[Cronos]

progressive Catholics were predicting the end of the celibate male priesthood in books like "Full Pews and Empty Altars" and "The Death of Priesthood." Yet today the number of priestly ordinations is steadily increasing

Time for "progressive Catholics" to either become "libtars" (aka progressives) or "Catholics"

[ansel12]

It is a good title.

Fight, Fight, Fight, fight.

[CalvaryJohn]

So they have queers standing in line to get into the priesthood. Hardly a sign of a healthy church.

[jdsteel]

IMHO the Catholic church AND American Catholics are starting to realize what is happening. They've been tricked by Liberals but now see they have to stand up against the rise of tyranny as they did when they stood against Fascism in WWII. Catholics are big on tradition, and resistance against a hostile government goes back to the origins of the church. The rebellion will not be violent, the rebellion will not be noisy, but it will be unstoppable. My 2 cents.

[karnage]

Celebrate the good news!

[sayuncledave]

Excellent news, cronos. Thank you.

[Salvation]

**In Lincoln, Neb., Catholics constitute only 16% of the population yet have some of the strongest numbers of ordinations. In 2011, there were 10 men ordained as priests in Lincoln.**

I think the percentage of Catholics in Oregon is less than in the Lincoln diocese, yet there will be nine young men ordained.....not all are diocesan preists, though.

[NYer]

According to the Vatican's Central Office of Church Statistics, there were more than 5,000 more Catholic priests world-wide in 2009 than there were in 1999. This is welcome news for a growing Catholic population that has suffered through a real shortage of priests.

[Salvation]

**Most Rev. Fabian Bruskewitz. He made national news in 1996 when he stated that members of dissident Catholic groups including Call to Action and Catholics for Choice had automatically excommunicated themselves from the church.**