It's a logical consequence of especially the younger generation no longer buying into Christian . The first wave was the flower power movement, and since then it's only gotten worse for them.

Are there enough of then left to haemorrhage from the body of the church. Can't imagine it's much more than a slow diminishing trickle now soon to lead to the dried up wizened corpse of the church crumbling to dust and floating off on a breeze of reason.

There is a connection between celibacy and the lack of reproducing priests, nuns and monks. SIlly pope!

I was a religious for 7 years. Twenty two of use entered in 1965. Only three stayed.

They're peddling bullshit so there isn't a solution that suits them.

The world population is caught between a rock and a hard spot....To maintain religion, they rely totally on ignorance....and the internet is education without being noticed...I keep my fingers crossed.

As a whole, Europe is more advanced than the US in recognizing that they do not need religion. Jean Jacques Revel predicted that in his 1972 book, WITHOUT MARX OR JESUS.