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... I ... I ... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... thus this has attracted a lot of attention and excitement about the Catholic Church ... but there's another story that is worth paying attention to ... namely the surge in ... the pre said ... I've got Center for bioethics and culture director of education ... Western Christopher wait here is just written a book on this cauldron dual crisper welcome to expand by this big story um what is the mini paying attention to this has happened ... well at the Indices of the statue abuse crisis when really peaked in two thousand of rumors for depicting into the priesthood ... the only way we grow with us to remove the Celts requirement ... nope upstart ordaining women ... we will we see is actually a surprising upset vocations the trees that were rated twenty year high didn't want to increase your traffic increased its more effective than ever ... the twenty year high ... and did did did ... did did did the church to do this by becoming more progressive with ... no impact no cause for ... modernization that each of the church to ... become a little more less rigid on abortion ... to start supporting same sex marriage ... that's what's with everyone to think Citrix church has to do to attract new meant to present ... facts quite the opposite We Khan and die secret bishops ... and boldly proclaim the faith and a showman church teaching when they ... are out there in the news media for not afraid of what the Church teaches ... that the people respond to ... the wide in the response that isn't because they're looking for some sort of ... moral compass in the stock price he will from that we live and absolutely no use your time and time again is ... when you get something to ... hide some neat people to believe in the latch onto it for resonates with them in if they wanna respond to that and they wanna fall after some good pecan will grow ... to be attracted ... to accept the what features the top Catholicism represent ... now why is it so important to the church is this to happen church growing unneeded these priests in and where they go it's really been a shortage of priests in after Vatican two weeks in a real shortage of decline with priests tried ... to wean increased costs the priests that there were this more points baptizers took them ... when we die to give the scope of ... you know ... life eternal ... and so for Catholics a two-week writes that sent its priests who gave a spree Sweeney as many of them is possible to to really respond to a growing Catholic population ... half to prepare for seven hundred and ... one point two billion Catholics around the globe that's a lot of Catholics and added that the population ... we got ... lesson at last for ... up to it as Pope Francis has added to this interest in the priesthood absolutely Enersis in Rome last week and thus have pledged about two hundred and fifty seminarians ... and into six Act ... is still excited decreased be a part of the church that is growing for will actually ... taking a moment to listen to what Pope Francis has ... enough yet he his causing sparks which is a great thing ... about the young men are tied to be out there to be his messengers be his representatives ... in the carry on to the good work to be spun off its Catholics into content from Christopher White author of renewal ... thank so much thanks Mary for joining us