Diocesan priest at seminary comments on national report about new priests

What the CARA report tells us about our newest priests

by Fr. Damian Ference

Each year the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops commissions CARA to offer a detailed report on the hundreds of men from around the country who are up for ordination to the priesthood. (There are 595 men scheduled to be ordained this year; 411 of them completed the survey.)