http://romancatholicbychoice.stblogs.com/2008/02/26/young-catholics-not-interested-in-being-catholic-study-finds/ Religion, Politics, and other offensive stuff Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:11:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://romancatholicbychoice.stblogs.com/2008/02/26/young-catholics-not-interested-in-being-catholic-study-finds/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Roman Catholic by Choice » Blog Archive » Editorial in the GA Bulletin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:02:42 +0000 http://romancatholicbychoice.stblogs.com/2008/02/26/young-catholics-not-interested-in-being-catholic-study-finds/#comment-586 [...] To my surprise, my letter to the editor of the Georgia Bulletin regarding the recent study that reveals Catholic young people aren’t really interested in being Catholic was published in the most recent issue. An excerpt from my letter: In response to the article in the Feb. 21 edition of The Georgia Bulletin, “Young Catholics Embrace Jesus’ Message, Not Practices,” I would ask the faithful of Georgia to call upon Archbishop Gregory to make a statement. Throughout the article, the impression is given that church teachings are negotiable. Statements such as, “Increasingly, people want a dialogue with bishops and other church leaders on moral issues” gives the false impression that church teachings are up for discussion—that the laity could meet with the clergy and have a discussion and get her teachings changed or at least softened a bit. [...] [...] To my surprise, my letter to the editor of the Georgia Bulletin regarding the recent study that reveals Catholic young people aren’t really interested in being Catholic was published in the most recent issue. An excerpt from my letter: In response to the article in the Feb. 21 edition of The Georgia Bulletin, “Young Catholics Embrace Jesus’ Message, Not Practices,” I would ask the faithful of Georgia to call upon Archbishop Gregory to make a statement. Throughout the article, the impression is given that church teachings are negotiable. Statements such as, “Increasingly, people want a dialogue with bishops and other church leaders on moral issues” gives the false impression that church teachings are up for discussion—that the laity could meet with the clergy and have a discussion and get her teachings changed or at least softened a bit. [...]

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