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https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/bishops-are-flummoxed-why-millennials-are-fleeing-church-the-answer-is-closer-than-they-thinkPublished by: LIFESITE on 21 Jun 2019
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ANALYSIS June 21, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – The US Bishops are wrestling with the mass exodus of a half of a generation from the U.S. Church, one of their Committee heads has said, but while the Bishops appear to be concerned and eager to address the issue, the question remains as to whether they willtake an honest and comprehensive look at why this is happening.
An effort to engage young people on social media by the US Bishops at their spring General Assembly last week suggests that the US Church persists in unwillingness to admit that many young people, and others, desire what’s been lacking for countless Catholics for decades – solid teaching of the faith and a return to Traditional, if not at least reverent liturgy.
Half of all millennial Catholics have left the Church, according to Bishop Robert Barron, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Evangelization and Catechesis Committee chair, and kids are deciding to leave at a frighteningly young age. Further [...]
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