The Catholic Church has a math problem on its hands.
A record number of people are converting to Catholicism, yet the number of priests is declining. In the Archdiocese of Newark — the state’s largest diocese, which serves 1.3 million — there’s only one priest for every 3,595 Catholics, according to church officials.
To solve the imbalance, the archdiocese recently launched a new vocational campaign, “Called by Name.” It asks Catholics to identify and nominate upstanding men between the ages of 15 and 35 who they think would make a good priest…