Just like readmitting divorced and remarried to the Eucharist, this IS going to happen.
It is all being driven by numbers on spreadsheets.
Mass attendance and financial contributions are down 50% in 15 years in just my one Diocese. I don’t imagine it’s much different elsewhere on the planet.
There are too few Priests to serve the number of Catholics, and their numbers are plummeting. Brazil has 1800 Priests to serve over 100 million Catholics. Not enough to effectively minister to all of them, so many are leaving to join Evangelical churches.
As do the divorced. And when they get there they TITHE.
These decisions have already been taken and WILL be implemented. For those who object, schism will be the only option.
See Post 27, HEHHEH
With few exceptions, the churches in the diocese of Phoenix are overflowing. We also send many men to the seminary. The Church is a live and growing in the desert.