPEG|thumb|Andrea Gallo]] [[File:Luigi Ciotti hand.jpg|thumb|Luigi Ciotti]] {{essay-like|date=October 2022}} '''Streetwise priests''' ({{langx|it|preti di strada}}; {{langx|es|curas de la calle}}; {{langx|fr|prêtres de rue}}; {{langx|de|Priester der Straße}}) are Catholic priests who exercise their spiritual mandate by living in structures in direct contact with the "street", which is their mission land. Historical streetwise priests include Philip Neri (1515–1595) and John Bosco (1815–1888).
Recently, the expression came to denote priests with reformist ideas, especially those involved in reform movements for social justice in a Christian context through service to the poor and marginalized.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liturgiagiovane.it/new_lg/articoli.asp?nf=documenti/ARTICOLI/11181.htm&l0=4&l1=30&l2=0&nr=11181 |title=LiturgiaGiovane |publisher=Liturgiagiovane.it |date= |accessdate=2015-09-06}}</ref> Their work covers various areas, such as education, marginalization, imprisonment, development cooperation, drug addictions, disabilities, orphans and abandoned children, prostitution, and homelessness.
In many cases, streetwise priests form groups, associations, or communities, especially inclusive of laity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lettera43.it/persone/6403/preti-da-spretare.htm |title=i preti da scomunicare nel 2011 |publisher=Lettera43.it |date= |accessdate=2015-09-06}}</ref> Through 2008, debates and conflicts with ecclesiastical hierarchy existed regarding Catholic social teaching and implementing the Second Vatican Council's doctrine.<ref>{{in lang|it}} Candido Cannavò, ''Pretacci: storie di uomini che portano il Vangelo sul marciapiede'', Rizzoli, Milano, 2008</ref>
== Notable streetwise priests == Below is a list of priests who have been described {{according to whom|date=October 2022}} as streetwise.
=== Central America === * Oscar Romero, El Salvador * Padre Gadalupe, James Carney, American missionary murdered in Honduras 1983 * Juan José Gerardi Conedera, Guatemala
=== South America === * Padre Cacho, Uruguay<ref>{{in lang|es}} Mercedes Clara, ''Padre Cacho. Cuando el otro quema adentro'', Ediciones Trilce, Montevideo, 2012</ref> * ''Don'' Gonzalo Aemilius, Uruguay<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osservatoreromano.va/portal/dt?JSPTabContainer.setSelected=JSPTabContainer%2FDetail&last=false=&path=/news/interviste/2013/065q13-A-colloquio-con-don-Gonzalo-Aemilius--il-pr.html&title=Ha%20orientato%20le%20mie%20scelte%20di%20vita&locale=it |title=L'Osservatore Romano |publisher=Osservatoreromano.va |date= |accessdate=2015-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Gonzalo Aemilius |url=http://mnpgonza.blogspot.it/ |title=Pasos |publisher=Mnpgonza.blogspot.it |date= |accessdate=2015-09-06 |archive-date=2014-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911022251/http://mnpgonza.blogspot.it/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Monsignor Hélder Câmara, Bishop * ''Don'' Júlio Lancellotti, Brazil<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.casavida.org.br |title=Casa Vida |publisher=Casa Vida |date= |accessdate=2015-09-06}}</ref>
=== North America === * Larry Rosebaugh, O.M.I.<ref>{{cite web|author=Marco Tosatti |url=http://www.lastampa.it/2009/05/27/blogs/san-pietro-e-dintorni/morte-di-un-prete-di-strada-bMDr1oQGpundpcF6wtrkoK/pagina.html |title=Morte di un prete di strada |publisher=Lastampa.it |date=2009-05-27 |accessdate=2015-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nonviolentworm.org/Milwaukee14Today/LarryRosebaugh |title=Nonviolent Cow : Milwaukee14Today/Larry Rosebaugh browse |publisher=Nonviolentworm.org |date= |accessdate=2015-09-06}}</ref> * Greg Boyle * Michael Pfleger
=== France === * Abbé Pierre (1912��2007) * Father Guy Gilbert (b. 1935)
=== Italy === * Monsignor Tonino Bello (1935–1993), Bishop * ''Don'' Oreste Benzi (1925–2007), Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII * ''Don'' Luigi Ciotti (b. 1945), Gruppo Abele and Libera * ''Don'' Peppino Diana (1958–1994), priest against the Camorra * ''Don'' Andrea Gallo (1928–2013), Comunità di San Benedetto al Porto * ''Don'' Lorenzo Milani (1923–1967), Scuola di Barbiana * ''Don'' Pino Puglisi (1937–1993), victim of the Sicilian Mafia * Father Alex Zanotelli
=== Ireland === * Fr Peter McVerry, SJ (b. 1944)
== See also == {{Portal|Catholicism}} * Worker-priest
== References == {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
== Bibliography == * Roberto Beretta e Giovanni Gazzaneo, ''Preti di strada: le frontiere dell'emarginazione e della speranza raccontate dai più noti sacerdoti anti-droga'', con prefazione di Furio Colombo, SEI, Torino, 1995 * Candido Cannavò, ''Pretacci: storie di uomini che portano il Vangelo sul marciapiede'', Rizzoli, Milano, 2008 * Mimmo Battaglia e Virginio Colmegna, ''I poveri hanno sempre ragione: storie di preti di strada'', Cittadella editrice, Assisi, 2010 * Pierfilippo Pozzi (cur.), ''Dov'è Dio: il Vangelo quotidiano secondo quattro preti di strada'', Einaudi, Torino, 2011
== External links == * [https://www.fiopsd.org/ Federazione italiana Organismi per le Persone Senza Fissa Dimora] * [https://www.cnca.it/ CNCA – Coordinamento nazionale comunità di accoglienza] * [http://www.lastoriasiamonoi.rai.it/puntate/preti-di-strada/681/default.aspx RAI, "La storia siamo noi", ''Preti di strada – Una mano tesa contro la disperazione (Don Gallo a Genova, Don Alessandro Santoro a Firenze, Don Virginio Colmegna a Milano, Padre Antonio Poletti a Caserta''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622125830/http://www.lastoriasiamonoi.rai.it/puntate/preti-di-strada/681/default.aspx |date=2013-06-22 }}
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