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December 23, 2005
Foreign Priests Minister to American Congregations
December 23, 2005
Voice of America
Charles Lane
The growing shortage of Catholic priests in the United States has reached near critical levels. There are now 3,200 churches without a resident priest. And this number will surely increase because the American Church can only replace one-third the number of priests it needs to maintain current levels. As a stopgap, U.S. churches have been recruiting priests from other countries, but some Church officials worry that this is unfair to both Americans and the rest of the world.
Posted by 1000monkeys on December 23, 2005 09:48 PM