Survey questions 5 and 6 allowed respondents to optionally provide additional open-ended feedback on issues they felt were contributing to a loss of faith in the Real Presence. Approximately 42% of respondents chose to respond to this question, resulting in 5,313 responses consisting of more that 220,000 words of feedback. Each response was subsequently assigned one or more of 61 topic tags, the frequency of which is illustrated in the graph below.
The following table presents all open-ended issue responses. You can filter the table by clicking on the TAG button on the top of the table. The selected tag will appear in red below the tag selection drop-down. You can clear the selected tag by simply clicking on it. You can also use the SEARCH box to find key words throughout the feedback.
| Number | Response | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loss of veiling for women; major. Locking of churches outside of Mass; moderate. | Availability/Access, Attire |
| 2 | As stated in the survey, the liturgy itself plays the most significant role in the loss of belief in the Real Presence. But it’s not simply a matter of a reverent NO, the ancient Mass must be restored, as it resulted from an organic development inspired by the Holy Spirit. The restoration of the TLM is paramount!. | TLM |
| 3 | Priests do not act like they believe in the Real Presence. We don’t need a Eucharistic Revival: we need priests who speak and act as if Jesus is truly present and conform the entire Liturgy to this truth. | Public Witness, Lukewarmness |
| 4 | The survey cover a substantial amount of issues. However, the faithful have no idea the extent or grandeur of God Himself. Thus, it shows up in how they attend Mass. We have departed away from the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and made it less about God and Jesus sacrifice and more about humans. We, humans are here to serve God and His will for Aeschylus of us. Adoration, reverence and humility need to be restored. | Devotions, Reverence, Catechesis |
| 5 | Poor/non-existent catechesis of children. | Catechesis |
| 6 | Society denies existence of God. Catholics need to be strong in their beliefs, educated to know about their faith & how to stand up for it boldly in public. | Catechesis |
| 7 | If lay Eucharistic ministers are, there is a lack of catechesis around reverence for Christ in the Eucharist. They should not be allowed to serve in this position unless they understand and demonstrate this reverence. | Extraordinary Ministers, Catechesis |
| 8 | Lack of personal devotions in the home (Bible reading, Rosary, etc.). | Devotions |
| 9 | There are priests who keep parish doors locked, outside of Mass times. They will not allow anyone to pray in Our Lord's Presence. The Catholic Church should be open and available at least for specific time, even more so when there is a priest living on Church grounds in the rectory. If the Priests believe Jesus was truly present in the Tabernacle, they should want all to have access to Him. | Availability/Access |
| 10 | Clergy and laity disregard the presence of our Lord in the sanctuary. | Reverence |
| 11 | Clergy who do not seem to believe in the Eucharist or genuine Catholicism. | Lack of Faith |
| 12 | Priests and the Catholic Church are directly responsible for the results. Priest's homilies are at an all time low. The world is spinning out of control and priests are afraid to address important, or controversial issues. Abortion is almost never mentioned. Divorce is never talked about. The fact that we will be judged by God for our sins which will determine eternity for our souls is never directly mentioned or focused on. Priest homilies are completely lackluster. The world offers entertainment, judgement free lifestyles where there is no wrong or sin, and the Church tries to compete with that. The Catholic Church will loose 100% of the time that it tries to compete with what the world offers. People are desperately looking for an alternative to the crazy, illogical secular world, and the one thing that the Catholic Church has and the world doesn't, The Truth, it is afraid to give/preach. This is why the attendance is dismal at mass. When priests and other clergy lack faith, why is it a surprise that the laity turn their back on them? Also, the Catholic Church protecting homosexual priests, predator priests, and sexual abusive priests is one of the biggest sins of the Church. Why would laity be expected to show up and participate fully in their faith when the leaders (clergy) of the faith are hypocritical and do not practice the Truth? These things should be obvious to the Catholic Church, the fact that they aren't shows how weak it has become. | Fear/Cowardness, LGBTQ+ Issues, Homilies, Scandals, Leadership, Abortion |
| 13 | Relativism all these issues might apply to you but not me. This is what they think and say, very closed mind about it. This is rampant among my generation(baby boomers) and any later generations. And earlier generations, maybe has always been, but seems worse. | Modernism |
| 14 | The overall casualness and lack of seriousness surrounding the Eucharist and the mass. People come in workout/beach attire. We should reinforce both must be treated with reverence. | Reverence, Attire |
| 15 | The has been a loss of decorum, of grandeur when interacting with the Most Holy Eucharist. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 16 | I think talking about the Saints in mass more with their struggles and goodness would help people identify and understand how even the Saints were human. | Catechesis |
| 17 | There is also a lack of focus on Confession. It does not seem to be a priority to make that Sacrament widely available in order that people are in a state of Grace to receive the Holy Eucharist. Most parishes only have Confession available for 30 mins on Sat. prior to that Sat. (get it out of the way) "Sunday" Mass. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 18 | Lack of knowledge on the Eucharist Lack of emphasis on miracles, signs and wonders in the Church. | Catechesis |
| 19 | The LM is the Mass of all those Catholics who heard "Unless you eat my body and drink my blood, you have no life in you" and instead of parting with Him "finding Him too much for them", i.e. the Protestants, went all the way to Jerusalem with Him. The Catholics ate at the table of the Last Supper, were present when the new covenant was made, were with Jesus during the agony in the garden, witnessed the scam trial, the scourging, the crowning, Jesus bearing the cross, being nailed to it and, further, witnessed Jesus give Mary as Mother to humanity, and pressed humanity in the person of John to take Mary as "Mother". All those protestants that parted ways with Him, that never entered Jerusalem and witnessed all the events unfold, abandoned Him before entering Jerusalem and picked up the story of His life again at the resurrection. That's why they don't have the Real Presence, the Eucharist, don't honor Mary, don't have a corpus on their crosses and don't understand our affection for Peter and the other apostles, scattered during their most trying time. God gave man the LM that re-creates all these events in the final moments of Jesus' life. Man gave God the NO modeled on the belief structure of the protestants who never went all the way to Jerusalem with Jesus. Every LM Catholic knows the difference and the tremendous difference it makes. I would encourage all NO Catholics to seek out their spiritual heritage embodied in the LM. There is nothing this side of Heaven as lovely, beautiful and edifying. https://www.svfsermons.org look at the last document on the page - a reflection on how the LM embodies the whole life of Christ. Deo Gratias et Mariae!. | TLM |
| 20 | - too many churches have abandoned the organ and rely almost solely on piano. some churches have 3, 4, 5-piece bands. - congregations applauding after music, after mass. - congregation showing grave lack of respect by their attire - failure of clergy to catechize - lay Eucharistic ministers . | Music, Extraordinary Ministers, Attire, Catechesis |
| 21 | Preaching truth in relationship to the gospel and living out our lives today. Catechesis in the church is so bad!! With 3 church’s and approximately 800 families we have 10 families who attend faith formation on Wed nights. So sad!!! . | Living the Faith, Catechesis |
| 22 | The disposition of the priest while saying mass - i.e. the elimination of 'canonical figures' after the consecration and the careless manner in which the ablutions are now done. Additionally, many priests and faithful no longer genuflect, even where it is proscribed in the scant rubrics of the NOM. | Reverence |
| 23 | Historical catechesis Protection from the diabolic Catechesis on the supernatural. | Catechesis |
| 24 | Immodest dress of women (halter tops, pump heels, excessive makeup, showy hairstyles, tight clothing, plunging necklines, shorts and short skirts) and men (tight shirts and wearing shorts, long hair, excessive cologne) in the church. | Attire |
| 25 | Why does this survey not ask about faith formation at home and the individual's experience of holy matrimony? Why are the questions only pointed around logistics at the parish, liturgical reform, clergy, etc. and not in living faith at home, where TRUE disciples are formed? It's the parents responsibility to reveal the true presence of our Lord EVERYWHERE. This is where we lose Catholics. | Family, Catechesis |
| 26 | Poor homilies!!!! No catechesis from the pulpit. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 27 | Clergy casual attitude toward holy objects Bishops who teach contrary to Tradition. | Lukewarmness, Leadership |
| 28 | (1) No talking about it, (2) being embarrassed by the teaching, (3) lack of joy, lack of wonder, at being a witness to a miracle each Sunday. A miracle every Sunday is, to use a secular phrase, a selling point. | Lukewarmness |
| 29 | Born in 1962 - I had a woeful catechesis which hardly addressed my questions or helped me fight the cultural influences of the times. The only thing that helped was a better understanding of my dignity made in the image and likeness of God - male and female - through learning JPII Theology is the Body, which in turn taught me the immense value and meaning of the Eucharist. Under Pope Francis, this teaching has all but been eliminated or at least majorly downplayed. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 30 | The lack of real fatherhood in the priesthood. Scripture speaks of which father would give his son a stone when he asked for bread. I state with great sadness that I've never known a New Order priest to ever show interest in transmitting the true richness of our Faith. I came to the Faith as an orphan looking for family, true family. I thought, even Christ had a family (father and mother) and so I looked for one in the New Order Church because that was all I knew to look within. I finally left 'New Church' because it seemed fake and nothing I would die for, much less live for. By God's grace, I found the true Holy Sacrifice of the Mass almost four years ago and for the first time, though my time to have my own family had gone, I did find my Father and Mother in the Holy of Holies. This is what I will die for and this is what I shall live for. This is the Mass, the Church, the Holy Family that formed great men like St. John Bosco. He was a true priest who lived the fatherhood of his priesthood. He still does. | Leadership |
| 31 | Cultural mockery and misrepresentation of Catholicism (films, TV, books) that is not addressed or corrected by laity or the hierarchy of the Church. Some of them are self-identified as "Catholic" in topic or nature, such as the St. Padre Pio film, but portray heretical, sacrilegious, or other problematic content. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 32 | Priests not responding appropriately when the Blessed Sacrament falls on the ground. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 33 | Confusing messages and questionable dialogue being released by Cardinals, Archbishops, and Even the Pope. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 34 | Bergoglio canceling in-person Liturgy for Easter 2020, effectively telling people they can get "COVID' from the shared chalice of Precious Blood makes it not-so-Precious after all. If it is/was the Body Blood Soul and Divinity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, there is no way you can get "COVID"/ Further pulling the "Holy" Water from the entrance to churches implies you can get "COVID" from the water. apparently not so holy after all? On top of everything else, fear has been cultivated instead of faith by Bergoglio downward. | COVID |
| 35 | Homilies that do not just give us reflection of the gospel, but give us real life teachings of our daily lives in family, school, workplace, politics , social morals, etc. | Homilies |
| 36 | Teaching the evolutionary mindset that God only created the world billions of years ago and so His word is not trustworthy in Genesis therefore why should we believe Scripture when it says, "This is my body?". | Catechesis |
| 37 | Making His presence known and felt is God's part. God does not do miracles but rather is miraculous by nature. When His glory is present people heal, both physically and emotionally. I have seen Eucharist heal once, and mostly I've seem it be a communion ritual. | Other |
| 38 | At the Ascension in Luke’s Gospel Jesus sent them out to preach repentance. Does anyone preach repentance?. | Sin, Homilies |
| 39 | Many Priests seem to have lost their faith and don’t believe in the True Presence. This is obvious in how they pray the Mass and make changes, inserting commentary and making jokes. Mass has become so casual people don’t know what’s happening on the altar. There is no mention of Confession or that sin even exists. I have had my children told in confession that the sins they were confessing weren’t really sins. As their mother - I knew their sins and we would go over the Ten Commandments before going to confession. Also at weddings and baptisms no instructions to non Catholics about the True Presence and proper conduct and requirements for receiving the Eucharist. Homilies focus on community love and openness to others which is important but completely one sided and out of context. Always about how God loves us and is always there for everyone but never focusing or mentioning the we offend God when we break his commandments. In the end homilies have become democrat talking points and humanistic agenda. Not what Jesus thought and therefore the Holy Eucharist disappears against the confusing milieu of the woke lens. I could go on for hours. Apologies for the length and rambling. Thank you for asking and may God bless us and help us! Deus Semper Vincit . | Confession, Lack of Faith, Homilies, Worthy Reception, Confusion, Sin |
| 40 | Casual dress is the norm. We do not come dressed fit to meet the King. No one says anything about it anymore. | Attire |
| 41 | Communion in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 42 | Catechesis methodology needs liturgical and scriptural emphasis after orthodoxy especially in sacramental preparation of children and youth. Catholic education institutions need a full reform. Bishops must be good shepherds according to traditional ecclesiastical standards as church fathers teach. | Catechesis, Leadership |
| 43 | I am now reading Eric Simmons book Deadly Indifference. I believe that the Vatican promoting ecumenism and interreligious dialogue (all religions are equal), that people don't really go to hell, downplaying sin -divorced and remarried can receive Holy Communion, no emphasis on Confession - has all contributed to a loss of belief in the Real Presence. This is in addition to the factors that you raised in the survey. | Confession, Ecumenism, Sin |
| 44 | The impact of what I would call "creeping Protestantism" into the liturgy. For example, the exchange of the sign of peace with one another has become an overly casual moment in what should be a holy, sacred and serious worship of the Lord. Another example, just yesterday I noticed that one of the extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist was dressed in a t-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes. It's one thing to not require more appropriate dress, but to simply accept it as normal suggests to people that the liturgy is unserious. | Reverence, Attire |
| 45 | Less frequent kneeling and bowing heads. | Reverence |
| 46 | Being appropriately and modestly dressed at Mass. Keeping the Lord's day Holy by avoiding unnecessary work and missing Mass for other events. | Attire |
| 47 | Lack of catechesis in CCD programs and Catholic schools. | Catechesis |
| 48 | Politician priests more interested in what people think of them than teaching hard things. Pope Francis' egregious behavior causing great confusion. | Politics, Confusion |
| 49 | Removal of Beauty in our churches which lift our eyes to heaven. | Beauty |
| 50 | Failure of Bishops and Cardinals to profess the Catholic Faith as described by Jesus Christ. they fail to stand up to social ISSUES that require their testimony to their members of their diocese. | Leadership |
| 51 | Reception of the Eucharist kneeing. | Eucharist Reception |
| 52 | Emphasizing the importance of mass on Sunday. It is a serious sin that keeps us separated from God. | Catechesis |
| 53 | Most Catholics did not receive catechesis in elementary to high school, or in Religious Education classes Conversions are about numbers not education All religious education students of any type 8th grade+ required to read “ Jesus and Jewish Roots of Eucharist” All those in study to convert also read and discuss JJRE ALL PARISHES OFFER CLASSES ON JJRE LED BY A TRAINED KNOWLEDGEABLE LEADER ASCENSION publisher develop study/video program on JJRE conducted by a priest or deacon Need I go on? . | Catechesis |
| 54 | The cancellation of good priests is disturbing. The failure to punish McCarrick in a reasonable timeframe. The elevation of his cronies to Cardinals. The worldliness of some of the bishops and cardinals. Lack of consistent teaching of doctrine. All of this has led to my confusion and lack of trust within the clergy and has resulted in my failure to attend Mass and receive the sacraments. I have faith but question the teachings and behaviors of our leadership. | Persecuted Clergy, Confusion, Leadership, Catechesis, Lack of Discipline |
| 55 | The change to Novus Ordo Mass. I am in my 70’s so just barely remember the awe and reverence for Jesus in the Holy in the TLM. I am grateful to have that memory but looking back over my lifetime, I see the great damage that change has made. | TLM |
| 56 | Teaching that God is transcendent and that Jesus was 100% human and 100% divine in the time and space as an example of how the real presence is possible. | Catechesis |
| 57 | Not keeping the sanctuary of the church for only religious events. | Reverence |
| 58 | Teaching people how to pray and meditate and be silent to hear Our Lord speak during Eucharistic Adoration. | Devotions, Catechesis |
| 59 | Cowardly bishops that allow sacrilege and scandals to continue unabated. | Scandals, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 60 | Laity coming to mass dressed casually. | Attire |
| 61 | How the priest prays the Eucharistic prayers and prayers of Consecration. He can miss the mark in other areas, but if he gets that right — slow, intentional, humble, reverent — it makes a tremendous difference. If he recites them like 9:00 am Catholic briefing…it will be hard for that to punch through the noise of the world. | Reverence |
| 62 | I am a woman & I firmly state that women & girls, have absolutely no place in the mass! They beautifully belong fulfilling roles in "Alter & Rosary Societies, Sodalities, & a myriad of other integral groups that are a needed heartbeat in the parish. This also means that they do not belong on parish counsels! Women must imitate Mary! Also, "Eucharistic Ministers" are the unconsecrated hands of Satan! We do not need to receive under both species, Body, Blood, Soul & Divinity is already complete in the host, this leads to confusion, people think that they didn't get the "Whole Jesus" if they don't have both!!! Why do we persist in fortifying this confusion? Being offered the Precious Blood should be ABSOLUTELY reserved for auspicious occasions such as the bride & groom at their nuptial mass! I have witnessed the Precious Blood being spilled & then walked through after an inadequate attempt to take care of the spill! I could go on for many pages but there is not enough space here. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception, Reverence, Role of Women |
| 63 | A lack of teaching on the proper way of dressing for Mass. I don't mean suits and ties and formal wear, but insistence on no shorts, mini-skirts, sleeveless, etc. | Attire |
| 64 | Clergy's emphasis on ecumenism, at the expense of pointing out the fundamental distinction between the Catholic Real Presence in the Eucharist, vs. what is found in all Protestant denominations (never mind every non- Christian faith.). | Ecumenism |
| 65 | NOT PREACHING ON CERTAIN MAJOR SINS. ABORTION, LIVING TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE, NOT ENCOURAGING THE LAITY TO STAND UP FOR THE TRUTH, EVEN IN DIFFICULT CASES. PLEASE GIVE MORE SERMONS ON OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. | Abortion, Homilies, Fear/Cowardness |
| 66 | The casual attitude and lack of respect during Holy Mass. I’ve witnessed people knitting, joking around and talking during the Consecration. And yet, these same people are all paying attention when it’s time to shake hands. | Sign of Peace, Lukewarmness |
| 67 | Lack of modesty and appropriate dress for Mass, sacraments & church events for both male and female . | Attire |
| 68 | The Novus Ordo Mass introduced through Vatican II as a Trojan horse in order to abolish the TLM. | Vatican II |
| 69 | Little to no catechesis on: Christ's death in order to leave us with the Eucharist, the precepts of the Church (Sunday obligation especially), modest dress, especially attending Mass and receiving other sacraments, the Ten Commandments, the reality of hell, why God demands adoration. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 70 | Teaching young children at an early age about Christ True Presence and encouraging family Adoration . | Devotions, Catechesis |
| 71 | No veils worn by women in the Church. | Attire |
| 72 | People need to be required to receive the Eucharist kneeling and on the tongue! When I did this it greatly increased my belief in the Real Presence in the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 73 | Women on the altar as "deacons "as well as poor Catholic school catechesis. The major dioceses in the US are more culturally Catholic than actually formed Catholics who are faithful. | Role of Women |
| 74 | Strangulation of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. | TLM |
| 75 | Little to no reverence before and after mass. Loud talking, no use of inside voices while people congregate inside church rather than socializing outside, even choral directors talk loudly. Hard to pray before or after mass with all the noise. | Reverence |
| 76 | This isn't exactly additional, I just didn't know another way to get this in here. I don't think the music issue is fairly characterized as "sacred" (i.e., Latin or otherwise high-churchy) vs. "modernist" (English, down-to-earth) music. Many of the widely available English hymns are plenty conducive to belief in and appreciation of the Real Presence; the big problem is the many that make us rather than God the focal point of attention, or that give the impression that one need not repent of and eradicate any sins in order to be A-OK with God. | Music |
| 77 | Focus on Catechism Programs that do not fully teach the true teaching of the Catholic Faith and masses for youth which are more like attending a performance or concert. Once they move beyond entertainment, I find they are more prone to leave the Faith. | Catechesis |
| 78 | Homilies. | Homilies |
| 79 | The popes openly public acceptance of homosexuality and cult like religions, both in his attendance and his approval of allowing demonic and colt worshipers to come into the Vatican. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 80 | The clergy’s lack of reverence is a significant issue. A lack of personal piety and faith from the clergy is a significant issue. Priests appearing to be going through the motions is a significant issue. | Reverence |
| 81 | Lack of the church to adequately squash the falsehoods of relativism, accepting of sinnets rather than their sins, supporting the cultural myth that everyone goes to heaven. | Modernism |
| 82 | The eviscerated prayers formerly known as the “propers” and the old missal which emphasized the sacrificial nature of the Mass for a more Protestant liturgical form. | Liturgical Practice |
| 83 | Failure of poorly catechized parents to pass down the subject of the Real Presence. Generational ignorance plus lack of homily emphasis on it. Also, failure of teachers in the Catholic school system to understand and convey this is a huge issue. Lastly, failure of all (clergy, catechists, parents) to tie the importance of Confession with the Real Presence. | Confession, Family, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 84 | The Bishops response to the government mandates on lockdowns especially struck an ENORMOUS blow to Catholic reverence for the Christ in the Real Presence and the absolute necessity of receiving Him! Probably more than anything else, by so willingly acquiescing to the government’s will, the Bishops communicated that receiving Jesus was optional! Their cowardice in failing to stand up for the faithful was DEVASTATING to us! How disgraceful to communicate fear, to leave thousands of people to die alone without benefit of receiving spiritual food for the journey, to isolate the lonely and sick from the benefit of community and the Holy Eucharist ! The Bishops owe their people a profound apology and a vow to never deny the faithful to the Body, Soul and Divinity of Christ again. | Reverence, COVID, Leadership |
| 85 | Parish and family culture of reverence and faithfulness, strong community of believers . | Reverence, Community |
| 86 | The double-sidedness in the Church. A priest that touts the Eucharistic on the tongue but has no problem handing our Lord over to old women to bring communion to nursing homes and homebound. The Bishops shuttering the churches without blinking during COVID but whining now that their clear example of disregard has taken root with the faithful. | COVID, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 87 | Bishops allowed churches to be closed during COVID denying sacraments to the faithful. | COVID, Leadership |
| 88 | I think it is very negative that, in general, the word Eucharist is used to mean 'Holy Communion / the Real Presence in the consecrated species.' In Church documents, in general, 'Eucharist' means the Mass (see Lumen Gentium 11, which was practically mis-quoted in CCC). I think the Eucharistic Revival should be focusing one the Eucharistic Sacrifice rather than the Real Presence. Without understanding Mass, there will not be heart belief. | Other |
| 89 | Have access to the sacrament of penance at times accessible to people who work or students. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 90 | Bring back regular, not just once a week, Eucharistic Adoration, especially 24 and 40-hours. | Devotions |
| 91 | Removal of Asperges. The Sanctus being changed. The Alleluia sung to the proper melodies in the Graduale Romanum is likewise suppressed as this is supposed to be sung (in theory) by everyone but has not. These are more minor but still impactful. | Liturgical Practice |
| 92 | Communion kneeling on the tongue from a priest (no EMs) is the number one issue with the Real Presence. | Eucharist Reception |
| 93 | Missing Mass for no good reason - it is a mortal sin. | Sin |
| 94 | Failure of the church to properly teach the laity. If the church expects parents to teach their children, how is that possible if the parents haven't been catechized properly. The blind leading the blind. | Family, Catechesis |
| 95 | Removing the opportunity to receive Eucharist during times of sickness. No cup and no tongue during flu season - not to mention no Mass at all during COVID... Kneeler is a great way to better prepare to receive rather the 'drive up window' approach... | COVID |
| 96 | Offering both species of the Eucharist to congregants. | Eucharist Reception |
| 97 | Numerous changes to the liturgical calendar in terms of the seasons and removal of Holy Days of Obligation, vigils, and octaves. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 98 | Laity receiving from the chalice. | Eucharist Reception |
| 99 | Catechism of children, receiving in the hand, and lack of offering of reparation for sacrilege against the Real Presence. Corvid was a death knell to faith in the Eucharist...how could it be vital to the eternal life of the soul when Churches closed and denied the Eucharist rather than risk infection and priests did not fight to bring the Eucharist to those dying in hospitals.?. | COVID, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 100 | Manner of dress for mass by laity, no head covering for women. | Attire |
| 101 | Proper modest attire to be worn in the Presence of God. | Attire |
| 102 | Speaking one on one with parishioners. A refresher course for adults on the Eucharist, failure to be involved in the Eucharistic revival. | Catechesis |
| 103 | The use of the term "Real Presence" in place of stressing "This IS no longer bread, but IS the Body, Blood, Soul & Divinity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ" has diminished the Reality of Transubstantiation to the level of a protestant sect. Also, the use of hymns at the Eucharist and Offertory that stress "bread and wine" shifts focus away from God and toward community. References to "meal" are likewise problematic. Even historically, in the first century, the meal was a separate event; communal, yes, but separate from the liturgy. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 104 | Casual dress, and inappropriate dress. Lack of benediction and the rosary priests not having first sat Mass and confessions. | Confession, Devotions, Availability/Access, Attire |
| 105 | Priests are too cavalier and lackadaisical in their attitude toward it all. They need to lead the way in our reverence. They have to enforce silence in church and reverence in His presence. If they don't have faith why would we???. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions, Lukewarmness |
| 106 | Silly stuff at mass that doesn't belong at mass (priest telling jokes, guitars etc.). | Modernism |
| 107 | reverence from Priests themselves. | Reverence |
| 108 | It's vitally important the home life (and by extension, the teaching life) of the family echoes the Mass, continuously engages in the Sacraments, and is faithful to the Catechism and Magisterium. Even if the family doesn't homeschool, the role of the parents as first and greatest teachers should come into play. | Catechesis |
| 109 | The lack of the clergy having personal holiness, having traded in for popularity and keeping the peace. The lack of clergy courage to live out and defend all teachings of the faith. | Fear/Cowardness, Holiness |
| 110 | Inadequate teaching of Scripture in seminaries and dependence in historical critical models that disconnected OT from NT and diminished typology. | Priestly Formation |
| 111 | Priests who refuse to give to someone kneeling or on their tongue and one of the greatest, closing the churches during the COVID Hoax. EM's have destroyed belief. | COVID |
| 112 | Lack of opportunities to encounter Jesus in the Real Presence. Lack of catechesis beginning at an early age. Lack of examples of the effect of dedication to adoration shown from Laity and from Clergy (how does this change your life, how does it effect me). Lack of presence in the public square. Concern toward not offending others that squelches the proper evangelization of the Real Presence. Lack of education and examples of how to be apologists and evangelizers. | Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 113 | Our casual clergy approach in the Most Holy Eucharist in they do not demonstrate their belief, they treat mass as though it is just a symbol not the true presence. Also total silence by bishops on what matters. They focus on political correctness and protection rather than on the truth. Our clergy have lost the faith and Love for God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, as well as our most Blessed Mother, Mary Most Virgin and our Mother. | Lack of Faith, Lukewarmness, Leadership, Reverence |
| 114 | The posture of the priest as well. For example, under the TLM, the priest holds Our Lord between his thumb and finger which he keeps pinched when not holding Our Lord for fear that there could be the smallest of particles lost. When a priest maintains this even under the Novus ordo I his reverence is not questioned and extends to all of his actions, which in turn influences the parish. | TLM, Reverence |
| 115 | Kneeling and receiving on the tongue should be encouraged, if not brought back everywhere - even if it is just putting a kneeler in the front of the church for optional use. I have seen this in a few churches. Churches that still have an altar rail should use it for communion - even if people stand for communion. There should be silence in the church - talk in the narthex or outside. There should a letter - or something similar - indicating the proper dress for church, specifically about modesty. This is not just a women and girls issue, I have seen some pretty disgusting displays on men and boys. | Eucharist Reception, Attire |
| 116 | Our Cardinals & Bishops were cowards who shut down Churches and took the Sacraments away from the people for TWO YEARS. It showed the laity that clergy did not regard their importance and far too many people left the Church. In addition, the way the Pope and Bishops are cracking down on the celebration of the Tridentine Mass is absurd. If those people are going to Holy Mass and believe in the Real Presence, why try to stop that? Seems counter-productive to trying to grow the faith by cutting off those who try to practice it faithfully. | TLM, Fear/Cowardness, COVID, Leadership |
| 117 | Only priests and deacons should handle the sacred vessels. | Liturgical Practice |
| 118 | First COMMUNION expectations of families, catechesis, seminarian training, Catholic school teacher/admin training, Bishops leading well their diocese in holiness and being a witness themselves. | Family, Holiness, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 119 | Lack of a personal, intimate, trusting relationship with Jesus due to a lack of prayer life, lack of modeling, the breakdown of the family, bad Catholic education. and minimal cultural support. All of the externals in the survey are helpful, but without that personal encounter with the Lord, it can become slavish, scrupulous, and devoid of real meaning. | Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 120 | President Biden not being publicly excommunicated for his continual actions in support of abortion including making the sign of the cross at a pro abortion gathering. | Canon 915 |
| 121 | Failure to preach on the Real Presence in the homily. I felt strongly when the bishops announced the Eucharistic Revival that they could have better addressed the problem by requiring priests to preach on the Real Presence at least once a month for the three years, and then at least once quarterly every year thereafter. | Homilies, Leadership |
| 122 | The lack of the sacredness (set aside/ holiness) of the attitudes, language (verbal and nonverbal), and the suppression of orthodox laity that love the reverence of sacred traditions. People that don't dress as if they are attending a royal banquet is another one. | TLM, Loss Sense of the Sacred, Holiness, Attire |
| 123 | Neglect of the Role of the Holy Spirit in our Christian walk and imploring His help. | Other |
| 124 | Priests are Gods anointed! Catholics have lost this reverence. We’ve become slothful in our respect. Also priests don’t give many sermons on the truth of Hell. We are all sinners and not one of us is worthy of eternal life. Our life is a precious gift. We’ve lost our way. | Reverence |
| 125 | Lack of catechesis from the pulpit. | Homilies |
| 126 | Loss of good Religious Sisters teaching in the Catholic schools. Requiring a modest dress code at Mass. | Schools, Attire |
| 127 | There isn’t enough prayer within our families with kids, we allow the world from detaching us from what truly matters. Having a personal relationship with Jesus . | Family, Devotions |
| 128 | Gum chewing and lack of reverence in the reception of the Eucharist . | Reverence |
| 129 | Not emphasized by lots of priests in homilies. | Homilies |
| 130 | Loss of true Catholic teaching in schools, true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, no ringing of the bells when Eucharistic is consecrated. | Liturgical Practice |
| 131 | Having a modernist pope. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 132 | Remove the political pressures on Diocesan priests and permit them to teach the laity in conformity with the catechism even if it’s counterculture. Also, the holy sacrifice of the mass is not a theatre production, stop introducing lectors, door greeter, organist- is there any reason why there is no reverence for the Eucharist? Also, as a child of the 1970’s, I only experienced the NO mass. With all of the controversy surrounding the TLM, I became curious and looked it up on YouTube. I cried, I couldn’t believe the reverence for the Eucharist and said no wonder the devil wants this suppressed. Thanks for all you do and would suggest you open up your membership to all lay Catholics throughout the country. Cast the net wide and watch God do the miraculous.??. | TLM, Politics |
| 133 | Lack of Adoration and Adoration in disrespectful and casual ways. Poor quality music and heterodox lyrics. Reference to a meal. | Devotions, Music, Availability/Access, Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 134 | Laity lack of reverence+ respect in behavior + dress in Church. Immodest (short shorts / halter tops / mini dresses, gym clothes on girls + women. Men in gym shorts + flip flops, sloppy tee shirts) Behavior—laughing, talking, joking in Church before + after Mass. Parents not exhibiting holiness —hands crossed during Mass + returning to seat after communion. Parents allowing their children to run back to seat after communion or blessing. Parents bringing food + drink to Mass for their children: Goldfish, cookies, apple juice, etc. Leaving their area a mess: food on floor + on pews, songbooks / Mass brochures / bulletins wadded up + in complete disarray. Clapping should never happen at Mass. Priests remind the laity to say the Rosary every day + the importance of daily family Rosary + family prayer. Our once Holy Catholic Church has been degraded to an ordinary Protestant service. ??. | Devotions, Holiness, Attire, Applause, Reverence |
| 135 | Lack of understanding of the Mass. its structural and biblical format. | Catechesis |
| 136 | A decrease in the overall sense of reverence, lack of emphasis by clergy on the Eucharistic Revival. | Reverence |
| 137 | Encourage reading the Catechism of the Catholic Church to renew everyone in the Church. The proffered survey questions are inaccurately leading to answers the author of the survey desires. Not Applicable should have been an option. | Catechesis |
| 138 | Priests giving the ok for Catholics to attend weddings of fallen away Catholics outside the church. . | Catechesis |
| 139 | Pastors presence lacking and not involved in Eucharist events at the parish level. Too many laity taking the place of pastor. | Liturgical Practice |
| 140 | Lack of teaching. | Catechesis |
| 141 | YOU DO NOT LISTEN TO THESE SURVEYS OR TO PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THIS, AND THEREFORE YOU DO NOTHING TO CHANGE ANY OF THIS. | Leadership |
| 142 | Discussion of what’s going on in Rome and how it applies in the parish Priest Setting a good example for expectations of reverence Availability of confession and adoration. | Availability/Access, Leadership |
| 143 | Trying to rid of the TLM. | TLM |
| 144 | Stopped saying St Michael prayer after Mass, families/people’s failure to do daily mental prayer and also the rosary. | Devotions |
| 145 | The lack of courage by Bishops to confront secular authority and continue to offer the sacrifice of the Mass through the start of "COVID Pandemic." Our Bishops showed secular authority, fear, and submission to masking and distancing were superior to Christ's celebration of the Eucharist. | COVID, Leadership |
| 146 | No longer reaching that the Catholic Faith is the only true faith, in other words the narrow road. If all other religions are in communion with the Catholic Church, why become Catholic. Sacred silence is gone. Prayers being made up by clergy who no longer follow the scared prayers established by church for centuries. Lack of sermons that speak of sin or teach what the Fathers of the church taught. | Homilies, Silence/Distractions, Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 147 | Quo Primmum... in perpetuity. | TLM |
| 148 | Omission of Scripture passages about not receiving Holy Communion unworthily in new lectionaries. | Worthy Reception |
| 149 | Francis does nothing to indicate that the Mass is a holy sacrifice. | Meal vs Sacrifice, Leadership |
| 150 | Attempted suppression of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass according to the 1954 missal and the accompanying authentic Catholic life 24/7. | TLM |
| 151 | What Cardinal Ottaviani outlined in the Ottaviani Intervention about the Novus Ordo. | Liturgical Practice |
| 152 | You didn’t miss per se, but I’d like to comment on the architecture of modern churches that resembles a conference room or stage rather than a sacred space. When one can’t tell the different between a secular and holy place the ordinary will always overtake the extraordinary. | Modernism |
| 153 | ‘New age’ practice and heresies such as universalism that have infected the church, clerics and the laity. I think the spiritual corona virus of our time is the ‘new age’. Writers like Richard Rohr and practices like centering prayer have infected the minds and hearts of susceptible and unsuspecting Catholics sometimes making them immune to authentic, traditional Catholic teaching. The real danger of 'new age' ideas is that they subtly get close to authentic Catholic theology and this is one of the oldest tricks in Satan's book. There are many Catholics who have fallen victim to this ploy and when they do, it is hard to get them back… We should want only what is pure and true, from the teachings of Jesus, authenticated by His Church, His Word, Tradition, the Magisterium, to enter our hearts, minds and souls. I have actually witnessed friends and family (and sadly even some clergy) become blind and deaf to Jesus’ Truth because they have dabbled in the ‘new age’. I recommend ‘spiritual distancing’ from all new age beliefs, teachers and practices. This virus can be far more deadly... . | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 154 | There are two issues I see in parishes in my area: 1) laity raising of the hands during Our Father and doxology at mass in direct violation of 'Instruction on Collaboration' (Nov. 13, 1997), which is sacred rubrics reserved for only the priest; 2) laity applause at the conclusion of every mass, which only further degrades the sacredness of the Eucharist and mass, turning it into an hour of cosplay performance art. | Applause |
| 155 | 1) On going adult education should be offered and encouraged. 2) Finding a way to keep the kids interested. 3) Whether you agree or not, shows like The Chosen, help Jesus be more relatable. I think that moves people in the mind and heart. Showing Jesus as a man with human challenges. Showing the people of the Bible in everyday struggles with doubts and confusion and bad decisions and His endless love and compassion through all of that. Sadly, I think they don't realize His sacrifice for us, His efforts to teach us and gather us to the Father, then and now. They aren't moved by His sacrifice because they don't feel close to Him. | Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 156 | Replacing the traditional Latin Mass and clear sacrifice with the Novus Ordo and sense of a meal . | TLM |
