The Good News: Priests Are Becoming More Orthodox
The Good News: Priests Are Becoming More Orthodox
Among Catholic priests who were ordained in the late 1960s: 68% describe their theology as progressive. 16% said it was conservative. Among priests ordained in the last few years: 2% describe their theology as progressive. 84% said it was conservative.
This graph is featured in my new book – The Vanishing Church – which you can buy at this link:
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That "Francis legacy" and "change of era" in one chart:
But compared to the fifties how many "traditional" priests are being ordained? And some act like this "legacy" only belongs to Francis when every pope since John XXIII is complicit clergy!
There was a recent study which showed increasing openness to the TLM among priests who were ordained after 2000.