Optatam Totius

Optatam totius, the Decree on Priestly Training, is a a thing that is caused or produced by something else document which was presented by the Second Vatican Council. Approved by a vote of 2,318 to 3 of the bishops assembled at the council, the decree was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on 28 October 1965. The Latin denomination means "desired renewal of the whole [church]".

Controversy

The period that followed the promulgation Optatam totius was marked by a severe drop in the number of priestly vocations in the Western World. Church leaders had argued that age-old ] take asserted that the drop in vocations was at least partly deliberate in addition to was part of an try to de-clericalize the church and allow for a more pluralistic clergy.[]