| 157 | Poorly trained altar boys. Besides dying well, the most important thing a boy win every do is serve at the altar and they should be trained so. | Catechesis |
| 158 | Abandonment of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 159 | Modesty in dress in church and in general. | Attire |
| 160 | Abandoning of reverential postures, gestures, and formulas in regard to the Eucharistic species, such as the failure to maintain canonical digits after the consecration, and the often casual approach to the retrieval of the Eucharist should it fall to the ground including the lack of proper acts of reparation or proper purification of the area. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 161 | The lack of belief in the Real Presence by our priests is one of the biggest issues as well. If the priests don’t believe then there actions will show it and thus parishioners will develop the same mindset. | Lack of Faith |
| 162 | There needs to be more catechizing of those present at mass so they learn as an adult why they are doing what they are doing. | Catechesis |
| 163 | VERY poor catechesis!. | Catechesis |
| 164 | Belief that all religions are the same. That there is no hell, that it takes a village to raise children parents or two parents aren't really needed. | Ecumenism, Family |
| 165 | The use and enormous influence of social media. You see a lie often enough, you believe it to be the truth. | Modernism |
| 166 | The unprecedented massive reform of the liturgy, replacing the historic Roman Rite with an almost entirely new Rite, caused terrible upheaval resulting in massive loss of Faith -- especially loss of faith in the Real Presence. The Pauline Missal should be gradually phased out over the next generation or two, and the Latin Church's ancient liturgy should be re-embraced and restored. | TLM |
| 167 | The poor education of our children. | Catechesis |
| 168 | Casual attire of laity attending Mass. | Attire |
| 169 | Altar girls Pope talking about things other than faith PRIESTS Priests being "soft" in confession Spoiled priests, self-centered Priests, Priests not displaying holiness and/or obligation to their role or to the laity Clericalism-priests are "better" than laity. | Public Witness, Holiness, Role of Women |
| 170 | Receiving communion too often just because everyone else is. Maybe would feel self conscious not receiving. | Eucharist Reception |
| 171 | The emphasis of the need to be in a state of grace to receive Holy Communion, the importance of reconciliation. | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 172 | Sacraments were taken away during the "pandemic" - like they didn't really matter. Shameful. The jab became the new sacrament. The Church loses credibility - Pachamama, Fiduccia Supplicans, traditiones custodes... contradicting previous popes. Keep tradition or we will find it underground. | Modernism, COVID, Leadership |
| 173 | Closing the churches and cancelling Mass due to COVID. Kind of hard to make the case that the Eucharist is necessary and vital when the bishops didn't even pretend to feel that way. | COVID, Leadership |
| 174 | Asking the faithful to sing some hymn during communion distribution. I was always taught it was a time for silent commune with Jesus. | Silence/Distractions |
| 175 | Lack of TLM. | TLM |
| 176 | Failure of bishops to shepherd their priests and Catholics in their dioceses by allowing all the mentioned discretions with their priests and within the diocese. | Leadership |
| 177 | The increased presence of women in authority positions in the church, especially on the alter. The loss of the rolls of men separate from women and the idea that the priest acts "in persona Christi.". | Role of Women |
| 178 | Modernism and the key doctrine as the belief in evolution. This is the key to the thinking that brought about these “new” liturgical” practices. | Modernism |
| 179 | The lack of speaking about the Saints and their love, devotion and confidence in the Eucharist. The importance of Eucharistic Adoration and its transforming of our lives together with reception of Jesus at Communion. | Devotions, Catechesis |
| 180 | Latin mass not being offered at all Catholic Churches. | TLM |
| 181 | Liturgical abuse. | Liturgical Practice |
| 182 | Modesty of dress. | Attire |
| 183 | Wearing shorts, tank tops, and flip flops at Mass. | Attire |
| 184 | Failure to teach that the whole substance of Christ is present equally in both Sacred Species. | Catechesis |
| 185 | Living liturgically-old calendar vs new, removal of holy days. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 186 | bishops' incessant commenting on every issue instead of saving their impact for most important; failure to teach laity how to pray well; practical materialism; failure to teach chastity and the virtue of poverty. | Leadership, Modernism, Catechesis |
| 187 | The Novus Ordo rite is in and of itself a major contributor to the loss of faith in the real presence. Certain confusing aspects of several Vatican II documents have also contributed to loss of Catholic faith. | Vatican II |
| 188 | I am an 84 year old cradle catholic. Recently I struggled with understanding transubstantiation until I was inspired to think of the word infused and that made the belief come clear to me. | Catechesis |
| 189 | Honestly I think that the barriers to the Church and desire for the Eucharist die in the church office. “Church employees "make obtaining the Sacraments a chore. I am not saying that we should not have requirements. But the goal should be to meet the needs of people with proper catechesis, not the institution. Diocesan employees are often lazy or also block enthusiasm and desire in the laity with bland one size fits all programs. | Catechesis |
| 190 | The whole is greater than the sum of its parts - the reformation of the liturgy from the TLM to the NO, which encompasses more or less all the factors you listed, says “we don’t actually believe this to be true.”. | TLM |
| 191 | Failure to offer much more frequent times for Confession. Failure to offer daily Mass. Failure to teach doctrine without fear in the homilies. | Confession, Fear/Cowardness, Homilies, Availability/Access |
| 192 | Veiling. Proper attire while in the presences of Christ. Lack of adoration. Lack of catechism taught from the pulpit. | Catechesis, Attire, Devotions |
| 193 | Adequate and substantial catechism teaching on the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 194 | The mass, which is a sacred, ethereal worship requested by God and culminating in the receipt of the body and blood of Christ, has been rebranded as a communal meal where all are welcome and community matters most. To an uncatechized lay person, and even a poorly catechized priest, belief in the real presence has and will continue to falter of man is placed at the center of worship instead of God. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 195 | I think a priest's reverence towards the Eucharist signals to the congregation his belief and exemplifies a reverence by the people. One way I have noticed reverence is by holding the Eucharist between thumb and index finger and keeping the fingers together throughout the Eucharistic prayer, signifying that every particle of the Eucharist is Jesus and that the priest is not careless in understanding that. | Reverence |
| 196 | Socializing during the Mass with the handshake of peace. Clapping during Mass often led by the priest to signify approval of something Failure of priests to speak the truths of the faith during the homily . | Sign of Peace, Applause |
| 197 | Catechesis for all ages has been woefully dumbed down. Also, we have our priests trying to administer multiple parishes, stuck in meetings ad nauseum, and absent from teaching across the ages. They aren't therefore allowed to be "fathers". I want my father to be present to the family, not absent like in society. | Catechesis |
| 198 | The omission of 1 Cor 11:29-32, regarding the dangers of unworthy communion, which is read several times each year in the traditional Mass, and never in the new lectionary. | Worthy Reception |
| 199 | Catholic Education is too expensive and often run by non-Catholics. Religious Ed (roughly only 30-36 hours a year) is NOT enough to catechize children whose home life has very little living Catholicism. Often, Religious Ed is merely seen as daycare, after school care… Mass should always begin it…maybe as a teaching Mass…I have seen how successful this process is at a parish I currently belong to. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 200 | Treating the Mass as a hindrance to "enjoying the weekend" resulting in jokes during homily, sloppy music, and rushing Mass so it's 60 minutes or less. | Reverence, Music |
| 201 | Influence of modern media. It really has an impact though you can't do much about it. | Modernism |
| 202 | The truth. Is the bishop of Rome really the Pope or is the mass being said in communion with a heretic/anti pope. | Leadership |
| 203 | Removal of many prayers, much including the Offertory. Also, lack of genuine emphasis on penance and God's justice. | Liturgical Practice |
| 204 | Corruption in the Church. Abuse of power by clerics, priests and bishops alike. Ostentatious wealth and comfort on the face of poverty, sickness, and other hardships. How are we to know Christ in the Eucharist if we are blind to Him in the poor. Lack of faith follows from our widespread lack of living charity and solidarity. | Social Justice, Leadership |
| 205 | Receiving Communion in the Hand, standing rather than on the tongue, kneeling. | Eucharist Reception |
| 206 | Failure of the clergy to instruct the faithful. | Catechesis |
| 207 | Proper attire when entering into the Church. | Attire |
| 208 | Chewing the Eucharist right after communion like it’s a huge piece of gum, saying hello to friends in way back to sit etc. | Eucharist Reception |
| 209 | The lack of disciplining Priests, by Bishops and Rome, that hold non-orthodox views and are very public about it. | Lack of Discipline, Leadership |
| 210 | The importance and reason for receiving the Eucharist on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 211 | The Eucharist as it pertains to Preparation for death, Extreme Unction. | Catechesis |
| 212 | 1- allowing the “spirit of Vatican 2” unlimited freedom. 2- thinking the church needed to become more like the world, instead of being a beacon of beauty and hope outside the world 3- loss of traditions: ember days, novenas, etc. 4- allowing priests who knowingly hold opinions in opposition to church teaching (contraception, homosexuality, mixed marriages, etc.) . | Liturgical Calendar, LGBTQ+ Issues, Vatican II, Modernism, Lack of Discipline |
| 213 | Overall traditional Catholic formation. | Catechesis |
| 214 | The heretical and schismatic Pope Frances and all his attacks on clergy and dogma since he has been Pope. The heretical and schismatic Cardinals and Bishops and Priests who are not teaching or supporting the traditional beliefs of the Catholic Church, as it was founded by Jesus Christ. They seem to be wanting to destroy the Catholic Church and start a Universal Church that is NOT Catholic. Denying transubstantiation is one of their most important weapons. | Leadership |
| 215 | PRIESTS NOT PREACHING ON & TEACHING THE ACTIONS THAT ARE SINFUL. PEOPLE MUST BE TOLD WHAT ARE THE SINS. They think because they don't murder someone on the street or rob a bank & they only are doing what EVERYONE else is doing that they are living a good life & without sin. Lay people teaching Lay people teaching catechism instead of holy & faithful religious Everyone gets to touch & distribute Holy Communion Institution of Novus Ordo Cancellation of Latin Mass . | TLM, Extraordinary Ministers, Catechesis, Sin |
| 216 | Loss of the TLM. | TLM |
| 217 | Most priests do not regularly emphasize the necessity, tremendous effects, or their personal devotion to the Eucharist. Every homily should end with a comment directing us to the Eucharistic table, where: 1- we will be present at Calvary and 2-we will receive supernatural life to empower us to do the things talked about in the homily. | Homilies |
| 218 | Indifferentism that is displayed by the Church’s attempt at ecumenism. The supernatural nature of the Eucharist cannot be compared to anything offered by other religions. Also, a greater emphasis needs to be on preparing to receive the Eucharist worthily through the sacrament of reconciliation. | Ecumenism |
| 219 | Failure to preach on the necessity of Confession. Failure to preach against the sins that destroy the family: sexual sins, divorce, etc. | Confession, Sin |
| 220 | It's not just the clergy's casual attitude, it's their casual PRACTICES. I've seen clergy start the announcements and do a second collection while the host is still on the altar. I've seen a deacon bagging the monetary collection under the left side of the altar while the consecration is taking place. I've even seen a priest drop the Host and unceremoniously pick it up off the floor. The Latin Mass community in our city is the only place where I am guaranteed not to see clergy practices that can only do violence to the laity's belief in the Real Presence. All of the other problems -- laity behavior in the pews, etc. -- seem to me to flow from weaknesses in the leadership's behavior with the Eucharist. If the leaders are handling the Eucharist like THEY don't believe in the Real Presence, how are new generations of the laity to form the belief properly?. | Lukewarmness, Leadership |
| 221 | It’s a difficult concept. Can’t expect everyone to understand. | Catechesis |
| 222 | Preventing Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 223 | The second Vatican council has destroyed the Catholic faith and it needs to be totally repealed and we need a pope that isn't a heretic......i.e. Francis is not a valid pope. | Vatican II, Leadership |
| 224 | The FACT that the so called pope is ok with all of these sins being committed, and condoning sinful behaviors and trying to squash the true faith of traditional Catholics! . | Leadership |
| 225 | Lack of care for the marginalized make it look like the Eucharist has no effect on Catholics . | Living the Faith |
| 226 | Failure in religious education of children - both in Catholic schools and in CCD programs. | Catechesis |
| 227 | Lukewarm liturgy is deadly to the faith. I fell away for over a decade as a lifelong altar server and devout Catholic due to terrible liturgy, horrible contemporary music, and Eucharistic abuses left and right that made me believe it wasn’t actually Jesus in the blessed sacrament. Treat the Eucharist like it’s the body of Christ or don’t expect us to believe it. The TLM convinced me to return. | TLM, Lukewarmness |
| 228 | Failure to educate adults about Catholic faith Failure of Bishops and Priests to speak out about problems and sin in the church leadership and church members Pope causing confusion and misdirection, poor leadership and selecting ideological Vatican managers. Idol worship in Vatican Attempts to discard traditional values and the Latin Mass Perhaps the parish is too large and we need smaller groups (at times) to relate to others, discuss and grow our faith Has the Catholic Church fully stood for the Truth, or attempted to ignore and cover up issues? Jesus caused division by standing for the Truth. If we stand for the Truth, we will suffer yet attract others to the Truth. As there are fewer priests, the faithful need to contribute their faith knowledge in small groups to help others grow their faith. We need to learn to pray better and learn to love Jesus more. We need to convince ALL to find the narrow gate! MT 7:13 . | TLM, Leadership, Catechesis, Confusion |
| 229 | Allowing reception of Communion in the hand & removing the altar rails & the requirement to kneel while receiving Holy Communion. | Eucharist Reception |
| 230 | Bring back kneeling to receive communion and encourage receiving by mouth (explain WHY). | Eucharist Reception |
| 231 | The Novus Ordo. | Liturgical Practice |
| 232 | Many churches have removed the sacredness of the Eucharist out of convenience. When I was a young Alter Boy, the chalice was veiled because something sacred is veiled. I ask the Priest why we don’t do that anymore. The answer was, “It’s not required” anymore. We allow/encourage applauding during the Mass in the Sanctuary. Saint Pio said the only ones applauding during Christ’s crucifixion were the Romans and the demons. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Applause |
| 233 | Priests becoming administrators and not focusing on the salvation of the souls entrusted to them. | Priestly Duties |
| 234 | Not emphasizing need for confession and offering multiple times and days. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 235 | Poor to no adult education. | Catechesis |
| 236 | The events between 1965 and 1969 had severely negative effects on Catholic belief, liturgy and practice. Until these are corrected, there is little hope for solving the grave consequences arising from "the law of what is prayed is the law of what is believed." This is seen in the scandal that 67% of Catholics deny the real presence in the Eucharist. Some issues that cry out for correction include: (1) the illicit replacement of the Sacred Traditional Latin Mass (Roman Rite) with the highly abridged "Rite of Paul VI" Mass that was an artificial liturgy, cobbled-together, man-made-by-committee, some members of whom demanded: the elimination of the Latin language, talk of the Mass as a “sacrifice,” and the Catholicity of the Mass in favor of a crippled shell of a rite to please our separated brethren; (2) Loss of a sense of the sacred in the liturgy; (3) Loss of a reverent liturgy that provides periods of silent reflection; (4) The stripping of the sanctuaries of altar rails for reverent reception of the holy Eucharist on the tongue while kneeling; (5) Replacement of all traditional hymns, chants, and music by post-modern music that is banal, man-centered, unsingable, and a penance to hear. (6) Inadequate efforts to catechize the Faithful using the reliable Catechism of the Council of Trent (1566); (7) Loss of a sense of sin and the Four Last Things; (8) De-emphasis on the primary ecclesial purpose of saving souls. (9) Embracing the spirit of the world over the Kingdom of God in moral questions; (10) Failure to openly condemn and deny Holy Communion to public figures who unapologetically support abortion, and finally (11) The inability of thousands of Catholics devoted to the immemorial TLM of the Ages to accept or attend the Novus Ordo Rite, knowing the pain and betrayal it represents to them and the entire Church. . | TLM, Music, Silence/Distractions, Eucharist Reception, Reverence, Canon 915 |
| 237 | I believe that the greatest thing on the entire three list was the presence of Eucharistic ministers especially if they women. Receiving from someone who is not in a state of Grace potentially is so harmful to Catholics. | Extraordinary Ministers, Role of Women |
| 238 | Lack of catechesis on the Eucharist. Priests should talk more about it in their sermons. | Homilies |
| 239 | Modesty in dress---both men and women. | Attire |
| 240 | It is not the absence of Latin only as you posted but rather the change in the theology, prayers, and purpose. The transcendent is diminished as is the sacrifice. It is community focused and God is left in the dust. The Mass ought to be a community gathering for WORSHIP of God Not each other. The Mass also is wide open for abuse and has been abused. Some Masses are more like theater with the priest as showman. Also many distractions are wrongly added. Standing in two lines to receive Christ is like standing in line for hot dogs. I would rather kneel at the altar as a sign of humility and respect!. | Community, Eucharist Reception |
| 241 | A Priest’s lack of reverence and/ or belief in the True Presence. | Reverence |
| 242 | The changes to ordination rites. | TLM |
| 243 | Weak bishops who do not lead. Confusion from Rome. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 244 | To see a woman wear pants without head covered go into the tabernacle during mass when a noN-handicapped priest is present and distributes Eucharist instead of the priest. When the priest elevates with one hand, one eye an inch above his nose and offers for less than 2 seconds. | Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 245 | The restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass and the embrace of the post conciliar teachings and the Novus Ordo Mass. | TLM |
| 246 | Too many people with clear personality disorders (mainly cluster B, i.e. borderline, narcissistic, histrionic, and antisocial) are in leadership positions at every church level. Their issues, by nature of their respective disorders, always supersedes real, genuine problems that laity try to bring to light. | Leadership |
| 247 | The loss or abrogation of the Traditional Latin Mass (this is #1 issue in my mind) and all it offered the faithful (e.g., reverential, pious, unhurried liturgies, Gregorian chant, holy, properly vested priests, etc.) coupled with the rejection of sacramental confession especially before receiving Holy Communion to till the soil of the soul. The theological change to Protestantize the Mass and focus not on the sacrifice for sin but on the “meal aspect” also severely weakened belief. If there’s no such thing as sin then why do we need sacrifice? The loss of properly formed priests. I have learned a lot about the true faith from listening to SSPX podcasts. These men are formed extremely well, are chaste, holy, and great teachers of the true faith. | TLM, Priestly Formation |
| 248 | The past 60 years has been disaster for the Catholic Church. However, thru all of this, I still believe in the real presence because I was taught in a Catholic School by the Franciscan Nuns and we learned from the Baltimore Catechism and the Bible. | Catechesis |
| 249 | Top down Protestantism in the Catholic Church; Ecumenism. | Ecumenism, Leadership |
| 250 | The COVID lock down by the bishops told the laity that the Mass and Eucharist aren’t important enough to risk physical health. | COVID, Leadership |
| 251 | Not offering confession regularly and preaching a need for frequent confession. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 252 | receiving the Eucharist kneeling and on the tongue with a paten under the chin. The visual of this helps reinforce the belief. | Eucharist Reception |
| 253 | Additional issues in my opinion: holding hands during the Our Father, the shaking hands (and other weird gestures) at the peace offering. | Sign of Peace |
| 254 | Re-catechize everyone that calls himself or herself Catholic, including all clergy. Revive solemn Vespers, common devotions. Stricter scrutiny of seminarians, way to expel bishops from their See for heterodoxy or when they violate their ordination vows. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 255 | The pope has equated other religions to Catholicism pretending Islam worships the same God. The Pope is scandalous and purposefully uses ambiguous language sowing confusion. He often meddles in social and political issues. We have yet to receive a full fledged apology for not standing up to keep our churches open during COVID. If the Eucharist is what distinguishes us from every other schismatic Christian faith, why did the USCCB not do anything to help people receive communion during COVID God did not ask us to be safe at all costs...patently unserious which has severely eroded Truth. | COVID |
| 256 | Lack of veiling among lay women. The lack of solemnity at each and every Sunday Mass. | Attire |
| 257 | Women veiling according to the admonition of Saint Paul and showing their subservience to Christ as our Head . | Attire |
| 258 | Until there is an official and public admission from the church leadership that it was a grave and mortally sinful error to “excommunicate” practically the entire Catholic population during the COVID lockdowns, then the enduring message to the world is that the clergy themselves do not believe in the Real Presence. The same holds true for placing the consecrated hosts in people’s hands, thus allowing the BS to be desecrated on a daily basis and millions of times a day. Why the fuss over purification meticulously the sacred vessels while at the same time allowing particles to be left behind on millions of hands daily and wiped off to fall on the floor and be trampled on? The only conclusion is that the purification is done only for show and not due to belief in the Real Presence. How can a believing clergy allow this, tell me?. | COVID |
| 259 | Poor catechesis since the 1970’s. | Catechesis |
| 260 | Loud conversation and laughter in the Sacristy before Mass (which is able to be heard in the church). | Silence/Distractions |
| 261 | The fact that after 11 years after BXVI’s resignation we still talk about its validity means that something is up. Bishops and Cardinals are afraid to talk about it. BXVI clearly never abdicated, he never complied with art 332-2. We have an anti-Pope in the Vatican and we look for the reasons for Jesus not being in the Eucharist that we do not celebrate assuming Orientem? Is there not something more important to discuss in the Church? The hierarchy’s lack of presence is unbelievable. The anti-Pope mocks the cardinals of the legitimate dubia with silence or tells them he is right and they don’t set the Vatican on fire? The truth is on their side. They just accept the mockery instead of effusing their blood for the sheep and for Jesus? There are Catholics that are willing to follow the true shepherd that openly denounces Bergoglio. Only a few priests do this publically, the ones of the Marian Sodality. Nobody in the “Church "talks about these priests who are doing the work of Cardinals and Bishops, sacrificing everything. They are today’s martyrs. We all can keep Ignoring them but their following grows, it is the Roman Catholic Church. Can Jesus come into the Eucharist when the priest knowingly offers the sacrifice in communion with the anti-Pope. If he does it is because he can do miracles. But if we receive knowing that Bergoglio is not the Pope, we know we are committing a grave offense to God. That is why Pope Benedict the XVI specified that without the communion with Peter, there is not communion with God. I implore his excellency Bishop Stickland to consider this situation. There are a few Catholics in North America that are willing to take Sacraments only from Priests that are not sedevacantist like Bishop Viganò, and that are not offering the sacrifice in communion with Bergoglio, who seems to clearly have been working for the competition. Ad Orientem! We do not have a Pope! Have mercy for the lost sheep that are not compromising with the absurdity of the false church. If you do not want to acknowledge this brave, in my opinion, flock, can you at least let us know discreetly if there are any priests that are respectful of the post Vatican Popes and that do not celebrate in communion with Bergoglio? Having said that we would love to be contacted by Bishop Strickland. Some of these can not go to Italy for confession and communion. Can you see the legitimacy of this logical stance? Please help us. Please help, underneath the surface, the brave priests that, like the refractory French priests, are willing to challenge the anti-Pope for the good of the souls. Praised be Jesus Christ and onward with Mary. | Liturgical Practice, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 262 | General lack of Reverence . | Reverence |
| 263 | The Pope and much of the hierarchy are heretical and have lost the Faith. This scandalized everyone and therefore undermines dogmas. | Leadership |
| 264 | Not teaching importance of avoiding no Catholic services, charismatic movement in Catholic Church, not encouraging marrying another Catholic . | Catechesis |
| 265 | the priests coming out of most diocesan seminaries don't believe in Jesus, His Real presence, sin, hell, confession, the sacraments. Their irreverent behavior at the altar reveals they don't believe in the Truths of our Catholic Faith. Our many archbishops aren't much better. They vote democrat and have no problem with abortion. To me that is the crux. The quickest way to get people to believe is the behavior of the priest at the altar. His behavior sets the "tone" for how people will act in church. Have a holy priest and you have a holy parish. | Lack of Faith, Public Witness, Leadership, Abortion, Reverence |
| 266 | Education of Children, whether in school or on Sundays. Especially when they are made to leave for a "Children's liturgy" while the adults remain behind. It just destroys the Sacred atmosphere . | Catechesis |
| 267 | Most priests do not provide proper guidance and instruction. | Catechesis |
| 268 | Fundamentally malformation or lack of catechesis in general. | Catechesis |
| 269 | Well I send my daughter to learn catechesis with the Sisters of the Sacred Heard of Jesus, and I was surprise that they only teach my daughter how to receive Jesus on the hand, so I ask them why, they said that it was the only correct way to do so. I said no, I want my daughter to receive Jesus on her tongue and they got so mad, saying that I do not know anything on how to do things. I probably don't know anything, but I know Jesus is my King, and I only receive Jesus kneeling and on my tongue. | Catechesis |
| 270 | Offering the chalice as well as and separately from the Eucharist during Communion. | Eucharist Reception |
| 271 | I can't remember hearing our priest ever talking about the real presence. It needs to be spoken of often so that people find it in their hearts again. | Catechesis |
| 272 | Absolutely the Eucharistic extra ordinary ministers do t even receive the Eucharist on the tongue as well as Deacons. No reverence. | Extraordinary Ministers, Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 273 | Building schools unnecessarily- asking for money. Recorded Bishop’s appeal. | Schools |
| 274 | Why don’t the priests who have consecrated hands think it’s ok for lay people to distribute Jesus. It’s as though it’s no big deal. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 275 | Locking the Churches outside of Mass times indicates to the laity that there is nothing special within the Church (i.e. Our Lord). Also, the laity storming the sanctuary before and/or after Mass takes away the sanctity of the sanctuary in our eyes, and the awesomeness of He Who dwells there. Removal of the tabernacle veil has also been harmful because the tabernacle is a throne, The throne of the Most High, and we don't see anything special about it anymore. Also the lack of discussion on modesty or the veiling of women. It seems almost nobody is willing to discuss modesty in life and more specifically in the Church, before God Himself. A lack of veiling goes hand in hand with lack of modesty, reverence, and belief. "Praise and worship" music at catholic events is confusing considering we believe that the sacrifice of the Eucharist at Mass is true worship of God. | Availability/Access, Attire, Confusion |
| 276 | Our parish is really reaching out to the young during the homily, children choir on one Sunday mass in the morning. The older children have Life teen mass at evening Mass. There are young family get together will dinners through the year. All catholic churches should be doing things to bring all peoples back to church. It's also the job of the laity to be well informed and inviting people to the church. Maybe a welcome back day 2 times a year to invite people back where you bring a friend or family member. Lots of prayers by the laity. | Homilies |
| 277 | Religion is no longer a necessary part of people’s lives. The church has lost its position of relevance. The clergy is diminished in importance and is seen as flawed. Most are not equipped to evangelize. Leadership within the church has proven ineffective in dealing with issues. Seems you are worried about belief in the Eucharist, yet our religious leaders allow prominent people to proclaim to be Catholic then mock our beliefs. | Leadership, Living the Faith, Evangelization |
| 278 | Allowing non-Catholics to receive the Eucharist. Withholding confirmation until after age 13. | Sacraments |
| 279 | Teach Hell exists Mortal sin. | Catechesis |
| 280 | People are selfish and worldly. They think more of sports, money, shopping, etc. and what they want. They think going to church on Sunday is all they need to go to heaven. They feel God is a loving God , he died for me so he will understand and he won’t let me go to hell! People today don’t think , nor read their Bible. We need to educate them by having classes on the Bible, our catholic faith in general. Priest need to preach the word more strongly, make them realize the end is near and hell is forever. Our religion classes for children have gone off course, they need the meat and potatoes of our faith! We need to go back to the old time way to worship. Give our all to God! Money, time, devotion, heart, soul and complete faith to our God the Father!. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 281 | Lack of preaching on the truths of the faith especially sin in relation to ALL commandments including adultery and the call to lay to seek reconciliation for all sins. Also, allowing Pres Biden and others openly sinning against God to receive communion is causing people to lose trust in the basic tenants of our faith. | Confession, Homilies, Canon 915 |
| 282 | The importance of confession. | Confession |
| 283 | Clergy’s worldliness also, lack of vow of poverty . | Modernism |
| 284 | Families need to teach this at home, too. Also the secular influence of the world on children is strong. Families need help with this. Thank you. | Family, Catechesis |
| 285 | Homilies are mostly pure pablum. They do not teach Roman Catholic Truth and Doctrine. I can hear the same pablum in a Protestant church. Priests fail to teach that the Roman Catholic Church is the Church founded by Jesus Christ. | Homilies |
| 286 | Lack of unity between Catholic Cardinals and Bishops on social issues, especially abortion, homosexuality, transgenderism, and immigration. Do all USCCB members vote pro-life? Want more priests, better politicians? Then stop supporting abortion! No more Eucharist in the hand, only on the tongue. Only Catholic priests should administer Holy Communion. Stop canceling holy, traditional priests, bishops, cardinals while patronizing those who are more concerned with social acceptance than true Catholic Doctrine. You could all learn much from Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Too bad he has not been canonized yet, we could beg for his intercession to help restore our great Nation. Also, no pride flags or emblems at Mass. Use God's original rainbow with 7 colors (ROYGBIV), otherwise you honor Satan. Respect God and His Ten Commandments, pray the Holy Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy often, and stop sinning. These should be preached at Mass, not jokes or sports updates. Please feed your flocks with the Eucharist, not social popcorn. | Devotions, Persecuted Clergy, Division, LGBTQ+ Issues, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 287 | Catechism, reverence, traditions, Altar/Holy Mass performances, immodest attire, etc. | Liturgical Practice, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 288 | kneeling with reverence as soon as you enter the Church . | Reverence |
| 289 | Forgoing the use of patens in distributing the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 290 | Allowing the priest to place the Holy Eucharist into unconsecrated hands as if it is just a piece of command bread. One of the ceremonies within the priest's ordination is the consecrating of his hands. But yet, during the Communion Rite, the priest places the Body, Blood Soul & Divinity into an unconsecrated hand. This is also after he, the priest offering the Mass, has just washed the four fingers that is going to transform bread into the Body of Christ! . | Eucharist Reception |
| 291 | The way people dress. I live in a beach town where you see short shorts, midriffs, even swimsuits at Mass. | Attire |
| 292 | The priest becoming a social worker vs leading the community in faith. The bishops not having a backbone. | Social Justice, Leadership |
| 293 | The closure of churches during COVID; we were encouraged to think they were "non-essential". In our parish, immediately after Mass, the congregation erupts into talking and laughter as if they were at a sporting event. There is no respect for the Miracle that just occurred. Overall poor catechesis for many years. | COVID |
| 294 | I want to comment on the question removing the altar rails. Some churches have them and still the priest and lay people distribute our Lord in aisles. So, having them is great but using them is key. This rejection of the altar rails by priests is even worse, as it shows a much more casual approach to receiving our Lord in the Eucharist, the greatest gift in the world!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 295 | Lack of reverence and due praise and honor at and around the tabernacle. | Reverence |
| 296 | The clergy's lukewarm approach themselves to the Real Presence! Look at what COVID did... If clergy believed in the Real Presence, churches would have stayed open like liquor stores and Walmart. If clergy believed, I would not have been SCREAMED AT because I wanted to receive Our Lord on my tongue. | COVID, Lukewarmness |
| 297 | Relating to the tabernacle & Jesus’s presence therein, I have not heard - since March 2024 by Jesse Romero - that the illuminated sanctuary lamp indicated the Blessed Sacrament & Christ’s presence in the tabernacle required reverence. Jesse called it “Jesus’s porch light”. I was gone for over 40 years and blessedly returned 12/24/21. I was dumbfounded at the casual behavior of the congregation as they gathered before Mass. | Reverence |
| 298 | Importance of the Devotion to Blessed Virgin Mary. | Devotions |
| 299 | Allowing immodest attire (both men and women) while attending Mass. | Attire |
| 300 | Lack of confession offerings and also offering it before mass so people would have the ability to come into grace prior to mass if needed. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 301 | Failure in catechesis in generally, not just about transubstantiation. | Catechesis |
| 302 | Failure of the hierarchy to please God first rather than please the world. Failure to strive for Sainthood . Failure to love the one true holy apostolic Catholic Church. | Holiness, Leadership |
| 303 | Novus Ordo is a debased liturgy that undermines belief in the real presence. You should cancel all Novus Ordo masses and replace with Traditional Latin Mass if you want to restore belief in the Real Presence. | TLM |
| 304 | Many of the laity do not dress appropriately when attending Mass. This also contributes to a lack of reverence in the presence of the Eucharist although not on the top of my list. | Reverence, Attire |
| 305 | 1) Negative effect of parents not caring about the importance of the Eucharist and how it is the summit of our faith and the source of grace, thus not sharing that belief with their children. 2) Rushed Eucharistic prayers and done in a non-devoted way. 3) Not being adequately prepared by failing to wear nicer clothes as was more required in past years. | Family |
| 306 | Why should we have to rate in order of catastrophe communion on the hand AND lay “Eucharistic ministers” - it’s a chicken or the egg dilemma- they go together and both have to be expunged during the celebration of the Mass. | Eucharist Reception |
| 307 | Sign of peace should be before consecration not after we should be thinking of God then not greeting people. If you believe Jesus is truly present on the alter you don’t care about anything else. | Sign of Peace |
| 308 | The priority of worldly attractions in people's lives. | Modernism |
| 309 | A Eucharistic revival is not possible without revival and resurgence of confession. If one has no sorrow over sin, if they are not invited constantly to repentance, then how can they view the Eucharist as necessary (let alone central). | Confession |
| 310 | Failure to encourage laity to genuflect before the Blessed Sacrament. | Reverence |
| 311 | The shitty pope. | Leadership |
| 312 | Emphasis on John Chapter 6 in the New Testament. | Other |
| 313 | Poor catechesis for the last 50-60 years. | Catechesis |
| 314 | Churches locked up all day long. Priests lack of reverence and rushing in mass to “Be the fastest mass in the area”. | Reverence, Availability/Access |
| 315 | Priests rushing through the liturgy, as if it were some bothersome chore. | Reverence |
| 316 | Irreverence of body posture walking up to communion, receiving and walking away to pew those receiving communion. Lack of support of this country’s laws with regard to immigration laws, aiding and continuing to encourage folks not following laws. Too much emphasis on “social justice "agendas to the detriment of our core values- Eucharist. “Supporting homosexual lifestyle in churches- Basilica in Minneapolis, Chicago Archdiocese, gay sexual culture at North American College in Rome, Pope who trying to approve same sex couple “blessings “- leads to confusion and splitting of faithful Catholics from the church, in effort to dominate, not shepherd. Poor catechesis of faithful since 1960s, The Birth Control pill and other contraceptive-no need to rely in God/prayerful asking of His will for our lives. Lack of reverence within the sanctuary of church prior and after mass-“it’s like a movie theater-people talking, kids eating” not waiting for the King of the Universe. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Social Justice, Eucharist Reception, Leadership, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 317 | Prelates should inform laity what constitutes a mortal sin. Give examples of mortal sins. Must go to confession before receiving the Eucharist if you have committed any mortal sin or you endanger your soul and will condemn your soul to hell. | Confession, Sin |
| 318 | Genuflecting . | Reverence |
| 319 | *Attire of the parishioners attending mass. *Minimal emphasis on the Real Presence in Catechism of children of all ages. *Architectural design of churches away from crucifom plan (Air plane hanger, semi circular, and even completely circular styles. | Attire |
| 320 | Lack of spiritual leadership of the bishops and instead treating it more like a corporate position . | Leadership |
| 321 | A serious issue is the practical demonstration of the idea that one religion is as good as another, especially by the hierarchy's failure to evangelize in a way that insists Catholicism is true and that conversion is necessary. When the pope and the bishops tell non-Catholics they should continue being "good" non-Catholics or when they pontificate on the political issues of this passing world while ignoring man's primary need for salvation, they preach the anti-gospel that the Faith isn't really that important. The closing of churches during COVID sent a similar message that the Faith isn't essential. Another serious cause is the failure of seminaries to instruct priests in the sacrificial nature of their priesthood. | COVID, Leadership, Ecumenism, Evangelization |
| 322 | The total disregard of God at Mass with priests making up their own liturgies and laity dressing immodest. | Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 323 | There should be FREE and freely available catechesis for all ages - small children, the Age of Reconciliation, middle grade, high school, college, young adult and adult - all ages. It should be FREE (not cost money;, it should be easily AVAILABLE (not hard to find for anyone, not obscurely in the internet, maybe even available by QR codes in every Catholic church; it should be EASY to understand/memorize for anyone with the slightest interest (lay language, decrease obstacles, easy to process (not a block of text, ideally visually appealing and graphics), easy to memorize and teach to someone else (because often times I’ve read things on the Eucharist, but haven’t been able to articulate all the amazing things to others.). | Catechesis |
| 324 | Teaching what "real presence" continuously through all age catechesis...to grow in that knowledge and how it is different from other Christians . | Catechesis |
| 325 | CCD teaching and textbooks. The blind leading the blind. | Catechesis |
| 326 | Allowing the laity to do what the Priest used to do. There is no longer a sense that he is the spiritual father of the parish. Christ is the King of kings, by definition the Church is a monarchy not a yacht club. When feelings are more sacred than grace, we have a problem. The truth is unchangeable, yet the average Catholic relies on the theory that “Jesus loves me” that is undeniable, the graver question is does He like what you are doing?. | Liturgical Practice |
