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Priests ordained since 2010 “are clearly the most conservative cohort of priests we’ve seen in a long time,” said Brad Vermurlen, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, who has studied the rightward shift of the American priesthood. Surveys tracking the opinions of priests have found that, starting in the 1980s, each new wave of priests in the United States is noticeably more conservative than the one before it, Dr. Vermurlen said.
| America’s New Catholic Priests: Young, Confident and Conservative In an era of deep divisions in the church, newly ordained priests overwhelmingly lean right in their theology, practices and politics.America’s New Catholic Priests: Young, Confident and Conservative  America’s New Catholic Priests: Young, Confident and ConservativeIn an era of deep divisions in the church, newly ordained priests overwhelmingly lean right in their theology, p…I hope the Church starts ordaining women and married people. Otherwise start looking around for an Episcopal church or Lutheran church in your neighborhood.See you in fall, 2026,Ed |