"Indeed, many Sunbelt Catholics say their mission is to rescue the church from what they consider to be the murky faith of liberal Catholic figures like former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry."
Amen. Amen. Amen. And they have barely even tipped the iceberg by talking to all the people in Charlotte. Fr. Newman in Greenville is a good start, though.
He is my former pastor and is phenomenal! We have lots of big families, homeschoolers and the Traditional Latin Mass.
Its too bad they led off the article with the stupid LifeTeen thing (especially in light of the recent allegations against the founders of LifeTeen), but being challenged in one's faith makes one learn ones Faith.
As a former Chicagoan, now Bible Belt Catholic, we are prepared to defend the Faith and spread Catholic culture in the Bible Belt.
The fundies are somewhat scared as well.
We have lots of big families, homeschoolers and the Traditional Latin Mass.
Do the math...the Catholic Church, in the US at least, will be purified in the next 20 years with real Catholics far outnumbering the old gray liberals.
Add the state of NJ to this phenomenon. I predict, according to current trends, that NJ is going to see a rising TLM culture, to which large families are a given. From there, we re-Catholicize the entire NE.