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Is there a global vocations crisis? A look at the numbers

Analysis

Brendan Hodge
Mar 28, 2022
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While ordinations to the diocesan priesthood are on the rise in some parts of the world, they’re also falling fast in some traditionally Catholic countries.

And while a “vocations crisis” might be discussed most often in the United States, where more than one-third of diocesan priests are currently in retirement, the global picture of diocesan priestly o…

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