I recently read that the Catholic Church is experiencing an accelerated loss of priests and nuns. Apparently, the new hardline
( and ex-Nazi) Pope isn't doing that great. Nevertheless, Catholics continue to grow in numbers, worldwide.
I think you can observe the same trends in the organization: more publishers but fewer elders, at least in Western nations. Basically,
more and more doing less and less. Many people want to be known as Catholics - or Witnesses - but put less effort into being such.
In addition, some dioceses may be seeing a drop in contributions realted to the church's child molestation problems, not unlike what
much of the organization is experiencing. Even C.O.'s now recommend a passive retreat from householders who ask too many informed
questions. The organization has shifted into a defensive mode - unlike its "in your face" past.
It makes you wonder about the individual faith of Governing Body members as they cut Bethelites, magazines, literature, subscriptions,
food service at assemblies, and much else while selling off long held buildings in Brooklyn. I wonder how much longer they can continue to
waste dollars printing trash like the Awake magazine.
How can they avoid the thought that they are playing an endgame? And not one that terminates in Armageddon?
metatron