Why People Are Leaving The Catholic Church

We've all seen the statistics. All the polls show it. People are leaving the Catholic church, Especially the youth.

In the United States:

4 out of 5 cradle Catholics, who were brought up in the novus ordo, leave the faith by age 23.

 the percent of Americans who self identify as Catholic, with a 70 year average of 25%, is currently 22, 23%

Of those people less than half attend mass at all, of that roughly half attend only Easter and Christmas.

The number of people who identify as Catholic who actually attend mass regularly is some where around 15 to 20%

Prior to the second Vatican council regular mass attendance among Catholics was over 70%

And of course, we all know that the fastest growing religious denomination is ex-catholic.

So what happened?

sources:

https://www.axios.com/2022/04/28/catholic-decline-latin-america-evangelicals

https://news.gallup.com/poll/245858/catholics-faith-clergy-shaken.aspx

https://www.statista.com/statistics/245478/self-described-religious-identification-of-americans/