[Elsie]

...yet have ye not many fathers:

HMMMmmm…

Worldwide. Worldwide, the number of priests in 1970 was 419,728. In 2012, there were a total of 414,313 priests.

While the total number of priests worldwide has therefore remained about the same since 1970, the Catholic population has nearly doubled, growing from 653.6 million in 1970 to 1.229 billion in 2012.

Priest shortage in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest_shortage_in_the_Catholic_Church

[ealgeone]

While the total number of priests worldwide has therefore remained about the same since 1970, the Catholic population has nearly doubled, growing from 653.6 million in 1970 to 1.229 billion in 2012.

The number of Roman Catholics varies....depends on whether they like the person or not.

If they don't like them, like Pelosi or Kennedy...they're not Roman Catholic.

But if they need to boast about how many RCs there are...then Pelosi and Kennedy are counted.