Yes.
They just can't administer the sacraments yet because they haven't been ordained.
To my knowledge, they are not allowed to preach until they are ordained. They are allowed to speak at the Masses, but not for the homily.
Wikipedia quotes from the 2010 Catholic register to list 189 seminaries: According to the 2010 Official Catholic Directory, as of 2009 there are 189 seminaries with 5,131 students in the United States; 3,319 diocesan seminarians and 1,812 religious seminarians. By the official 2011 statistics, there are 5,247 seminarians (3,394 diocesan and 1,853 religious) in the United States.
Seminarians may not be allowed to bring cellphones inside the seminary to promote a focused environment for studying and prayer, reduce distractions, and encourage face-to-face interactions among the seminarians. It also helps create boundaries between the seminary environment and the outside world, allowing students to fully immerse themselves in their formation.
Roman Catholic AnswerThose studying for the priesthood in a Catholic seminary are called seminarians.
Friars and seminarians are not the same. Seminarians are studying to be priests. Friars are usually monks (a/k/a Christian brothers).
Yes (my opinion)
A pulpit, or more commonly these days, an ambo.
Because they are called to "preach" the Gospel and have that position in the Hierarchical order of the Catholic Church. Its a name.
Raymond H. Potvin has written: 'Seminary outcomes' -- subject(s): Ex-seminarians, Seminarians 'An analysis of labor-management satisfaction within the enterprise councils of Belgian industry' -- subject(s): Industrial relations, Works councils 'Seminarians of the sixties: a national survey' -- subject(s): Seminarians
Roman Catholic AnswerThe only thing that the Catholic Church has to do with paganism is to preach the Gospel to pagans and try to bring them to God to save their souls.
Yusuf Estes, an Islamic Preach, has described the answer in this video link below. In short it is allowed.
Martin W. Rovers has written: 'Who's in the seminary?' -- subject(s): Attitudes, Catholic Church, Clergy, Psychology, Religious life and customs, Seminarians
The Roman Catholic Church used Quechua to preach Christianity.