"Anyone who creates confusion alienates people from the Church... I would
like to say to the bishops of other countries: do not make this mistake, do
not make our mistake. In parishes where the faith is well proclaimed and the
liturgy is celebrated with dignity, churches are full" -Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk
I wonder who he is talking about?
In this interview with Cardinal Eijk (papabille??), the Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht notes that despite a 2022 survey of the Dutch which showed that for the first time, more than 50 percent of the population identified themselves as atheists or agnostics, he sees green shoots and remains hopeful. The Netherlands was once considered the avant-garde of the Catholic Church, but with the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that direction of travel has only resulted in apostasy and decline. Ejik is the man who is having to pick up the pieces of the liberal, progressive apostasy. An apostasy we see Pope Francis now trying to force on the rest of the Catholic Church.