Thanks to Deacon Greg over at the Deacon's Bench I learned tonight that the Catholic Church is still on the grow. In an amazing article by John Allen encouraging us to give up common held myths about Catholicism comes the remarkable news that Holy Mother Church has experienced net growth even in recent years. Despite the onslaught of attacks from the outside, our own sins on the inside, including the heart-breaking child-abuse scandals, and persecutions from the barrel of a gun in parts of the world and from the bully pulpit of an American political administration, still she grows.
In the article you will note that this news is highlighted in John Allen's second myth after a very strong discussion about hierarchy. Overall, this is a well thought out, well researched article that should be a must-read by every Catholic.
It certainly is bad news for the sky is falling crowd, led in our country by the likes of Michael Voris and others who have made a cottage industry of beating up the Church from the inside. What a force Catholics would be, world-wide and in this country, if we all were truly like-minded. And note; the article does point to the still huge opportunity of those 22 million fallen away Catholics in America alone.
This is tangible evidence that the gates of Hell shall not prevail against the Church.
So please read this article in its entirety: http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/three-myths-about-church-give-lent
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