| 327 | Speaking on the evils of abortion, remarriage w/o annulment, homosexuality. | Abortion, LGBTQ+ Issues, Homilies |
| 328 | Lack of reverence of EEM. | Extraordinary Ministers, Reverence |
| 329 | Lack of catechesis on the need for the Sacrament of Confession and to encourage daily examination of conscience, even for venial sins. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 330 | How people dress immodestly Need to restore communion on the tongue and kneeling Need to stop Extraordinary communion ministers—just attended Monday morning daily mass with “maybe” 50 people attending mass in a large rural US basilica. And they STILL had 3 women help the priest distribute Holy Communion!!! Outrageous!!! And TOTALLY unnecessary as that was not an extraordinary situation Extremely important to have lay people handle and touch the Holy Eucharist —- read about how people in purgatory had black hands because they handled/touched/distributed consecrated Holy Hosts and their hands are NOT consecrated!!! This is real!!! All Freemasons in the laity and especially in the Clergy MUST be excommunicated immediately! They are trying to destroy Christ’s One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church Stop immediately the indults that “allow” for communion in the hand & standing and not requiring women to wear head coverings and anything else that “protestantized” and “secularized” the Catholic Church, especially the Holy Mass Stop the “new order” mass in the vernacular as this creates even more confusion going to masses around the world as we all don’t know the various languages, but Latin IS the Universal language of the Catholic Church. It was even above Jesus on the cross so it’s abundantly obvious that the Latin language is extremely important and even the devils know the power of Latin (talk to exorcists about this!!) I can go on and on… As a younger baby boomer, I’m sad and angry that I’ve been cheated out of our rich, wonderful beauty of our faith. I find it heartbreaking breaking that most of the modern churches built since the 1960’s are sanitary and devoid of anything of the good, the true and the beautiful. Even in the area I live in, whenever there are groups of people who travel to view various churches, they ALWAYS go to the older beautiful traditionally built and adorned with lots of statues, stained glass windows, angels everywhere, an amazing high altar & side altars, paintings on the ceiling. Everything that lifts up our senses to God. No one wants to tour and experience and take photos of a nondescript, sterile and protestant looking building. STOP closing the beautiful old churches!!! Figure out a way to evangelize and fill those churches again! Any Bishop who closes these churches without having a plan to bring the church to the people must be removed from his bishopric! He’s not a true shepherd, but a wolf in sheep’s clothing… Quit denying good faithful traditional Marian heterosexual young men entrance into the seminary and get rid of the clergy who are in places of “power” deciding who gets accepted and who doesn’t! I’ve heard horrific firsthand accounts of young men not willing to compromise their deep faith and are told—-no, not you… Disgusting and pathetic and extremely shameful…. | Liturgical Practice, Extraordinary Ministers, Beauty, Eucharist Reception, Leadership, Evangelization |
| 331 | Americanism, and wanting to advance economically and socially in a protestant ethos in America among Catholics, led to a "cafeteria Catholicism" mentality, along with dissenting or heterodox clergy and lay leaders undermining the magisterium, a failure to censure those in an effective or timely manner, and a failure to teach the supremacy of conscience correctly, plus Changes to the Mass to seem more protestant or modern, and a rejection of Church authority have also contributed to cracks in American Catholics' faith. This has resulted in subsequent generations being less connected to the Church and being uncatechized. | Modernism, Lack of Discipline, Catechesis |
| 332 | Church and schools closing making it difficult to attend mass. Church doesn’t talk about spirituality. | Closures |
| 333 | A personal relationship with Jesus Christ. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 334 | A Monsignor that seems frightened of placing Eucharist on tongue of the faithful and seems to pause and toss it into mouth. I was afraid it would bounce out of mouth onto ground. | Eucharist Reception |
| 335 | If the clergy does not show the reverence due to God in the Blessed Sacrament, why would the laity? Also, bishops publicly punishing priests for being orthodox. Evil in my opinion. | Reverence, Leadership |
| 336 | 4 generations of poor to no effective teaching of adults So children not being educated in the faith . | Catechesis |
| 337 | Use of lay ministers. Maybe I missed it. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 338 | Catechism . | Catechesis |
| 339 | Children being catechized poorly by unqualified ‘Catholics’. Then church Pastor being so involved in administrative duties and committees, he has no time for faith formation outside mass. Confession not being consistently promoted or available. Nuns and priests used to teach in Catholic school - now regular joe teaches and they are poorly catechized and schools are more interested in keeping enrollment up than instilling strong faith. My sons high school had a transgender student who was allowed to pretend she was a boy and one of the school shows was A Chorus Line! So why don't people take the faith seriously? Because it isn't taught seriously. It’s disrespectful and irreverent and despicable!. | Confession, Availability/Access, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 340 | You closed the churches during COVID and by doing that, erased the supernatural from our faith. The church since the 1950’s has been a 501C3. This has tied the hands of the church and isn’t a place where real issues are discussed from the pulpit. Churchgoers have one hour a week to get inspiration, guidance a pep talk if you will, on how to cope with everyday issues affecting us…..instead we get a history lesson…from Jesus’ time where issues were not as complex as they are today. | Homilies, COVID |
| 341 | Total lack of reverence by those on the altar, Eucharistic ministers and lectors lack of showing respect bowing toward the altar, attire, lack of catechizing since Vatican II. | Vatican II, Reverence, Catechesis |
| 342 | Proper respectful attire for Mass. | Attire |
| 343 | Dismissing Children during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, instead of inculcating piety, at the earliest age. Nominally showing adoration by bowing, instead of genuflecting while passing in front of Blessed Tabernacle, upon entering the Church, as well as entering an exiting pews. | Reverence |
| 344 | Lack of a high alter for the tabernacle. | Liturgical Practice |
| 345 | Poor catechesis of more than a generation of Catholics. They get the basics and never look further or deeper to educate themselves. If they knew of good solid catholic sources to go deeper in their faith and reveal the enormous array of beauty and help within the faith, they would start to come around. The pulpit on the altar is where the faithful should be fed. We can’t count on them looking up the correct information in a world of non Catholics who constantly hurl insults and false accusations at the church in public internet places. The clergy needs to be reminded that their administration duties come second to the care of the faithful by relying on the Holy Spirit. This cannot be fixed by administration and meetings. If bishops and priests do not surrender to the Holy Spirit, there is nothing but further decay coming. | Priestly Duties, Catechesis, Leadership |
| 346 | We should be receiving the Eucharist on our knees and on the tongue by only a priest . | Eucharist Reception |
| 347 | Very poor catechesis taught to children in catechism class. Allowing the laity to bless people in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. | Catechesis |
| 348 | lack of education of minors and adults on the subject. | Catechesis |
| 349 | Not only are laymen and women allowed to hand out the Blessed Sacrament in the hand to those in a state of mortal sin, but these same laymen and women open the tabernacle which in most updated churches is stuffed in a niche in the corner which conveys its unimportance. | Worthy Reception, Sin, Eucharist Reception |
| 350 | The way women dress….reminding the faithful that we dress modestly. | Attire |
| 351 | Cover up, dishonesty, and loss of faith of the bishops and cardinals. Lack of fraternal correction. No accountability for their actions. | Lack of Discipline, Leadership |
| 352 | In some parishes the alter area is not respected . They have plays etc. on the “stage” if they don’t respect God how can they feel there is a real presence in the Eucharist? When you take away the importance of the Eucharist, the people will not respect or believe in the real presence. | Reverence |
| 353 | Total lack of respect and piety in church Gods house. Making of the sign of the cross and genuflecting to show respect to God. | Reverence |
| 354 | Lack of reverence in the Church before and after Mass, plus people touching, waving at, chit-chatting, etc. with others on way up to altar to receive the Holy Eucharist. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 355 | Failure to show reverence for Jesus in the tabernacle Using the altar / church for entertainment purposes. | Reverence |
| 356 | Not only communion in the hand but the downgrading of the mass to a meal and the priest as the mere president of an assembly. | Meal vs Sacrifice, Eucharist Reception |
| 357 | Catholic political leaders who still receive communion and are allowed to discuss their faith alongside views that go against Catholic teachings. The removal of clergy who’ve spoken out against political figures. | Persecuted Clergy, Canon 915 |
| 358 | Catechesis and reverence. | Catechesis |
| 359 | Parishes not posting appropriate dress code for mass. | Attire |
| 360 | Giving bad priests no incentive to stay in a state of grace . | Other |
| 361 | Divisiveness among Catholics creating factions against Vatican II. Lay people listening to YouTube personalities and their misinterpretation of teaching. | Vatican II |
| 362 | Failure to address the way people dress when attending Mass. | Attire |
| 363 | People need to encounter JESUS CHRIST in their lives in their own hearts. I think the Latin mass is ok and the nous order is ok( if they change the Eucharist back to kneeling and receiving on the tongue)More reverence...I love the nous ordo/but I always receive on the tongue ..I was a Eucharistic minister and now believe only sacred hands should handle JESUS. The church has lost the sense of the sacred because of the lack of reverence...But it's the loss of people losing touch with God /buried in the world/Plus showing reverence to the Eucharist...The abuse of Christ being given in the hand is extensive and needs to Stop. I think people need to encounter Christ in their own hearts/then reverence at Mass... | Relationship with Jesus, Eucharist Reception |
| 364 | “Schisms” between more traditional Catholics and those who celebrate vernacular Catholics. | Division |
| 365 | Heretic offshoots of Christianity, people don't believe we live in a fallen world. | Modernism |
| 366 | Lack of catechetical instruction in Catholic schools. | Schools |
| 367 | Just general decline in societal morals. Parents failure in Catholic upbringing of y. | Family, Catechesis |
| 368 | Poor education and educators in Catholic schools for years that neither taught the faith nor helped children to grow in their faith. Some were unhelpful at best and actively destructive at worst. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 369 | Not enough masses available. Not enough reconciliation times offered. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 370 | General irreverence in the church: dress codes, etc. | Reverence, Attire |
| 371 | lac k of confession times. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 372 | They call it a meal instead of sacrifice. There should be confess held before all masses on Sunday. While most churches hold confession during the most difficult time of the week. Saturdays at 4, really! The priests need to educate at the podium. We are hunger for the truth. They need to talk about our souls and that there is a heaven and hell. Talk about serious sin and the damage it does to our soul. | Confession, Availability/Access, Meal vs Sacrifice, Sin |
| 373 | Failure to teach the laity or congregation the proper ways to show respect and reverence during mass. For example, Oran or hand position through out mass is not proper. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 374 | They call the mass a meal not a sacrifice. Confession should be held before mass on Sunday. In most churches confession is for 45 minute on Saturday before the 5pm mass. Saturday mass satisfying the Sunday obligation. | Confession, Meal vs Sacrifice, Availability/Access |
| 375 | Allowing Saturday evening Mass to fulfill Sunday obligation gives the impression that Sunday Mass is less important than my convenience in squeezing Mass into my busy weekend schedule. | Liturgical Practice |
| 376 | The casual or inappropriate attire worn by those attending The Holy Mass. | Attire |
| 377 | Ecumenism & ecumenical events. The annual meetings of the USCCB & all such “national bishops’ councils” which drag any good bishop down while elevating wretched ones. | Ecumenism, Leadership |
| 378 | Catechesis does not include apologetics. Lay Catholics aren't taught the reasons to believe. | Catechesis |
| 379 | Allowing lay persons too bring the Eucharist to the homebound, etc.. Sacredness regards handling the altar vessels. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 380 | Lack of sacred music, art.. beauty. Lack of modesty and appropriate attire to attend mass (no casual or athletic cloths) lack of silence after mass and open socializing in the nave of the church. | Music, Beauty, Attire, Silence/Distractions |
| 381 | The cattle line to receive the Eucharist. The hurry, hurry, hurry to keep the line moving. Priests hardly waiting to hear the response before providing the Eucharist. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 382 | Lack of proper catechesis and dummying down the faith. | Catechesis |
| 383 | failure to offer sufficient logistically-feasible opportunities for the laity to receive the sacrament of penance . | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 384 | Teaching the church’s attitude toward gender confusion, sexual deviance, abortion, etc. and why it’s important that we hear this during homilies. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Homilies, Catechesis, Abortion |
| 385 | Outside influence, as in TV, movies, etc. | Modernism |
| 386 | Lack of education of our youth from early childhood to young adults on the importance of the Mass & receiving the Eucharist as our 2 most important ways to Heaven. 2ndly: By example 3rdly by having s deep & loving relationship with Mary, Our Blessed Mother and praying the Rosary everyday!. | Catechesis |
| 387 | My children were not properly catechized, they were told in Catholic high school by a Sister that Bible stories are myths, not real. The religion teachers didn’t believe so how could they pass the faith to them. I think Eucharistic Adoration instills the Real Presence and I encourage it but people don’t make time to go. | Devotions, Catechesis |
| 388 | Priests who don't care. Most focus on entertaining or making the mass as short as possible. Many priests simply do not care to prepare a homily. | Homilies, Lukewarmness |
| 389 | It always takes two, not only the laity. There are Priests and there are priests. Take it from there, and realize that they also have roles in the decline in the belief of the Real Presence. | Leadership |
| 390 | Immodesty with women’s clothing, reverence in mass, not attending. | Reverence, Attire |
| 391 | Too many laity involved in the Liturgy and the Mass, and not enough training for those that are. Also, there are current rules for correctly celebrating Mass, but no one enforces it. The music is no longer sacred. Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers have become standard. Some priests can’t wait to take their vestments off as soon as Mass is over. Instead of Worshipping and praising God, Mass has become a social activity while Jesus in the Tabernacle is ignored off to the side in the background. It’s alarming because you don’t know if the priests are “ok” with all of this, because I have hardly ever heard anyone SAY or DO anything about it. | Extraordinary Ministers, Music, Liturgical Practice |
| 392 | Women reading from the pulpit. Lack of modesty in the churches. | Role of Women, Attire |
| 393 | Failure to teach the faith from the pulpit. And allowing laity to teach the faith, of which they know little about. Teaching their views instead of Solid church teaching! Priest need to take their priestly duties back and start saving souls! Protestantism is rampant in our churches. Let’s get back to being Catholic!. | Catechesis |
| 394 | Lack of an encounter with Jesus. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 395 | Failure of clergy to encourage people to receive kneeling and on the tongue if they are able. | Eucharist Reception |
| 396 | DEFINITELY a HUGE issue is ignoring or sweeping the sexual abuse scandal under the rug. You cannot say you represent the Lord when you do that. That’s work of the devil. It’s disgusting and has made me lose faith in the church and mass. Also - how dare there be questioning of female servers. That’s sad. | Scandals |
| 397 | Deacons and choirs standing during the consecration. | Liturgical Practice |
| 398 | Poor catechesis for generations -- Fortunately for me and my siblings, our Dad left the seminary before taking his final vows, so he was able to teach us important things even though our CCD classes were ridiculous. | Catechesis |
| 399 | It’s a matter of faith, and the work you’re willing to put in every single day. | Lack of Faith |
| 400 | People are taught to receive the Eucharist at every mass and they do so just so as not to stick out. In other words, they aren't taught that it's okay not to receive the Eucharist if they haven't confessed a mortal sin or whatever other reason. | Confession |
| 401 | All Churches need to describe the appropriate dress code in the weekly bulletin and on the church’s website, so that it’s clear what is and is not appropriate. Trust that will help people realize to be more respectful of the Real Presence! Otherwise we will under dress because we take it so casually! Conservative clothing that doesn’t expose too much skin is a good start! I find it offensive seeing women wearing tank tops or dresses with spaghetti straps; females exposing a lot of upper body skin. Modest clothing needs emphasis. Christ is king, and with the Real presence, shouldn’t our attire be more respectful? Also, not everyone has the gift of faith, so that’s a big issue with understanding the Real presence. More education is needed. | Attire |
| 402 | Teaching reverence. | Reverence |
| 403 | The paucity of scheduled time each week when the priest is in the confessional. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 404 | This might be negligible, but the way people dress ( not their Sunday best) sets the mood And reverence. | Reverence, Attire |
| 405 | Laity not praying enough for the Clergy and Religious. | Devotions |
| 406 | Most of the bishops prefer to love the world than to love Our Lord. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 407 | Poor catechesis of children prior to 1st Communion because classes are taught by volunteer parents who were also poorly catechized! . | Catechesis |
| 408 | The Catholic Culture Prior to the last (approximately) 60 years, there was discernible and measurable. Meaning there was a parish culture involved in such things as picking a Catholic spouse , employment opportunities and general fraternity and fellowship. The “Catholic Culture” is essential non existent. This obvious state of the Church is more indicative of the deeper issues outlined well in this survey. In my view, the lack of culture I am referring to is by far the greatest indicator of poor general health of the Church. I only point this out to say we must pay attention to this and understand the tremendous value and necessity of this goal. | Living the Faith |
| 409 | Just the lack of reverence in general. | Reverence |
| 410 | Sign of peace; Laity using orans position and holding hands during Our Father; Clapping and celebrating birthday and anniversaries of laity; Announcements before final blessing; Priest trying to be funny or entertaining. | Sign of Peace, Reverence, Applause |
| 411 | COVID - the change in pattern and ways in which we, as Catholics, attended church because of the pandemic has been the piece of the puzzle that has affected myself and my family the most. All of the previously mentioned questions/choices are honestly minor in comparison. It’s been hard to get back into a routine of going back to church regularly, which in turn, has skewed my faith and lessened the strength of it. This is no fault of The Church, but it is the truth of the matter. | COVID |
| 412 | Destructive and crushing parish consolidation and closure programs such as “All Things New”, “Beacons of Light” and “Real Presence, Real Future”. Issuing Extinctive Merger Decrees to financially sound, evangelical, well maintained, self-sustaining parishes. This is destroying faith communities, while clergy lies to laity, and calls laity names and accuses them from the pulpit of dastardly behavior. SaveOurParishes.org. | Closures, Homilies, Community |
| 413 | Attending Mass without appropriate clothing, visiting with congregation during sign of peace. | Attire |
| 414 | That people it is not provided for people to kneel rather than stand . That preaching doesn't include reminding us that the spiritual world is all around us. That preaching often doesn't seem like the priest has supernatural faith. The petitions are too rooted in worldly things like social justice. Our Lady is more than a humble young girl . That hot button issues like contraception are avoided. | Social Justice, Eucharist Reception |
| 415 | Lack of offerings of formal Catechesis for practicing Catholics, such as the Marian Catechism Class, by Fr. John Hardin. Kind of like Continuing Education. We need a bit of evangelization even for devout Catholics. | Catechesis |
| 416 | The priests so not seem to have concern about the eternal destination of people's souls. There is little to no instruction about developing a prayer- life or attempting to remain in a state of grace. | Lukewarmness |
| 417 | In our diocese, all churches are locked; no possibility for visits to the Eucharistic Lord. Few churches have an adoration chapel. Even in our parish with an elementary school attached, the children are never taught about making those joyous little visits to Jesus that can make such a beautiful difference. Also the lack of teaching from the pulpit about sin is devastating. And of course, the scandalous removal of 1 Cor:27 from the Sacramentary makes no sense: Therefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. I could go on, but I'll spare you the long list. | Worthy Reception, Availability/Access, Devotions |
| 418 | Priests need to also emphasize that sin is real and that we are not guaranteed a place a heaven. There will be a sorting of sheep and goats. We will each face our own judgement day. | Catechesis |
| 419 | Priests not believing in the real presence. | Lack of Faith |
| 420 | Laity should NOT be teaching the faith to children unless they have a degree in theology from a Catholic institution. | Catechesis |
| 421 | The Novus Ordo Mass is directly responsible for loss of reverence in the Eucharist, leading to the erosion of belief in the Real Presence. The Traditional Latin Mass, with its central emphasis on Jesus' sacrifice offered to the Father, mediated by the priest, and accompanied by the richness and the depth of the prayers, and accompanied by the respect, beauty, and reverence for the Eucharist emphasizes and expresses the belief of the faithful in the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. There are no girl Ulta servers. The Eucharist is received kneeling and on the tongue. No one snatches the host and carries it off for who knows what. . We lost the sense of the sacred, and therefore belief in the Real Presence in the Eucharist, with the Novus Ordo liturgical experiment. Lex Orendi, Lex Credendi. The Mass of the Ages Movie (in three parts) explains the history of the loss of belief in the Real Presence. Take note. The watered-down Novus Ordo Mass itself is directly responsible for the erosion of belief in the real presence, for all the reasons listed in the survey. | TLM, Lex Orandi/Lex Credendi |
| 422 | The Novus ordo Missae in itself. | Liturgical Practice |
| 423 | Lack of preaching in general, Bishops not defending the faith, liberal progressive “Catholics” are rarely admonished but conservatives are the ones disciplined and silenced. | Persecuted Clergy, Homilies, Leadership |
| 424 | We must teach young people about all these issues and do them for their sake and ours. We must have young people detoxed from the secular public school teachings, we must have our God and Savior Jesus present in our CCD classes. | Catechesis |
| 425 | Catholic schools focus too much on academic success and not the soul of the students. | Schools |
| 426 | The lack of faith in the hierarchy and some priests. Also the priests speaking untruths or not speaking a truth under a bishops order. It all comes off like a political game rather than a religious belief system. People can sense a con. Some stay in the Church because it makes them “belong” like a membership, but don’t have Faith and do not believe in the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus. The falsehoods of the ordained uncovered, but shrugged off by Church leaders despite their cleverly worded statements and money, true sorrow and repentance never quite expressed. It is so discouraging to have a Mega church response from His Bride. | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 427 | CATECHESIS! We have now raised 2 generations post Vatican II of Catholic Illiterates. | Vatican II |
| 428 | The clergy do not emphasize the need for confession and preparation. We never are given homilies on mortal sin and how it is ever present as a risk. Today many Catholics believe they can watch bad movies and TV, vote for candidates who support abortion, support abortion, contraception, homosexuality and think it is okay because the priests are afraid to give homilies on these matters. I believe they fear their bishops. I also believe that the bishops are complicit in not condemning homosexuality and may be involved in it somehow. This I believe is why the priests do not speak of these matters, which then weakens they laity's understanding of the need for confession and their belief in the True Presence in the Eucharist. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 429 | Secular education in both public and Catholic schools that paint Catholics as "the bad guys" and fail to educate youth on the atrocities committed by the church's enemies, like the Freemasonic and communist revolutions in France, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, etc. | Modernism, Schools, Catechesis |
| 430 | The Offertory prayers have been obliterated. These prayers are essential and must return to the Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 431 | inculcating and enforcing attending Mass with proper modest attire for men and women. we are not attending church to attract the other people. by churches ignoring this are teaching people the Church and the Mass are not deserving of attire respect. | Attire |
| 432 | Not receiving the Blessed Sacrament on the tongue while kneeling. Not stressing that we are receiving Christ’s Body, Soul and Divinity when we receive Holy Communion; we receive Christ who hung upon the Cross for us. | Eucharist Reception |
| 433 | Extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion chugging down the Sacred Wine (Jesus' blood) after communion is finished before handing off the Chalice to the priest. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 434 | Abandonment of the Traditional Latin Mass Liturgy. | TLM |
| 435 | Some priests rushing through the prayers especially at the Consecration. | Reverence |
| 436 | Poor example of Pope Francis. | Leadership |
| 437 | Condescending attitude of clergy. | Judgmental |
| 438 | Lay people giving communion in churches and in hospitals . | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 439 | Anyone volunteering as a Homebound Minister, EME, Lector, Sacristan, Acolyte, should be required to sign a form stating their belief in the Real Presence before they are allowed to serve. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 440 | Examination of conscience . | Confession |
| 441 | There is a distinct difference between the Novus Ordo and the TLM, The NO focuses on the mass as a meal, whereas the TLM focuses on the Holy sacrifice to Calvary. | Meal vs Sacrifice, TLM |
| 442 | Instruction of the faith. | Catechesis |
| 443 | Failure by the priests and bishops to instruct and insist that the laity dress modestly and properly to receive the Holy Eucharist. | Attire, Leadership |
| 444 | Inadequately catechizing our young people. The Church allowing abuses in the Liturgy. The Church leaders failing to stand up for traditional Catholic values in our secular world. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 445 | Canceling Mass during the week frequently gives the impression that it isn't that important or at least not as important as the priest's day off/vacation etc. | Availability/Access |
| 446 | When the priest treats mass like it's some sort of entertainment instead of a sacrifice to God. Losing a sense of sacred when you walk into the church. Not taking proper care and precautions when handling the consecrated host. | Reverence |
| 447 | Disrespect and cancellations of holy and traditional priests. Bishops not speaking publicly clarifying and supporting Jesus’ teachings and Catholic traditions. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 448 | Lack of evangelical zeal for souls. Lack of showing how religion is a virtue. Lack of teaching us moral theology (especially virtue ethics) and how it’s intimately connected to all of the faith. Lack of teaching us Theology of the Body and how not to objectify people … and how even God doesn’t objectify us but includes us as subjects in the works of Salvation of Individuals but also His reordering the created universe. All these things also lead to our disbelief in the believing the Eucharist is truly, really, and substantially Jesus and that we need Him in our lives every single day in the “daily Bread” offered in Holy Mass. | Lukewarmness, Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 449 | Abortions , no accountability, Illegal immigration, human trafficking, sex trafficking violence, wars - so much more - our world is in the control of demons!. | Confession, LGBTQ+ Issues, Politics |
| 450 | The introduction of the Novus Ordo Mass, which downplays the sacrificial aspect. The NO Mass was a disastrous idea. It protestantized the Catholic Faith. The TLM should be available everywhere. Were this the case, the NO Mass would die out. I believe it’s at best a corruption. And get rid of the miserable sign of peace. UGH. | TLM |
| 451 | To catechize people in RCIA better about how Jesus becomes the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 452 | Let's just model bowing our heads at the name of Jesus. | Reverence |
| 453 | Homiletics. It seems preachers are required to only preach on the scripture readings of the day. Much more time must be devoted to teach basic truths of the faith to adults. Start teaching with the Baltimore Catechism again. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 454 | Pope Francis communist ideology. | Leadership |
| 455 | Outright hostility of priests toward laity who want to receive on the tongue, since COVID. | COVID |
| 456 | 1)Teaching and stressing on the grace one receives when spending time with Jesus in adoration. 2) Being able to enter Gods house to be in His presence before the Tabernacle. Not all Catholic churches have a chapel for Adoration. 3)More emphasis on conversing with God, our Mother Mary, our guardian angels, and the saints. 4)Teaching about mental prayer. We can always be speaking with heaven it doesn't always have to be verbal. 5) Explaining the sacrament of confession and communion to bring back those who have stayed away for years out of guilt and or fear. 6)Making confession more available. 7)Stressing the need to read and learn The true faith. How wonderful to have a library with books of the saints, church history, etc. . | Confession, Devotions, Availability/Access, Catechesis |
| 457 | Priests and bishops themselves do not believe. | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 458 | Increase of ecumenism resulting in a protestant female minister taking the pulpit and preaching at my parish. "Clown Masses" and Pride events. | Ecumenism, Modernism, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 459 | Abysmal religious education classes with severely lacking knowledge on the part of the teachers in doctrine, Catholicism, church history, the bible. | Catechesis |
| 460 | …The water-down, Novus Ordo Mass has done great harm. If done reverently and with good music, it’s fine. I think the answer is lies in many factors, but proper catechesis is essential. This catechesis should include opportunities to experience the Traditional Latin Mass as well as Exposition / Adoration / Benediction. This would have a tremendous impact on belief in the True Presence of Jesus in the Bl. Sacraments and proper reverence which is due. | TLM |
| 461 | Because of much listed the faith has been watered down to a protestant/ non denominational stance that's says cone as you are flip flops and shorts. This sends the message that reverence is not important. We are before our king but you sure can’t tell it in our churches. In my Diocese there is much that is good but depending on the parish and the pastor. | Reverence, Attire |
| 462 | Lack of catechizing parents and children together by giving some responsibility for preparation to parents (presenting them with solid teaching material) and checking that they do teach this to their children. | Family, Catechesis |
| 463 | Closing of Catholic schools taught by Nuns. It’s not just one or two things where the church has totally made egregious mistakes but the whole failure of Everything that was once sacred. Vat 2 killed the church and she’s in her death throes now. | Closures |
| 464 | Reverence when receiving the Holy Eucharist. | Reverence |
| 465 | 1.Priests that let anyone(not just Extra ordinary Eucharistic Minister bring Holy Communion to people who can’t Or don’t even try to get to Mass. 2. Priests that allow non-Catholics to receive Holy Communion at funerals, weddings, etc. 3. Holding Mass outside for weddings or other occasions. 4. Allowing and encouraging clapping for the music ministry. 5. Allowing people to bring coffee or food into Mass/Sanctuary. 6. Allowing intimation of the Holy Eucharist. . | Eucharist Reception, Applause, Reverence, Worthy Reception |
| 466 | The need for liturgical reform to occur and that it must reflect the Mass as a representation of Christ’s Sacrifice to the Father. Novus Ordo as it exists fails miserably. | Liturgical Practice |
| 467 | Failure to bow before the alter by LEM’s and Altar Servers. Failure to genuflect before the Tabernacle. Priests not addressing talking in sanctuary before and after Mass! It is a social time. This is why I left the NO Mass and attend the TLM. As a frequent traveler and former military member the NO Mass is not consistent from parish to parish. | TLM, Reverence |
| 468 | 1. Failure to discipline/ provide consequences to clergy/laity who neglect to follow the truths, traditions, teachings etc. of the apostolic Catholic church 2. Inadequate training of seminarians 3. Influence of modernism in the Church 4. Inadequate Sacramental preparation. | Priestly Formation, Modernism, Catechesis, Lack of Discipline |
| 469 | Catholic Social Services being used as a political tool. Any "Catholic" entity used incorrectly. | Politics |
| 470 | The collapse of parish schools run by dedicated nuns who nurtured our Faith and a love for Jesus and the Holy Mass. The centuries long campaign of Masonry & secret societies to destroy the Church from within. Ignoring the messages of Fatima and Akita in which Our Lady emphasized the Rosary and Holy Eucharist as the only spiritual weapons left to us for protection and salvation. | Revelation, Schools |
| 471 | Overall casual attitude toward the Eucharist . | Lukewarmness |
| 472 | Existence of an overwhelmingly materialist and positivist culture throughout the country and the Western world. Strong emphasis in churches on social events and social justice concerns and de-emphasis of emphasis on the life of the spirit. | Modernism, Social Justice |
| 473 | The lack of public liturgical prayer outside of mass i.e. public chanting of vespers on Sunday with adoration, a decrease in confession, the new mass’s frequent casual greetings of priest to the people. | Confession, Devotions |
| 474 | overwhelmingly , the majority of the churches I’ve been in in the Seattle area, have no sense of church etiquette whatsoever. Especially the Altar Servers and sacristan in some instances. Churches are not museums, for social gatherings, or to fastidiously clean after the Mass and quickly lock its doors. The only place I can find with the reverence and quiet respect needed to facilitate prayers for my clergy each week is in the Latin Mass churches. I know some of the Latin Mass parishioners can be seen as very divisive, but to get rid of the Latin Mass would be the biggest mistake in the churches history, in my humble opinion. We pray daily for vocations, yet we are seeing Godly men cancelled and shoved out of the Church! And, we pray for our Pope daily, but I think we should be praying specifically for the Pope’s HOLY INTENTIONS, not just “ the holy popes intentions “. God will give us what we ask for, we should be more careful in our words to Him. Praise be to God for your survey. | Persecuted Clergy, TLM, Reverence |
| 475 | Failure to remind people of need for regular confession to maintain state of grace. | Confession |
| 476 | Casual and immodest attire of men, women, parents, children in church. | Attire |
| 477 | How modernism as crept into all catholic families allowing their children to have free unsupervised access to the internet or to. | Modernism |
| 478 | Family: It is essential that the father witness and pass on the faith to his family. We need REAL Men who really believe. | Family |
| 479 | It is all about purposefully failing to educate the youth and the people in RCIA that the Eucharist is the summit of our faith. It is all watered down . We should b constantly and enthusiastically heating it from the pulpit . | Catechesis |
| 480 | With COVID, the Church from the pope on down effectively said, the Mass/the Eucharist are non-essential. | COVID |
| 481 | The lack of solemnity in the Novus Ordo Mass. The lack of reverence in the same. The difficulty of going to confession, of not having it available before Mass. Many parishes having the priest say his words rather than sing them. | Confession, Reverence, Availability/Access |
| 482 | I don't believe, in the last 5 decades, seminarians were taught or given the true teachings of Christ. I don't believe they were taught to be guardians of the faith as it was handed down. Thus, the church changed with the culture. | Priestly Formation |
| 483 | The need for thanksgiving prayer after Mass and having the Church turn into a rush to the door. Also the removal of prayers to Our Blessed Mother at the end of Mass like in the TLM. | TLM |
| 484 | Lack of catechesis on the lives of the Saints and early Martyrs who died for their belief in the Holy Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 485 | I would really like to see the Tabernacles returned inside the churches front and center, along with the altar rails put back into the churches. Kneeling to receive the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 486 | Lack of reverence when receiving the Eucharist. | Reverence |
| 487 | greater emphasis on going to confession before receiving if any doubt of being in a stat of sanctifying grace. definite need for catechizing of the laity on the sacraments, transubstantiation, preparation and dispensation to receive. bring back Ad Orientem, kneeling (if able) to receive and on the tongue. . | Confession, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 488 | Contraception is a sin against the body of Christ since it is a sin that encourages non-sacramental union/marriage that of which has been endorsed by pope Francis. A contracepting individual should know this is a sin that affects their union with Jesus in the Eucharist. | Leadership |
| 489 | The priest not believing in His Real Presence by his not wearing a cassock, by his not genuflecting before Him, by his failure to treat the vessels as consecrated, by his lack of purity and holiness, and especially by his lack of prayer and Adoration showing he does not love Him or believe in Him. | Reverence, Holiness |
| 490 | Decline or lack of families praying together No role models in the family or in the media and entertainment business Removing prayer or bibles from schools Vatican 2 Pope conforming to the world and denying people the truth about our catholic faith Increase in sin and emphasis on self love Indifference and fear of being ridiculed by others for expressing our faith Diversion or not focusing on the cause or main reason of problems in the world. | Vatican II, Modernism, Leadership |
| 491 | Bishops show a lack of care and respect for the laity’s soul. Pope Francis’ behavior since becoming Pope. | Leadership |
| 492 | People are not educated. If they only knew what they have been given! Not enough emphasis is placed on the Eucharist both at Mass and outside of Mass. The Eucharist is everything. It’s not about the homily, the music, etc. It’s about the Eucharist. Instead of worshipping God, I feel people are at Mass to socialize, or to feel good due to the homily, music. They want to be entertained. | Catechesis |
| 493 | All the elements missing from the Novus Ordo are present in the TLM. I and my family are hopeful that the Bishops would see the incredible growth and reverence for the Eucharist in the TLM and do whatever they can to support it. | TLM, Leadership |
| 494 | The removal of many parts of the traditional Latin Mass that are not present in the Novus Ordo Mass. | TLM |
| 495 | Lack of modest dress. | Attire |
| 496 | Dress code not always appropriate before the King. People used to wear their Sunday best and mow, anything goes. Not good!. | Attire |
| 497 | The fact that the Catholic Church was one of the places that stayed shut down during COVID. Restaurants, bars, strip clubs abortion clinics reopened long before the church did. EASTER WAS CANCELED!! Not to mention there was barely a peep out of any of the bishops, only a handful. Even though the Holy Eucharist was deemed okay to be received on the tongue they made those recipients feel like lepers. There were priests who blatantly refused people to receive by tongue!! Lastly the Body and Blood of Jesus IS the source and summit of our faith. So explain why there is not one mention of when or if we will ever be allowed to receive the blood of Christ again. THEY SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID!! Sending a very confusing message to those who don’t believe. If the wine is truly the blood of Christ and part of the source and summit of our faith why is it still “cancelled” Doesn’t help that Pope Francis says some very confusing things. | Fear/Cowardness, COVID, Confusion, Leadership |
| 498 | Failure to preach on the Eucharist . | Homilies |
| 499 | The lack of the old standard of the appropriate architectural details in our modern church buildings, especially within the altar and chancel areas, using the "table" instead of the altar. | Modernism |
