{"id":26253,"date":"2025-05-17T01:06:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T01:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-leo-xiv-takes-helm-of-catholic-church-amid-a-priest-shortage-in-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T01:06:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T01:06:41","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-takes-helm-of-catholic-church-amid-a-priest-shortage-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-leo-xiv-takes-helm-of-catholic-church-amid-a-priest-shortage-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV takes helm of Catholic Church amid a priest shortage in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Columbus, Ohio<\/em> \u2014 At St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio, being on the altar feels momentous for Joseph Rolwing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s 27 years old and a Catholic deacon, who is set to be ordained as a Catholic priest on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rolwing studied at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus. It is the only seminary outside of Italy that is governed by the Vatican. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was a normal high schooler, played sports, did it all,&#8221; Rolwing said. &#8220;I never thought that I would be doing this. But the Lord had other plans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In high school he began questioning his faith. Then in college, he felt the call.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Did you hear a voice? Did you see a sign in the sky?&#8217; No, but I was\u2026praying, this rosary overwhelmed with this wave of peace,&#8221; Rolwing said.<\/p>\n<p>Rolwing&#8217;s calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage. Between 1970 and 2024, the number of priests fell by more than 40%, from 59,192 to 33,589, according to numbers from Georgetown&#8217;s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, or CARA. <\/p>\n<p>The impact has also been felt in Columbus, where 15 churches are slated to close. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve kind of made up for some gaps in the priest shortage by bringing in missionary priests from other countries, but also priests from different religious orders,&#8221; said Bishop Earl Fernandes, who leads the Columbus Diocese.<\/p>\n<p>About one in four Catholic priests in the U.S. is foreign-born, according to CARA. Many could soon be forced to leave unless special visas for religious workers are extended. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collins.senate.gov\/newsroom\/senators-collins-kaine-risch-introduce-religious-workforce-protection-act#%3A~%3Atext=Washington%2C%20D.C.%20%E2%80%94U.S.%20Senators%20Susan%2Cthe%20U.S.%20while%20waiting%20for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New bipartisan legislation<\/a> was introduced in the Senate last month, known as the Religious Workforce Protection Act, designed to protect foreign-born religious workers from deportation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To recruit more priests in Columbus, there are retreats and monthly dinners for those considering the priesthood.<\/p>\n<p>The number of new seminarians at Pontifical College has grown from 17, two-and-a-half years ago, \u00a0to 40 this year.<\/p>\n<p>Local Catholic leaders hope <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-pope-robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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