This program was originally billed to bring in people with rare, extraordinary tech skills. Tech companies use it to bring in your ordinary java coder from india for about half the salary and who does not mind sharing a house with 6 other coders.
I don’t think celibacy attracts weak men. They have to be far stronger than I ever could be to keep that vow. I do not believe the problem is priests cannot be married. I believe the problem is declining church attendance overall, thus you have a smaller population to draw from. Many seminaries are awash with homosexuals in their leadership and seminarians who do not embrace or at least tolerate homosexuality are dismissed under the guise that their “lack of tolerance” means they are not pastoral enough to become a priest. Many of the newer priests are coming from Africa and Asia as the Catholic Church makes inroads there. If Europe is to be re-evangelized it will be from clergy from Africa and Asia ... not Ireland. The Church and Christianity in general were brutally repressed by the Communists which I think explains a bit why Poland is one of the few European countries that that is a stalwart to the faith.
Not much. He is much more focused on gay inclusivity, climate change and immigration. Things that get him praises in the press and among the democrats he hobs knobs with.
Many in the Atlanta Archdiocese were happy to get this clown out of Atlanta. He was pro sodomite and put many pro sodomite priests in key roles. He invited Father James Martin (another pro sodomite) to speak in Atlanta. Naturally Gregory is closely aligned with Francis and his gay cabal. Pray for the Church.
I have a friend who works in graphic design at a major university and she says most of her time is spent photo shopping minorities and women into pictures.