An interesting, entertaining, and completely disingenuous article. Disingenuous because it simply doesn't wash with my own personal experiences. I just started going back to church recently and it's interesting to compare what the MSM is saying versus the truth seen with my own eyes.
My parish is brand new and it's standing room only in the half completed church. The parish is friendly and the excitement is palpable. These are the only Catholic services I've gone to where no one kneels in prayer; it's a physical impossibility given the cramped quarters and the lack of pews.
My parish priest is African. To my pleasant shock, the last homily discussed the philosophies of Albert Camus and Jean Paul Satre and the curse of existentialism. Wow.
Contrary to what this article suggests, I note no angst in my congregation about the failure of the church to accept secular ideas about abortion, homosexuality, marriage for priests, etc. My fellow parishioners seem quite content with their new church, their parish, and the ideas being expressed by our priest.
So I wonder where all these disaffected Catholics are? They certainly aren't in my parish. Perhaps where they exist is not so much in the church itself, but in the overactive imaginations of those who oppose the church in the first place.
Our Parish to is very alive with the word of God, and the parishioners truly are at peace as to where we are in our state of the Catholic Church.
Blessings to you...