[Beowulf9]

Maybe the church is big and empty because of the progressives that have attemtped to take it over.

[paterfamilias]

“Maybe the church is big and empty because of the progressives that have attemtped to take it over.”

I believe that you are spot on, Beowulf.

Se my previous post to gorush.

[reg45]

Obviously, the Church has had a few too many Martinis.

[RobbyS]

The churches began to empty in Europe as many clerics abandoned their faith for the tenants of the Enlightenment. That led in France to the French revolution sought to destroy Christianity. In the 19th Century, we have the replacement of religion by ideology and the worship of the state. In the 20th Century were see the state raised to supreme power and the material devastation of the world. After Vatican II, the Progressives gain control and change everything. The disaster is owing to the life-work of men like this Cardinal. Like Onama, he sees a devastated landscape and refuses to understand that it is he who has done this.