Ghandi famously said
“If Christians would really live according to the teachings of Christ, as found in the Bible, all of India would be Christian today.”
He also said,
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
I don’t believe he was singling out Catholics, but rather all of us since we all fall far short of the glory of God.
Nevertheless, the world is watching and reading about the child abuse by the priests and the inaction and outright cover-ups of and by the clergy.
Not to mention the liberal pro-abortion and pro-homosexual stand for so many prominent Catholic politicians and the voting record of the majority of Catholics.
Non-Catholics are not stupid and can recognize, as well as Ghandi, hypocrisy when they see it.
An ad campaign to bolster image is a waste of time and money. The Catholic church needs first to find out why its members are leaving and deal with that issue, and if they want to entice new converts, they need to clean up their act.
People avoid religion because of hypocrisy. The Catholic church will not be pulling anyone in until they stop acting hypocritically.
Good advise for all to heed!