The Case for a Diocesan Priestly Promise of Poverty
A diocesan priestly promise of poverty could make the priesthood more appealing to the right men and less appealing to the wrong.
A diocesan priestly promise of poverty could make the priesthood more appealing to the right men and less appealing to the wrong.
Faced with a declining population, decreasing tax revenues, underfunded schools, and no money to clean up a toxic environmental hazard, the town of Black Hawk, Colorado, voted to legalize gambling. As Newsweek reported back in 1994, the citizens of Black Hawk thought the legalization of gambling would solve their problems. Alderman Herb Bowle, for example, … Read more
America is facing dark times. The family has been redefined and is collapsing; nearly 60 million children have been aborted since 1973; urban violence, after a steady decrease, is rising rapidly; the national debt has doubled in eight years; the labor participation rate is at its lowest in nearly four decades; record numbers of people … Read more