Who gets ordained to the order of priest? (in USA)

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published a Report to the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life &Vocations from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate Georgetown University Washington, DC on “The Class of 2016: Survey of Ordinands to the Priesthood”.
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It’s also available at the link below;
Ordination-Class-of-2016-report

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  1. Soline Humbert says:

    First major finding (omitted from the report):100% of ordinands are males. Whatever happened to the other half of the human race made in the image of God and the likeness of Christ?

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