A Catastrophic Crisis: the Exodus of Young Catholics and the Contraceptive Mentality, by Robert Lazu Kmita, PhD

I was writing diligently when, during a break, I read a short article by Mr. Phil Lawler on his Substack channel. The title immediately caught my attention: “The exodus of young Catholics. Nine out of ten ‘cradle Catholics’ leave.”[1]

We can do as much theology and philosophy as we like, we can read and quote all the Church Fathers and Doctors of the Church, but if we are unable to seriously and fruitfully discuss such issues, everything is — more or less, perhaps more — useless. Because, after all, for a Catholic this is the central stake of any intellectual work: the salvation of souls. Which cannot be accomplished outside the Church. From this perspective, the condition of those who leave the Church is truly tragic. And the situation is not limited to the United States. Since my conversion to Catholicism in the Jubilee Year 2000, I have encountered this drama of religious abandonment everywhere. Being myself the father of seven children, you can imagine that for me it is a matter of the utmost personal importance. This is why I put everything else aside and began writing this article, which I assure you will be followed by others. …

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