The Catholic church has brought a lot of trouble unto itself.
The Catholic school in our town is closing next year.
RE: The Catholic church has brought a lot of trouble unto itself.
Compared to Public Schools?
We have 2 closed and 3 open Catholic schools in my area (mostly rural) and I blame the Catholic Church for the closures.
1. No nuns, it is all what we used to call lay teachers.
2. The church puts recruiting new students on the Principal instead of the local church priest. The priest is the one with weekly access to the congregation and could advocate for the school to the parents and grandparents.
My town in NJ had 6 Catholic schools (including a high school) when I was a child; they are all closed now. The population is still “Catholic” (Latin American).
Nobody can pay two tuitions here; the public school taxes are simply too high.
Now nobody under 50 goes to Mass; the parishes will be closing as well.