Global ratio of Catholics per priest growing more imbalanced

New Vatican statistics show there is one priest for every 3,314 Catholics in the world -- one priest for 1,746 Catholics in Europe; 2,086 Catholics per priest in the Americas and 5,089 Catholics per priest in Africa.

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