Declining Population, Burnout; FAU Professor Addresses 'Taboo' of Retirement for Catholic Priests (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

Declining Population, Burnout; FAU Professor Addresses 'Taboo' of Retirement for Catholic Priests

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There are 66.6 million parish-connected Catholics in the US. While the number of Catholic parishes has remained rather steady over the past 50 years (17,637 in 1965 vs. 17,483 in 2014), there has been a steady decline in the number of priests and men seeking ordination.

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