[hobbes1]

For some reason, priests of all generations are unable or unwilling to see the clergy as responsible for the departure of disaffected laypersons;a problem that today plagues the U.S. Church.

Hmmmm....Odd isn't it that such a careful cogent analysis misses the fact that the departure occurs in synchronicity with VaticanII.....

You don't see many Tridentine parishes wanting for attendance....

[NeoCaveman]

Hmmmm....Odd isn't it that such a careful cogent analysis misses the fact that the departure occurs in synchronicity with VaticanII.....

Because he is of that generation.....

My take is pretty similar to the repsonse in #22, wish I had articulated it first.