| 500 | Priest not preaching the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Priest are scared to preach the truth. The bishops need to support priest preaching real presence. | Homilies, Leadership |
| 501 | Novus ordo. | Liturgical Practice |
| 502 | "Clown" masses, informality in what can only be called modernist parishes, the notion that Catholicism is merely a "privileged" way to salvation as Bishop Barron called (especially when we should be humble not seeking privileges), an abandonment of our real history to focus on post V2 popes & writing of far lesser, even dubious, caliber. | Modernism, Liturgical Practice, Leadership |
| 503 | - Relativism, fiercely anti-religious attitudes, and materialism (philosophical and commercial) in general culture insinuate themselves into the minds and hearts of everyone, even Catholics, and especially the young. - Loss of Catholic education - Growth of centralized government and the attitude that it can solve all problems has contributed to the decline of the Church and its emphasis on individual souls/charity/salvation. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 504 | Priests walking around the church in undershirts after Mass, talking loudly and socializing with laity, talking loudly while near altar, making jokes during mass. | Reverence |
| 505 | Lack of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 506 | The subversive truncation of the Holy Mass put forward in the execution of the Second Vatican Council. The bishops made the grave error of altering and diluting the Mass for the sake of "accessibility" when they could simply have put forth that the Tridentine Mass can be directly translated into local vernacular but otherwise celebrated exactly as it had been for centuries. In great foolishness they discarded our patrimony because, in essence, they thought they knew better than the Saints who laid down our ways long past. This is the central and principal cause of our present crisis. | Vatican II, TLM, Leadership |
| 507 | In the Novus Ordo churches, the priest and deacons reverence the altar when the tabernacle containing our Lord is behind them! How are lay people (and priests) supposed to have a sustaining belief that the Eucharist is truly Jesus, when they bow away from the Lord? . | Reverence |
| 508 | Emphasizing to cradle Catholics from cradle to adult that the consecration is not symbolic but Transubstantion into the actual body and blood of Jesus that we need for eternal life. | Catechesis |
| 509 | Decreased use of incense at mass is a contributing factor to the loss of a sense of the sacred. Many Catholics also think Benediction is a thing of the past! More benediction etc. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Liturgical Practice |
| 510 | Catholic schools no longer teach the Faith. | Schools |
| 511 | We don't allow the Eucharist to fully change how we live our lives. We become so Judgmental of others, while preaching we have been changed. We as individuals don't take care of the sick, the poor, and the needy but we preach we have been changed by the Eucharist. We set social walls against people we view as different or outcasts yet Jesus himself ate with sinners. If we truly understand what the Eucharist is, we must truly understand the call to allow him to transform us through the Eucharist, and live it out daily. | Judgmental, Living the Faith |
| 512 | Reminding the faithful, especially at weddings or funerals, that they should not come to receive the Eucharist if (a) they are not Catholic (b) they haven't been to confession within the year, and (c) have not confessed a mortal sin (here a few examples would help, e.g. actively supporting abortion). | Worthy Reception, Sin |
| 513 | Language. Referring to the Eucharist as bread and wine or something a cup, both in song and on conversation and discussion. | Reverence |
| 514 | Bible studies, resources, church missions and more conferences. Door to door missions to Catholics . | Catechesis |
| 515 | Lack of reverence of some priests during the elevations of the Precious Body and Blood. Appears they don’t believe what they are professing. | Reverence |
| 516 | Inappropriately washing of altar linens after very casual cleaning of holy vessels during Mass . No understanding of the use of sacrarium. | Liturgical Practice |
| 517 | 1. Women lectors 2. Women sacristans 3. Sign of peace in the liturgy of the Eucharist . | Sign of Peace, Role of Women |
| 518 | The continuous re-assignment of clergy to new parishes is another problem. Stable parish communities foster stronger bonds with the pastor as spiritual father & teacher, therefore increasing catechesis & faith. Also, seminarians need to be properly trained & catechized in the real presence so the laity can be properly catechized. | Catechesis, Community, Priestly Formation |
| 519 | Silence is not observed in the churches. It is difficult to pray when people are talking out loud. It is a lack of respect for the Blessed Sacrament. Also, offering each other the “sign of peace” is disruptive of the solemnity of the Mass. | Sign of Peace, Silence/Distractions |
| 520 | The confusion the Pope creates by honoring false gods at the Vatican. | Leadership |
| 521 | Vatican putting attention on useless issues for sanctity and holiness. | Holiness, Leadership |
| 522 | Casual dress of laity Casual postures of laity Lack of use of Patton . | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 523 | Concern that clergy may not intend for Christ to become present on the altar because they don't believe. Poor catechesis of children, even misleading catechesis regarding the Presence of Christ in the Mass. Emphasis placed on the Mass as simply the Lord's Supper without mention of Christ's Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity there for us as we participate. Absence of Ad Orientem emphasizes that the mass is about the priest and not Christ. All kinds of personal ideas and information entered into Eucharistic Prayers. Idol worship at the Vatican and various dioceses via pagan worship prayers and actions. Statements or actions from the Vatican that promote the idea that one religion or belief is just as good as any other. No moral authority left in the church. The church appears to be prolife at the surface and in words but not in it's heart and promotes vaccination with substances developed with parts of children killed for experimentation. How can they believe they can do these things in the Presence of the author of life, or during the Eucharistic sacrifice, etc., etc., etc. | COVID, Scandals, Leadership, Catechesis, Ecumenism |
| 524 | Receiving kneeling and on the tongue. Greatest influence. | Eucharist Reception |
| 525 | highlight early church understanding and practice of Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 526 | Catechesis on the Real Presence and the importance for Reconciliation . | Confession, Catechesis |
| 527 | Lay faithful serving functions in the Sanctuary e.g. readers...for it is the Holy of Holies! . | Liturgical Practice |
| 528 | 1. Lack of Clergy acknowledgment of and education of the reality of hell and sin and the teaching and practice of virtue. 2. Fostering First Friday and First Saturday Devotion in every Parish. 3. The dire need for Reparation for sins committed against His Most Holy Face devotion of Tours. . | Devotions, Catechesis, Penance, Sin |
| 529 | Closure of churches during the pandemic . | COVID |
| 530 | The lack of participation by the clergy in activities of reverence Like adoration, rosary liturgy of the hours. Lack of discussion for the need to repent. Or the need to sacrifice for our souls. | Leadership, Worthy Reception, Devotions |
| 531 | The leaders of the church deciding to shut down our churches during COVID and denying Catholics the Eucharist. | COVID, Leadership |
| 532 | Institutionalizing the Church Trivializing prayer to prayer cards and relying on the saints rather than developing one’s own relationship with God through meditation and Scripture. Even Social Justice comes down to money rather than the expression of charity. | Social Justice, Devotions |
| 533 | Influence of government money on actions of clerical leadership at USCCB, chanceries, and Catholic educational institutions. | Leadership, Schools, Catechesis |
| 534 | The removal of all but a nodding acquaintance with Christ from Catholic Schools; occasioned to a large extent by the replacement of teaching religious brothers, nuns, priests with laity. | Schools |
| 535 | Kneeling to receive the Eucharist. Failure of bishops to be shepherds. | Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 536 | Use of EMOHC. Homebound ministers untrained. Lack of reverence in the nave. | Extraordinary Ministers, Reverence |
| 537 | Weak schools with inadequate preparation for Sacrament, Weak seminaries with inadequate or even erroneous formation. | Schools |
| 538 | Inappropriate clothing worn during mass . | Attire |
| 539 | Classical Catechesis and lack of classical education . | Catechesis |
| 540 | Overall failure to teach the truths of the faith. | Catechesis |
| 541 | Why change the mass that was the most beautiful thing this side of heaven and replace it with a service which was inspired by Protestants and prayers which are not biblical. Prayers i.e.: “ For the kingdom the power and the glory.” After the Pater. There is a lack of beauty and mystery in this new so called mass. It is no wonder 80% of American Catholics don’t believe in the real presence. | TLM, Beauty |
| 542 | 1. Bishops & priests more concerned about status & about worldly recognition than about addressing the lack of spiritual & catechetical formation for the last 60 years. & 2. Catholic schools hiring dissident or non Catholic teachers & compromising catechetical orthodoxy- watering down the faith undermines the mission & purpose resulting in loss of faith. | Leadership, Schools, Catechesis |
| 543 | Lack of homilies on sin. No one seems to think they sin anymore. Sin IS black and white. There is no gray area. We need to hear more on confession and the sacrament of confession should be more available. | Confession, Homilies, Sacraments, Sin |
| 544 | Sermons on the scientific evidence and what it shows about the Real Presence, and the Old and New Testament connections. | Homilies |
| 545 | Weak material in religious education programs. Catholic schools using secular materials, and allowing non Catholics to teach; Confirming children in 11th or 12th grade. Suppression of TLM; minimal confession times; priest so busy they can’t lead rosary or stations of the cross; . | Confession, Priestly Duties, TLM, Catechesis |
| 546 | Focus on how many people don’t believe. It just normalizes that tragedy. We need to focus on the fact the it IS the body blood soul and divinity of Jesus Christ. We need to be on the Offense not the Defense. We have something that God gave to us, not a bad priest or man protesting God’s church. The living God of all things gave Himself to us. We need to start acting like it instead of a people trying to make friends with people who hate us for being special!. | Other |
| 547 | Educate! Laity are not taught enough, especially the young. Education and understanding about the Mass and the Holy Eucharist are and have been lacking for many many years. | Catechesis |
| 548 | Communion in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 549 | The failure by the clergy to remind the laity to dress properly. The failure to remind the laity to not clap in the temple at human achievement. . | Attire, Applause |
| 550 | Casual attire at Mass. | Attire |
| 551 | Treating Mass like a commodity, reducing it to whatever pleases those who complain or shop around. | Reverence |
| 552 | When crossing the sanctuary, both priests and laypeople no longer genuflect in front of the tabernacle. Some priests will bow towards the altar table with their backs to the tabernacle. Laypeople occasionally perform a slight head bow when entering the sanctuary. | Reverence |
| 553 | Education and scrutiny in seminaries of the men desiring to be priests. We need to be sure our priests love Jesus, the Blessed Mother,,,,,,,God, the Holy Spirit first above all including themselves. | Priestly Formation |
| 554 | Propers in the Novus Ordo Mass are very mundane and not as Christocentric or as beautiful as those in the TLM. | TLM |
| 555 | Failure in Catholic education, parishes becoming too social and political, less devotion to Mary, less emphasis on feast days. | Catechesis |
| 556 | Catholics bickering within over provocative issues that don’t apply to most Catholics. This disposition has become a distraction to many. Many are unwilling to enter into the mystery of our faith. Instead they want to understand something that cannot be “solved” . Which is why most of the questions posed in this survey will not accurately identify the challenges. | Division |
| 557 | Parents failure in teaching children discipline and respect for the Eucharist (and life). | Family, Catechesis |
| 558 | The elimination of specifically Catholic prayers in the new mass. The loss of Catholic identity. | Liturgical Practice |
| 559 | Americans in general and most ‘nice,’ ‘good’ Catholics are unwilling to suffer for Christ in thanksgiving for His sacrifice for us whether by fasting or other reparations. We don’t understand our part in His redemptive work so we throw in the towel when the going gets tough - in our marriages, in speaking truth, in self sacrifice, in being excellent. | Living the Faith, Fasting |
| 560 | Apparent loss of faith of the clergy. | Lack of Faith |
| 561 | Priest bishops not preaching on 4 last things, what it really takes to get to heaven . | Homilies, Leadership |
| 562 | 1. The Protestant so-called “Novus Ordo” Mass 2. The “spirit of Vatican II” 3. The Pope and Curia being members of a heretical gay sex cult. | Vatican II, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 563 | Failure to teach that Catholics should attend Mass on Sundays or Saturday Vigil Mass. Watching streamed Mass at home is not a substitute for attending Sunday Mass. | Catechesis |
| 564 | I would like to say Lack of Understanding Catholicism, and pairing the Scriptures to the early fathers writings it’s historical significance of evidence of faith that this is what was always believed on the true presence. | Catechesis |
| 565 | Subversion and loss of the old Mass is by far the #1 reason for declining belief in the Real Presence. You mention all aspects of the TLM, but it is the TLM as a whole that has the greatest impact on how we pray, how we believe, how we live. | TLM |
| 566 | Priests afraid to speak truth in their homilies due to so many being silenced and removed. Our Pope trying to "modernize" the church. We are becoming to protestant! We are moving further away from Christ's teachings!. | Modernism, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 567 | The hierarchy acquiescing to the world and protestants. The clergy don’t take the faith seriously. To be in communion with the whole of the Church means Triumphant as well, the clergy shouldn’t make the Triumphant their enemy and constantly attack those who love the whole Church. Don’t cleave Triumphant and Militant. I feel greater attacks from the hierarchy than I do the secular world. As Saint John Fisher said, “the fort is betrayed by those who would defend it.” . | Modernism |
| 568 | Failure to catechize the lay member of the Church. | Catechesis |
| 569 | Putting a patent under the chin or hands of those receiving Holy Communion, Communion only on the tongue, discussing and explaining the importance of parts of the Mass during Homilies(allowed pursuant to the Roman Missal) . | Homilies, Eucharist Reception |
| 570 | Lack of availability of the Latin Mass per the books from 1962 and prior and the Novus ordo Mass are the biggest reason for the decline. Mass is now a “Protestant Service” in a meeting hall. People are more reverent in the public library than they are in church. | TLM, Reverence |
| 571 | Catholics need to be reminded that when they enter church Jesus is present in the tabernacle and should conduct themselves as such. | Reverence |
| 572 | The traditional prayer life that Catholics have maintained over centuries such as praying the angelus. The gift of the Eucharistic presence of the Lord should permeate every moment of our daily lives. If we REALLY believe Christ is present in the Eucharist then how can our lives not be centered on that gift. The erosion of daily prayer and Catholic culture in the life of the laity has taken Christ from being ever present in our minds, on our lips and in our heart. If we can't see Him working in our daily life, it takes away our ability to believe in Him in the Eucharist. If we do not know the Good Shepherd, we cannot hear him call our name or recognize he has laid his life down for us. | Devotions, Living the Faith |
| 573 | The use of music during the ENTIRE time the faithful are receiving Holy Communion. It’s hard to really pray and talk to Our Lord with music blasting the entire time you are praying. I wish we could just have one to two verses sung and then just play SOFTLY so people can listen to the Lord speaking to their hearts. | Silence/Distractions, Music |
| 574 | Explain the importance of Apostolic succession empowering the Clergy to consecrate the host and thus enable true transubstantiation . | Catechesis |
| 575 | The lack of educating the young about the real presence . | Catechesis |
| 576 | Lack of access to the blood of Christ. In many parishes it was removed due to COVID and has not yet returned. | COVID |
| 577 | People believe in the Real Presence of Jesus, but not Jesus as He has revealed Himself, but rather a Jesus made up in our own image. We profess to love a God we do not know. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 578 | Failure to remind Mass attendees at each Mass that 1) they should not receive if they are Protestant or from another faith tradition or religion 2) that if you are cohabitating or in an irregular marriage or having had extramarital sexual relations or willingly viewed pornography or procured an abortion and haven't been to confession in a year or have voluntary missed mass without confession, that you should not present yourself for confession, 3) Remind faithful that they must be in a state of Grace to receive (but I almost never hear this at Mass). ALSO understand that just saying "be in a state of Grace" does not suffice for the present level of catechesis of many. So priests should mention those common inhibitors to being in a state of grace (aforementioned). Maybe not say it every time, but at least from time to time. [And I note: My parish had no problem making a 5-minute "COVID" speech every single mass in 2020-2021 when it opened up again, with Jesus on the altar -AFTER CONSECRATION- saying a long list of things you must or mustn't do, such as "don't remove your mask until you are directly before the priest or Eucharistic minister, and spray your hands with the antiseptic lotion they had on little tables around the church, and if you're feeling sick don't come up, and you must receive in the hand" and many more. I kid you not, it took 3-5 minutes (depending on the priest and certain elaborations) to get through the COVID admonitions each time. So they certainly can warn the faithful about spiritual dangers as much as physical ones, during this time, and using as much time, right?. | Confession, COVID, Worthy Reception |
| 579 | Poor education of our youth. This began years ago even in Catholic schools. You can’t pass on your beliefs if you have no knowledge of True Catholic teachings. Parents/individuals fail to attend mass on Sundays, and fail to keep Sunday a day of rest. | Catechesis |
| 580 | The lackadaisical attitude towards non Catholics receiving Eucharist at Mass, wedding and funeral . | Worthy Reception, Lukewarmness |
| 581 | Emphasizing women veiling, being moderately dressed, and dressing more formally for both men and women. Emphasis on catechesis on the mass and rubrics. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 582 | Use of the paten to preserve particles of the Eucharist that may fall and canonical fingers . | Eucharist Reception |
| 583 | Necessity of Confession and the reality of Hell. Christ came to fight the devil, and there’s not enough emphasis of the reality of spiritual warfare and why we really NEED the Eucharist. I also wish there was more attention to the Scriptural roots of the Eucharist. | Confession |
| 584 | Culture gravely engrossed in new age/yoga/“nature practices” that have a deceptive underpinning of paganism - this includes middle aged and youth who attend regular Sunday Mass and even attempt to recite the Holy Rosary while holding a yoga pose! Or worse, they learn pseudo yoga practices during Catholic school gym class or Spanish class like our child did. No help whatsoever from the Archdiocese in education. They endorse standardized testing that offers outrageous support for LBGT+ in their testing. Priests are afraid to speak up, particularly those in more liberal parish/school settings. You also have a huge problem with Catholic schools aligning their curriculum (this isn’t just Pearson, but Ignatius Press & others) to Satanic cult roots known as “Social Emotional Learning.” Blessing same-sex relations is a major downfall in the church, say nothing about confusion. Additionally, those who have despaired following a divorce I see are most uneducated AND affected regarding the churches teachings. | Fear/Cowardness, LGBTQ+ Issues, Confusion, Leadership, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 585 | Placing of tables in front of the altar, which has the priest celebrating Mass with his back to the tabernacle, implying (as one priest put it) that Mass is a "meal," not a "sacrifice.". | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 586 | Children’s catechism is weak . | Catechesis |
| 587 | The belief that one form of CATHOLIC worship is better than another approved form. Reverence is an internal disposition emulating outward. Reverence is charity towards your neighbor because of God. One seriously questions one’s love of God when one is so vehement towards one’s neighbors and claims their way of worship is supreme. That lack of internal and external continuity affects belief in the real presence. | Reverence |
| 588 | Rome is negatively impacting the church and muddying the waters by confusing the faithful. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 589 | Stressing the sacrileges that are occurring by people stealing consecrated hosts and insults to God that we must make reparations for as His people. | Eucharist Reception |
| 590 | Emphasis on ecumenical dialogue that waters down Catholic teachings and encourages unity of thought and practice. Leaning into Protestantism. | Ecumenism |
| 591 | Lack of priests and unclear knowledge of their essential role in the liturgy and the Eucharist !!! Lack of respect for the vocation itself and poor education of the laity in the home and the diocese. | Catechesis |
| 592 | Dress code. | Attire |
| 593 | The way we present the catechism to the lay tee. | Catechesis |
| 594 | Communion in the hand. Divine Mercy devotion because it gives the teaching that if you say the D.M. Chaplet just once, you will be saved-no need for confession or holy communion. It also takes away from Easter joy as everyone is focused on Divine Mercy right from Good Friday. The poor example of popes since John XXIII with their idolatry and covert heretical statements. Failure to get Medgugorie under control. People will say, “If they don’t approve ‘such & such’ I will still believe. Divine Mercy was condemned but then approved, so they will eventually approve it….this is disobedience. | Confession, Eucharist Reception |
| 595 | Removal of communion rails No paten when receiving . | Eucharist Reception |
| 596 | The dismissal of the Traditional Latin Mass has greatly impacted Catholic's belief in the true presence. Those brought up in the new Mass continually show less regard for the dignity of the Eucharistic because the Mass they were raised with has not had as high a standard of reverence for Our Lord. The removal of alter rails, for example, demonstrates that we shouldn't show as much reverence, which in turn has caused many to believe less dignity and reverence should be given to God. This belief that we shouldn't show Our Lord as much reverence leads to a lack of true belief in the Presence, because why would one worship a piece of bread that isn't even close to as revered as God should be. This is of course the sad truth many Catholics face and dismiss altogether because of prejudice against the TLM. I could go on and on of how the TLM shows greater respect and revere of the true presence, but then thus survey would turn into a 20 page essay. | TLM |
| 597 | JMJ. No teaching of the Eucharist in Homilies when there clearly should have been. | Homilies |
| 598 | How could our bishops agree to close churches and deprive us of sacraments, especially of Holy Eucharist for so long under the pandemic? Liquor stores were open. To teach us that viewing Mass online without receiving the Eucharist was somehow acceptable is a scandal that has never been addressed. I think it convinced many Catholics that the Eucharist and our spiritual life is subordinate to our physical well being and that we need to obey government before God. | COVID, Leadership |
| 599 | Suppressing the Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 600 | Putting our priests in the position to be administrators rather than priests. They are stretched so thin that you can see and hear the exhaustion in their homilies. | Priestly Duties, Homilies |
| 601 | The church may need to "teach" that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist. Relying on people's childhood religious education or the Liturgy of the Eucharist may leave room for misunderstanding. It might be beneficial to provide direct instruction through the homily or other methods. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 602 | spread the stories of Eucharistic miracles. | Catechesis |
| 603 | After 12 years of Catholic education my granddaughter asked me, " So, what did Mary do besides having Jesus?" In order to modernize, our Faith has been diluted to the point that it looks exactly like the Protestants. The only thing left that separates us is The Transubstantiation and the honor due to The Blessed Mother. All 7 of my adult children have fallen away and none believe in any part of it. All levels of Catholic leadership have failed us. We are lost sheep. Satan is so happy and The Blessed Mother is in tears. | Modernism |
| 604 | Bishops putting avoiding physical sickness as a concern about access to the sacraments and the salvation of souls during the COVID-19 pandemic . | COVID, Leadership |
| 605 | We mistake charity for tolerance in the church. My parish is St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC and the sacrilege is off the charts. The main culprit is a weak pastor who is afraid to stop sacrilege for fear of offending tourists and losing money. There are no instructions at communion emphasizing it’s for Catholics only. This leads to many people taking communion and walking away without consuming. Priests are forced to chase people down on a daily basis. The pastor does nothing. We also have issues where lay ministers are not vetted and that results in gays, lesbians, and pro choice liberals being allowed to lector and be Eucharistic ministers. If good Catholics raise concern they are told not to judge and we must be charitable. This is how the church declines. Too much charity and not enough truth. This also comes from fear of giving proper catechesis. No one wants to offend anyone. If you offend you lose collection money. This is how the trans mass ended up taking place at the Cathedral. We let little infarctions happen and that leads to major breaches of the faith. | Extraordinary Ministers, Fear/Cowardness, Catechesis |
| 606 | 1) Receiving communion in the hand. 2) Just anyone being able to take the consecrated Host, stick the pix in purse or pocket to take to someone homebound, maybe stopping for breakfast at a restaurant first. Once we held the Eucharist in such profound esteem that communion was taken to people in the hospital by a priest, accompanied by two others carrying lighted candles as they processed to the patient's room. 3) Communion songs being sung during communion time, and sometimes a meditation song after that, allowing no time to pray to the Lord present within them or even to realize that He is within them. That singing adds hugely, I think, to the perception that communion was just a symbolic gesture we perform while we're singing. All that singing is followed by no silent time to pray, either. | Eucharist Reception |
| 607 | Removing the Tabernacle from the center of the church. Removing the Altar Rails. Telling parishioners not to genuflect before receiving Holy Communion, that it is drawing attention to oneself. Having whole homilies based on such notions. Lack of having the Traditional Catholic Faith taught to seminarians. Etc... etc... too many examples to mention here. | Homilies, Reverence, Priestly Formation |
| 608 | The Novus Ordo needs to go . | Liturgical Practice |
| 609 | Inferior catechesis, CCD material is gibberish, there should be tours given of the church that share the symbolism of each element in the altar, and all priests/deacons/leaders should know the massive body of evidence for the Real Presence in the Bible. | Catechesis |
| 610 | Priests are bestowing sacraments to everyone without educating them on what is required to receive them. | Catechesis |
| 611 | Overall poor, watered down Catholic education. | Catechesis |
| 612 | Reminded that the laity should be physically, spiritually and mentally be prepared to receive the Holy Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 613 | Catechesis that the Eucharist should not be received by those who are not practicing Catholics and those who do not believe in the real presence. The necessity to regularly participate in the sacrament of penance, in order to keep oneself in a state of grace. Regular examination or conscience prior to receiving the Eucharist. Clear insistence that receiving the Eucharist while not in a state of grace is a grave sin against the first commandment and is really a serious act of blasphemy. | Confession, Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 614 | Laxity in preciousness of materials used for sacred vessels. Timidity in using correct terms by lay ministers and clergy; wine=Precious Blood, bread=Blessed Sacrament, cup=chalice, . | Reverence |
| 615 | Our youth programs need to be way more active even in smaller parishes. | Catechesis |
| 616 | Priests that give communion to all people attending weddings and other ceremonies without any instruction about being Catholic and in a state of grace . | Worthy Reception |
| 617 | Priests being led by modernist or poorly catechized lay leaders of the parishes. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 618 | Failure to insist on importance of confession and reconciliation to a state of grace. | Confession |
| 619 | Reception of Holy Communion kneeling and on the tongue only from the consecrated hands of a priest. Re- Establishing Eucharistic Adoration and Holy Hours. Praying the Confiteor at every Mass instead of ‘short cutting’ to the Kyrie. Appropriate attire and no conversation in church. | Devotions, Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 620 | Failure to properly use Corporal, (large Corporals left on altar for days or weeks) servers not using Communion plate. | Eucharist Reception |
| 621 | 1) Robotic and mechanical distribution of the Eucharist by priests saying "BodyAChrist" like an auctioneer who is dealing cards. 2) Absence of an acolyte holding a paten beneath the chin of the communicant to catch the Sacred Host lest it be desecrated. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 622 | Lack of expressing at Mass, especially at Weddings and Funerals, that only Catholics in the state of Grace can receive the Eucharist. I think that most of the changes that have take place since the late 60's have all contributed to the loss of reverence and belief. Thank you for doing this survey. | Reverence, Worthy Reception |
| 623 | Bishop must take a more active role I. Leading their priests and Dioceses. Laity had too much influence in many parishes today and it needs to be regulated by the bishops. The Universal call to holiness and the importance of Confession as a sacrament need to be addressed and taught routinely. You cannot LOVE what you do not know! St Thomas Aquinas. | Confession, Holiness, Leadership |
| 624 | Lay ministers in and outside the liturgy confuses the priesthood. A confusing priesthood decreases their effectiveness. Their primary function is to offer the Holy Sacrifice, which they don't do well and the laity don't understand because no one seems to know what priests are. Lay ministers in and out of the liturgy cause this. Also, the clergy aren't teaching enough about Christ. Without knowing Him, we don't have much reason to love Him. Then the Holy Eucharist becomes less important. | Extraordinary Ministers, Leadership, Catechesis, Confusion |
| 625 | When priests do not express/model/convey/teach by their words and actions the Real Presence within and without the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass . | Public Witness |
| 626 | Failure of the church to consistently remain steadfast in defending the faith against modernism and modern culture. This implies, whether intentional or not, that Truth and the Doctrine of the Faith are "evolving", "changing with the times" or are relative to individuals and their personal situations. The Church should promote and educate people of the fact that we are meant to conform to God's True Religion, rather than conforming our religion to ourselves. The Magisterium, instead, transmits the exact opposite message. The Church needs to do a better job of demonstrating love for the sinner without communicating tolerance for and acceptance of the sin. | Modernism, Sin |
| 627 | Going to mass just for communion without regular confession . | Confession |
| 628 | Women lectors and female "spiritual directors" who form the majority of laity running Novus Order parishes. | Role of Women |
| 629 | Immodest and casual dress, leaving mass before it ends, general poor catechesis, homilies that do not instruct. | Homilies, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 630 | Clergy entanglement with issues of culture and politics and maintaining a business rather than faith and spirituality. | Politics, Leadership |
| 631 | Parents not educating their children on the miracle of the Eucharist. Parents not continuing their own adult education in our faith. Lack of prayer in our home. Lack of prayer in schools. Not talking about and showing actual evident of the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist like pictures of the miracles. Lack in appropriate Church attire. It is not looked down on the horrible way, especially teens, come to church. Some people look like they just got up and didn't have time to put on good clothes. . | Family, Catechesis |
| 632 | Lack of silence - before Mass, during Mass, as people are exiting the church after Mass, even during Adoration people are still whispering their prayers (our parish is blessed to have 40 hours weekly Adoration). And the clergy is silent on this! Lack of reverence by those who bring Jesus to the sick - they talk to people after receiving the hosts in the Pyx, they don’t understand Who they have in their presence it seems. Lack of training maybe? Even priests who hand them the Pyx don’t kneel to Jesus. Priests rushing through the Eucharistic Prayers - sometimes their homilies are longer than the Eucharistic Prayer. They don’t hold up the Eucharistic Host and the Chalice for enough time, and almost no one talks about using that time to offer thanksgiving or petitions to God. We have heard almost nothing in the past 3 years about the National Eucharistic Revival in our parish or diocese. The only thing that occurred was one presentation on Eucharistic Miracles. So much could have been done. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 633 | Irreverent Masses convey a casualness to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. | Reverence |
| 634 | The massive closings of parishes and shrines, destroying the faithful as a result. Blaming the closings on lack of vocations but at the same time forcing retirements, cancelling orthodox clergy, and doing nothing to address increasing vocations. Shutting down Latin Mass parishes and communities. Not recognizing that those communities are attracting young faithful families and many vocations!!!. | Closures, Persecuted Clergy, TLM, Vocations |
| 635 | Modernist ideas removed the notion of satisfaction for sin at Mass, which distorts our relationship and understanding of Christ's work on the cross and the Eucharist. | Modernism |
| 636 | Failure of priests in setting the example in front of their respective flocks in showing reverence to the Divine Prisoner in the Tabernacle. | Leadership |
| 637 | The terrible scandals by the current Pope. God can't be in a church or church head where evil is being conducted!. | Leadership |
| 638 | Hypocrisy and a lack of credibility in church. Judgementalism that drives away seekers and potential converts. | Judgmental, Leadership |
| 639 | This may have been covered. But the lack of reverence as a whole, from the time people walk into church to the time they walk out. The reverence is just not there. The Vatican 2, changes taking away the tradition of the Mass with the priest facing the Tabernacle praying for the people to the people taking a seemingly equal part as the priest, has led (in my belief) to lack of reverence not only to the Holy Eucharist but respect for the cleric responsible in the Mass. Receiving in hand, makes no sense to me. Why are priest's hands anointed if anyone can touch the Eucharist? And that applies to Eucharistic ministers also. | Extraordinary Ministers, Vatican II, Eucharist Reception, Reverence |
| 640 | Not enough reminders on the 10 Commandments, particularly Keep Holy the Sabbath. It’s a constant internal struggle whether missing mass is a mortal sin. Everyone says it’s okay with a good excuse (like my PTSD). But in one’s heart, in my heart, the Holy Spirit is telling me participating at Mass is exactly where this child of God needs to be. God’s Laws are Purposeful. There’s a lot to God’s Word, that we, as mere humans, ought not to question so easily. | Sin, Catechesis |
| 641 | Reminding laity as the priest goes to the altar he IS going to Calvary and the Mass IS Christ sacrifice again. Homilies that do not teach the TRUE teachings of Mother Church such as the 4 last things ,sin and the need for confession, the importance of First Friday and First Saturday (which many have never heard of) . | Confession, Devotions, Homilies |
| 642 | Lack of emphasis in Catholic Schools and CCD on the Grace that flows from the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist. | Schools |
| 643 | Sacramental preparation is lacking and should include parents. | Family, Catechesis |
| 644 | Priests not taking about the Eucharist at the homily. Every homily should point to Jesus in the Eucharist. | Homilies |
| 645 | As a child, I do not remember being taught about the real presence very much- both at home and at church. I’m 40 now. | Catechesis |
| 646 | The drastic changes made to the liturgy post Vatican 2 and then the concerted effort to abolish the Tridintine rite. Modern Catholics have been betrayed by the pope, cardinals and bishops who have participated in the cover-up of the destruction of the catholic faith in the name of being “welcoming” and “accepting” of those who disagree with Catholicism. Modernism is a plague that needs to be viciously addressed in greater proportion than how the modernists swept in the transformation of the catholic church post Vatican 2. | TLM, Vatican II, Leadership, Modernism |
| 647 | Confession: To receive an indulgence we should go back to 7 days before. | Confession |
| 648 | Dress code for Mass. Women dress very provocative and men are too casual. This is our Lord and we should dress up to meet him at his sacrifice for us. | Attire |
| 649 | Altar boys must behave as though He is present in the Blessed Sacrament. We used to wear white gloves in order to touch any of the sacred vessels. We had to have reverent posture at all times. Walk smartly. Square corners. Genuflect with back straight and head up. Hands folded at all times. We used to assist the priest in vesting and understood the symbolism of each piece of clothing. It was an honor and we took it seriously. We used to respect our priests: "Father McMann" not "Father Tommy", not because he was anything special, he's a sinner like the rest of us. It was because of what he did. He gave his life so that we could receive God. | Reverence |
| 650 | General lack of continuing catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 651 | Lack of emphasizing the sacrament of reconciliation. Lack of emphasis on sin. Becoming a Church of Nice, where all are welcome and there are no consequences of action. Lack of teaching sin and redemption in Catechism. Lack of emphasis on the lives of the Saints. | Confession |
| 652 | Use of patens not being used. | Eucharist Reception |
| 653 | Traditional Latin Mass has numerous positive impacts on the belief of the real presence of the Eucharist. | TLM |
| 654 | Lack of perpetual adoration. Not enough confession opportunities or short confession lines & long communion lines, lacking knowledge on effects of sin. The idea that the devil does not exist & people thinking that if they are a good person, that is enough. Too many people spiritual but not religious. Rejecting organized religion doctrines, dogmas & rituals. The power of the Holy Spirit’s presence & gifts missing. How to actually live the Beatitudes? . | Confession, Availability/Access, Devotions |
| 655 | Pope’s failure to directly address and expound on the matter. | Leadership |
| 656 | overall decorum expected in church: silence before Mass, how priest carries himself throughout Mass, especially not greeting people at beginning of prayer of mass, ( should go right into the prayer of the Mass with the sign of the cross, not good morning, or talk about football game etc. set the tone of reverence as soon as he processes)wearing tennis shoes, etc. The people should be encouraged to dress modestly and respectfully. No big screens for anything, especially bulletin messages before final blessing. youth faith formation teachers shall bring children into church with same reverence, not this loud yelling and cheering them on . Get rid of so many ministries and focus on a reverent mass and sacraments. | Reverence, Attire |
| 657 | Reverence is shown by our actions, not by our words. It shows where our hearts are and shows the children that it is Jesus. | Reverence |
| 658 | Immodestly dressed laity Lack of veiling for women and why it should be done . | Attire |
| 659 | Orthodox catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 660 | Forbidding of the Traditional Rites. | TLM |
| 661 | I believe we should receive the Body of Christ, Eucharist, while kneeling, and only on the tongue. I personally will not take the Eucharist from anyone other than an Ordained Priest. | Eucharist Reception |
| 662 | The confusion caused by Pope Francis with the obvious disregard for traditional Catholic beliefs and the overall lack of respect for nearly everything in today's world. The government and media's influence in forcing us with unwanted mandates and socialist ideologies, as though the government is the answer to everything. | Leadership, Modernism, Confusion |
| 663 | Laxity/vagueness in official Church documents and from the hierarchy in general. In particular, the synod on synodality not receiving strong condemnation has effected an overall disbelief in the seriousness of Catholic dogma. | Leadership, Modernism, Confusion |
| 664 | Dressing in shorts and revealing or tight clothing. | Attire |
| 665 | The bigotry and lack of charity towards the LGBTQ+ community and woman, particularly among traditionalists, makes wonder if it’s all just smoke and mirrors. Meanwhile we have children being abused by clergy and it all getting covered up. I just feel like we have gotten so deep in the culture wars that we have forgotten to love others as God would have wanted. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 666 | Not knowing how to defend the Eucharist with scripture especially in Protestant circles . | Catechesis |
