In some ways I really liked the old priests who were unflinching in their descriptions of hell and Satan. “the wages of sin is death” is not a phrase any clergy should be uncomfortable with. Sorry, kids it’s in the book.
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Sure; once they gave people we’re all going to Heaven there wasn’t much point in going to Sunday Mass (never mind financially supporting a parish or diocese).
Here in NJ it appears the Church is undergoing a slow liquidation, moving from selling vacant schools to selling vacant churches. Once they gave up the former, it was inevitable they’d be closing the latter.