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Plus, Catholicism isn’t a huge recruiter in historically Christian nations, so the effect would only be magnified
Also older American Catholics were raised under Vatican 2. It was much more about sacrifice and helping the poor than the church John Paul 2 created.
It’s really unfortunate, and Vatican 2 was probably a mistake.
It really wasn’t. It was absolutely a necessary change in many ways