I live in CNY and don’t see any of that. We have some excellent Catholic schools as well. And you do realize Catholics are Christians, correct? Your comment makes me think of my sisters one time boyfriend who wanted to know how we could attend a church that sacrifices animals on the alter. Where do people get such ideas? I do know some people that have left that Catholic Church. And although this may offend some people when I asked why they left for a certain denomination it was “because they expect less from us”.
Is CNY seeing a lot of the parish closings and Catholic school closings as in lower NY state?
Catholics in CNY ARE different than the WNY variety I grew up with, but there are still plenty of churches here which are very heavily former Catholic.
Not all Catholics are Christians. One is not a follower of Christ by default because they belong to a certain denomination. Church membership is NOT the way someone becomes a Christian. It’s a heart thing, not joining an organization thing.
There are Christians in all churches and there are non-Christians in all churches. The only thing that changes is the ratio.