1. Catholic Priest Shortage
The Church would then be facing a financial situation. ... The Protestant Churches suffer from more vocational abandonment than the Catholic Church does throughout the world each year (Dixon). ... Pope John Paul II has stated that the idea of women becoming priests is too unrealistic at this point. ... The Catholic Church is made up of many traditionalists and many Church officials feel it would cause a mass abandonment of the church. ... Some analysts have stated that the only reason the recruitment of these men did not work is because the parishioners felt uncomfortable. ...
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