Did you know that . . .
- There are approximately 410,000 Catholic priests in the world, serving nearly 1.2 billion Catholics.
- In the United States, there are more than 40,000 Catholic priests serving more than 65 million Catholics.
- The number of Catholics in the Western Hemisphere continues to grow while the number of priests continues to shrink.
- The median age of priests in the United States is over 60.
1 posted on
05/15/2010 11:44:38 AM PDT by
Salvation
To: nickcarraway; Lady In Blue; NYer; ELS; Pyro7480; livius; Catholicguy; RobbyS; markomalley; ...
**The median age of priests in the United States is over 60.**
Hopefully with an increase in younger ordinations, this median age will change.
Catholic Ping.
2 posted on
05/15/2010 11:46:04 AM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
7 posted on
05/15/2010 12:30:31 PM PDT by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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