The Urgent Impact of Priest Shortages in the U.S.
 

• 3,000+ parishes have closed since 1990 due to a lack of priests.

• Priests per person have dropped nearly 70% since 1960 — from
  1 per 3,092 people to 1 per 9,312 today.

• 85% of young people leave the Church by their early 20s.

• 425 million Catholics have left the Church since the 1960s.

• 42% of Millennials report no religion.

• Growing alternative spiritual movements: over 1.5 million
  Wiccans/Neo-Pagans in the U.S.

• Future sacramental access at risk: fewer priests mean fewer Masses,
  confessions, and Last Rites.

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