I would tell your friend to search out a parish that has a conservative priest and congregation as I’m guilty of the same mentality. Here in Milwaukee area that generally means areas with large percentages of immigrants...hell of a lot more old school. I’m not so worried about this lefty Pope as I am about the parishes in my immediate area of the burbs.
This last week I went to the local parish because they had a 7:30am mass and it was the only one I could make it to. Never look forward to going there but try to find the message I need when I go there. Here in the last week we had the Planned Parenthood videos come out and 5 servicemen killed in tennessee...the petitions this week?
A bunch of thank you God for our nice summer weather and hopefully we all get the chance to enjoy it. My 12 yo daughter caught me shaking my head and asked me why I did it afterwards and I explained I just couldn’t stand the moral cowardice of a parish that sticks to fluff when there is some much real evil going on around us.
There are still good priests and parishes out there but you have to look real hard...I know it is worth it.
We have a small handful of excellent conservative priests in the Scranton area, but none are near enough to satisfy this friend of mine.