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"We Were 800 Priests in the Diocese 40 Years Ago, Now 148": Pas-De-Calais Suffers a Crisis of Vocations

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The Church struggles more and more to recruit priests, despite the enthusiasm around Pope Leo XIV. In Pas-de-Calais, for lack of vocations, the Diocese of Arras decided at the beginning of September to redecorate its map and drastically reduce its number of parishes, from 89 to 11.
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The Church struggles more and more to recruit priests, despite the enthusiasm around Pope Leo XIV. In Pas-de-Calais, for lack of vocations, the Diocese of Arras decided at the beginning of September to redecorate its map and drastically reduce its number of parishes, from 89 to 11.

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Radio France broke the news on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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