I believe the thrust of this article was to point out that there are fewer catholic priests entering the profession and are doing so at an older age. I believe the words contained in the Bible can help all of us know solutions to the problems.
That being said I'm sure there are more passages that deal with the other problems being discussed!!
Yes, you're right, landerwy, we've indeed strayed from the original thesis of the article presented. It's a bit depressing when seemingly 75% of threads which deal with the Catholic church end up going "off the rails" for the same reason.
My apologies for contributing to the derailment of this particular thread; I just get weary of seeing the "pot & kettle" attitude over & over ;-)