| 667 | My fallen away Catholic brother said when he watched the priest give Communion, he was lax and if it was God he would be in awe. | Reverence |
| 668 | Rosaries should be said before every Mass. The pastor of the parish should participate in the rosaries, but ours doesn't. If you have Priests who only do Mass but no effort to pray with their parishioners, that is not good. We need more confession time.. Not about three to five minutes each visit... | Confession, Devotions, Availability/Access |
| 669 | Lack of catechesis and true understanding of the Catholic faith. Also the lack of modest and respectful dress of the laity especially at Mass. priests should educate the members of the congregation without fear of offending people or making them mad. There is no consistency. People don’t know what they don’t know so priests should educate people even if at the risk of hurting feelings. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 670 | Poor Catholic School education . | Schools, Catechesis |
| 671 | Failure to teach that Catholics cannot just opt out of certain Catholic beliefs and still fully participate in Sacramental life, and the accompanying failure to teach everything as an integrated whole . | Catechesis |
| 672 | Bishops more concerned about being nice( the church of nice) vs The Church that Christ established. They prefer to be CEO’s with crosier vs a Shepherd. | Leadership |
| 673 | Too many people causally dress for Mass. | Attire |
| 674 | Changing the liturgy from the way the Church always worshipped God. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel. We know the traditional Latin mass worked and is working where it’s available today. | Liturgical Practice, TLM |
| 675 | The Introduction of the Novus Ordo Mass . While valid, there has been a 75 % reduction in the liturgy when compared to the TLM. Instead of attracting Protestants in numbers , it has served to see the loss of faith in many Catholics . Along with this is a verbal prohibition not to evangelize and a false ecumenism which involves other so-called "religions" , but makes minimal effort to plead with them to join The One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Faith . | TLM, Ecumenism, Evangelization |
| 676 | The “feast days” during lent, the extra “meat Fridays” and lack of fasting during the week. I know you touched on fasting properly before Mass, however it should be practiced from Saturday night until you receive the Eucharist. Unless the person has a medical issue that requires them to eat when they wake. | Fasting |
| 677 | 1) Priests are often discouraged from using traditional practices. One of the most reverent, profound, and beautiful masses I've ever attended was NOT a TLM, but the Novus Ordo done to Vatican II's prescriptions: Ad Orientem, Latin pride of place (sung Credo, Gloria, Sanctus, etc.), priests assisting with distinguishable roles, and pre-1900s hymns with organ and other reverent instruments (violin, trumpet, etc.). No extraordinary ministers, all male altar servers. If priests were enabled and encouraged to follow Vatican II's actual prescriptions instead of the botched execution and abuse of Vatican II's emergency allowances (female altar servers, EMHCs, etc.) that has unfortunately dominated the west since it coincided with the western revolution of the 1960s, I don't think we'd need the TLM to have our Tradition and Faith returned to the Church. The Novus Ordo is an incredible Mass if done the way Vatican II said to do it! 2) "PSR"! PSR has been so profoundly diluted that it's no wonder the next generation of Catholics don't understand the faith. The books given are contemporary and treat the children's intellect as if it's 10 years decayed. Bring back CCD, teach the Baltimore Catechism (it's built for the US!). People don't understand the Eucharist because they simply aren't taught it growing up. People don't understand that faith and science do not conflict because they are not presented with the theological approach of the Catechism. RCIA has the same issue. Very few of them teach the Faith at a theological level. The Church comes across as weak and desperate, letting anyone roll in. That might bring them in, but it won't keep them! 3) Women orating the 1st and 2nd readings. The Word does not sound appropriate coming from them. It emasculates the sanctuary. Thus also, women in the sanctuary whatsoever, including to cantor (though they are amazing cantors and I'm happy to hear them from elsewhere in the Church!). 4) I have seen priests punished by their bishops for taking a stand against modernity - against the Pride movement, against COVID lockdowns, etc. These priests should be praised, not punished. 5) I have never seen a priest wield the authority he has over his flock to correct them when they are in error. There seems to be a fear over offending the flock, lest they lose the $$ that the flock provides. This choice of mammon over the Lord has consequences. My job was threatened by fellow parishioners for holding conservative values and agreeing with what Popes of the past have said. The pastor did nothing to the parishioners. By God's grace my family was not robbed of its sole income, but they did try. But this also extends to cases such as parishioners who unabashedly support abortion, birth control, etc. They are never corrected. 6) Catholic schools have compromised the Faith for the sake of government funding and are often cited as the cause for many Catholics to fall away from the Faith. Further, independent Catholic schools that do not bow to the government tend to get poor treatment from the Church. 7) Bishops should exhort the faithful when it comes to politics instead of shying away from making statements. The Catholic Faith should be incredibly clear. . | Persecuted Clergy, Fear/Cowardness, COVID, Vatican II, Leadership |
| 678 | The books we use in preparing children for the Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Communion! They are so watered down. Sin and Hell are no longer being taught in our classrooms. Parents want their children to receive these Sacraments but do not take their children to Mass on Sundays. They are too busy with sports and Disneyland and parties. | Family, Catechesis |
| 679 | *failure to emphasize daily mass . *failure to emphasize frequent confession. * failure to have enough confession opportunities. * FAILURE of having good religious education curriculum at all levels. *failure of the catholic school system to produce good Catholics. * failure of catholic parents to produce good Catholics. * failure if parents to choose their kids sports and other activities over Mass each week. * it goes back to the break down of the family because of weak parenting. God bless your efforts! . | Confession, Family, Availability/Access, Catechesis |
| 680 | The emphasis that missing mass when one is able to attend is a mortal sin. | Sin |
| 681 | Flawed Eucharistic theology (and heresy) in the lyrics of modern post-Vatican II hymnody used widely in many Catholic Churches. (Paired with abandonment of the propers which often emphasize the Eucharistic). Also the widespread discarding of the LOTH and other forms of devotional prayer in lieu of having a Mass for everything--downplays the Mass' role as the source and summit of our Christian lives but also has become the "only thing we do" in many NO communities. Not sending Deacons and Priests in clerical attire and with servers with candles and appropriate solemnity to hospitals and nursing homes to give Holy Communion, but rather an army of lay people traipsing about in pantsuits with pyxs in their pockets and purses doling out the Sacred Species as if they were giving out candies. | Vatican II, Music |
| 682 | Mass as a performance rather than true worship. | Liturgical Practice |
| 683 | Catholics today are very poorly catechized. They don't understand their faith because they have been poorly taught by the priests and bishops. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 684 | Failure to teach the importance of early baptism. | Catechesis |
| 685 | Making announcements right after Communion and before final prayer!. | Liturgical Practice |
| 686 | Priests and bishops refusing to give Holy Communion to communicants kneeling and desiring to receive on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 687 | The Pope's embrace of hostility to the Latin Mass. His attacks on faithful priests and bishops. | TLM, Leadership |
| 688 | Lack of knowledge in both priests and lay people on the presence of Christ in the Eucharist . | Catechesis |
| 689 | Polls show that 95% of Catholics use birth control in disobedience to Church teaching. This rejection of God’s authority over our sexuality is a grave matter and is objectively evil. It is the leak that began the crack in the dam and is the root cause of the decades of sliding down the slippery slope. It is NEVER preached about. Until it is, faith in the Real Presence will continue to decline because God’s authority will continue to questioned on every issue that society raises. It is hard to believe what the Church teaches on something as mysterious as the Eucharist if you reject everything she teaches in the moral order, the consequences of which are clearly visible. | Modernism, Homilies |
| 690 | The novel, protestantized Novus Ordo Mass is the greatest reason why belief in the Real Presence is vanishing. A return to the 2000 year-old Vetus Ordo or TLM would go a long way toward restoring belief in the Real Presence. | TLM |
| 691 | Having the laity “bring up the gifts” . | Liturgical Practice |
| 692 | I think you covered them all: need: Communion on the tongue, kneeling; altar boys with patens; No EMHC; tabernacle should be front and center; sacred music-no guitar, no contemporary or songs from the 70’s. Thank you. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 693 | Protestant propaganda and not properly catechized enough to be secure in one's faith. | Catechesis |
| 694 | Going back to the TLM will solve all of this. | TLM |
| 695 | The very existence of the Novus Ordo Missae. | Liturgical Practice |
| 696 | 1. Failure to use patens under the chins of those receiving Communion to prevent the Host from dropping to the floor. 2. Also, when a Host DOES drop on the floor, often no purificator is used to mark the spot for cleaning. Instead, the Host is picked up, consumed or put back in the Ciborium, and people walk over the spot where the Host was dropped. 3. Lack of altar rail or a kneeler for people who would like to kneel to receive. In general, the Novus Ordo Mass does not communicate the Real Presence of our Lord in the same way as the Traditional Latin Mass. I believe the elimination of many of the prayers during Mass, and the elimination of some of the gestures and genuflections of the priest during Mass, combined with Communion in the Hand and using lay people as EMHCs have caused greatest damage to faith in the Real Presence. | TLM, Eucharist Reception, Extraordinary Ministers |
| 697 | Laity doing the readings and entering the sanctuary thereby diluting the distinction between the priest and the laity. | Liturgical Practice |
| 698 | Big mistake when they stopped ringing bells at consecration. | Liturgical Practice |
| 699 | The Novus Ordo Mass. Period. | Liturgical Practice |
| 700 | Adequate explanation and preaching on the existence of evil and the devil in our daily lives. | Catechesis |
| 701 | Top down teaching from the Pope... | Leadership |
| 702 | General lack of religion/faith in society. Government pushing religion/faith out of society, schools, public property, public discourses, etc. | Modernism |
| 703 | Misunderstanding of the purpose of Mass (the point of Mass is not “to receive communion”) Attempting to make the Mass and the Eucharist so accessible has resulting in making it seem trivial Overemphasis on priesthood of the people, presence of Christ in the people and in the Word, vs in the Eucharist . | Catechesis |
| 704 | The Role of the Mother of God in the Church and devotion to Our Lady is not taught/encouraged enough. She is the key to teaching us how to love Jesus more perfectly. She also dispenses all of the graces that we need from God in order to have that change of heart as a Church, and can help us to increase our faith in His true presence in the most blessed sacrament. | Catechesis |
| 705 | Children should be taught the truth about issues like homosexuality and other sins , along with the true presence of the Eucharist, not only in catechism but from the pulpit. Parents don't even know the truth. Many are walking away from the faith because they have never been taught the truth. Even if the parents know and teach the truth, the church has not supported them for many years because the priests are afraid or told not to stand up for the truth . | Fear/Cowardness, Catechesis |
| 706 | I heard that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles won't allow the construction of Altar Rails in churches that currently don't have them. IS THIS TRUE?. | Eucharist Reception |
| 707 | If Catholics do not participate in the life of the church by at least attending Holy Mass once a week, they do not even think about their Faith or the Real Presence. The faithful Catholics must tirelessly evangelize to make the Real Presence Real to everyone especially those who forgot about their Faith. | Living the Faith, Evangelization |
| 708 | Dress code . | Attire |
| 709 | Lack of catechesis for younger children - not taken seriously, emphasis on the Real Presence and general respect for The Real Presence. We moved churches for our 8 year old to receive (in addition to our instruction) thorough catechesis. A protestantization of our faith (as a convert from a Protestant denomination, some Novus Ordo masses are almost akin to a Protestant church service) . | Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 710 | Lack of family catechesis— parent who are uncatechized not feeling responsible to learn and teach the faith to kids— treat catechism class like public school when there should be classes for parents or adoration at the same time. | Family, Catechesis |
| 711 | Minimizing holy days by moving them to Sunday. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 712 | Poor catechism, especially in Catholic Schools and CCD. Catholic Children growing up in the 60s and 70s (including me) were never taught the real presence. It wasn't until my later adulthood that I was aware of it. Oh, and to distinguish between Protestant communion and Catholic Real Presence. Also, get rid of "Do this in remembrance of me" I know it's in the Bible, but a Protestant friend misconstrued it as simply a "memorial" not a sacrifice. Sorry to be so long winded but the need to educate, especially from a young age, is important to me. | Catechesis |
| 713 | Major difference in catechisms with NO and TLM. NO is giving watered down version. | TLM |
| 714 | More opportunities for adoration and more opportunities for the Rite of Reconciliation. | Devotions, Confession, Availability/Access |
| 715 | Problems with Pope Francis. I know a number of people leaving the Catholic Church because of his heresies. | Leadership |
| 716 | (De facto) Open Communion. Over-emphasis of "community meal" understanding of the Mass. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 717 | Modesty of dress- veils for women - Sunday -best dress. | Attire |
| 718 | We need to take back our Saturday afternoons and all day Sundays to focus on Christ and our families. Also taking time for quiet self reflection and prayer. While I prefer to attend Mass on Sunday morning, I am a registered nurse and several times per month, it is necessary for me to attend a Saturday vigil Mass or a Sunday afternoon Mass. The most reverent N.O. Masses I routinely attend is held on Sunday at 5:00PM. | Devotions |
| 719 | The lack of the use of the paten during Communion. Offering and expecting participation in the sign of peace during the Consecration. The use of unadorned, unlined chasubles by priests. The "wreckovation" of many historic churches by removing elaborate reredos, statuary and stone altars and replacing them with wooden altar "tables." Church volunteers passing by the occupied Tabernacle without bowing or genuflecting in acknowledgement. | Sign of Peace, Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 720 | Failure to adequately prepare to receive communion by omitting the Confiteor at the beginning of mass or right before receiving. Failure to adequately prepare to approach the Altar of God and the Tabernacle of His presence by omitting the entrance psalms "Judica me..." or intoit. Separation of the Tabernacle from the altar, His continual presence from His sacrifice. | Liturgical Practice |
| 721 | - Eucharistic Ministers attire which don't show respect when ministering Holy Communion (suggestion: albs for EM just as altar servers are covered) - Readers who don't dress appropriately when reading the Holy Word of God. - Musicians lack of reverence (eating/drinking/attire). | Attire |
| 722 | My parents married in the early 1960's. She was Lutheran. He was a Roman Catholic. In the beginning, they attended both each Sunday together. After Vatican II they continued, until they noticed that there was essentially no difference. So, they decided since it was "easier" to be Lutherans, and the service was seemingly the same, they began only attending Lutheran Missouri Synod services only. I, as an adult, converted from Lutheranism to Catholicism as I realized it was the only true Church founded by Christ. I believe Vatican II has harmed this true church more than anything else, because all the other questions asked in this survey stem from this cataclysmic change. The over simplification of the Mass has caused the faithful to feel a casualness that should never exist in the true presence. It has not grown the Church. It has muddied the waters that divide The Church and Protestantism. | Vatican II |
| 723 | I think several issues re this crisis. I am born 1970(53 years), I notice boomer generation came from larger families, typically went church, catholic school. Many of these were active in their church community, may have found spouse through social events, etc. Many of boomers had large families, and followed similar blueprint. It's this generation where we experienced our greatest downfall, many of there children followed similar routine of church, possibly catholic education, etc. Most of these kids went to college, married from various social communities, or referral bases(college, work, Jane's friend), them scattered, headed for suburbs, kids in travel sports, etc. The churches they grew up, empty, the boomers are gone, or convalescing, unable to attend. Many churches have exhausted their useful life. This generation is constantly on run, and are part time church goers(I don't want to bunch all as part timers, but large percent is). The generation x and others, similar story. I don't know it all, but this is what I noticed, so it is not one thing the church does, or things bad, it is lack of attendance. Oh yeah, we didn't put up child bearing numbers like boomers, previous generation, they were quite prolific. Now I don't want to get started about all the external issues, distractions, that messed up Gen x, and others. I have a good deal of friends(I'm a dude), who didn't get married, or have kids. This didn't happen much w boomers. There was a better referral network, family networks, friends. The formula was get married, have kids. | Catechesis |
| 724 | Opportunity and encouragement for adoration and dress code. Silent (not in community) adoration gives the lay persons the chance to encounter Jesus PERSONALLY in an intimate way, such that they can form an individual relationship. Without that relationship, people can more easily forget that He exists, that He’s present there. Dress code gives us an awareness that we ought to present ourselves with dignity and respect before a real presence of God. Doesn’t need to be a dictatorship… The simple signs they use for tourists in Europe are very effective In my opinion, and offer even non-Catholics the opportunity to reflect on this being a sacred space. The REASON it’s holy is because Jesus is present there!. | Devotions, Relationship with Jesus, Attire, Silence/Distractions |
| 725 | Lack of a dress code. Lack of respect for themselves and particularly the Holy Eucharist. | Attire |
| 726 | It seems our leadership can't unite. The hierarchy is the cause of confusion . | Confusion, Leadership |
| 727 | Priests and laity should genuflect, not bow, when passing the tabernacle. Laity should kneel whenever the tabernacle doors are open. Canonical digits should be employed. Ablutions should be done with care, not pro forma. NOBODY should touch the sacred vessels except priests or deacons. If the priests do not act as if Christ is present, neither will the laity. | Liturgical Practice, Reverence |
| 728 | Novelties introduced into the Mass i.e. birthday blessings, clapping, announcements right after Communion, quinceneras, gifts giving or awards, etc. Rubrics having so many options and priests not following the bare minimum: adding words or subtracting. No patens used, careless with the Blessed Sacrament, and not genuflecting, idle and loud conversation before and after mass. Sign of peace is an obnoxious interruption of the flow of mass. It should be in the beginning. I believe it lessons the solemnness of the Lamb of God prayer since people are now chattering and flipping the peace sign to each other. Some priests make it seem like Mass is not an important event, that it's a time for fellowship and being goofy. I think this really has damaged the impact of how serious the Holy Sacrifice of the mass is. From cringe worthy jokes to singing Abba, Father with a tambourine, to wishing a happy birthday to Sue, why would a teenager think mass is special?. | Silence/Distractions, Sign of Peace, Eucharist Reception, Applause, Reverence |
| 729 | Lack in reverence by priest/deacon in distributing the hosts (moving between ciboriums) and not washing fingers are distributing the Eucharist . | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 730 | Lack of teaching the importance of why the Eucharist helps us and why we must go to church to receive it every Sunday. | Catechesis |
| 731 | Bad Catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 732 | Lack of modesty in clothes worn to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Loss of the need to dress your best for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Loss of feminine attire vs masculine attire. Highlighting the beauty of the difference between male and female and the complimentary of the sexes. | Attire |
| 733 | Clothing that is not reverent to be wearing during Mass. Taking away the Church's traditions and reverence used in the original Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form. | TLM, Reverence, Attire |
| 734 | We are not Protestants! Stop making the Catholic Church Protestant! Homilies that last for more than 10 mins. Watered down homilies, not talking about the horrendous times we are living thru and how to fight the spiritual war we are in! Talking about the mortal sins! And explaining confession and how to do it! . | Confession, Homilies, Sin |
| 735 | Promotion of the idea that protestants have no need to convert and their souls are safe without the Eucharist. | Ecumenism |
| 736 | Please let us return to kneeling at the Communion rail, receive on the tongue with use of the paten to protect the host from falling. Bring back First Holy Communion Mass with the group of children. Their class. Seeing one child receive with their family is far less impressive to the faithful. May our priests encourage Eucharistic Adoration from the pulpit. We have a Eucharistic Adoration Chapel for 40 years with little encouragement from our priests. We never see our priests in the chapel. | Devotions, Eucharist Reception |
| 737 | Failure of bishops to lead Eucharistic Processions, and speak with authority, and teach the truths of our Faith concerning the Eucharist. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 738 | Modesty in dress Discussion of Catholic issues like abortion, transgender, pornography and all forms of sin and its evil from the pulpit, at the same time the importance of the nuclear family, courtship, not following cultural standards like living together, etc. | Family, LGBTQ+ Issues, Attire, Abortion |
| 739 | Singing texts that are banal and/or not in line with Catholic teaching. Singing texts like ”Come to the Table” when all we do is stand in line and meet Betty from Pew 3 half way down the nave. | Music |
| 740 | Having the sign on peace and holding hands and being distracted from our Lord while he is present on the altar. | Sign of Peace |
| 741 | too much distraction from singing at a time when we should be concentrating on the miracle of the Transubstantion-. | Silence/Distractions |
| 742 | Little to no access to confession and lack of oversight and control of how Eucharistic reverence and belief is taught by instructors in RCIA & CCD & Catholic schools. | Confession, Availability/Access, Catechesis |
| 743 | If not a communion rail altogether, an individual kneeler in front of priest has resulted in knelt posture by many when given the option; also need a sense of proper attire at the liturgy; Cardinals like Cupich who use dishonest straw men in public like "the Eucharist isn't a reward for the perfect" are an obstacle to true Eucharistic teaching; also related to Communion on the hand are priests not attentive to recipients consuming the Eucharist, leading to potential for diabolical sacrilege. | Eucharist Reception |
| 744 | NA. | Other |
| 745 | Lay ministers distributing the Eucharist and reading. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 746 | Keeping churches closed in response to a pandemic. Limited confession times and windows. Little to no mention of vocation discernment according to one’s state of life. Little to no exposure to religious and monastic life. Priests not emphasizing the importance of praying the rosary. Priests with no devotion to pray the rosary with the lay people. A feminine pastoral team of ministers running the church liturgy. | Confession, Devotions, COVID, Availability/Access |
| 747 | Not teaching young boys in catholic schools it is an honor to be Altar Servers and not supplying the right clothing when they are serving. For example tennis shoes and white unisex robes. | Attire |
| 748 | The entire Novus Ordo should be abandoned, and the traditional Tridentine Liturgy should be re-established as the norm. | TLM |
| 749 | Church announcements displayed on wall next to alter via slideshow, failure to explain at each mass that non-Catholics should receive a blessing rather than the Eucharist/ general enforcement of rules, showing deference to legal authorities during COVID. | COVID |
| 750 | Teaching it in Catechism class to children. | Catechesis |
| 751 | Poor formation of priests in seminary, so they are not preaching well as a whole. | Priestly Formation |
| 752 | I think you missed the most important issue, but the survey to address this has to be conducted among Catholics who don't believe in the Real Presence. The objective is to find out how many of them don't believe that certain acts are MORTAL SIN, such as contraception, pre-marital see, taking the Lord's name in vain and missing mass on Sunday. I suspect that the problem is deeper than the issues addressed by the survey. | Sin |
| 753 | Distinguishing the Eucharist by frequently referring to communion instead of the Eucharist. Uncatechized adults associate it on the same level as Protestant communion when we don’t explain the difference well enough and end up calling it the same thing. | Catechesis |
| 754 | Lay ministers or lectors in the sanctuary diminishing the importance of the priesthood, lack of use of the paten during communion, the priest able to use more than 2 fingers per hand to handle the hosts, no ablution of fingers after communion, delaying purifying sacred vessels until after Mass or by the laity, not caring for host if falling to the ground, communion under both species, Eucharistic prayers as a narrative towards the people, no bells to highlight consecration, reduced offertory language of the Mass as sacrifice, sign of peace by the congregation. | Sign of Peace, Eucharist Reception |
| 755 | Priests who rush the consecration. | Reverence |
| 756 | Modern Catholics have no idea about the TLM. They don’t even know it exists. | TLM |
| 757 | All of what you’ve said is important, but also all the problem go away if we return exclusively to the Latin Mass. these problems by and large do not exist in exclusive Latin Mass parishes. | TLM |
| 758 | Odd as it may sound, sports. Of course there's nothing wrong with sports, but many Catholics make it the focus of their day rather than Holy Mass. A greater awareness of the Sacrament over secular pursuits could help to highlight the significance of the Eucharist. | Modernism |
| 759 | The lack of universal use of patens. The Church used to revere the Eucharist so highly, they would hold a gold plate under it to prevent the smallest particle from possibly hitting the floor. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 760 | Lack of catechesis on sin and confession. That, e.g., missing Mass on Sunday for no good reason is mortal sin. | Sin, Catechesis |
| 761 | Division within the church. Lack of proper theological and historical education among clergy. | Division, Catechesis |
| 762 | Giving Communion to politicians that are Pro-Abortion and Pro LGBTQ. | Abortion, LGBTQ+ Issues, Canon 915 |
| 763 | No homilies about the existence of Hell and the mortal sin. All we hear is that we should try harder but no clarification about why and how it affects our daily lives. | Homilies |
| 764 | Post-V2 laxity in doctrine and discipline on the part of clergy and prominent laity, occasioned by the ambiguity of the documents and the exploitation of that by clergy and prominent laity, which has led to the impression that doctrine and discipline are either negotiable or unimportant. The shock of the Latin liturgical tradition being replaced with a new and obviously inorganically concocted liturgy, which has led to a massive loss of confidence in the theological, liturgical, and ecclesiological consistency and authority within the Latin Church and in the hierarchy in general. The near complete failure of the hierarchy to discipline and remove openly heterodox and even heretical clergy and prominent laity has given the impression that doctrine and discipline are unimportant. Too much emphasis on ecumenism, accepting schismatics'/heretics'/unbelievers' explanation of their own doctrines and discipline on their own terms, and seeming willingness to give up the patrimony of the Latin Church (and indeed the whole Catholic Church) in order to cultivate a pleasing image in the eyes of false religions and a hostile secular regime, has undermined confidence within the Church of the veracity and defendability of specifically Latin and generally Catholic doctrine, discipline, history, liturgy, and overall patrimony. | Lack of Discipline, Vatican II, Leadership, Ecumenism |
| 765 | Bishops silencing and reassigning (penalizing) clergy providing solid homilies and reverence for the faithful attending Mass. | Persecuted Clergy, Reverence, Leadership |
| 766 | Catechesis - by properly trained teachers, especially for the young people. They especially need to be taught reverent behavior before the Eucharist, genuflecting, folded hands, etc.; by proper physical behavior we teach ourselves the awesomeness of the Lord. | Catechesis |
| 767 | I just want to stress the importance of assuming everyone is poorly catechized. I was raised Catholic and was in a state of sin when I was married in the Catholic Church because I did not know. This applies to every aspect of the Eucharist-please advise the bishops we need to be taught. That is why the Faith is not being passed down, we cannot teach what we do not know. That is also why Protestant churches are filling up with fallen away Catholics-you cannot appreciate what you never knew you had. Thank you for your efforts!. | Catechesis, Leadership |
| 768 | The laity were abandoned during COVID. Masses were cancelled. People were denied Penance and the Holy Eucharist. Many Catholics died without being able to receive Extreme Unction. | COVID |
| 769 | The lack of reverence of the priest during the Eucharistic celebration. | Reverence |
| 770 | Education on Real Presence and where it fits in the Bible. | Catechesis |
| 771 | The change from the TLM to the new Mass. a side by side comparison shows how much was lost. | TLM |
| 772 | Having confession available before every mass. Use the paten so people see how seriously every particle of the host is reverently handled. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 773 | Lack of promotion of the Traditional Latin Mass and education on history of creation of the Novus Ordo. | TLM |
| 774 | Communion in mouth while kneeling should be only option. With an altar boy holding a communion plate while the priest administers communion. | Eucharist Reception |
| 775 | Decrease in women veiling while in the presence of Jesus . | Attire |
| 776 | Acceptance of a lack of modesty in dress by both women and men. Lack of instruction by priests regarding how and when to genuflect and how to prepare for communion. Acceptance of congregation chattering, waving, rushing out after mass and leaving before priest leaves, the horrible sign of peace that erupts into general chaos in some NO masses. Biggest of course is the lack of acceptance and promotion of the Latin mass and the education of laity about why this mass is different from the NO. | TLM, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 777 | Failure to catechize in the home, in CCD, among teenagers and from the lecturn in the homily. | Family, Catechesis |
| 778 | Let's face it, the continued persecution of the TLM is not really about liturgy at all. It’s about theology. This is a war on doctrine, not a squabble over the use of Latin, altar rails and Ad Orientem worship. And this doctrinal warfare includes attacking the belief in the Real Presence, no matter how many times you use the N.O. Eucharistic Prayer #1. | TLM |
| 779 | lack of care and reverence during the consecration by personal example on the part of the priest no sense of mystery or transcendence . | Reverence |
| 780 | The Holy Father not taking up this issue directly with a formal Papal instruction that reinforces this belief as an immutable and dogmatic truth of the Catholic faith. | Leadership |
| 781 | All talk, never any positive action by the church. Totally divorced from real circumstances outside of the church building. We are REAL people, not cutouts in the pews. | Leadership |
| 782 | A divided Church affects all, and we need to include all Latin religious orders including the FSSP, SSPX, etc. Bishops and priests are calling some groups schismatics, and it is not true. Rather than uniting, some traditional Catholics in dioceses are accusing other traditional Catholics of having invalid sacraments. More unity at the top is needed. I love how our Bishop in St. Augustine invites the SSPX to be part of its processions and pilgrimages. Beautiful!. | TLM, Division, Leadership |
| 783 | Priests acting like evangelistic individuals, shouting Alleluia's from the altar & people lifting their arms & shouting in return. Reminds one of tent revivals. | Reverence |
| 784 | Prevalence of utilitarianism in secular culture infiltrating the church. | Modernism |
| 785 | Liturgical music that trivializes and secularizes the Holy Eucharist, referring to the altar as a table, and which seems to be written for the sole purpose of entertaining the Faithful, reassuring them in their sins, and Protestantizing the Holy Mass. | Music |
| 786 | Lack of emphasis on necessity to be in a state of grace to receive and ample scheduled confession times (6 to 7 times/week). | Confession |
| 787 | Receiving on the tongue while kneeling needs to be reinforced . | Eucharist Reception |
| 788 | The failure to adhere to the teachings of Christ on sexuality by the Vatican. | Catechesis |
| 789 | what upsets me is that people walk up with hands stretched like they are going to get money. They are so care free without giving our Lord the most Holy Respect of kneeling or bowing with Love for what we will receive His Body and Blood. Also, I really believe that women should cover their heads with a chapel veil or some covering. The Second Vatican Council I honestly believe did a lot of damage to modernize our religion. We should stick to the ways Jesus instructed us to do. | Modernism, Eucharist Reception |
| 790 | Turning away from the ancient and traditional liturgy and catechesis of the Church and focusing instead on something new and "with the times" though the Church should be timeless. Laxity of rigorous preaching of the full truth of doctrine. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 791 | 1. Lack of catechism taught either through the homily or outside of mass. Many Catholics don't know why we genuflect or, more appropriately, to Whom we genuflect. 2. Lack of transparency regarding matters of the church. There appears to be no honest answers and a venomous response toward any who are willing to ask questions- even those who merely want to understand why a decision was made can be shut down as if they are being gagged by a tyrant. 3. The Catholic church is ever in a state of politics and not willing to take courage and follow Christ's commands. 4. A loss of importance and fostering of virtues- modesty and reverence being a particularly important, especially in extra-ordinary ministers. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 792 | Racism, social justice and climate change are fake issues. Focus on the real issues, the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Also, make sure Priests actually believe in God, not video games and Harry Potter . | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 793 | Homilies including the education/speaking on/ topic of transubstantiation. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 794 | The Pope lack of resolve to promote moral issues such as the sin of abortion. | Abortion, Leadership |
| 795 | The closing of churches during COVID and all the masking, distancing and “extras” they provided (separate chapel) during this time. There should be no fear in the house of the Lord. | COVID |
| 796 | Society as a full. Taking God out of schools and treating religion like it’s nothing but “comfort”. Very sinful world. Lack of continually faith education in adult education!!! Most adults have a flawed elementary school understanding of faith. | Catechesis |
| 797 | Clergy not reminding congregation that appropriate clothing shows respect for Our Lord and His sacrifice in the Mass. | Attire |
| 798 | The immodesty accepted in the church without addressing issues of faith and tradition. | Attire |
| 799 | Girl altar boys. Women lectors. Eucharistic ministers -- especially casual dress and conduct by them. | Role of Women, Attire |
| 800 | Homilies that do not address real needs of the laity and are too long in that they are repetitive. | Homilies |
| 801 | Lack of adequate opportunity for confession. If confession is not deemed important, then many people will surmise being in a state of grace is not important. People need sheperding to make correct conclusions, not just by word, but by actions. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 802 | Confusion caused by Pope Francis regarding his personal views and the teachings of the Church. | Leadership, Confusion |
| 803 | Promotion of the Catholic Catechism by JPII. Most people do not know it exists. It exists to pick up where the Baltimore Cat. left off and is critical for both adults and children. | Catechesis |
| 804 | It is time to re-consider the real presence, given the state of the world and the church. It seems there is no hope for the church to ever re-claim the metaphysical properties it once preserved. | Other |
| 805 | Not reminding laity to dress respectfully for Mass. Shortening the time between receiving the Eucharist and leaving Mass. (I.E. not having the last gospel) In regards to catechesis, not maturing the way it is taught along with the maturity of its students. Teenagers and adults can have a deeper understanding of the Eucharist than children and this should be respected. | Attire |
| 806 | Boring irrelevant homily Saying the same thing every week. Reading a sermon Really bad choir music Unfriendly Pastors. | Homilies, Music |
| 807 | Priests who prefer to let the laity repose the Blessed Sacrament at the end of Adoration, who also prefer the laity teach RCIA, marriage prep, etc. along with a lack of instruction when people continually leave Mass right after Communion. | Catechesis |
| 808 | The sacrament of Reconciliation is Huge. This must be stressed weekly . Most Catholics need greater spoken emphasis on receiving Holy communion reverently as well as knowing to be free from mortal sin when receiving the body and blood of Christ. I truly believe if every priest conveyed emphatically the most important truths in our faith often, we would see a resurgence of holy Catholics return. | Confession, Reverence |
| 809 | Absence of Holy Priests and Bishops. Lack of knowledge of what is taking place at Mass. why we believe in real presence. Why we must be in the state of Grace. Why the priest’s hands are consecrated at ordination, complete lack of reverence. Absolutely no Eucharistic Ministers, or altar girls. Priests sitting down while the EM’s distribute the Eucharist, etc. | Extraordinary Ministers, Holiness, Leadership, Catechesis, Reverence, Role of Women |
| 810 | Not making enough emphasis on the importance of the catechism!!!! Every religion has the Bible, we need to better explain that the Catholic Church is the TRUE translation, and so the catechism is SO important. If everyone read the catechism they would know Jesus meant it literally when he said it’s his body and blood in John 6. We need to implement the use of the catechism, make it so that every church must teach it in classes for children, adults, or something of the sort. Overall, it is ignorance of the catechism and scripture that is causing people to not believe in the true presence. We need to catechize more. So many people went uncatechized, and now they are raising children and their children aren’t catechized. We learn to start a new generation of making sure every Catholic is taught the Catholic teachings. We need to speak to the generation that wasn’t catechized and somehow get them to start believing so that they can pass it on. | Catechesis |
| 811 | The liturgy of the Mass of the Ages perfects everything wrong with the Novus Ordo liturgy which has to many options and lacks what is truly pleasing to God. Ex: Abel’s sacrifice vs Cain’s sacrifice. They are both sacrifices but they are not equal. | Liturgical Practice, TLM |
| 812 | Replacement of the ancient form of Mass with the Novus Ordo was probably the largest contributing factor. But just about every change or "reform" in the Church since 1962 resulted in a loss of faith. | Liturgical Practice, TLM |
| 813 | Eucharist ministers. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 814 | Failure to educate the faithful to bow at the Holy Name of Jesus & the Triune God during all prayers at Mass & in other settings/private prayer – the lack of knowledge to be reverent at His Name... it's a whole lifestyle, a way of being that has been lost and disregarded... so why would His very Flesh & Blood be any different? We need to restore this reverence for our Lord! God bless you all for doing this!. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 815 | Homosexual blessings and restrictions on the Latin mass. | TLM, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 816 | Lack of effort into keeping young people in the church . | Other |
| 817 | Casual attire and socializing before Mass. . | Attire |
| 818 | Thorough, honest and meaningful catechesis of our children. We're already creating another generation of lukewarm cafeteria Catholics by not stopping the problem in the generation just starting to learn and receive Communion. | Lukewarmness, Catechesis |
| 819 | 1. Row by row entrance into the Communion line. Those not in the state of grace are under pressure to "get in line." 2. Failure of clergy to remind the Faithful of requirements to receive, i.e., fasting, Church laws regarding Confession. 3. Failure of clergy to insist upon dressing at Mass as though one is meeting the King of the Universe. 4. Infrequent offering of Confession in many Churches. Confession ideally would be made available on a daily basis. Churches that offer confession only "by appointment," should be banned. | Confession, Availability/Access, Attire, Fasting, Worthy Reception |
