Progressive priests ‘all but vanished’ in US

Progressive priests ‘all but vanished’ in US Young American priests are self-identifying as more conservative, while the number describing themselves as progressive has collapsed. Photo: OSV News.

A steady decline in priests self-describing as progressive has reached zero-point, writes Ruadhán Jones The number of priests in the United States self-describing as theologically ‘progressive’ has steadily declined, to the point that in younger generations the phenomenon has all but vanished, a new report shows. No priests surveyed by The Catholic Project who were…

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