# Streetwise priest
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{{Short description|Roman Catholic priest operating in contact with the "street"}}
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'''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 priest](/source/Catholic_priest)s 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](/source/Philip_Neri) (1515–1595) and [John Bosco](/source/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.[{{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}}] Their work covers various areas, such as education, [marginalization](/source/marginalization), imprisonment, development cooperation, drug addictions, disabilities, orphans and abandoned children, [prostitution](/source/prostitution), and [homelessness](/source/homelessness).
In many cases, streetwise priests form groups, associations, or communities, especially inclusive of laity.[{{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}}]
Through 2008, debates and conflicts with ecclesiastical hierarchy existed regarding [Catholic social teaching](/source/Catholic_social_teaching) and implementing the [Second Vatican Council](/source/Second_Vatican_Council)'s doctrine.[{{in lang|it}} [Candido Cannavò](/source/Candido_Cannav%C3%B2), ''Pretacci: storie di uomini che portano il Vangelo sul marciapiede'', [Rizzoli](/source/RCS_MediaGroup), Milano, 2008]
== 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](/source/%C3%93scar_Romero), El Salvador
* [Padre Gadalupe, James Carney](/source/James_Carney_(American_priest)), American missionary murdered in Honduras 1983
* [Juan José Gerardi Conedera](/source/Juan_Jos%C3%A9_Gerardi_Conedera), Guatemala
=== South America ===
* [Padre Cacho](/source/Rub%C3%A9n_Isidro_Alonso), Uruguay[{{in lang|es}} Mercedes Clara, ''Padre Cacho. Cuando el otro quema adentro'', Ediciones Trilce, Montevideo, 2012]
* ''Don'' [Gonzalo Aemilius](/source/Gonzalo_Aemilius), Uruguay[{{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}}][{{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 }}]
* [Monsignor](/source/Monsignor) [Hélder Câmara](/source/H%C3%A9lder_C%C3%A2mara), Bishop
* ''Don'' [Júlio Lancellotti](/source/J%C3%BAlio_Lancellotti), Brazil[{{cite web|url=http://www.casavida.org.br |title=Casa Vida |publisher=Casa Vida |date= |accessdate=2015-09-06}}]
=== North America ===
* [Larry Rosebaugh](/source/Larry_Rosebaugh), O.M.I.[{{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}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.nonviolentworm.org/Milwaukee14Today/LarryRosebaugh |title=Nonviolent Cow : Milwaukee14Today/Larry Rosebaugh browse |publisher=Nonviolentworm.org |date= |accessdate=2015-09-06}}]
* [Greg Boyle](/source/Greg_Boyle)
* [Michael Pfleger](/source/Michael_Pfleger)
=== France ===
* [Abbé Pierre](/source/Abb%C3%A9_Pierre) (1912��2007)
* Father [Guy Gilbert](/source/Guy_Gilbert) (b. 1935)
=== Italy ===
* [Monsignor](/source/Monsignor) [Tonino Bello](/source/Antonio_Bello) (1935–1993), Bishop
* ''Don'' [Oreste Benzi](/source/Oreste_Benzi) (1925–2007), [Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII](/source/Comunit%C3%A0_Papa_Giovanni_XXIII)
* ''Don'' [Luigi Ciotti](/source/Luigi_Ciotti) (b. 1945), [Gruppo Abele](/source/Gruppo_Abele) and [Libera](/source/Libera._Associazioni%2C_nomi_e_numeri_contro_le_mafie)
* ''Don'' [Peppino Diana](/source/Giuseppe_Diana) (1958–1994), priest against the [Camorra](/source/Camorra)
* ''Don'' [Andrea Gallo](/source/Andrea_Gallo) (1928–2013), [Comunità di San Benedetto al Porto](/source/Comunit%C3%A0_di_San_Benedetto_al_Porto)
* ''Don'' [Lorenzo Milani](/source/Lorenzo_Milani) (1923–1967), [Scuola di Barbiana](/source/Scuola_di_Barbiana)
* ''Don'' [Pino Puglisi](/source/Pino_Puglisi) (1937–1993), victim of the Sicilian Mafia
* Father [Alex Zanotelli](/source/Alex_Zanotelli)
=== Ireland ===
* Fr [Peter McVerry](/source/Peter_McVerry), [SJ](/source/Society_of_Jesus) (b. 1944)
== See also ==
{{Portal|Catholicism}}
* [Worker-priest](/source/Worker-priest)
== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* [Roberto Beretta](/source/Roberto_Beretta) e [Giovanni Gazzaneo](/source/Giovanni_Gazzaneo), ''Preti di strada: le frontiere dell'emarginazione e della speranza raccontate dai più noti sacerdoti anti-droga'', con prefazione di [Furio Colombo](/source/Furio_Colombo), [SEI](/source/Societ%C3%A0_Editrice_Internazionale), Torino, 1995
* [Candido Cannavò](/source/Candido_Cannav%C3%B2), ''Pretacci: storie di uomini che portano il Vangelo sul marciapiede'', [Rizzoli](/source/RCS_MediaGroup), Milano, 2008
* [Mimmo Battaglia](/source/Mimmo_Battaglia) e [Virginio Colmegna](/source/Virginio_Colmegna), ''I poveri hanno sempre ragione: storie di preti di strada'', [Cittadella editrice](/source/Cittadella_editrice), [Assisi](/source/Assisi), 2010
* [Pierfilippo Pozzi](/source/Pierfilippo_Pozzi) (cur.), ''Dov'è Dio: il Vangelo quotidiano secondo quattro preti di strada'', [Einaudi](/source/Giulio_Einaudi_Editore), 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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