| 820 | Anecdotal - There is little emphasis on wearing your "Sunday's best". If members of the Church are wearing crocs and shorts to receive the holy sacrament, then it doesn't help the perception that they're essentially "waiting in line for some popcorn" as one of my old teachers used to call it. Everyone should have the capacity to at least go to some thrift/discount store and buy a decent-looking suit and tie and/or dress. It's the effort and perception that the holy sacrifice of the mass is important to you, not what expensive name brand you wear. | Attire |
| 821 | Suppression of Traditional Latin Masses and not enough of them. | TLM |
| 822 | Not enough education to youth and youth ministries a lot of the time are very lackluster and whenever there’s any adolescent ministry it’s simply focused on dating. They imply marriage is the only suitable vocation and there’s no focus on priestly vocations. | Catechesis |
| 823 | Ladies on the alter cleaning etc. talking to each other and ignoring Jesus. Ushers constantly talking, giving directions in church while others are praying and ignoring Jesus in the tabernacle. | Reverence |
| 824 | TLM is the true Latin Rite AND INFALLIBLY TAUGHT. NOVUS ORDO is illicit. TLM communities grow and believe. | TLM |
| 825 | The repression of the Latin mass, the lack of traditional oriental rites, . | TLM |
| 826 | Lack of obedience to the canon of the liturgy, adding prayers that are not in the liturgy, giving side notes at inappropriate times during Mass, a general sense of prioritizing welcoming and friendly atmosphere over teaching truths of the church during homilies, not encouraging appropriate dress in the sanctuary. | Homilies, Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 827 | The pope deriding people who love the traditions associated with the Eucharist. | Leadership |
| 828 | Abandonment of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 829 | Lack of kneeling to receive Holy Communion . | Eucharist Reception |
| 830 | Mass being offered by priests who try to entertain. Making priests the focus of Mass rather than Our Lord. The old rite of Mass being neglected and replaced by the new post Vatican II rite. Lack of piety in clergy, confusing roles of laity and clergy. | Vatican II, Liturgical Practice |
| 831 | Priests and Bishops failure to garner the courage to reject the present apostates in the Priesthood, the Bishops, and the present Papacy. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 832 | Loss of a sense that the Church is meaningfully different from any other religion. | Ecumenism |
| 833 | Only teaching children to receive on the hand during formation. | Catechesis |
| 834 | Francis Bergoglio aka Pope Francis is a notorious heretic. You can not bless what is sinful, and you can not pretend you are blessing homosexual individuals as they obviously present themselves as a couple. Fiducia Supplicans blesses a reality that is contrary to creation which is impossible and blasphemy. Saint Robert Bellarmine (1610) -"A Pope who is a manifest heretic automatically ceases to be a Pope and head, just as he ceases automatically to be a Christian and a member of the Church. The fact that Vigano is o trial for speaking the truth and criminals like Rupnik remains a priest in good standing with full priestly faculties could only come from an antipope . | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 835 | No standard dress code! Lack of reverence during the Consecration! Piano and guitar are not suitable for worship! If an organ or organ player is not available, the choir is adequate! Proper dress and humility should be stressed in homilies! The “REAL PRESENCE” should also be emphasized more! . | Attire |
| 836 | Proactiveness and emphasis on reaching out to the youth and teaching them about Jesus. Having more opportunities for the youth in each congregation in addition to confirmation classes and catechism classes, on a level they can comprehend. | Catechesis |
| 837 | Formation of the young . | Catechesis |
| 838 | I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE COVERED THE SUBJECT PRETTY WELL, BUT I FIND THE CASUAL APPROACH THAT MANY TAKE TO ATTENDING MASS, TAKING COMMUNION, THE WAY PEOPLE CHIT-CHAT DURING MASS AND THE LACK OF REVERANCE ON THE MART OF MANY TO BE A PROBLEM. | Reverence |
| 839 | Priests and Bishops treating the Eucharist as a "prize" for coming to Church. Priests and Bishops handing out the Eucharist in baggies during COVID. Priests and Bishops shutting down Mass during COVID. | COVID, Leadership |
| 840 | Since the Churches were closed during COVID, many people refuse to return to Church. Many believe God is everywhere and we can talk to him anywhere. We couldn’t receive Holy Communion or go to Confession when the Churches were closed so what difference does it make now? We can’t force people to come to Church and many said they watch Mass on to, YouTube and other social media platforms and we were denied Holy Communion for three years because of Church closures and many of us survived without receiving the Body of Christ. Having Eucharistic Ministers is another problem. We see many not living a holy life in the community and when we see them serving the Body of Christ and the person hasn’t gone to Confession makes many of us practicing Catholics not want to receive Holy Communion plus the man made laws of Catholics who have been divorced by their spouse is another issue. This business of getting an annulment is another confusing issue especially with children that came out of that failed marriage. In God’s eyes we are supposedly still married but the divorcing spouse doesn’t believe in it because they became worldly. The other spouse who got divorced from believes they can’t be involved in anyone else because it is considered adultery. The world looks at that spouse who believes in that covenant made to God in marriage is left dealing with the mockery and is called crazy. | Extraordinary Ministers, COVID |
| 841 | The need for Reconciliation; Proper method to receive Holy Communion the reinforces WHO we are receiving at Mass; . | Confession |
| 842 | lack of on-going program of education integrating doctrine-worship-sacramental life-adoration-transformation. | Catechesis |
| 843 | The failure of the Church to communicate and teach the consequences of sin. | Catechesis |
| 844 | The lack of reverence by both the priest and the parishioners during Mass; too much clapping, too many distractions with unruly children, no adherence to a dress code. The Mass and the Eucharist are not looked on as being worthy of our utmost reverence and respect as they were years ago. Lack of a strong religious education program and the parents lack of participation. | Family, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 845 | The general trend of "kowtowing" to certain social trends and beliefs which, whilst not "technically" contradicting Catholic teaching, absolutely confuse people and give them a false impression of Catholic teaching. Most obvious examples include the LGBTQ movement, abortion, and ambiguous relationships and support for certain communistic social movements like Antifa, BLM, and some environmentalist groups. Attempts to "modernize" church worship, architecture, and appearance also fall into this category. | Modernism, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 846 | Attire of the laity. They do my respect themselves. How or why would they believe in the body and blood. Parents in general do not teach at home the basic religious premises of the faith. They do not teach respect in the home. They do not attend church with their children. The parents in general are where the bad example starts. There are too many things for me to mention. Mass media is the next enemy on my list. | Family, Attire |
| 847 | Cancellation and limiting of the immemorial liturgy. | TLM |
| 848 | Use of the Bugnini concept of the Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 849 | The loss of The Baltimore Catechism for instruction of our youth. | Catechesis |
| 850 | It is my view that many good and faithful Catholics believe in the Real Presence. It is with charity that I say the real problem is with the scandalous church leadership and that in my opinion is why there is also a decline in Mass attendance. The comprised church leadership have strayed extremely far from the teachings of Christ. They have chosen to teach something morally incompatible with the true words of Christ. The good and holy priests, bishops and cardinals are cancelled and removed because they have spoken out against this. The morally corrupt priests, bishops, archbishops along with some cardinals are praised and promoted for their worldly stance which goes against the teachings of Christ. Their atrocities are always covered up. The U.S. bishop’s allegiance to pro-abortion politicians and they refer to these same politicians as Catholics in good standing and allow them to receive the Eucharist. It would appear they do not believe in the Real Presence in the Eucharist. Also, the decline in vocations may be the result of the seminarians and priests who experience retaliation by their bishops because they were sexually abused or spoke out against the sexual abuse. This must stop!. | Persecuted Clergy, Scandals, Leadership, Vocations |
| 851 | An apostate "Pope" who denies Catholic dogma, has contempt for Americans, and persecutes faithful, traditional Catholics. He is the biggest scandal in the Church today and the silence of most Cardinals and Bishops makes them complicit in his heresy and apostasy. | TLM, Leadership |
| 852 | 1) You mentioned this but Communion in the hand is a grave offense to our Lord. Catholics must know they are TRAMPLING on our dear Lord when they go to a Mass that allows Communion in the hand. It MUST STOP! 2) The Mass is NOT about us, it's to give glory to our Father in Heaven so turn the altar back to God!!! Too many priests offer the Mass like their individual personality is what matters (it's not about them!) and too many only try to 'please' the people (in their sermon and weekly bulletin) so they can collect more money. Harsh, yes, but true. 3) Also, there is no reverence any more when people are not told the proper dress code, allowed to talk during Mass and allowed to eat & drink in church. That must stop! 4) The Sign of Peace right after the Consecration - REALLY????? DO AWAY WITH IT and bring reverence and respect back to our Lord. 5) Why does everyone rush our after Mass? Have they not been told to thank our Lord for our most intimate moments with Him in the Eucharist? Same reason some come late and leave early? NO REVERENCE, NO RESPECT for OUR LORD. 6) ONLY PRIESTS AND ALTAR BOYS ON THE ALTAR - no women, period! No women lectors our Eucharistic Ministers, only priests!. | Extraordinary Ministers, Sign of Peace, Eucharist Reception, Attire, Reverence, Role of Women |
| 853 | The failure properly to teach actual dogma in catechism classes, coupled with the failure of preachers to emphasize dogma in their homilies. This is nearly always neglected in favor of vague social uplift or, at best, the moral strictures of the Church. I do not recall a single lesson in my life, either in religious classes or in church, on *how* transubstantiation, purgatory, the Trinity, the soul, the Incarnation, etc., etc., WORK. I myself have heard young Catholics deny that Christ is God (by which I presume they mean that He is not the Father, but one really doesn't know). This is enormously a failure on the part of bishops to oversee both religious education and preaching in their dioceses, probably in favor of "social programs," which look good to the general public, but don't foster Catholic Christianity. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 854 | Pope Francis, or whoever is speaking for him these days is very inconsistent. | Leadership |
| 855 | Failure to stress the need for frequent confession. | Confession |
| 856 | Educating the youth on the biblical history of the church and the traditional feast days and actually celebrating them as a community. | Catechesis |
| 857 | Catechesis of the faith by priests themselves and not a lay person. | Catechesis |
| 858 | Failure of clergy to emphasize modest dress by all attending the Holy Liturgy. | Attire |
| 859 | Confusion re synods. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 860 | Lack of Faith, Cowardice or inability to demonstrate moral courage, and permissive attitude by vast Major of Bishops! Lead us! Where is our St Augustine? Feed the lambs! Protect the sheep!. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 861 | The establishment of the Novus Ordo Mass taking the place of superiority over the Traditional Latin Mass. The suppression of the TLM that we have seen over the last 3 years is a huge mistake coming from the Vatican. We need a reestablishment of the TLM as the mass of objective superiority and we need to get rid of the Novus Ordo mass. We can judge a tree by its fruits, and the fruits of Vatican II and the NO mass have been very bad (like this poll is talking about, significantly fewer Catholics believe in the true presence as a result of Vatican II reforms). | Vatican II, TLM |
| 862 | Ad Orientem Mass Priests homilies including clear instruction of church teaching on many subjects, including the Real Presence. | Homilies |
| 863 | Loss of credibility of church leaders. | Leadership |
| 864 | Catholic schools do not do a good job of catechizing students. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 865 | Allowing anyone to touch the sacred host when it is only the priest that have consecrated hands. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 866 | Total lack of catechesis for everyone born after 1970. "Word salad" homilies. No standards for RCIA teaching. Bad music. Liturgical abuse in general. | Music, Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 867 | Disregard for the tabernacle / refusing to genuflect . | Reverence |
| 868 | Poor catechesis. Many people who even attended Catholic school or faith formation were simply not taught these things well. Catechesis has been pretty bad for a few generations now. | Catechesis |
| 869 | Sloppy attire at Mass; soft homilies and soft catechism . | Attire |
| 870 | Excessive use of media and social media can lead to a denial of the Real Presence. | Modernism |
| 871 | I will use this as an opportunity to mention this. Perhaps there could be a statement some day from the Church mentioning how in the future, there would be a different response. 🙂 The painful response during COVID when the laity were excluded from being at Mass and not allowed to receive the Eucharist (or even pray in His Presence depending on the diocese or parish) was an issue. Also, wording used during this time (i.e. it's for our spiritual good, it's for the common good, there may be COVID on the Eucharist, we don't kill for the Eucharist). It unfortunately seemed to send a message to people that they are to stay away from the Eucharist/Jesus in a time of difficulty & that He is "dangerous" & that the spiritual is not as important as the physical. It encouraged fear & turning people's attention to things other than God vs. having it be an opportunity for faith in God's Presence & love & desire for people to come to Him in time of difficulty, that He is the Risen Lord, that He is the Bread of Life, that the Church & His Presence is there for people. In a way, it was the opposite message of the Gospel & Church teaching. It also treated the Eucharist & people as a threat of contagion rather than treating the Eucharist as God and people as our brothers & sisters. Following the resumption of public Masses, I witnessed decreased reverence initially and also many Catholics were sadly discouraged from receiving Holy Communion on the tongue. I know of a faithful Catholic woman who is now homebound who had shared with me how she had felt pushed away from the Church during COVID. | COVID |
| 872 | It is the whole atmosphere of the modern Church - laid back, casual, constant busyness. Not enough preaching about Confession and why we need it. | Modernism |
| 873 | Need for more Catholic Bible study Scandal of How Practicing Catholics Treat People Lack of Connection between Eucharist and Evangelization/Social Justice. | Social Justice, Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 874 | Casualness towards the Eucharist by parents and lack of education from parents to children in the household. | Family, Catechesis |
| 875 | Lex orandi lex credendi lex vivendi. | Lex Orandi/Lex Credendi |
| 876 | Altar Table. | Liturgical Practice |
| 877 | The removal of the priest keeping his fingers together after touching the Eucharist and before the purification of his fingers. Concelebration of masses greatly reduces the idea that the Real Presence is there and offered by one priest alone. | Liturgical Practice |
| 878 | music that is not reverent and/or is distracting lack of clear Catholic catechesis on the Eucharist (and everything else) since the 60s when the focus changed to "live the faith" and "just Love everyone". | Music, Catechesis |
| 879 | Bishops being weak about refusing communion, publicly chastising and excommunicating public officials who reject church teachings yet continue to claim they are faithful Catholics. Also during COVID, the Church essentially told everyone they didn’t have to come and the sacraments weren’t important and one could receive Jesus in their heart via a spiritual communion. How can the Church claim this really is our Lord and the Eucharist is necessary for salvation and we must go to Mass on Sunday…unless the government says we can’t and/or there’s a cold going around? It implies the Eucharist is a symbol. The early Christians died for their beliefs, specifically the belief in the real presence yet our bishops told us we had to comply and stay away for our physical safety. | COVID, Canon 915, Leadership |
| 880 | Sacramental preparation in Catholic schools. While important to use second grade language the teaching of the Eucharist rarely extends past second grade and I think there should be a continued teaching about the Eucharist that increases in complexity as students age so their understanding doesn’t stop at a second grade level. | Catechesis |
| 881 | Proper attire for the laity, especially Sundays and Holidays. Encouraging prayers before and after Mass. More men in the sanctuary. | Attire |
| 882 | Lack of a dress code for the laity and allowing scandalous attire at Holy Mass. Allowing bringing in food for children. "Greet your neighbor" and "shake hands.". | Attire |
| 883 | Failure to insist on frequent confession to maintain our souls in a state of grace. | Confession |
| 884 | The Catholic Church’s involvement in politics. Church and state must be separate. If it stands as it is now it will continue to shrink. The waste of resources to control women could have been used to help those already here. Like Jesus did. DO BETTER . | Politics |
| 885 | I just want to expand on the clergy sex abuse crisis. If the priests obviously don’t believe, going by their actions, not their words, then why would the laity?. | Lack of Faith |
| 886 | Catechism classes for children of all ages should emphasize the importance of the truths of the Catholic faith and the importance of attendance at mass . | Catechesis |
| 887 | The Pope not being Faithful to dogma. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing, along with many other clergy. | Leadership |
| 888 | Not offering pre-Vatican 2 Latin Mass at every parish. | Vatican II, TLM |
| 889 | Homilies focused on platitudes and modern sensibilities rather than teaching the faith . | Modernism |
| 890 | Lack of any catechesis on virtually any subject. I.e. on modesty of dress at mass. Catholic customs and traditions and why we have them. Also a general sense of Catholic unity too much of an emphasis on ecumenism repeatedly drummed into the laity making nothing special or unique about the Catholic Church. | Ecumenism, Attire, Catechesis |
| 891 | Confession has been minimized for laity— only offered once/twice per week. This is crux of the problem!! Fix this and Eucharist will gain more significance!!. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 892 | A heretical pope who does not treat bishops as collegial couples with cowardly and often effeminate bishops. | Leadership |
| 893 | The building is a holy place. attire, eating and drinking Socializing before and after Mass Priest chatting —in thanks to people bulletin announcements Social announcements No veils on women Disrespectful youth and children. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 894 | Lack of education of the Laity about the Real Presence and the fact that Transubstantiation occurs with the Consecration. The people need to LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING—Jesus Christ comes down into the bread and wine and He has made them into His Body and Blood. | Catechesis |
| 895 | The experience of liturgical “pendulum swinging” shakes more people’s experience than different orders of the mass themselves. | Liturgical Practice |
| 896 | Failure to pray mass with reverence - rushing through consecration. Not giving homilies on the subject Not openly stating belief in real presence is required to receive . | Reverence |
| 897 | Proper theological and catechetical formation is a must. But. The personal Love Relationship with Jesus and the Trinity is More important. The saints were on Fire with Love. As lay Catholics we can have that Love which then goes to our families our jobs and our communities. A solid Catholic life and Spirituality is needed. | Catechesis |
| 898 | Inadequate or poor catechesis over the last several decades, and failure by clergy to regularly educate and preach about the Real Presence. Also, standards for proper attire and decorum should be introduced to reinforce a more sacred environment during Mass. | Catechesis |
| 899 | the way we dress in church. | Attire |
| 900 | The incorrect order of sacraments of initiation. Confirmation should be done early and before first communion. If you want to move first communion to an older grade that’s fine but confirmation needs to happen before. | Sacraments |
| 901 | Influence of Liberation Theology and bad catechesis made Catholics believe that Church main goal is feeding the poor and not saving the souls. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 902 | Education about transubstantiation and that they should look up and see the miracle that is occurring right there. Jesus has changed the bread and wine into HIMSELF—His Body and His Blood. The laity should be encouraged to receive the Blood of Christ and be changed. His Blood cannot and will not give anyone an illness. | Catechesis |
| 903 | Do the bishops really need this survey to know the right answers? Come on, bishops. You KNOW all these reasons have sabotaged Catholic belief in the Real Presence. The laity is waiting for YOU, BISHOPS, to stand up and actually BE leaders and stop all these abuses and poor catechesis that you KNOW have damaged the Church. Why are you wasting time with a dumb survey? If our bishops need the laity to inform them, they shouldn't be bishops. Got that way backwards like about everything else most bishops do nowadays. Grow a pair and a spine, bishops, and start actually doing your job and lead. We, the laity, are sick to death of weak, effeminate do-nothing bishops, and it won't bode well for you when God finally arises and answers our prayers to rid us of all the worthless weeds and send us genuinely holy Catholic leaders!!!!!!!!!!. | Holiness, Leadership |
| 904 | There's been a change in the way people think about religion in the last 60 years. Religion is no longer viewed as an important part of our culture. The decrease in Catholic educated persons has also affected people's understanding of the Blessed Sacrament. | Catechesis |
| 905 | Laity's distribution of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. . | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 906 | Giving Communion to obstinate public sinners. | Canon 915 |
| 907 | Failure to preach substantively in the Homily on sensitive issues. | Homilies |
| 908 | Failure to catechize both children and adults of the teachings of the Church, what they mean, where they came from, and why we need them. | Catechesis |
| 909 | Lack of connecting the importance of regular confessions to being properly disposed to receive our Lord. Also lack of awareness/accommodation for those who cannot receive the host due to Celiac disease - would like to see some consistent communication and arrangement for Celiac sufferers to receive the Precious Blood before others who have already consumed the Precious Body due to significant health complications associated with particles containing gluten being present in the cup. Otherwise, it's just another piece of bread they can't eat. | Confession |
| 910 | Suppressing the traditional Latin mass and making it less available . | TLM |
| 911 | I believe that if the real presence were emphasized and the importance known, everything else would fall into place. It is because of this failing that everything else has declined. | Catechesis |
| 912 | I think a main issue has to do with people’s thirst for Jesus and their personal prayer - if people struggle to know Jesus personally, how can they really encounter him in the sacrament?. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 913 | Casual attire of the laity, performances in the middle of/instead of masses, and spreading false teachings of our Catholic faith (especially on basic teachings). | Attire |
| 914 | Lack of coherence in the episcopate. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 915 | Liturgical abuses at Mass, for example, priests who . | Liturgical Practice |
| 916 | Priests and the people that work at the parish do not acknowledge The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Tabernacle when they come to the church and begin talking with the parishioners as if because the Tabernacle doors are closed Jesus Christ is not in the room. | Public Witness, Reverence |
| 917 | Use of extraordinary ministers of holy communion, especially at every mass, and on the hand, causes particles of Eucharist to be on the floor and everyone tramples Christ under foot. Adults can numb themselves to it, but children and converts and prospective converts see it clearly. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 918 | No worries about the Eucharistic particles and Precious Blood falling on the floor. | Eucharist Reception |
| 919 | We need more of Bishop Strickland persons!!!. | Leadership |
| 920 | Failure to include Eucharistic Miracles and Marian apparitions in the Mass to help people understand and remember the importance of Eucharist and Holy apparitions. | Catechesis |
| 921 | Absence of females within the Catholic Church, specifically female priests. | Role of Women |
| 922 | Inviting non-communicants up "for a blessing", apparently for inclusion's sake. Hosting events with a lot of chatter, applause, or lay presentations of whatever kind inside the church (with the Sacrament reserved, but even if not... still impious). | Reverence, Applause |
| 923 | Teaching of the catechism throughout the year for those of us who grew up in the 70s with CCD classes stating that “as long as you’re good, you’ll go to heaven”. | Catechesis |
| 924 | 1. Receiving Communion in the hand instead of on the tongue. 2. Use of extraordinary ministers of Communion in parishes where priests & permanent deacons are available. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 925 | The instruction of our children about our faith. Your one question was about fasting before receiving the Eucharist. My cousin is 62 years old and learned a watered down version of catechesis. She is trying to learn more about the faith even though she has been going to church regularly and tells me she just learned that she has to go to confession if she missed Mass. How does this happen? Our children, whether in a catholic school or Rel. Ed. don't know their faith. Some might think this is technical, but it is especially more important that fasting an hour or three hours to a certain extent. Yes we want to promote sacrifice by fasting, but what about the sins on your soul and having a clean heart before receiving our Lord. I believe it is the fault of the "fathers" (Cardinals, bishops, etc.) that have dropped the ball thinking we would get more faithful if we loosened up teaching the tenants of our faith. How can you love something you know nothing about? . | Leadership, Catechesis, Fasting, Worthy Reception |
| 926 | Failure of parents to catechize their children. | Family, Catechesis |
| 927 | Eucharistic Ministers Communion in the hand. Clapping at Mass The sign of peace. | Extraordinary Ministers, Sign of Peace, Eucharist Reception, Applause |
| 928 | Universal cessation of Masses during the pandemic communicated to us that worship and the Eucharist are not “essential services”. | COVID |
| 929 | Horrific apostasy of the Pope who is creating mass confusion among Catholics. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 930 | Our Leaders letting the government dictate how and when we worship. Not remembering their duty is to Christ's teachings and church's mission. | COVID, Leadership |
| 931 | The veracity of the Pew poll claiming Catholics have lost faith. | Other |
| 932 | The first thing I noticed when growing up was the non-use of the Paten when anyone received the Holy Eucharist. (I did confront my Priest on this). Therefore my assumption was that the Priests were not concerned if the Holy Eucharist fell to the floor. As if they themselves did not care. If they don't revere the Holy Eucharist enough to use it, then why would a lay person think they should revere the Holy Eucharist? . | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 933 | The implementation of Traditiones Custodes. | TLM |
| 934 | I think what it comes down to is that matters of Faith are seen through a socio-political lens, so for those whose faith is weak, every semblance of hypocrisy further weakens their faith. When Church hierarchy is deaf to the laity's pleas of "I believe, help my unbelief", The Church has a hard time moving forward. Because, while there are catechized laity who try to evangelize and catechize, there are very public Clergy/Prelates who undermine with false witness. | Modernism, Evangelization, Leadership |
| 935 | My core belief is that as a Catholic it starts in the home. I don’t think children fully understand the teachings and we need to come up with different ways to help children learn and understand what the sacraments are and understand what the Bible and our church is teaching. Having Faith is the core foundation for belief and understanding. If we want to continue growing in Faith and following Catholicism we need to start with the children. Parents have lost faith in all the Priest scandals so they are trying to protect their children from the priests. When in reality they are teaching them to not have faith in our Savior. | Family, Catechesis |
| 936 | Preaching the Eucharist as an essential dimension of a personal encounter with Jesus. Past survey data showed that Gen X down are more likely to attend Mass if they believe a personal relationship with Jesus is possible. | Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 937 | Black and white thinking within the faith— no gray areas and don’t consider individual situations . | Other |
| 938 | People have become sloppy receiving Holy Communion, they shouldn’t be touching the Host and communicating themselves. It is called RECEIVING Holy Communion. They should be kneeling and receiving on the tongue. This avoids particles falling from the sacred Host and people trampling on them. | Eucharist Reception |
| 939 | This goes hand-in-hand with both the decrease in physical beauty in churches and contemporary music, but putting musicians at the front of the church instead of in a choir loft, shifting the focus away from the source and summit. Very Protestant. I also think the general lack of strong community in Catholic parishes is an epidemic. Less sharing of beliefs/theology and fraternal correction. The number of times I've had conversations with older, parishioners and have been shocked by admissions they've made (illicitly bringing the Blessed Sacrament home to a loved one, taking half and pocketing the rest to consume during night prayer, and other crazy non-Eucharist-related things). | Music, Beauty, Eucharist Reception, Community |
| 940 | Catechism in general . | Catechesis |
| 941 | Use of the Novus Ordo Missae over the TLM. | TLM |
| 942 | Religious Education teachers, especially those raised post Vatican ll, are often lacking in proper catechesis themselves. I am a certified Catechist but if it weren’t for my family and authentic instruction by the Catholic nuns who used the Baltimore Catechism, I might have been misinformed. Priests must instruct the laity from the pulpit as well…too many fall short on substance regarding their homilies and seem fearful of offending or sounding judgmental. Courage to speak and defend the true faith is sorely lacking in clergy and laity alike. Of course, first they must know the truth! Also, for years there was a decrease in the importance of Eucharistic Adoration which I do see on the rise lately, notably in my parish and those surrounding it. Similarly, the Sacrament of Penance…one might say there’s been a revival, at least where I am. Pet peeves: (With Novus Ordo) Choir (or just congregation) singing (even sacred music) right after reception of Holy Communion. Much too distracting! Improper usage of Sign of Peace (big smiles, shaking everyone’s hand and hippie peace signs ???. It’s not a meet and greet social! People holding hands and using the orens position during the Lord’s Prayer…applauding the choir as if for a great performance!! Finally, much reverence for the Eucharist was lost with the removal of altar rail and reception in the hand. Note: I do believe Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (men and women) have a place in bringing the Eucharist to the homebound and in hospitals/nursing homes. There just aren’t enough ordained ministers to accomplish this!. | Catechesis |
| 943 | Catechism classes (CCD) teachers should be very cognizant of their bias when teaching. I was unfortunately influenced by one's stated beliefs at impressionable age. | Catechesis |
| 944 | Dressing appropriately for the King. | Attire |
| 945 | Lack of passing down our own Catholic history and the “why” of the form of the liturgy. We are cut off from 2000 years of history and tradition! . | Catechesis |
| 946 | Failure to maintain the community of believers. Too many only come to mass and exit with no connection with others. Too many do not know the teachings of the Catholic faith. They fall away and are influenced by the culture. Not sure how to solve this other than starting early with youth. | Catechesis |
| 947 | Vocalized hymns during communion are distracting the faithful from the reverence and sanctity required of the Eucharistic moment, of those receiving communion, and from the need for silent prayers of thanksgiving by those who have just received the Holy Eucharist. Traditional instrumental music alone should accompany the reception of the Holy Eucharist. Examples include instrumental versions of O Sanctissima, Ave Maria, Pange Lingua Gloriosi, etc. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 948 | The overall lack of reverence for and/or fear of God. | Reverence |
| 949 | Lack of education to Catholics, from the pulpit, in catholic schools, and church events. | Homilies, Schools, Catechesis |
| 950 | lack of education of or encouragement in ceremonial behaviors towards the Eucharist such as genuflecting before entering pews, kneeling during the Consecration, etc. | Catechesis |
| 951 | Lack of educating Catholics by the priest from the pulpit at weekend Masses. Lack of religious education at the elementary & high school levels. | Catechesis |
| 952 | The focus on things of no consequence when serious issues like the abuse scandals are rampant. I grew up very devote, learned Latin, went to adoration multiple times a week, read countless books on church history and teaching from orthodox sources. I lost my faith because of the cruelty and hypocrisy of orthodox Catholics. I know you want this to be an issue of reverence or improper catechesis, but it’s not. By their fruits you shall know them and the fruit is rotten. | Modernism, Scandals |
| 953 | Less of an importance put on confession, less opportunities to go. Lack of Catholic education among the adults and lack of Catholic education being taught to the children. | Confession, Availability/Access, Catechesis |
| 954 | Many Catholics do not understand what the Mass is as worship and sacrifice and how it is God's due for our life and all our blessings and in honor of the 1st Commandment. I know Catholics who think that the Great Commandment is love your neighbor as yourself. They do not realize that it is love your God with all your heart, mind, and body and love your neighbor as yourself is second. In this case, Mass and adoration and reverence to the Blessed Sacrament comes a distant last to social works (feeding the poor, shelter for the homeless, etc.). I had a Catholic friend tell me that God didn't really mean to put himself first and that God does not expect us to put him first in our lives. He was sincere and firmly believed that this is what the Church teaches. . | Catechesis |
| 955 | Failure to educate the laity on the Mass in general-The importance of every part of the Mass and it's history. | Catechesis |
| 956 | The repeated and continued attempts to stamp out the Mass of Pius V has been the opposite of a pastoral approach and it has caused tremendous heartache and frustration in the hearts of traditionalists. Circumstances properly permitting, I would rather never again attend the New Mass for the rest of my life and as far as the liturgy is concerned, I would choose to exclusively attend the Old Mass. | TLM |
| 957 | Division in the Church post Vatican 2. | Vatican II |
| 958 | Sharing in homilies why what is done in the Mass is done and where it comes from in the Bible. As our priest says, "You can't love what you don't know.". | Homilies |
| 959 | Receiving the Most Precious Host on the hand instead of on the tongue, opened Our Lord up to abuse and loss of respect . | Eucharist Reception |
| 960 | The feel of some clergy seems to be more Protestant than Catholic-I can only surmise as an erroneous way to attract more parishioners. Heavy involvement in ecumenical organizations which are cover for socialist organizations does not help. Catholic NGOs at the center of human trafficking especially at US southern border. Pope Francis not adhering to historic Catholic teachings and traditions. | Ecumenism |
| 961 | Failure to use a paten when offering Communion Stripping the altars of decoration/putting potted plants around the altar Liturgical dancing Using largely unadorned vestments Using wood plates/bowls to distribute the Eucharist (anything that isn't gold, really). | Eucharist Reception |
| 962 | Lack of confession times in parishes. Parishioners will have more respect for the Eucharist if they are in a state of Grace! Sadly, I don't think people know what it means to be in a state of grace. Priests need to address how sloppily people handle communion. It is hard to watch!. | Confession, Availability/Access, Eucharist Reception, Worthy Reception |
| 963 | It’s a failure wholesale, priests come from the laity, who are now poorly catechized in large numbers, lax, and only think about God when something goes wrong or they need something. The hierarchy of the church is a reflection of heaven. We need more, well catechized, well-formed priests. The seminaries need to be cleaned up of all the filth, there needs to be structure, directed by the priest, for each diocese, Mass should be about the sacrifice of Our Lord, the importance of community cannot be understated, but we aren't protestants, we need Mass to be focused on the awe inspiring miracle that takes place every time it is said. These community activities need to be focused on faith, catechesis needs to be done from concrete foundations, like the Catechism of Trent, which is clear, precise, and final on moral issues. We need to stamp out certain ideas such as marriage being a vocation, which it is not, because that places marriage on par with vocations, we need to encourage vocations, this will mean diocesan priests aren't tending to three different parishes at a time and we can foster what is needed. Confession needs to be available every day, and it needs to be extolled for its necessity. Now is the time to be John the Baptist. But unlike some of the fellow traditionalists that we see online, we cannot lose compassion because it is lax wherever we see it. But God's law is ours to spread, not to alter, compassion that compromises on divine law is not compassion at all, it's poison. Young people are craving structure and laws that don't falter under scrutiny, which is why so many are attracted to traditional parishes and SSPX masses, the Latin Mass provides two things: the mystery that draws people in, it makes people take time to understand what's going on, it requires contemplation in order to participate, which then emboldens the spirit and one's faith, and it places primacy on the sacrifice and not the laity, the Mass can be said privately without the faithful present, it would continue if nobody showed up. I could go on for hours about this. What we need is a return to tradition, so that we can slowly build up from there, because there are many circumstances of the modern world that tradition doesn't have a concrete answer on, we need a strong hierarchy that is willing to suffer, to show us how to suffer in Persona Christi, and we need to collate and strengthen our communities in making the faith an everyday occurrence, consecrations of the family to sacred heart, blessings of everyday items, book lists that are approved for the faithful to read (your average joe shouldn't necessarily read the summa without a guide) we need structure, and we need to be told no, we need father figures that are steeped in God's law, and are unwilling to falter, and we need it yesterday. | TLM, Family, Priestly Formation, Catechesis, Community |
| 964 | Failure to remind both males & females that modesty in dress is important and is necessary out of respect for the Blessed Sacrament. Allowing children to put on plays during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. | Reverence, Attire |
| 965 | Lack of respect and community. | Community |
| 966 | The diminution of the importance of Confession - e.g.: - linking confession to being in a state of grace; and therefore worthy to receive the Blessed Sacrament - confessions by appointment (to suit the priest), rather than being frequently available, such as before and after Mass - hidden or missing confessionals - failure to provide pertinent catechesis after the sinner has confessed - you know you're in a good church, when you walk in and see the tabernacle in the center of the altar, the red lamp indicating the Real Presence, and visible confessionals with line-ups. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 967 | Some priests "act" as though they are handling everyday articles instead of the Body and Blood of Jesus. They show little reverence. Priests who invite "everyone" to the Eucharist. At some parishes there is very little time for confession, and it is not encouraged as a monthly practice - penance services make a mockery of the Sacrament - "Just state one sin....". | Confession, Reverence, Availability/Access |
| 968 | More Catholics are reading the Bible for themselves. They have realized that so much that they have been brought up to revere has nothing to do with Jesus or the apostles. It's man made traditions just added on through the centuries. This, homosexual abuse of children and allowing pro abortion politicians to receive communion (and punishing priests who speak out about it) is totally hypocritical. I know I have stepped back and wondered why I should listen to the Church about anything. | Abortion, Persecuted Clergy, Canon 915 |
