Catholic diocese resorts to social media to attract recruits

A Catholic diocese in the US state of South Carolina is using social media to attract young people into seminaries.

A Catholic diocese in the US state of South Carolina is using social media to attract young people into seminaries.

Charleston diocese is using Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare to encourage young people to join, by describing what life is like for members of the clergy.

The number of priests in the US has dropped by about a third in the past 50 years.

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