Msgr. Pope has shared his own experience and of course it has merit.
It would be good to unite and strengthen the parish neighborhood again.
There is a desire for that to happen again, as in the days of old, but the days of old, are gone. The condition of the Church, from Rome to the American parish, is suffering a gravely divided house, from diocese to diocese.
While it is much worse, even insufferable in some dioceses than in others, there is a different Catholic Church out there. The Church in the US is beginning to look more Episcopalian every day, except for some Episcopal “masses” are quite more pious and rich than many, many Catholic celebrations.
I can not imagine dealing with attendance and location, until the pall over the Church identity, the catechesis, it’s strange conversations with foreign influences and the visible loss of the practices, is first attended.
I think each of us has to do the best we can in our own specific circumstances. However, what we all have in common is our call to live in and for Christ.