The Field Hospital: St. William's success shows that lay leadership may be the best answer to the priest shortage. While Catholics, especially those in the developing world, urge the Church to relax its celibacy rules, because of a shortage of priests, more conventional Catholics want the … The shortage was stretching thin the abilities of Catholic priests, and the Catholic Church was "supersizing" as it tried to accommodate more Catholics at a dwindling number of parishes, according to a 2011 study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate for the Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership project. A shortage of Catholic priests in the Amazon is eroding the church's influence in the remote region, bishops in Brazil and Peru warn, ahead of a Vatican synod dedicated to the rainforest. I totally disagree with the subtitle of the article: "A priest shortage is the situation of a reduced number of priests in religions, especially the Roman Catholic Church." While the shortage of vocations is an issue felt throughout the Church, even the severe shortages in places like the United States pale in comparison to their Amazonian counterparts.

We are proof that the spirit of Vatican II is still alive and well. He asked everyone to pray for more vocations to the priesthood. The Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, for example, has an estimated 900,000 Catholics and a total of 103 priests, which is an average of one priest for every 8,737 people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donchristophe ( talk • contribs ) 16:25, 24 June 2011 (UTC) In some countries the priest is peripatetic. UK Catholic bishops: visa rules are causing supply priest shortage Bishop Paul McAleenan, lead bishop for migrants and refugees of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. The priest explained the seriousness of the problem in the Catholic Church today.

Wilmar Santin, one of scores of Brazilian bishops set to attend the October 6-27 gathering, says the church There is a shortage of priests everywhere, certainly all over Ireland. I believe it’s a dire situation. Recently, our parish priest informed the congretation that adjustments needed to be made due to the shortage of priests. I in turn ask everyone here at CAF to do likewise.