There would be no shortage of priests in the Roman Catholic Church if the church would embrace the gifts of prophetic women, like Bishop Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger from Austria and the approximately 150 women priests in the international movement who are leading the way to a more just and egalitarian church. (Bridget Mary Meehan, arcwp, www.arcwp.org)
"The 660  parishes in the Archdiocese of Vienna are to be drastically reduced over the  next 10 years to just 150. The Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph  Schönborn, made the announcement to a startled audience of journalists at the  annual media reception at the archbishops' palace on 20 September. The main  factors behind the restructuring are the declining number of churchgoing  Catholics and the shortage of priests. Parishes in the archdiocese will in  future be much larger, with three to five priests in charge, one of whom will be  responsible to the archbishop. Each of these large parishes will be run jointly  by priests and lay Catholics.
Cardinal Schönborn described the move as  "probably the greatest structural reorganisation of the Vienna archdiocese for  200 years". "
 
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