LONDON (ENGLAND)
The Tablet
Nov. 12, 2019
By Jonathan Luxmoore
Poland’s Primate has said that the paedophile scandal in the Catholic Church has contributed to a drastic fall in priestly vocations, which have plummeted by a fifth this year, according to newly published Church data.
“Of course, demography has an important part in these falling numbers, but it most certainly isn’t the only cause”, Archbishop Wojciech Polak of Gniezno told the Catholic Information Agency (KAI). “I’d also pose questions about the faith life of contemporary young people, and about our witness to faith in the Church and the world – about testimony within our families, and about our capacity and determination to resolve difficult and shameful issues in our Church life”.
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