| 969 | People need to understand the importance of God's Supernatural World. (End of Times) It's real and exists with us like the air we breath. We need to remove the preoccupation with the material and spend more time building our faith on the loving and righteous dimension of the supernatural. We need to prepare ourselves, in God's Way, to battle with 'the end of times'. We need to worry more about what God wants and not what people who act like gods want. I'm thinking the end of mercy will come sooner than later, and then God's Righteousness will reign. We need help to be ready for that. I'm very disgusted with the United States no longer requiring the men in seminary to learn Latin, and forcing out Latin Masses. I'm upset with priests taking the lazy route. Fast Sunday Masses and less than 20 minute daily Masses. I'm upset with priests who tell me the 'Archbishop of America' says we are not suppose to be on our knees to receive Communion. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Living the Faith |
| 970 | singing texts that are banal, trite and/or conflict with Catholic belief. Also, singing about coming to the "table" when you only get halfway down the nave when EMHC Betty from Pew Three meets you for Communion. | Modernism, Music, Eucharist Reception |
| 971 | readiness to depart the Church as quickly as possible at close of Mass. | Reverence |
| 972 | Proper catechizing of the faith. A true understanding of having a relationship with Jesus Christ. We hear so much about Christ, but so often Catholics lack a true love and relationship to Jesus as our Lord and Savior. | Catechesis |
| 973 | Removal of altar rails, kneelers, Gregorian Chant, infrequent and shortened Confession availability, which is most necessary of all. | Confession, Availability/Access, Eucharist Reception |
| 974 | Communion Service in place of the Holy Mass. Poorly trained deacons and altar servers. | Catechesis |
| 975 | The statements in the GIRM: mistranslation of the free-standing altar description, and forbidding any "adoration" hymns for Communion. | Liturgical Practice |
| 976 | I think the overall unwillingness of the clergy and hierarchy all the way to the pope to stand up for and profess Catholic moral teaching has caused the church to become irrelevant in the eyes of many. Also closing the churches for COVID told people that mass was not priority or “essential “ to quote a word spewed by government authorities . | COVID |
| 977 | Preaching from the pulpit about the real presence. | Homilies |
| 978 | Availability of confession Education of Catholic young is inadequate. | Confession, Availability/Access, Catechesis |
| 979 | Allowing the faithful to kneel to receive Holy Communion is a radical departure from the tradition of Latin Rite Catholics. It also deprives us of a moment to prepare for the coming of the Lord and to properly recollect. | Eucharist Reception |
| 980 | The TLM is the best liturgy to believe in the Eucharist . Many of the clergy act like they do not believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, especially the Modernists, the homosexual, and heterodox ones. | TLM |
| 981 | The Pope, Cardinals, Priest do not counter the popular culture. | Leadership |
| 982 | Priests do not catechize! They leave others to ”teach” the faith. And when the clergy do “teach” it is not always along orthodox teachings, but feel good, non-offensive suggestions. | Catechesis |
| 983 | Cessation of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 984 | Internal battle between novice ordo and Tom. Outward Disrespect of the Pope. | TLM |
| 985 | Post COVID folks thinking that they can 'attend' Mass online. Failure to catechize the children and teens seriously. We lose a lot of teens to the more popular Protestant Youth Groups... do they even know that they are walking away from the Real Presence?!. | COVID |
| 986 | All of the reasons presented in this survey have been part of the lack of belief in the Real Presence of Our Lord Jesus in the Eucharist. Modernism and the false implementation of Vatican II in the US and the horrible interventions of Annabale Bugnini in the liturgy to "simplify and Protestantize" the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass have resulted in the lack of belief of the Real Presence along with decline in vocations and people fleeing the Church in the last 50 years. The smoke of Satan has filled the Church. | Vatican II |
| 987 | Failure to remind Catholics that, "Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus." . | Catechesis |
| 988 | In general lack of catechesis in all aspects of Catholic faith-recent converts in a good instruction class know more than most cradle "educated" in the last 56 years!. | Catechesis |
| 989 | Sacramental wine is not offered in any of the Northeastern Churches I attend. However, in many of the Southern Churches, both wealthy and humble; in states like TN, MS, AL ,LA ; where I have attended mass; they are offered to those who want. A few years ago; I asked the priest of a church I go to if I could make a donation so he could buy a case of Sacramental wine; I told him I would be last so there would not be a concern amongst the nuns who take. (people were scared of COVID; lots of people and Priests wore Masks) He told me he could not do it because then he would have to offer the Sacramental wine to others who may want to have it. At Holy Communion we hear about receiving the Body and Blood of Christ. "Do this in Memory of me, The blood of the new Covenant for the forgiveness of Sins... I am not a Theologian. But I always ask WHY? This Sunday; I explained myself to a mother and young adult son after mass. The 3 of us prayed that our churches begin to offer the sacramental wine. I feel blessed that I found your site. . | COVID |
| 990 | The importance of genuflecting. Teaching the laity how we clean and care for chalice and cloths. And care for altar after communion. | Reverence |
| 991 | Them seeing church only as a place to go on Sunday only. there needs to be education on days of obligation that are more than just Easter and Christmas. lack of involvement is big problem. | Catechesis |
| 992 | People wear yoga pants and shorts to church. ALSO- the church SHUT DOWN and told us we can NOT receive the body of Christ and that's fine because of fear of a virus. | COVID, Attire |
| 993 | Lack of confession times (it can’t be serious to receive the Eucharist in sin when there isn't opportunities for confession). | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 994 | Allowing priests and bishops to interpret for themselves creates too much individuality in the church. Catholic schools are way too liberal in teaching theology and actual Catholic faith to students and we as parents have failed to teach our children this as well. | Leadership, Family, Catechesis |
| 995 | The “come as you are” attitude that was encouraged in the 1980’s. Jesus is our King and we should honor that by dressing modest and dressy clothes. | Attire |
| 996 | Failure to educate music directors about appropriate music for the liturgy, especially the great heritage of chant. Failure to educate lay liturgy committees, the blind are leading the blind. Failure to instruct the laity about the three transcends: truth, beauty, goodness Failure to offer challenging adult theology instruction in the parish Failure to improve CCD—total chaos with incompetent lay teachers, waste of time, kids hate it . | Music, Beauty, Catechesis |
| 997 | some priest and bishops get involved to politically outside the Church and set a real poor example. | Politics, Leadership |
| 998 | Absence of altar rails. | Eucharist Reception |
| 999 | Appropriate attire to approach the Holy Eucharist. This is major. I’ve seen what could be considered a swimsuit during a confirmation. RCIA does not cover this and is very poorly taught. | Attire |
| 1000 | Women not wearing veils, laywomen women giving Eucharist to people in church, changes on 2nd Vatican made everything not Sacred, it became too casual to the point that people wear very indecent clothing in church, specially in Summer. How can men or teenager men concentrate to pray? . | Attire |
| 1001 | Lack of dress standard. Lack of clearly articulation that leaders such as Biden, Pelosi et al are not in a state of grace. Using prayers that refer to the host as "bread" in close proximity to communion. Homily content that does not follow Catholic teachings. | Homilies, Canon 915, Attire |
| 1002 | There needs to be a focus on catechism for adults about all the faith. Many Catholics were last catechized in school. Rosary marches in all cities and also Eucharistic adoration without music and more sacred. Take out the V2 guitars. We need events like the March for Catholics we did in Peoria. A national event. | Catechesis, Devotions |
| 1003 | Failure to admonish Catholic leaders and politicians when they promote sin and the decline of Catholic teaching in our once great universities . | Leadership |
| 1004 | Educating children on the Real Presence and importance of attending mass. | Catechesis |
| 1005 | Regular preaching about Confession / wait to receive Holy Communion until your life is right with God. How many Catholics approach for Communion while knowingly violating in areas such as use of Contraception/ living together without marriage / homosexual lifestyle in Priesthood yet carrying on in offering the Holy Sacrifice. In short EVERYONE needs to at least be on the Purgative way or they will lose their sense of the Sacred, especially the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. | Confession, LGBTQ+ Issues, Sin |
| 1006 | The nonchalance with which Our Lord is received, with no care given to the PARTICLES of His Precious Body. If every Particle was cared for, and that means receiving kneeling, on the tongue, with a paten, it would go a long way. Believing He is truly present in the Eucharist means acting like it. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1007 | Being hurt by the Church. The arguments going against the Church. Not being taught about why we believe what we believe. | Catechesis |
| 1008 | Education of mass & Eucharist . | Catechesis |
| 1009 | People need to understand what the Mass is, especially from a Biblical perspective, and how it connects the Old and New Testaments. Not simply an imposed obligation to keep one from going to hell. . | Catechesis |
| 1010 | -The practice of lay Catholics leaving Mass immediately after receiving Holy Communion -making the Sequence for the Feast of Corpus Christi optional (unlike those for Easter and Pentecost which are required) -The removal of scripture references to the damnation of those who receive in an unworthy state from the Mass -The acceptance of TV and Live Stream Masses as an approved substitute for Mass requirements for those Catholics who are in good health -Priests being more concerned about Masses being within an hour instead of taking the time to spend with Jesus -The disappearance of Catholic schools, especially in the urban core. | Reverence, Worthy Reception |
| 1011 | Not enough visibility of Catholicism, including Eucharistic teaching, in our media. People need to see it in their everyday lives. | Public Witness |
| 1012 | The fact that communion in the hand is even allowed as an option is the biggest reason for the lack of belief in the Teal Presence. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1013 | The downplaying or avoidance of clergy encouraging or even mentioning the practice of frequently receiving the sacrament of Confession to make one worthy to receive Holy Communion. | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 1014 | Prevalence of “screen culture” vs direct apprehension of the natural world. | Modernism |
| 1015 | The Tridentine Rite of the Mass is no longer the norm. | TLM |
| 1016 | The total abandonment of the Mass given to us by the Holy Spirit himself in favor of a Protestant Mass invented by a Freemason and implemented through lies and scandal. | TLM |
| 1017 | Hypocrisy in the church - the lay Catholics are expected to go to confession and offer sincere repentance. Meanwhile, to this day, the church continues to hide sex abuse. Not enough restitution has been given. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 1018 | Not talking about mortal sin. Also, de-emphasizing Confession and making it reconciliation. People quit going when they had to face the priest. | Confession, Sin |
| 1019 | At our local parish, over the last 30 plus years we became much more Protestant. We “tried “ to be more like other Christian churches. Now, as we attempt to bring back sacredness into the sanctuary it is difficult. People don’t understand, believe, and were catechized incorrectly. I went to Catholic school, Mass on Sunday, and CCD. I knew little about my faith until I was an adult. My siblings have all left the faith. And sadly, this is the norm. In my humble opinion, we need to go backwards. Bring back the beautiful churches, sacred everything, and if possible Classical Education. I meet children and young adults who know and love their faith far better than I did at their age due to Classical Catholic education. We already live in a post Christian world. Our children don’t need more STEM, they need sacred. I certainly did, and I am just now realizing how much. Beauty in everything helps. Priests need direction and support from bishops. It has become a battlefield in many parishes. I have seen beautiful, holy, orthodox priests unsupported, criticized, and demonized for attempting to “turn the tide” in parishes. From a lay person’s perspective, money doesn’t fix this (or should it be a driving force in any parish or diocese). We need Christ, we need to find Him in his abandoned tabernacle, and we all need to adore Him. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Beauty, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 1020 | Cardinals and Bishops allowing Public Politicians and other public figures to receive Communion with their radical pro abortionist views. This is disgusting to allow them to receive . | Canon 915, Leadership |
| 1021 | I believe the obviously anti-Vatican II stance of this and “the Traditional” Catholics are driving a wedge in our Holy Mother Church’s heart. Vatican II was not implemented excellently but it has some amazing and beautiful truths that should be attended to and not ignored or as this survey shows held as heretical. There is beauty in our Church and there are many ways to worship and reverence Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. Don’t drive wedges. | Vatican II, Division |
| 1022 | Trying to abolish the Latin Mass. It's rigid rubrics and God centered characteristics are the instant and permanent fix to all our woes, both in belief and action about and in the midst of the Eucharist. | TLM |
| 1023 | People dress immodestly, the laypeople and priests no longer genuflect . | Attire |
| 1024 | Lack of modesty at Mass and nothing said from the pulpit in reference to this, i.e. shorts especially in warm climates, images by men, short skimpy dresses, shoulders and other areas bare. | Attire |
| 1025 | Administering first sacraments too early - before children can properly understand them. Confirmation is also undergone too early. Moving it to the young adult years would optimize opportunities for religious education / faith formation during the later teens and early twenties, when people should be more capable of discussing topics such as transubstantiation. | Catechesis |
| 1026 | 1. Lack of reverence shown by priest for Eucharist ( elevating and pausing) . 2. Mass being cancelled on Sunday because Priest is sick. They should have backups list to refer to. 3. Priests making sick calls in timely manor. Not at there convenience. 4. Priests with a “ my way or no “ attitude. . | Reverence |
| 1027 | Not having formation in the home with regard to all areas of faith, especially love for and reverence of receiving Jesus in Holy Communion and what it means and what it does. Receiving guidance from the parents and other relatives and friends and growing in virtues and Biblical and liturgical life. | Family, Reverence, Catechesis |
| 1028 | Ecumenism / inter-religious dialogue and the watering down of Catholic doctrine for this sake. | Ecumenism |
| 1029 | Statements in and outside of the Mass about what we believe the Eucharist is. The reason we celebrate, its purpose, and what it can do for us. | Catechesis |
| 1030 | Receiving communion in the hand and lack of overall reverence. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1031 | Clergy failing to encourage frequent confession among faithful; clergy failing to teach faithful how to pray; clergy permitting faithful to receive communion in the hand and standing; clergy not prioritizing Eucharistic Adoration. | Confession, Eucharist Reception, Devotions |
| 1032 | Words of Consecration spoken rapidly and with little conviction. Raising chalice and paten too low and too little time. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 1033 | Restricting or reducing the availability of the Tridentine Mass and the rites before 1962. | TLM |
| 1034 | People need to fall on their knees to receive the Lord. Every time. Head coverings for women. . | Reverence, Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 1035 | Lack of understanding the Mass and True Presence. | Catechesis |
| 1036 | 1. Children's Liturgy - implemented DURING the Mass in which young children, some as old as 10 or 11 that I have seen, leave Mass before the Penitential Rite and go off to a separate space for a alternate version of the readings. They miss the actual reading of scripture and the priest's sermon, both of which are replaced by what looks like a shortened and dumbed down version of scripture that does not include all the readings, and they get something to color or play. They come back at varying times - sometimes in time for the Offertory, but I have seen them gallop in during the Consecration in some parishes. Thus they are taught that the Mass is not important enough to sit through, that it has nothing really to do with Christ's Sacrifice, that the Eucharist is just part of a social event, that the priest has nothing to say that is worth listening to, and so they tend to ignore whatever else happens for the time they are 'stuck' in Church. Those old enough to receive Communion will sometimes go, receive in the hand, then return to the pew to continue chatting or doing something else. There is no awareness that those who go out miss enough of the Mass that they should still attend Mass that day to meet their obligation. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 1037 | Sermons are not filled with church teachings and have been watered down or to politically correct. We need real priest to teach us the truth of our faith. | Homilies |
| 1038 | I have taught faith formation for many years. The current program used by many parishes is so watered down and does so very little to teach the hows and whys of our faith. I had a first communion program from Loyola press that focused more on recycling and the earth than anything about communion!. | Catechesis |
| 1039 | -Presence of the Latin Mass in general -dress code in the church. | TLM, Attire |
| 1040 | As we see and understand that many and most Catholics are in the state of mortal sin, using or agreeing with contraception, abortion, pornography etc. etc. and receiving the Holy Eucharist in that state. NEVER going to confession to confess because they don't believe or because they don't understand what they are doing ( priests don't tell them), non believing or lukewarm bishops allowing this all to go on for 60 plus years. We have NO shepherds! (very, very, very few). The laity must stop pretending that these wolves are what they are not. THEY ARE NOT! By their fruits you will know them! Even in our Catholic schools they are not taught the faith but water down fake Catholicism. And the bishops are over seeing them. What else can we expect. God have mercy! Bishop Fulton Sheen pray for us! Holy Mary, St. Joseph pray for us!. | Sin, Lukewarmness, Leadership, Abortion, Worthy Reception |
| 1041 | The Bugnini Mass has pedestrianized the Mass, created a smorgasbord of options lending themselves to ad lib innovations. The Charismatic movement began at the same time (late 1960s) and has Protestantize people's faith. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1042 | I’m not sure if I’m answering out of personal desire in the way I want things to be or the way they should be. I do not mean to sound blasphemous or heretical in anything I say. I feel the secular world is creeping into the church and impacting it negatively. I know this is God’s church and he wins. I do feel there are some churches that have lost their architectural beauty. The congregation that doesn’t wear appropriate attire to mass. . | Modernism, Attire, Beauty |
| 1043 | We should not assume that everyone knows what's going on in the Mass, we need to reach. Better Homilies, explaining how the Gospel affects our daily lives. | Homilies |
| 1044 | Infighting instead of evangelizing. | Evangelization, Division |
| 1045 | Our church requires families to attend catechism. So while our kids are in class we get great refreshers on teaching or for some parents, they hear about the true presence for the first time. I don't think many other churches do this. Also, no sports in catholic schools on Sunday and explain why. Also those not attending catholic school but who go to catechism are not welcomed to take part in things like altar service. They are pretty second class if they can't pat tuition. This turns so many away. | Family, Catechesis |
| 1046 | Young (20- 30 years old) that were educated in public schools and did not receive CCD. Or, that CCD classes were after school when the children were no longer able to be attentive. | Catechesis |
| 1047 | Pope shaming TLM!!!. | TLM, Leadership |
| 1048 | Homilies are not teaching the faith clearly. Most priests aren’t giving valuable insight and instruction. | Homilies |
| 1049 | Accepting and promoting The Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 1050 | Bad catechism in general, attempts to act “just like Protestants,” bishops concentrating of social Justice issues instead of the Faith, no plans to address the aggressive secularization if the West (or even seeming to notice it), halfhearted attempts at national programs everyone can tell are meaningless and not even sticking with them (proving they were meaningless), the complete failure of the bishops as a body to do anything about gay, or even same-sex, abuse and impropriety. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Social Justice, Leadership |
| 1051 | Lack of emphasis in Modest dressing before the King of Kings. | Attire |
| 1052 | Having adoration 15 to 30 minutes before mass (no signing at the entrance) seeing is believing. The churches that have adoration have less than 20 % of their parish participation. So you have to bring the Eucharist to the remainder. After a period of time a year or longer they will start to understand . | Devotions |
| 1053 | Lack of weekly Mass attendance by laity. Poor Catholic School theology programs. Lack of a sense of the sacred generally and in society generally (culture of death). | Schools |
| 1054 | Casual dress at Mass. Women are the worst. | Attire |
| 1055 | Lack of teaching at home. | Family, Catechesis |
| 1056 | Using the church for programs, clapping at performances, loud talking before Mass, inappropriate clothing, breast feeding during Mass--this is a church and God is present; not hall for entertainment. | Reverence |
| 1057 | Division in the Church . | Division |
| 1058 | The abandonment of the availability of Confession. The Eucharistic Revival will fail because of the lack of emphasis on Confession first. Holy Communion received in the hand makes the Eucharist casual. | Eucharist Reception, Availability/Access |
| 1059 | Failure to teach what is sin, why it offends God, consequences of sin, importance of Sacrament of Confession, Jewish roots of why animal sacrifice, why must eat the animal, how does eating it atone for sin, Jesus' sacrifice as the last bloody sacrifice. | Confession, Sin |
| 1060 | At funerals, the priest fails to announce the importance of the Eucharist--holy communion is for Catholics in a state of grace. | Worthy Reception |
| 1061 | Strict genuflecting in front of the host and the tabernacle. Too much focus on the alter instead of the tabernacle. | Reverence |
| 1062 | Failure to provide a national high quality religious education program for kids and adults. One that would set a standard. So many times different religious leaders give such different answers to questions regarding the faith. A strong educational program teaching the true presence, the true beauty of reconciliation, and a strong catechism foundation. | Confession, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 1063 | - Poor catechesis in general. - Lack of fortitude by clergy, in stating & defending Church teaching, in homilies & in public. | Fear/Cowardness, Catechesis |
| 1064 | During COVID, the Church let government come between the Catholics and the Eucharist. They also kept the Precious Blood from us even longer. The Body and Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ, is not to be put away in fear, UNLESS it's only bread and wine. They made decisions in fear instead of love and diminished the perceived value of the Eucharist. If we cannot live without the Eucharist, they put our souls in danger. You see the vast number of Catholics who did not return after COVID and the Synod on Synodality did not reach out to them at all. | COVID |
| 1065 | Low percentage of children who have access to and can afford daily excellent catechetical Catholic teaching by religious who are faithful to the catechism. | Catechesis |
| 1066 | Poor or lack of catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 1067 | Pushing the Traditional Latin Mass to the peripheries. The vast majority of those attendees have a strong belief in the real presence and are a great influence. | TLM |
| 1068 | Bowing instead on genuflecting before the Eucharist. | Reverence |
| 1069 | Better catechesis at an early age, especially in CCE. | Catechesis |
| 1070 | 1. Importance of transcendence/spirituality and devotion to Blessed Virgin Mary de-emphasized. 2. Failure of clergy to stand strong in the face of cultural / attitude changes (Feel-good attitude of 1950s carried over to belief that Satan doesn't exist and everybody goes to heaven). | Modernism, Loss Sense of the Sacred, Devotions |
| 1071 | Many efforts have been established, especially by traditional priestly orders, traditional minded prelates, priests and apostolates to counterattack the lack of quality in catechesis and de-emphasis on prayer which has contributed to a decrease in belief in the real presence, especially since Vatican II. However, each individual must take responsibility for studying, knowing and living his Catholic Faith even amidst the increased CHAOS in the church and world today. Personal sin, especially grave or mortal sin, leads to darkened intellects in souls leading to a decrease in correspondence with the sufficient Grace God always supplies to lead men back to the true path of salvation. External gestures and practices, especially in public prayer, do help with the internal belief of the flock.. the faithful benefit from reminders from the pulpit to observe the old traditional practices of reverence (genuflecting, silence in Church where Our Lord is present in the Tabernacle, etc.) which correspond with doctrine beliefs. | Vatican II, Catechesis, Sin |
| 1072 | Getting rid of the Traditional Latin Mass . | TLM |
| 1073 | It’s not taught in Catholic schools or in CCD. Also it should be stressed that if you are not in a state of Grace (& explain what that means) then you should not receive the Host. No one should talk after Communion and the last blessing. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 1074 | Lack of Sunday best attire . | Attire |
| 1075 | Lack of reverence. For example genuflecting before the Eucharist in the tabernacle. | Reverence |
| 1076 | Allowing lay people to distribute communion. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 1077 | Children are not being taught in the home, parents are the first teachers, too many let CCD do it all, it has to start in the home when the child is a toddler. They have to see their parents practice their FAITH. | Family, Catechesis |
| 1078 | Immodesty of dress and the casual way people present themselves at mass. | Attire |
| 1079 | Parents failure to catechize and live the faith out loud at home. | Family, Catechesis |
| 1080 | No teachings on virtues... all for Love of God. | Catechesis |
| 1081 | Very casual immodest attire. | Attire |
| 1082 | Influences outside of the church Divorce Birth control Sexual freedom No nuclear families. | Family, Modernism |
| 1083 | clergy seem devoted to control over service...old mass serves spiritual needs, but its not a ritual of control so it gets rejected. | TLM |
| 1084 | Lack of frequent confessions, failure to emphasize that missing Mass is mortal sin, rise of virtual Masses post COVID. | COVID |
| 1085 | Failure of clergy to teach genuflection at tabernacle and kneeling when blessed Sacrament is exposed, and how to dress modestly for Holy Mass. | Reverence, Attire |
| 1086 | I would say one of the biggest issues I have noticed is the lack of education on the purpose of the mass and how the faithful should be preparing themselves to receive the Eucharist. I think having Confession readily available prior to the start of mass would also be a great aid in preparing souls for the reception of the Eucharist. | Confession, Availability/Access, Catechesis |
| 1087 | Scriptural testimony and typology… the knowledge that God prepared us to receive the Eucharist from the beginning. | Catechesis |
| 1088 | Lack of adult faith formation . | Catechesis |
| 1089 | Teaching parents about the Real Presence! . | Family |
| 1090 | Living in a secular society which has increasingly become more anti Christian. Also, people merely "going through the motions" of their faith without really understanding why and what they are doing. Lack of faith, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, people LIVING IN A STATE OF SIN due to the NEGLECT OF partaking in the SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION. | Confession, Sin |
| 1091 | Faith can not be compromised to suit political agendas and world beliefs. We have to stand up to the truth by revealing the truth and not go around it or bend it to make it convenient to suit people’s intentions or expectations. God does not belong to us but we belong to God for he created us in His image and therefore we owe Him love, reverence and worship. As His beloved sons and daughter we née to long for His food, the true body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist to nourish our souls, renew us and to share that blessing of grace with others so they may come to be in communion with Him. Hence as reverence and worship we need to be clean from sin in our hearts when we go to approach the banquet table, the alter, to receive Him on our tongues and we should not expect that His body and blood be given to us in our pews just because we are disabled or are in the choir singing for the communion procession. I say this because I see most churches take the communion to the disabled and to the choir pews, where comes the longing, the adoration, the reverence to receive the real presence to be nourished and renewed? . | Modernism |
| 1092 | The restriction of the Latin Mass has negatively impacted the belief in the true presence by a great amount. Most of the previous questions concern major issues with the new mass that would be fixed if the practice of the old Latin rite was widespread. | TLM |
| 1093 | More widespread teaching about Latin Mass, specifically the Tridentine rite. I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school but didn’t learn about the traditional Mass until I was in college. I wish I had learned about it earlier and had the opportunity to attend from a much younger age. | TLM |
| 1094 | Proper attire for attending mass. | Attire |
| 1095 | 1) minimal confession time availability and not stressing need to be in state of grace 2) not instructing faithful in pious practices on entering/leaving church - for Mass or Adoration 7) not stressing importance of modesty in dress by laity while attending Mass or going to Adoration. | Confession, Attire, Availability/Access, Reverence, Worthy Reception |
| 1096 | Act of Veiling by woman in church & common for parishioners to dress casually for mass. | Attire |
| 1097 | Lack of dress code for Mass (wearing irreverent attire when in the church such as shorts, t-shirts, casual clothing). No teaching of the Real Presence from the pulpit. Too much focus on how God loves us/social justice/worldly issues and not enough focus on the need for being in a state of grace. No emphasis on the teachings of the Real Presence and the Eucharist in youth education programs (CCD, etc.). | Homilies, Attire, Catechesis, Social Justice |
| 1098 | Stressing being in the state of grace and regularly attending Confession with a priest. Reparation for our sins. | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 1099 | Using hand sanitizer at the altar and masking up. Letting the faithful pray after the Our Father. Additional prayers imitating the priest with hand gestures while praying. Dress that is casual or scanty. Music that is loud and constant. | Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 1100 | Laity taking Eucharist to distribute . | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 1101 | COVID!!! You all caved in fear or submission. Should have boldly insisted that Eucharist is essential! Certainly more essential than Walmart remaining open! . | COVID |
| 1102 | Lack of reverence. Children and parents thinking it is okay to run up on the alter in a Catholic school. Our Catholic schools need to be deeply rooted in the faith and reverence for the mass. | Family, Reverence, Schools |
| 1103 | Failure to emphasize Catholic education as necessary, whether school or at home. Catechesis is lacking from the beginning and also MODESTY!. | Catechesis |
| 1104 | Elected officials, for example Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden who profess to be devout Catholics, but spit in the eye of the Church with their stance on Abortion. They should be gone!. | Abortion, Canon 915 |
| 1105 | Communion on the tongue, kneeling. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1106 | Failure to remind laity that they are in the presence of the King! People are dressing for the beach, or sports. There is chatting before Mass that is distracting to the devout. Bring back veils for women and sacred music. Instruct servers not to hurry, and to bow/cross themselves when crossing in front of or approaching the altar. Jesus is King and Savior; let’s act like it. | Music, Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 1107 | Lack of good catechesis for first communicants. Instructions on how to reverently receive Holy Communion, i.e., don’t chew it, return to seat reverently, realizing that one has just received Body, Blood, Soul, Divinity of Jesus Christ. | Catechesis |
| 1108 | Lack of education for adults on the catechism lack of opportunities for adoration lack of willingness by clergy to answer questions for adults . | Catechesis, Availability/Access, Devotions |
| 1109 | Our pries making fun of those wanting to be reverent and making jokes about those who receive on the tongue. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 1110 | St Paul's call for one to be worthy (state of grace) to receive is found no where in the 3 year cycle of the N O. Yet in the TLM, congregants hear it 3 times a year! Bring it and other 'hard sayings' back into the N O lectionary. | TLM |
| 1111 | The explanation of the Mass from beginning to end for clarity! I have heard so many say they do not understand! I was educated by one of Scott Hahn's books about the Mass! . | Catechesis |
| 1112 | No one tells the laity that missing Mass on Sundays is a MORTAL sin if one is not sick. Reverence during Mass, during the Consecration. We must catechize the children to receive kneeling and on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Reverence, Sin |
| 1113 | More education that the Eucharistic IS THE BODY OF CHRIST from an early age and every Sunday at mass. | Catechesis |
| 1114 | The Catholic schools are failing to assist the parents in instilling this understanding. The Catholic school are lukewarm. | Lukewarmness |
| 1115 | Did I miss…Communion in the Hand? CCE taught by well educated Catholics(clergy, nuns) VBS- it’s all protestantized and most are more focused on Bible stories than Catholicism. Themed VBS that are on scuba and jungle have lost the focus on God. . | Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 1116 | Replace the Novus Ordo with the TLM. Educate every Cardinal, Bishop and priest on the history of the NO and how it Protestantized the Sacred Liturgy. Do not dismiss this suggestion without having at least some clergy take it up and report back. Consult with TLM advocates to select the materials to read/view. Also, launch a US-wide campaign importuning prayer for priests, bishops, cardinals and the Pope. | TLM, Leadership |
| 1117 | Lack of belief in the Real Presence is linked to lack of catechesis about who God is and his existence and works such as the Creation narrative. Unbelief in the Bible goes back to unbelief in Genesis. In 2019 Pew Research's survey of self-identified Catholics found that 87% believed humans evolved. Catholic educators teach that cosmic and biological evolution are compatible with Catholicism as long as one understands that "God did it.". | Catechesis |
| 1118 | Lack of adult catechism classes. 4th education and doink you are a fully educated catholic. Homes are not mini churches. Priest and lay ministers not attending adoration. If you get a paycheck it should include at least one hour of adoration!!! Maryland has two dioceses- Baltimore and Wilmington. Poorly educated Catholics are writing surveys . | Catechesis |
| 1119 | Reconfirming a church dress code for Parishioners to show reverence. | Reverence, Attire |
| 1120 | People marrying the spirit of the age, believing the Church should follow and bend to the culture, not the other way around. Marxism, modernism, the Sexual Revolution and whatever makes me feel good mentality—all makes the Real Presence seem irrelevant. | Modernism |
| 1121 | Proper and complete formation and instruction for all sacraments . | Catechesis |
| 1122 | 1) Priests lack of time available to educate laity and answer questions from laity 2) Homily that do not educate and guide laity in the faith. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 1123 | I think there should be a bigger push for continued education in the faith after confirmation. I didn’t realize how much more there was to learn until my late twenties. That’s over ten years and now I’m trying to find ways to educate myself on the faith to further my understanding. | Catechesis |
| 1124 | The ‘deep state’ hierarchy within the Catholic Church purposely trying to destroy our faith. | Modernism |
| 1125 | All of the heresy and apostasy in the Vatican II anti-church. | Vatican II |
| 1126 | The Sign of Peace takes our adoration and attention away from Christ as He has JUST incarnated and offered Himself to us at the Consecration… we turn around and laugh and wave, having been instructed that being a pal to the guy in the next row is more important than Adoring the Most Sacred Body and Blood of Jesus Who gave Himself to save us… the irony blows me away… . | Sign of Peace |
| 1127 | Failure to catechize so that people KNOW their Catholic faith and why we believe what we believe. | Catechesis |
| 1128 | Failure of the Bishops to ensure proper catechesis, to reign in errant priests and allowing the abuses mentioned. | Leadership, Lack of Discipline, Catechesis |
| 1129 | Emphasizing all feast days and traditions of old. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 1130 | the lack of Christian formation and the lack of awareness of the need for a personal relationship with God. The lack of opportunities to develop lectio divina, silent prayer and other basics of being a Christian. | Relationship with Jesus, Devotions, Catechesis |
| 1131 | Discontinue use of communion rail. Less reverence if not kneeling and receiving on the tongue. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 1132 | My parish is St. Patrick’s Cathedral . | Other |
| 1133 | Loss of the practice of veiling. | Attire |
| 1134 | Pope Francis confuses people of weak faith. It’s unfortunate that people are of such weak faith and turn to Orthodoxy or Protestantism or something else, but reality is what it is. Most of the Bishops are liberal and weak. They are supposed to represent their flock and guide their flock, and often it seems as though they are our oppressors. There are many young priests who are solid, but plenty of terrible priests, especially old ones who take a wet blanket approach to the priesthood. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 1135 | Using a one man band for choir and having extreme loud music digital music instruments. | Music |
| 1136 | Failure to talk about sin and evil in homilies. Failure in kneeling to receive Holy Communion, the closing of the churches during COVID while restaurants and grocery stores, salons, Bars, etc.. stayed open. The church caved in and abandoned the faithful when it needed them the most. . | COVID, Sin |
| 1137 | Creating a Catholic culture by encouraging large families. Restoring home enthronements to the Sacred Heart, incorporating a prayer room or “home church.” Priests need to be vocal on the sins of abortion and contraception. Promoting the rosary, First Friday and First Saturday devotions. Why every Catholic should be enrolled in the Brown Scapulae Society and why we should wear one. Participating in praying the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mother or the breviary. Promoting the Legion of Mary. | Abortion, Devotions, Family |
| 1138 | Appropriate attire to attend Mass as well as appropriate attire to be a lector, EM, or server. | Attire |
| 1139 | Most people do not believe it is a mortal sin to miss Sunday mass and Holy Days of Obligation. | Sin, Catechesis |
| 1140 | Wanting to “move with the times” and watering down the Mass. The church acted lazy trying to make things easier rather than guarding zealously the worship of our Lord Jesus at Mass. | Modernism, Liturgical Practice |
| 1141 | I was not catechized when I was young, even though I attended Catholic elementary, junior high and senior high. I didn’t know this until recently. My children were not catechized when they were young. I did not realize this either until recently. | Catechesis |
| 1142 | The Church seeming worldly in so many ways, such as falling for and going along with mainstream lies and closing churches and requiring masks for a made up story. | COVID |
| 1143 | People must see the joy it brings, The true beauty of the faith must be brought back. The priest should have the final say not some "parish community". They make the faith too cheesy i.e...."be Kind" "Jesus Loves you"... That is what is lacking for the youth. I am a youth and the cheesy just makes it seem less real and important. Let the youth experience the fullness of the beauty of the faith. They will rise to it. Let us receive the full beauty, without scripting it so the youth will understand. Show them the beauty Christ will attract him, the truth will follow, and then conversion. Compromising leads to nothing, be charitable, but faithful. Give us the truth, beauty, and goodness, so that we can bring it to the world. | Beauty |
| 1144 | A growing reticence to boldly declare that the Catholic Church (along with our separated Orthodox brethren) is the one true church and that the Catholic faith is the one true religion. Also a growing reticence to boldly declare Catholic moral teaching. | Catechesis |
| 1145 | Lack of standard for dress in churches, particularly during the Mass. Bring back being scandalized by scandalous actions. | Attire |
| 1146 | General catechesis on the Catholic faith. This is needed to help lead people to the Eucharist . | Catechesis |
