[AgThorn]

"The dwindling number of parishioners was much more severe pre-V2 than the church is facing now "

I would like to see your evidence for this statement. It contradicts everything I have seen.

Are you Catholic? Were you? If you are or were, I cannot fathom how you would think that the RCC was/is growing slower 'after' Vat2 than before ..

Current problems aside, the acceptance of the church with the priest facing the 'masses', in their native language, etc. was focused on being more 'appealing' and 'understandable' and 'personal.' Any light reading on Vat2, and it's purposes and intent would prove this.

10 Reasons for Vat2

[rogator]

"The dwindling number of parishioners was much more severe pre-V2 than the church is facing now "

I would like to see your evidence for this statement. It contradicts everything I have seen.

"Are you Catholic? Were you? If you are or were, I cannot fathom how you would think that the RCC was/is growing slower 'after' Vat2 than before .."


I think we must live in two different universes.

Count the numbers of priests, nuns, converts, fallen-away folks, closed churchs and schools, new churchs and schools percentage who attend weekly Mass etc. etc. etc.