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OsullivanB	Wednesday, 21. January 2009, 13:33
Posts: 2,203 Group: Moderator Member #205 Joined: August 14, 2008	I have in mind the developed world. Poorer countries do not seem to have quite the same problem. Surely, the fact that church attendance is in decline doesn't account for the fall in numbers. Those pursuing a vocation would presumably mostly have been the most committed and the most committed presumably continue to go to church. The potential candidates surely have not lapsed. If this has any truth, then we need to look for other causes for the decline. Rose, in another thread says that priest ask little. Maybe the time has come when they are given so little that the task seems impossible. After all, secular priests do not take a vow of poverty nor are they necessarily called to such a life. Perhaps the loss of authority has something to do with it. Perhaps the fact that junior seminaries are no longer the poor boy's best chance of a decent education is relevant. Perhaps the scandals have tainted the priesthood in some people's eyes. I don't know. But if we don't fearlessly try to identify the causes of the decline we will be unable to address them.


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