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Episode 363: Are Priests Thriving? What a National Study Reveals About Bishops, Trust, & Healing w/Stephen White
In this episode, I sit down with Stephen P. White to discuss a major new national study on Catholic priesthood published in Rebuilding Trust: The State of the Catholic Priesthood in the United States.
What is the real state of the Catholic priesthood in America today?
Are priests flourishing—or barely surviving?
How has the abuse crisis shaped their ministry and morale?
Is there truly a disconnect between priests and their bishops?
And most importantly—how can trust be restored?
Stephen explains the purpose of the study, the kinds of questions priests were asked, and what the data actually…
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