[Hermann the Cherusker]

You're a funny guy. Not too long ago, when people were making claims that the orthodox orders and dioceses are where the vocations were, you demanded evidence. Well, this article is full of such evidence and you pronounce it "boring."

It is more complicated than that. The archdiocese of Los Angeles, for example, ordains a large number of men every year, despite Cardinal Mahoney.

[narses]

Given the nature of the inquisition faced by the seminarians there, that isn't good news. Orthodox and/or heterosexuals are weeded out quickly.

[k omalley]

"The archdiocese of Los Angeles, for example, ordains a large number of men every year, despite Cardinal Mahoney."

Do you have the stats on that statement? My understanding was that the number of priets ordained in that diocese was pathetic.

[Antoninus]

It is more complicated than that. The archdiocese of Los Angeles, for example, ordains a large number of men every year, despite Cardinal Mahoney.

Don't forget that LA is the largest Catholic diocese in the US. I'd love to see what the number of ordinands is per capita of Catholics. I'll bet it's much lower than Lincoln, Denver, or even Philadelphia.