More than thirty-four years ago, in The Shape of the Church to Come, Karl Rahner issued a prescient warning concerning the future of the priesthood. “Plans for the future must be made at the opportune time,” Rahner wrote. “If for instance we know that in ten years’ time we shall be able to provide only half of the existing parishes with a priest on the (...)
April 20, 2007
Books
Solution Postponed
Freeing CelibacyDonald CozzensLiturgical Press, $15.95, 128 pp.The Struggle for CelibacyThe Culture of Catholic Seminary LifePaul StanoszCrossroad, $29.95, 280 pp.Tested in Every WayThe Catholic Priesthood in Today’s ChurchChristopher RuddyCrossroad, $16.95, 192 pp.
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