[sinkspur]

Maybe the Vatican learned its lesson about the futility of commissioning studies after the Birth Control Commission?

Yes. Maybe the Vatican shouldn't put doctrine to the whims of a commission.

A discipline like celibacy,however, is ripe for a study. Why are men in the West not responding to calls to the priesthood, whereas men in Latin America, Africa, and Asia seem to be?

Let Andrew Greeley run it. He did a sociological study in the 70s, which the bishops ignored.

And Greeley would be perfect, since he's all for maintaining the discipline of celibacy.

[B Knotts]

Why are men in the West not responding to calls to the priesthood, whereas men in Latin America, Africa, and Asia seem to be?

You're not going to agree with my answers, but what the heck...

Because they are surrounded by a culture of dissent to a much greater degree than the Latin American, African and Asian clergy. Because many, if not most, Western seminaries are essentially homosexual bawdyhouses. Because lay psychologists are rejecting candidates that show any tendency to actually be Catholic.

Etc., etc., etc.

[Codie]

Why are men in the West not responding to calls to the priesthood, whereas men in Latin America, Africa, and Asia seem to be?

If Africa, and Asia priests evangelized here would you have a problem with that? If the west can't get it done,then let it be done by any means available.