Why are there so many Catholics these days leaving the Catholic Church?
You hear it quite often. People say, I used to be Catholic. A lot of people, mainly young people, leave the Catholic Church. I just don't understand. I'm 23 years old and I grew up in a pre-Vatican II environment in full communion with Rome. I attended the traditional Latin Mass. I served as an altar boy assisting the priest at Mass. I was taught the traditional Baltimore catechism and read only the Douay-Rheims Bible. I knew my faith completely by the age of 13 when I was confirmed. I knew what to believe and what to do in order to be saved.
I see so many Catholics these days, mainly those who were raised in the post-Vatican II Novus Ordo environment, end up leaving the Catholic Church. They say things like, I just don't agree with it , or it just wasn't for me. What is going on here? I just don't understand why so many Catholics these days leave the Catholic Church.