The Hypocrisy Files: Plunging Priest Numbers Fault of Secular Society & Shortsighted Parents, Says Vatican
“The sexual abuse scandal has tarnished the image of the priest and contributed to a crisis of priestly vocations in the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said … while also faulting a widespread ‘secularized mentality’ and parents’ ambition for their children, which leaves ‘little space to the possibility of a call to a special vocation.’ …
“…Western culture, with its ‘indifference to the Christian faith,’ is ‘unable to understand the value of vocations to a special consecration.’”
— Alessandro Speciale
“Vatican blames lack of priests on secularism, abuse, parents”
Religion News Service (via Washington Post), June 25, 2012
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