[Loyalist]

PING Should we really mourn the declining numbers of faithful laity and religious, if it means that the liberal and heterodox deadweight is being filtered out, and the faithful remnant left behind?

A smaller but purer Church will be in a better position to re-evangelize the West than one bloated by dissenters.

[Desdemona]

A smaller but purer Church will be in a better position to re-evangelize the West than one bloated by dissenters.

While you have a point, please remember that some of the dissenters are the ones doing a lot of the work and are the daily Mass goers. It's just not going to happen overnight and we're going to put up with a lot to get there. Even in my own house, I'm ridiculed for orthodoxy on some topics. I don't care that they think I'm crazy.

[Polycarp]

Should we really mourn the declining numbers of faithful laity and religious,

Should we no longer mourn the loss of souls to eternal perdition?

[ninenot]

NO ONE in his right mind WANTS to "lose" members of the Church. Not for the numbers--but for the salvation of THEIR souls.

[Scupoli]

Thanks for the ping.

Do non-Catholics always come on the threads pretending to be Catholics leaving the faith?