An Empirical Analysis of Options for Dealing with the U. S. Catholic Priest Shortage
The U.S. Catholic Church has been experiencing two recent trends: an increasing number of parishioners and a decreasing population of priests. This study directly considers three strategies, and indirectly considers a fourth, that have been proposed to deal with these twin trends. They are: obtain m...
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Year: 1994, Volume: 35, Issue: 3, Pages: 238-250 |
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