For decades all indicators of Catholic health—vocations, Mass attendance, baptisms—have been falling. Now new data suggests that Covid has accelerated those trends. Can we do anything to reverse the exodus?
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Pope Francis was recently asked his opinion of American Catholics, and he didn't hold back in his criticisms. But are his criticisms legitimate?
Today's Catholic can face the same temptation as Judas: break communion with Jesus because the Lord doesn't overcome evil as quickly as we expect.
The crisis in the Church over the past few decades has caused many to lose faith and leave. That trend is accelerating under Pope...