A very quick post..
The 2025 National Survey of Catholic Priests (in the USA) was recently released, based on answers from 1,165 priests. It can be read here.
The graph displaying these priests' pastoral priorities, on page fifteen, makes for very interesting reading.
The top three priorities (in order, and out of fifteen) are: youth and young adult ministry, family formation/marriage preparation, and evangelization.
The bottom three (again in order) are: synodality, LGBTQ community, and access to the Traditional Mass.
If it's reliable, it's a snapshot that complicates both liberal and conservative narratives.
..... bearing in mind that there's no mention of anonymity or lack of it, some participants might be reluctant to answer honestly
ReplyDeleteThere really isn't much very much methodological information at all! But if they were going to hide their views, why would they rate synodality so low? That's definitely an officially-approved cause, although maybe more in the Vatican than among the US bishops, which certainly seem to the right of the Vatican in general...
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