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To the Editor:
I hope to make two points relating to Cardinal Dolan’s column on Jan. 8. His Eminence spoke of the sad decline in the practice of our great faith in the last half century. Coincidentally, I realized, it has been approximately half a century since Vatican II. I’m not trying to say this decline proves the Second Vatican Council a failure, but does it show it a success? I do not open up an argument. I’m just suggesting we recognize, wonder and think about things.
Next, I would like to suggest specific causes of the decline of Europe spoken of by Cardinal Dolan, but also right here. What is the answer? Is it not partly the result of a generation that reduces family size, and the destruction of the family, including the price of feminism, where women are encouraged to have career over children? Have we not been losing the battle waged upon us by the secular world? Are we not facing the consequences of our own choices? I’m not a father, nor a priest, so I’m part of the statistics, part of the problem. My words solve nothing, but maybe they can help us think.
Robert Carra
Lake Katrine
