As in more "relevant", more entertaining, more lay people in the sanctuary, more banners, more guitars...? Yeah, we know how that goes.
This guy sounds like he's part of the problem.
> nearly half of Pittsburgh parishes are the in red
Stop reaching out to the evil of islam.
Have they considered going back to being Christian? It might bring in the crowds.
How about teaching from the Bible instead of pandering to liberal politicians and muslims?
I think this guy’s okay. My son and his family belong to a large parish in the diocese of Pittsburgh. I’ve attended mass many times there and found the mass and homilies to be very traditional. The music beautiful and a great choir. My grandkids attend school there and he forbade Common Core education. Wish more bishops would have done the same. Oh and whatever mass we attend is full.
I didn’t leave the Roman Catholic Church....it left me
I wouldn’t be surprised if attendance in Dallas had increased by close to the same amount Pittsburgh has decreased.
That appears to have attracted the notice of the Vatican, as they are getting rid of the successful bishop, and giving him a quiet job in Rome with a fancy title for a job created just for him.
That was my thought too.
People don’t want that crap. There is ONE parish in all of Pittsburgh that offers a Latin mass. And it’s full. Big shocker
Look at the Bishops — the shepherds. Monsignor Pope’s column today is about them.
I think part of it is two factors:
— aging population that has died/is homebound since 2000. They aren’t being replaced at the same rate by younger Catholics, many of whom don’t practice or have moved away.
— parishes closing/merging — many Catholics in this area refuse to go to another parish when theirs is closed. To them, the whole Catholic Church is functionally dead.
And the rest already mentioned above doesn’t help either.
Try using the Liturgy not to entertain or bring out emotions, but to allow people to befriend the living Christ that is already inside them, where 2 or 3 are gathered in His name, and in the Eucharist.
There is a TRUTH movement everywhere, not just in politics. Many are also waking up to the sham of religion, rules, ritual, and dogma and embracing the TRUTH of the Gospel of Grace through Faith.
That masks are coming off everywhere.
“you shall know the TRUTH and the TRUTH shall set you free”
Hey MM: I’d be very interested in the impact of Pope Francis on mass attendance. The most faithful attenders have always been conservatives, and those are the ones he has alienated.
And that statistic doesn’t even touch the huge drops since Vatican II.
When the post Vatican II hierarchy starts to recognize the real problem then perhaps the problem/crisis can be resolved. Unfortunately, that hierarchy is a huge part of the problem because they bought into the problem hook, line and sinker and have been foisting it on the laity for decades.
Worship, in spirit and n truth, went way down in Sodom and Gomorrah too.
God was intreated of by the righteous and judged the unjust who refused to amend their evil hearts and wicked works; therein lies our example. Pray without ceasing.