One more thing, If God "wills" that Catholics leave the Church, then why is it taking so long? Why are there so few Calvinists? There are more Catholics than Protestants in Switzerland of all places! Why do Catholics leave the Church only to return a while later with a huge sense of relief?
All the time we read stories of very prominent and well known Protestant clergymen and theologians converting to Catholicism. Why do we NEVER hear of the reverse? Who was the last bishop or cardinal to leave the Church? Who was the last published theologian to leave?
Well, there was that fake nun...
Are you under the impression the Catholic Church is growing and thriving? Well, it isn't.
While those Americans who are unaffiliated with any particular religion have seen the greatest growth in numbers as a result of changes in affiliation, Catholicism has experienced the greatest net losses as a result of affiliation changes. While nearly one-in-three Americans (31%) were raised in the Catholic faith, today fewer than one-in-four (24%) describe themselves as Catholic. These losses would have been even more pronounced were it not for the offsetting impact of immigration. The Landscape Survey finds that among the foreign-born adult population, Catholics outnumber Protestants by nearly a two-to-one margin (46% Catholic vs. 24% Protestant); among native-born Americans, on the other hand, the statistics show that Protestants outnumber Catholics by an even larger margin (55% Protestant vs. 21% Catholic). Immigrants are also disproportionately represented among several world religions in the U.S., including Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.
The Pew Forum 2008
Do Priests leave? You bet!
Researcher studies why priests quit.
Catholic priests - Why do some feel it necessary to give up their religion to follow Christ?
Why I left the Roman Catholic Faith.
DID I REALLY LEAVE THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH?