"Church numbers dropped due to materialism and consumerism" say Bishops

mathie

The Bishops who presided over clerical sex abuse scandals.

Do they have any concept of reality?

The Bishops of Ireland believe their flock have become a ‘nation of pagans’ according to a new report issued by the Association of Catholic Priests.

The body polled its membership to discover the true feelings of Ireland’s bishops and priests on the laity.

The Irish Examiner reports on the findings of the poll which suggest that the majority of bishops believe Irish people have succumbed to the ‘evils of materialism and consumerism’ of the Celtic Tiger era.

The ACP report also states that there is a strong view among ecclesiastical authorities that falling vocations and Mass attendance figures are a result of people ‘not having time or interest in faith’ rather than as a result of the clerical sex abuse scandals.

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uch

Looks not

Professey Chin

"Their flock"

Patronising bastards

mikom

"Church numbers dropped due to materialism and consumerism" say Bishops

"Now, you'll have to excuse me as I have a Paedo priest to move to another diocese"

martinedwards

Absolute bull.

the growth of all the other religeons and spiritualism tells the opposite.

I suspect that the abuse has SOME impact, but the Protestant denominations are seeing decline too.

My opinion is that Churches are forgetting that teens are the adults of the future, and the vast majority of churches are failing to be relevent to them.

--Kaiser--

No mention of kiddy-fiddling or subsequent kiddy-fiddling cover-ups by the Catholic Church then?

Manach

Given how well that Irish Public have ignored scandals and ill-governance by the state since its foundation directly tied to the political parties and other ruling classes - it could be stupidity on the public's sake.

LizT

Religion forum(s) please.