(Part one of two)  It is also important to note that they are growing — from 1,300 in 2005 to 1,900 seminarians in 2016 . . . . It can't be all bad when a seminarian is saying, "How can we go out and get people to fall in love with Christ?"—Pat Periello

2 Corinthians 11:10-11 explains, “By the truth of Christ in me, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.  And why?  Because I do not love you?  God knows I do!”  That poor seminarian.  Asking questions is a good thing, if one is willing to read and think, but Saint Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI thought they had all the answers and reading was bad for the soul.  Pure poppycock.  As some say, “Just do it.”  It never occurs to Paul to ask such an inane question.  Jesus warns, “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.” (Matthew 6:7).