Agreed. But what’s causing this? What’s turning people away from Jesus?
The general reason is the destruction of our culture. More specific reasons would be the child molesting and homosexuality going on in the Catholic church. The media, even way back when I was a kid before the cultural revolution, paraded the Pope around as being the leader of ALL Christianity, thus Catholicism being a supreme religion.
Just about all TV and Hollywood shows when showing a religious situation uses a Priest of the Catholic faith which reinforces the false belief that Catholicism is leading faith.
Now take the fact that this church has done nothing to curb this molesting and homosexuality and the media keeps publicizing it, younger people will see Christianity in general as a joke.
Other examples being the Mafia portrayed as solid Catholic, go out and be total complete criminals, then get immediate forgiveness via confession. With clean souls, they can then go out and murder more people.
The younger kids get further reinforcement of Christianity being a joke when they personally know a Catholic that is on drugs, unfaithful, criminal in a minor way or just a plain mean person that boasts of being a Catholic. (I know of several).
Keep in mind there are other examples, this church is just one.
Pure anti-Catholic bigotry.
The invasion of Satanism into the culture is the result of a lack of faith in Jesus Christ which can be found in every Christian denomination on the planet. Furthermore, errant priests who abuse minors do so in violation of all Christian values, especially Catholic values.
Satan has made progress by attacking all the Christian churches. If I were Satan, I would definitely go after the RC church because of its influence on the culture. And, that is exactly what Satan has done. Furthermore, it is easy to attack the entire church for the actions of some priests and bishops.
Many TV evangelists have abused the trust of their millions of followers, and they are evangelical Christians. Does that mean that all evangelical preachers or believers are untrustworthy? Of course not.
Jesus Christ needs to raise up saintly men and women to challenge the sins of the world. He has done so in the past, and he will do it again. We need a new St. Francis of Assisi.
Blessed Fr. Jerzy Popielusko, pray for us.