tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post841316302345078471..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: WHY IN THE WORLD AND IN THE NAME OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY, ARE THERE GERMANIC CARDINALS, AND EUROPEANS FOR THAT MATTER, LEADING THE SYNODAL WAY AS EUROPE IS A MISERABLE FAILURE OF THE VATICAN II CHURCH?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-38496138312622930612023-01-31T09:05:12.973-05:002023-01-31T09:05:12.973-05:00Having been to Germany several times over the past...Having been to Germany several times over the past 4 decades - I think Germany’s Mass statistic is probably way off - I suspect it is closer to 5-7%. Even in Catholic Munich there are only a handful of folks at the principal Sunday Mass. TJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280218128963202431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-58891993985471513532023-01-30T13:29:13.889-05:002023-01-30T13:29:13.889-05:00I just wonder what it is about the countries where...I just wonder what it is about the countries where mass attendance is higher that differs from the U.S., for example. <br /><br />It MUST make a difference where you have everyone celebrating/preparing for the same thing at the same time. <br /><br />It MUST make a difference where values are consistently held, not compartmentalized when dealing with those outside of one's own community. <br /><br />Regarding the above, it MUST make a difference being in a society where, to meet those whose belief systems differs from one's own, we aren't expected to turn off/forgo our own belief system else we risk being "cancelled". <br /><br />Regarding the above, it MUST make a difference where compartmentalization etc. isn't an expected reaction to maintain one's employment and advancement potential. <br /><br />While I agree with your assessment regarding the TLM, if I too get in touch with my inner Kavanaugh, I don't think the current state of affairs is wholly attributable to one thing. At the same time, I don't think that any one thing will be wholly responsible for attendance numbers heading north. <br /><br />We have too much, too much of everything, and with all that we have it never seems to be sufficient. That seems to be the hallmark of modern western society. As Catholics, we seem to remain as guests in this country despite our best efforts to build it up and assimilate. We're still viewed as beholden to the papacy and its "hateful" rules and mandates. <br /><br />Not sure there's an easy answer to the above. Not sure there's an answer period. ByzRushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543580976814745615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-24417988213080329422023-01-30T07:32:38.281-05:002023-01-30T07:32:38.281-05:00Channeling my inner Kavanaugh leads me to offer th...Channeling my inner Kavanaugh leads me to offer that the responsibility to fix the problem of a dying church rests with the assigned leaders. If an external Inspector General were tasked, perhaps from Africa, then the local European leaders would be disenfranchised and unable to effectively lead any changes; reduced to mere administrators. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.com