The literature on well-being and religiosity is extensive, but the research on well-being and
religiosity among clergy in particular is less developed. Additionally, little research has …

In the wake of the clergy sexual abuse crisis in 2002, the Catholic Church underwent a
tectonic shift that affected the well-being of priests and the relationship between bishops and …

Surveys of Catholic priests in the United States dating back to the 1980s have shown that
newer priests—and the priesthood in the aggregate—are becoming more conservative on …

This study addressed internal secularization in the Catholic Church by testing the role of
several factors in priests' assessments of the state of the Church in the United States, priests' …

The main objective of this study is to examine the trials and tribulations in the lives of priests
through an examination of work-related stressors, including feeling disrespected in one's …

This special issue of Review of Religious Research, titled “The Catholic Priesthood in Times
of Change,” is dedicated primarily to social-scientific inquiry into the Roman Catholic …

Two national surveys six years apart asked US bishops to write in open-ended responses
identifying what in the US Church gives them most hope, what they see as the US Church's …

The practice of making public the names of clerics" credibly accused" of sexual abuse of
minors began some twenty years ago in the United States, just months after a series of …