Perhaps. It’s generally true in my experience though.
If your profile is correct that you’ve been on CAF for six years, then I would say you have experienced many people who are both knowledgeable of Catholicism and have left it.Mike_from_NJ:
Perhaps. It’s generally true in my experience though.
I would agree that there is a drop off in catechesis, so in a classroom setting there are people who are not as knowledgeable about the faith as they should be. Some of those people do leave, but it does swing both ways in that there are some who catechized, remain as practicing Catholics, but hold the same gaps in understanding.
Start a dialogue, they have all fallen away for many different reasons. I met a lady who had converted to Orthodoxy because she identified Catholicism with her abusive father. No one in the church helped her mother or siblings even though they knew about the abuse. Another lady left the church when she was told she was excommunicated because her parents forced her to have an abortion. That was back when you had to petition the pope for absolution. I know of a victim of child abuse at the hands of clergy. Even though his case went to trial and the abuser went to prison, the victims, including himself were treated very badly by those in the church. He left for a very long time.
Parents, guardians, and godparents may not fulfill their duties to teach the faith. The infants upon reaching the age of reason may reject the grace given them. The faith may not grow. In bringing fallen away Catholics back to practive, there is no substitute for the faithful to avoiding giving scandal and giving witness to the Catholic faith.