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Papal Transition 2013: Vocations in the United States (2013)

Topic
Office/Committee
Year Published
  • 2013
Language
  • English

Backgrounder on the Papal Transition 2013 prepared by the Office of Media Relations

Vocations in the United States

Good news:  the recent survey by the Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops reports that over 600,000 never-married Catholics (aged 14-35) have “seriously considered” a call to the priesthood or religious life. The key factors correlated with the consideration of a vocation were all relational. 

Papal-Transition-2013-vocations.pdf

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