| 1147 | Bishops and priests lack of humility and unbelief themselves. They can try to have a Eucharistic revival all they want, BUT that is not going to make people believe in the Real Presence. It starts at the top, so they need to take a good look at the direction the church is headed. More secular all the time, priests, bishops and a pope who do not care for Tradition. Our bishops caring more about money and how much they can get from the government, so they can squander even more, while many of their charities support the LGBT agenda, abortion, birth control, the Democrats and the list goes on. The day the hierarchy gets rid of gay priests and those supporting them is the day I might believe that the hierarchy really cares about what is happening to our Holy Catholic Church. Until then, I will give my diocese and the Vatican NO MONEY, I will keep attending the Latin Mass, and if the pope tries to ban it for all diocesan priests, then I will find a priest who does not work for a diocese and go to his Mass even if I have to drive an hour or two each Sunday. Then we shall see if the pope tries to ban all orders who say the Latin Mass. I will RESIST. I have had too much of the social Masses and priests who try to be funny and think we need to be of the world! You might call them wolves. | TLM, LGBTQ+ Issues, Lack of Faith, Leadership, Abortion, Reverence |
| 1148 | Education and discussion regarding the real presence. | Catechesis |
| 1149 | Lack of reverence by the clergy. | Reverence |
| 1150 | The pope and his ruining the understanding of what is sacred and what’s not and punishing GREAT bishops and promoting pedophiles!. | Leadership |
| 1151 | Failure to preach on the four last things - death, judgement, heaven, hell. Failure to catechize about mortal sin and the loss of sanctifying grace. Apparent support in the priestly hierarchy and from public platforms for abortion, homosexuality, contraception, divorce. Very significant: a promotion in the church of the idea that all religions can/do lead to God, this false ecumenism, which leads souls to hell by telling them they need not conform themselves to Christ’s teachings and the one Church He left for us. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Catechesis, Abortion, Ecumenism |
| 1152 | The lack of priests showing and sharing their humanness. Not in the way of sin, but in the way of sharing their personal, intimate experiences with Christ, the Eucharist. This helps the laity to connect with our priests and not just view them as a minister of the Eucharist, but helps us to see Christ in them and more so the representation of Christ they are called to be. There seems to be a chasm between the priests and laity that was formed at some point, that must be healed. | Public Witness |
| 1153 | 1. The Churches’ FAILURE to make receiving the Eucharist for the community MORE important than any mandates the government makes for not receiving it. Here on the WEST COAST of the USA the Church made little attempt to serve the people during COVID and have at least drive through EUCHARIST or in home Communion services. Also, if the priest does not believe in the true presence, the faithful won’t either. | COVID |
| 1154 | Communion under both species and the liturgical abuse of communion in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1155 | Lack of teaching about fragments of the Eucharist lost on hands and fingers of communicants. | Catechesis |
| 1156 | Catechesis of youth that is engaging and age appropriate . | Catechesis |
| 1157 | The text of the new Mass itself. Adding "which will be given up for you" turns Mass into a reenactment of the last supper. Table vs. altar. The Mystery of Faith is now a protestant proclamation. No more absolution of venial sin before receiving Our Lord. "Happy are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb" (from the Apocalypse!) again makes Mass a meal instead of Calvary. etc. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 1158 | That’s the altars get decorated as if they are stages. Modest dress isn’t enforced. Inattentive/irreverent altar boys. Weak RE/RCIA teaching. | Reverence, Attire, Catechesis |
| 1159 | Banning the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. | TLM |
| 1160 | Priests and bishops need to act like priests and bishops - they are Jesus' SERVANTS, not politicians or CEOs who will do anything for more money. Updating the Mass to make it more social and protestant has been devastating and should be clear to any priest or bishop after all these years. Their number one goal should be saving souls, not making money or making friends who think they are cool because they are up with the times. They should see that these TIMES are not something we need to keep up with and condone. | Leadership |
| 1161 | Receiving in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1162 | Lack of reverence in the church after communion with jokes and announcements from the altar and clapping for the songs The absence of the Latin and the reverence conveyed in the 1962 and prior missals . | Reverence |
| 1163 | Sin(s) and the need for repentance, confession and conversion. | Confession, Sin |
| 1164 | More teaching of the Catholic church history and lives of the saints before Vatican II to know how the reverence to the Eucharist was very important back then. | Catechesis |
| 1165 | Lack of Traditional Latin Mass that promotes devotion to the Eucharist. Very casual attitude present in most of the Novus Ordo masses. Handling the Eucharistic bread and wine casually as if it's a cookie or chips both by the clergy and the EMHC. | TLM, Lukewarmness |
| 1166 | Promotion by the Church of then modern (mistaken) idea of “ecumenism”. | Ecumenism, Modernism |
| 1167 | Heresies of Vatican II. Novus ordo and post conciliar forms of the sacraments. Failure to offer the sacraments. Failure to confirm children prior to teenage years. Teenagers need the gifts of the Holy Spirit to navigate pressures they face. | Vatican II |
| 1168 | The Novus Ordo Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1169 | Fewer genuflections made by the priest during the Novus Ordo Mass. Removal of Saint Paul's warning against receiving the Eucharist unworthily from the lectionary. Lay women in the sanctuary (servers, lectors, EHMCs). | Liturgical Practice |
| 1170 | Uniformity of church leaders and parishes regarding the Holy Eucharist and church teaching. | Leadership |
| 1171 | Availability of regular Adoration, and dress code. People need opportunity and encouragement to encounter Christ in an intimate, quiet, personal way. The individual relationship is what fosters faith in His presence, in my opinion. Failure to encounter Him personally & individually (not in a community setting) is a huge reason people don’t keep the faith or grow in faith. Dress code is an outward sign of respect and reverence. It doesn’t need to be crazy, just a simple sign like they have for touristy churches in Europe would suffice. It’s the FIRST impression of “this is a Holy place” that both the faithful and non Catholics experience. The next question is “Why is it Holy?” The answer is of course the real Presence. | Attire, Devotions |
| 1172 | Vatican II. | Vatican II |
| 1173 | Rewriting the Mass to look and feel so much like liturgical Protestantism. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1174 | Lack of religious instruction in the family. Lack of empathy and lack of education that “LGBTQ beliefs contradict Scripture” among Gen X. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Catechesis |
| 1175 | Well.. I think as far as church administration and leadership, outside clergy, it seems most councils are run by women, relegating men to inactive members of the parish. We need to work to get men involved in all facets of administration. | Role of Women |
| 1176 | Failing to expose how evil has crept in to the church at the highest levels. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 1177 | Pre-Vatican II clericalism which is actually what created the abuse scandal. Failure to relax the intellectual rigor currently required to finish seminary Immature priests (pre- and post-Vatican ii) Failure to teach Vatican ii Failure to be more inclusive - what kind of sinner do we want to avoid at Mass Many of the so-called causes aren’t even present - this is a biased interview hoping for emotional response out of a love for one particular form of the Mass. | Catechesis |
| 1178 | Resist Pope Francis and the curia concerning the traditional mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 1179 | The suppression of the Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 1180 | A lack in over-all reverence while in church: inappropriate clothing, too much emphasis on socializing with each other, loud children, closing of cry rooms, constant parading in and out especially during the consecration, eating in church, leaving early or arriving late, reducing the number of Masses offered, ignorance about holy days, Ignoring fast and abstinence rules. Just basic lax attitude about all things Catholic and no pulpit direction about issues of the day. | Lukewarmness, Attire, Reverence, Fasting |
| 1181 | Rejection of TLM. | TLM |
| 1182 | A lack of clear, consistent, and frequent presentation of the Church’s teaching on which denominations have the True Presence/valid Eucharist (essentially only the Catholics, Orthodox and schismatics with valid orders) and which denominations do not. If poorly catechized Catholics believe other denominations have the True Presence, they may also believe erroneous things taught by these denominations regarding the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 1183 | Expanding upon the sexual abuse crisis, I know faithful Catholics who were willing to forgive the Church for harboring disturbed & abusive clergy, but who are broken by the Church's response--parish after parish filing for bankruptcy in order to avoid civil (monetary) penalties. It looks like avoiding accountability. Frankly, I think the civil lawsuits themselves avoid accountability since they (almost?) always settle out of court without trial and since criminal charges are never on the table. I don't think using $3 billion in alms given to the Church by its parishioners to pay off & silence victims is "taking accountability." I think the Church should defrock these pedophiles & hand them over to the state. Let them be prosecuted criminally. Some wonder why the state doesn't pursue charges on their own initiative? It's all very strange. Other scandals in the American hierarchy, not necessarily related to sexual abuse, are very damaging. Some bishops require stricter discipline from their superiors. Bishops Michael Olsen and Kevin Nunn come to mind--two who have been in the news recently, and it's their own fault. Bishop Olsen seems to have turned what was a need for spiritual counseling into a public scandal. I also don't think I'm being to presumptuous when I say that he seems to have embellished or exaggerated some of his accusations. And without presuming to comment on whether or not Bishop Nunn engaged in financial malfeasance, suing a parishioner of his diocese--a parishioner who had raised millions of dollars for the Church... well, while the Church declares bankruptcy to avoid lawsuits, this Bishop is actually bankrupting a devout woman who, yes, may have erred and caused some scandal herself, but we really deserve better of our bishops. So, I think the hierarchy of the Church needs to reign these men in and remind them to subsume their egos to their temporal and spiritual duties. It's heartbreaking to read the gloating coverage in the secular press. And for those it's impossible to reign in, such as pedophiles, eject them from the Church. Take the accusations against them to law enforcement, and let the state do whatever it will--probably not much, but at least the Church will have washed her hands of them. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 1184 | Lack of belief among the clergy of the core teachings of the Church and the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Materialism, Protestantism, and paganism allowed in our Catholic Churches. | Lack of Faith |
| 1185 | The generations starting with the baby boomers don't understand how much God wants to have relationship with them and how necessary He is to their lives, even when things are going well. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 1186 | Competing ideas and belief systems: scientific/empiricism, Protestant beliefs about the breaking of bread, sports-related rituals and identities, political and conspiracy-based belief systems, common education in philosophers and religions that reject God, Christ, and most orthodox Catholic beliefs about Mass/Eucharist, disparity of cult in families of origin, the rise of disaffiliation/Nones in historically Catholic demographics, widespread divorce and recoupling, widespread doubt about the claims of Christianity, doubt about the existence, life, death and resurrection of Jesus, widespread doubt about God's existence and the possibility of incarnation. Also, "magic" on offer throughout society: mediums, Tarot, Soul Cycle, etc. Also, not helping the situation: rigidity, arrogance, and triumphalism among some Catholics, including clergy. A closed attitude to the "gentile" world of non-Catholics and an unwillingness to evangelize through humble, gentle dialogue and storytelling. | Modernism, Evangelization |
| 1187 | Modesty, veiling, Sunday Confession. | Confession, Availability/Access, Attire |
| 1188 | Inappropriate Presentation of self to Mass & to receive Christ, especially sloppy, provocative clothing. | Attire |
| 1189 | Catechesis of youth. | Catechesis |
| 1190 | The breakdown of the family and parents also need to be held accountable for not catechizing their children . | Family, Catechesis |
| 1191 | The Novus Ordo Mass is a failure. There is no such thing as a “reverent Novus Ordo”. It’s a Protestant imitation. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 1192 | -Weak homilies focused on cheap laughs -Entire church architecture. | Homilies |
| 1193 | communion in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1194 | Failure to remind laity to bow before the Eucharist Casual manner of priests handling the Eucharist (rushing, casual picking up dropped Eucharist) Not blessing the area the Eucharist fell into the ground More teaching on visiting the Blessed Sacrament. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 1195 | In addition to Our Lord not being front and center in the tabernacle, and the plethora of EMHC, communion standing in the hand, there are zero patens and no kneelers so most stand some sit during Consecration, few of us kneel. And zero words said about crumbs in the hands and brushed to the floor. So for 300 souls per mass in our warehouse style parish, there are 4 women for chalices and 2 to help the priest and deacon with consecrated hosts and the most awkward as we all are turning our back to or walking by or on the King of Kings. And not to mention that some of the EMHC women dress immodestly (exposed cleavage, shoulders, middle of thighs.) Then there is how Our Lord is shuffled to the other side of the parish after Holy Communion, usually a lady, to be reposed in the closet called a Blessed Sacrament Chapel while everyone looks toward the priest in front and no proper way to reverence the King of Kings passing by before being stuck in a back room. Never a reminder about when and where to genuflect, where to bow. And why aren't churches built facing East? Ours in completely backward, with the relic of the Holy Cross and our patron saint mounted at the exit at the back of our parish, not near the front to venerate. Lord, have mercy on us! . | Liturgical Practice, Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception, Attire |
| 1196 | Secular values, moral decline, media and educational lack of moral values. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 1197 | Building a sense of community of true friends @ church. Recognizing that we are Catholics, first, and then the other roles in our life… rather than the other way around. | Community |
| 1198 | Generally, the loss of credibility among the priesthood - largely due to the sex abuse scandal, which continues to this day while Church leadership continues to cover up for themselves. | Scandals |
| 1199 | Bring back altar rails and have people receive communion on the tongue only! Stop Eucharistic ministers and have at least one TLM at all parishes. | TLM, Eucharist Reception |
| 1200 | All forms of lack of reverence to the Real Presence of our Lord from our church leaders, not genuflecting, casual manner Communion is given etc... Laity not being corrected on how to present oneself, behave and pray during the Holy Mass. Not being able to kneel to receive our Lord as it is often said by a non-Catholic - If I believed what the Catholics believe I would drop to my knees! . | Reverence, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 1201 | The wholesale alteration of the prayers of the liturgy in the Novus Ordo which cut Catholics off from centuries of beauty, transcendence, tradition, and doctrinal strength. | Liturgical Practice, Beauty |
| 1202 | Failure to teach and stress the real presence starting with children in Catechism classes, and in Catholic schools. Many Catholics were not taught that the Eucharist is the real presence- it wasn’t dressed. Subsequently those Catholics have not been able to pass along the significance and importance to their children. | Schools, Attire, Catechesis |
| 1203 | It seems the priests lack supernatural faith themselves. | Lack of Faith |
| 1204 | The current Pope. | Leadership |
| 1205 | 1.Allowing lay people to administer Holy Communion to "homebound" people w/out a Priest first hearing their confession. 2.Allowing women on the altar as Lectors. | Confession, Role of Women |
| 1206 | Clergy not speaking of Heaven, Hell. Lack of Confession times and encouraging people to come to the Sacrament often. | Catechesis |
| 1207 | Failure in seminary life. There should be no women teaching in seminaries. There are Great Male Theologians and Doctors in Faith. | Role of Women, Priestly Formation |
| 1208 | The center of human development is giving church funds to groups that support abortion. That’s abhorrently sinful in the eyes of Jesus Christ our Divine Savior. | Abortion |
| 1209 | Pope Francis’ words. | Leadership |
| 1210 | Affordable Catholic school tuition . | Schools |
| 1211 | I think the biggest issue is lack of reverence in the sanctuary and priests allowing it. It doesn’t matter where I attend Mass, I always observe adults on their phones, reading bulletins, messing around with kids, phones going off during Mass, chatting in the sanctuary after mass, kids eating or playing with toys, or talking. And this includes Catholics who veil or kneel and receive the Eucharist on the tongue. A start would be an announcement at the beginning of Mass to remind everyone that we are in a special and holy place, with Christ present with us and request an air of reverence and participation and that all talking wait until after exiting the sanctuary. On a deeper level, education needs to be emphasized. Promote Catholic schools, make sure that they include a solid Catechism program, and stop letting the homeschooling trend cut into the enrollment that is needed to keep our Catholic schools active. Adults also need the refreshers from priests speaking on the True Presence during homilies and sound and engaging supplementary programming. Catholic parishes need to be talking about it often, rather than re-installing communion rails and focusing on Traditional Latin Mass. Without an understanding of our Faith, the lack of awareness continues, just in a different posture and a dead language that may result in the Church losing the engagement of more Catholics. | TLM, Homilies, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Silence/Distractions |
| 1212 | Priests refusing to let people kneel and receive on the tongue saying they prefer unity of posture over reverence. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 1213 | Receiving the Holy Eucharist Kneeling at the Communion Rail. The Reverence Shown in Our Lords Presence. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 1214 | Clergyman who are uneducated. | Priestly Formation |
| 1215 | Kneeling to receive the Eucharist and the necessity of the Sacrament of Penance monthly. The loss of faith because of the teaching that Genesis 1 and 2 is not literal history but that evolution is true even though one has to twist one’s brain into knots to reconcile molecules to man evolution with the true teaching of the Catholic faith by all of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church (who knew all about evolution in the teachings of the ancient world.) Why should the Catholic faithful believe in transubstantiation when our belief in the literal truth of the Supernatural Doctrine of Creation is denied and relegated to the status of a myth? The heart of disbelief among Catholics, especially our young people, who are taught that evolution is true using secular textbooks in our Catholic schools, this turning of truth upside down. A belief in evolution violates many metaphysical principles, the first of which is Priority of Act to Potency-in other words “something cannot give what it doesn’t have.” “In the theory of evolution, the existence of a being comes from that which is lower. For example, something without sight through a mutation begets something with sight. In this respect, the theory of evolution places potency prior to act, not just in the order of time, but in the ontological order. This however is absurd …” See “The Metaphysics of Evolution” by Fr Chad Ripperger for an explanation of the many violations of First Principles in the theory of evolution. Also see the work of the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation at kolbecenter.org. | Confession, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 1216 | Not enough confession times, opportunities. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 1217 | not additional, but the clergy sex scandal is the number one issue. Also, I believe priests such as Fr. James Martin confuse the sanctity of the faith. | Confusion, Scandals, Leadership |
| 1218 | Not teaching parishioners to fold their hands in a prayerful attitude while approaching and leaving reception of Jesus in the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 1219 | Overall a lack of reverence surrounding the mass. The laity should feel that what we are participating in is holy, supernatural and a miracle. If you have priests that are irreverent - lack of care and belief themselves in what they are doing during the consecration and how they distribute communion, the laity will follow in the lack of reverence. | Reverence |
| 1220 | More teaching if Catholic Truths in homilies . | Homilies |
| 1221 | The lack of a sense of community. There is fragmentation and people come from all over whereas . | Community |
| 1222 | When we allow people, especially public figures, to denounce all Catholics beliefs and still be allowed to receive Our Lord, we are diminishing His Sacrifice and Presence in the Holy Eucharist!. | Canon 915 |
| 1223 | The Pope diminishing the Catholic Faith in too many ways to mention. | Leadership |
| 1224 | Another problem has been the constant presence of laypeople in the sanctuary for all kinds of reasons, with little or no sense that this is a space reserved for the ordained priests and ministers such as altar boys only. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1225 | Lack of Clergy enforcing reverence and regular education to the laity; discouraging postures of reverence such as kneeling or receiving on tongue; omission of portable kneelers if an altar rail isn't available . | Reverence, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 1226 | Bring back the kneelers when going up for communion. Give an option for those who want to stand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1227 | The US bishops persecution of priests and laity who practice the traditional Latin Mass. The lack of the US bishops courage to stand against the evils of secular society! I feel that the laity has been abandoned by the church leadership!. | Persecuted Clergy, TLM, Leadership |
| 1228 | Loss of the real Catholic mass and catechism. Teach we are the only true Christen church from God. Start excommunication of unfaithful Catholics ( Biden, Pelosi, and many More). Get rid of liberal feel good clerics. . | TLM, Canon 915 |
| 1229 | I would love for priests to talk more about this in the homily. I am a very devout Catholic and will never deviate, but I have many friends in the young professional age group that are now nondenominational and I truly think it’s because we fail to connect the dots sometimes between the Bible and scripture with how it connects to our current lives and how we can have tangible take always. I’m so incredibly grateful for all that our priests do to serve us and the faith, but I think this could continue to improve with maybe the training on how priests are taught to evangelize specifically in the homily. A structure that seems to have great success is when priests debrief about the readings and scripture, give context to what was happening in that time, then provide connections to how it’s relevant with us today. I think a lot of people like to feel like in addition to receiving the Eucharist, they understand the why and how it’s applicable to them and in turn it helps them understand why going to Mass is so important. | Evangelization, Homilies |
| 1230 | Clergy do not preach on this and allow people to treat the interior of the church like a social hall. They themselves do not show reverence for the Real Presence reserved in the Tabernacle. Rarely if ever preach on this. | Reverence |
| 1231 | Priests who confidently say that they don’t believe in the Real Presence and that it’s okay to not believe- all from the altar. | Lack of Faith |
| 1232 | People with audiences are siding with schismatics like Vigano despite the fact that the McCarrick abuse scandal was allowed to continue because of Vigano's closeness to McCarrick and Vigano's lack of action on the case. Vigano attempted to cover this up by blaming Pope Francis and many trusted this without looking into it. If they had looked into it, they would have found it documented that Vigano let McCarrick get away with it. But instead people are being misled into schism and sedevacantism by people who never checked the facts. | Other |
| 1233 | In a culture focused on self-love and treating yourself as a god, we've lost a sense of what it means to worship God and our mortality is not present to us in a way to realize the gravity of that (eternal repercussions). I think people don't understand the Mercy of God offered through the sacrifice of the Eucharist, partially because it is not also in the context of his Justice. Mercy and Justice go hand and hand, but there is a tendency to focus on one without the other. These two things are needed to understand our relation to God, which then helps us to see more of the significance of God becoming Man in the first place, sacrificing all for us, and then uniting himself to us in the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 1234 | Churches that went with COVID shutdowns and said we didn't have an obligation to come to Mass. Many people took this to mean that there really wasn't anything "special" about the Mass after all and it was fine for them to just live their lives. Bishops should have fought to keep their churches open. | COVID, Leadership |
| 1235 | In the sacramental preparation programs there is little emphasis on the real presence and the need for reconciliation to receive the Eucharist more worthily. | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 1236 | poor catechesis of children and adults. | Catechesis |
| 1237 | Marxism and the rampant practice of homosexuality in the clergy in all levels, especially the highest levels. Indifference/refusal of bishops and cardinals in not calling out public sin and scandal of public figures claiming they are "Catholic" and the clergy's blatant cooperation and funding to groups (especially the federal government) that promote sin and other scandal against the Eucharist (illegal immigration, abortion). AND, the "canceling" of innocent priests who object. | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals, Leadership, Canon 915 |
| 1238 | Lack of apparent holiness by those who receive Our Lord. Also, those who have made the faith just an expression of their alt-right politics. Especially in traditional communities. | Politics, Holiness |
| 1239 | The last series on the clergy danced around the issue, but did not hit on the head. 2 things. Homilies need to be utilized to also EDUCATE the congregation; far too often we hear from casual Catholics "I did not know" or "I never knew that." While that goes back to their respective catechesis, it is also too large a fact that must be addressed from the pulpit, and the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a paramount educational need. Two, weak Church leadership in not speaking out and even denying the Eucharist to loud advocates against church teaching (scandalous politicians and "Catholic" presidents at the top of the list), or permitting Catholic institutions to celebrate gay pride, host anti-Catholic events, "honor" scandalous priests (yes, James Martin readily comes to mind), and so forth, is demonstrating extremely poor leadership, and is itself creating and furthering scandal in the Church. Enough is enough.... | LGBTQ+ Issues, Homilies, Scandals, Leadership, Catechesis, Canon 915 |
| 1240 | The bishop has to get involved. He IS NOT A SHEPARD NOR A PASTOR NOR A SPIRITUAL LEADER - he is an egg head and a $$$$ man. | Leadership |
| 1241 | It should be a norm to receive by kneeling or standing. Currently just standing is norm. Kneeling before Eucharist whether receiving by hand or tongue should be considered normal. Bishops should allow communion rails to be installed if requested. Until our bishops start being radical and speaking the truth about the Eucharist people’s hearts won’t be changed. We need leaders to proclaim and practice the truth of the faith . | Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 1242 | Lack of education on the faith itself. Think homilies could be more educational and priests could use some training on how to write homilies that resonate better while also educating people . | Catechesis |
| 1243 | Adequate catechesis of the laity about “The Mass” and all of its parts. | Catechesis |
| 1244 | Poor education after Vatican II. Children in the 70s, were not taught clearly the real presence of Jesus. | Catechesis |
| 1245 | Reduction of Holy Days of Obligation mandated per year...such as when a Holy Day falls on a Monday. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 1246 | The suppression of the Latin mass has hurt recognition of the Eucharistic presence. | TLM |
| 1247 | I think the failure to use patens, while a practical problem (increased chance for desecration), also inspires a decreased reverence towards our Eucharistic Lord. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 1248 | Adults need to be offered and urged to take classes on Catholic teaching. The severe lack of knowledge is weakening the Church substantially. | Catechesis |
| 1249 | I think overall there’s been a loss of formality since the pandemic, in dress code, in manners. Men will wear gym shorts to church, teenagers wear cut off shorts. I say this as a 32 year old who grew up post Vatican 2. I am NOT suggesting we return to women in veils etc. but just a minimum semblance of propriety. There’s a balance between welcoming and requiring a level of respect. This is a broad cultural phenomenon (happening in the workplace too). But i do think much like “broken windows” when surrounded by people who pushing the definition of casual it lends itself to a sense that God isn’t there. I don’t think this is the only factor but I do think it’s a major one. Formal doesn’t mean cold and unwelcoming but it does mean reverence and respect. | COVID, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 1250 | 1. Allowing and encouraging youth (or anyone other than deacons, servers, and concelebrating priests for that matter) up on the altar during consecration. 2. Discouraging and even shaming people for receiving on the tongue and or while kneeling. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 1251 | Lack of real Faith regarding the Eucharist by the Bishops as seen in the way the offer Mass and in televised Mass. Additionally, basically telling us Mass was NOT essential, even on Sundays by closing the Churches during in 2020. | Lack of Faith, COVID, Leadership |
| 1252 | Lack of reverence by priests during Mass. | Reverence |
| 1253 | The heresy of denying Jesus' real presence in the Eucharistic crumbles https://www.catholic365.com/article/29922/the-popes-hidden-miracle.html And the opposite heresy of saying that Jesus' Real Presence in the hosts for Celiac disease, which doesn't even have enough gluten to resemble a crumble of bread (so it's not the breaking of the bread), while mixing the Eucharist with foreign substances (other cereals) which is banned by the Canon of Church Law. | Modernism |
| 1254 | Teaching!! Preaching why it matters to their busy lives that we have the Eucharist. Why it matters to worship, to spend time in prayer, etc. the relationship piece to our faith. Not just going through the motions. There’s an actual person we worship. | Catechesis |
| 1255 | Putting priority on getting along with everyone regardless of their religious beliefs to the point of implicitly fostering religious indifferentism. | Ecumenism, Lukewarmness |
| 1256 | Removal of High Altars and casual clothing of laity. Also, the previous issues led to the loss of young families, which then contributes to a loss in the believe of the Real Presence. It's easier to maintain the faith of children than to bring adults into the faith. | Attire |
| 1257 | Politicizing the Catholic faith. Priests and clergy using the mass as an opportunity to share their political beliefs rather than solely guiding based on the teachings of Jesus. This makes the mass feel “of man” rather than divine. | Politics |
| 1258 | Lack of spiritual leadership at the level of bishops, cardinals and the pope. | Leadership |
| 1259 | The laity’s lack of understanding of the supernatural graces which flow to the human person when receiving the sacraments, especially the Eucharist. The infusion of supernatural grace and the impact that has on us as individuals, our families, the Church and society. Without supernatural graces everything breaks down, virtue cannot be found, chaos rules…. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 1260 | Poor catechetical preparation for sacraments. | Catechesis |
| 1261 | The survey seems to look at all the external trappings of where the masses said, how it said, what language is used, how we receive the Eucharist, and yes, that is partially important, but I think it really comes down to failure to explain to people like they should frankly give a damn. Before we get to the existential stuff, we have to start with, why is it good for me to receive it and how does it help me when I exit these doors into a 99.5% secular life. If there’s not a personal connection, none of the other stuff matters. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 1262 | Poor Catechesis overall - no true understanding of the faith, the nature of good and evil and how to live the Catholic faith. | Catechesis |
| 1263 | Closing of the churches when people needed them the most, during the academic. The church actively participating with evil democrats to push the face diaper and jabs. Even making videos to tell their people to put on the face diaper in order to be good Christians. Pushing a new jab that had no proof of efficacy and turns out is poison. The church today lost a ton of ground with the truly faithful Catholics. We love the true faith but are now huge skeptics with the church today. We answer to Christ first. Faithful Catholics who didn’t get swindled see what’s going on in the church today. We pray for the priests who were not strong enough to say no to the jabs. We follow those who knew better for they are answering to Christ. It was like watching Nazi German in our own church. You want people to believe in the real presence, but close the churches denying the Eucharist??? We never close the churches- ever. We also don’t let any government dictate this nor do we take their money to do so. Catholic schools welcoming non-Catholics into the schools filling them up during COVID and consequently parishioners cannot get their kids in. Not to mention masking our precious little children. Satanic for sure. Catholic schools also have gotten away from their mission, they are mostly public schools with regard to their curriculum, it’s pretty easy to see that year after year kids in Catholic schools value curriculum over the faith. Catholic schools are great private schools, but we’ve lost our mission trying to compete with the public. Relinquish the need to get their accreditation and bring back important lessons of faith in our curriculum. THIS is why kids leave their 12 years of Catholic education and attend pride parades, support abortion and the democrats and hate their country. They don’t know true history, nor their true Catholic Faith! Bring back true faithful education for Catholic families. | COVID |
| 1264 | A culture that only believes in what they want and is so into relativism ... And a lack of trying to meet people where they are to bring them into relationship and letting that relationship bring them into trust and belief. | Modernism |
| 1265 | Catholic schools teaching that it is not real. | Catechesis |
| 1266 | The impact a reverent father (dad) has on his children. My Father was the picture of devotion. Even the way he turned the onion skin pages in his Missal was an example of his devotion. He was very attentive to the Holy Sacrifice, yet he kept a watchful eye on the twelve of us children. One glance from him stopped the beginning of any misbehavior.. If one of the babies started to cry, one of us older children would take them out of Church until they calmed down. Devoted as my Mother was, her impact, though important, was very much less. Something to focus on the importance of fatherhood needs to be unearthed!. | Family |
| 1267 | There is a lack of modesty in dress and behavior by the laypeople in churches, and a lack of ceremony in the demeanor of priests. | Attire |
| 1268 | Liberal and society diminishing Christ and his teaching. | Modernism |
| 1269 | Use of the Novus Ordo Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1270 | Loss of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 1271 | Allowing particles of Our Lord to fall to the floor and be stepped on by those receiving communion. People in the past would rather be martyred than step on Our Lord. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1272 | Educating The faithful on the weight of the Mass Educating The faithful that the priest is in persona, Christi Educating people about the true presence, reminding them that after Jesus taught about it in John chapter 6, many people left. Only the faithful remained. Facilitating opportunities for the young people have an experience of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Encouraging families to take their children to Eucharistic Adoration, Benediction, and Eucharistic processions Using the Catechesis of The Good Shepherd for parish catechesis. Resurrecting youth 2000! (require these things for Sacramental preparation, Specifically marriage prep ) Helping especially young adults and teenagers develop a love for the Blessed Sacrament. Go back to giving Confirmation to third grade and above. They need the Sacramental graces. It’s a gift not something earned. I think this is something that Catholic bishops are missing. Way more marriage prep! Priest and nuns get years of formation before making vows. I think upper level high school could begin “marriage prep” work on the fundamentals of living your faith in your marriage. I could go on… ??. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 1273 | Strongly challenging the Protestant claims against transubstantiation as a real major issue and allow the Protestant view to creep in. | Catechesis |
| 1274 | The Church’s poor response to the destruction of the family. Domestic Church is primary in catechesis and evangelization. | Family, Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 1275 | Catholic parents who do not take responsibility for being primary instructors of their children in the Faith . | Family, Catechesis |
| 1276 | So long as the Catholic Church is hyperbolic in its messaging, it can expect the reaction to be equally hyperbolic. For example, saying Democrats are the Party of Evil lacks empathy and understanding. Supporting a President such as Donald Trump because they find common ground on one issue (abortion) while publicly siding against President Biden (a practicing Catholic) speaks volumes about the priorities of the Church leadership in America and how out of touch it is with the laity. | Leadership |
| 1277 | The Traditional Latin Mass should not be Limited. It should be encouraged . | TLM |
| 1278 | Failure on the part of the Bishops to take proper responsibility for the failure of priests, particularly as regards public sin. This has created an unhealthy dynamic in the church in the US, kind of like a family who never talks about or works out problems. Also, I would describe the relationship of priests to the Eucharist and laity to the Eucharist as a one-to-one ratio. If priests are casual with the sacraments / the faith, the laity will reflect that in their beliefs. | Leadership |
| 1279 | Need to catechize at every mass. Most don’t understand the faith. | Catechesis |
| 1280 | Poor seminary formation Lack of teaching about Eucharistic Centered Saints Hiring Divorced, single mothers as Directors of Religious Ed RCIA teachers not having true belief Priests not doing daily holy hours. | Priestly Formation, Catechesis |
| 1281 | Some of the modern Eucharistic Hymns are downright heretical: "You and I are the Bread of Life". The small amount of space in Catholic Religion Books for Catholic Schools and CCD classes to teach about the Eucharist and the other Sacraments. | Modernism, Music |
| 1282 | The loss of education in the area of discipleship and joy for the faith! When people encounter Christ in the Eucharist and choose to live a joyful life as a His disciples, this cultural change in the life of Catholics increases one’s desire to have faith, and to share faith. Not only faith in the real presence, but also faith in other sacrament and the life of the Church in general. Joy is key to drawing people into the faith! Miserable Catholics turn others away, and foster an environment where others who witness their misery don’t want to grow and also not believe. Good Catholics make good Catholics! Not priest, not Church teaching, not education on the Eucharist. Once a Catholic faithful has “bought in” then, and only then are they ready to hear teachings by good priest on the Eucharist! . | Catechesis |
| 1283 | How casual people dress for mass. When people receive there is a lack of reverence. Sometimes when the body Christ is dropped it is not always taken care of quickly. | Reverence, Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 1284 | The way the sign of peace is practiced at mass and holding hands during the Lord’s Prayer orient the laity toward one another during the Eucharistic Prayer rather than toward the Eucharist. | Sign of Peace |
| 1285 | Connection of Eucharist as sacrifice compared to OT -necessary to recognize need for human worship of triune God. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 1286 | Taking prayer out of schools. Families not attending g church together Fathers not leading their families as Christ is head of the church . | Family |
| 1287 | Sin clouds peoples ability to see truth and beauty and prevents us from being willing to approach God. The lack of saints in the Church and the twisted pastoral care of not calling sin a sin and helping others to avoid sin out of love for God and Neighbor has kept believers from staying on the true path to loving God through receiving Him in the state of Grace. This lack of proclaiming basic truths of morality hinders us from corresponding to graces God pours out upon us. Many do not believe in the real presents because they take for granted the good God has done in our lives, it assumed and many are not able to be grateful. | Sin, Beauty |
| 1288 | If they don’t believe in the Church’s teachings on other (lesser) matters, then why would they believe in the Real Presence? Catholicism is a way of life, all or nothing. Most have chosen nothing . | Lack of Faith |
| 1289 | Lack of catechesis and attending daily mass in the Catholic schools. That being said we need nuns and priests to teach the children about their faith. Families need to be active in teaching the faith at home. | Catechesis |
| 1290 | Bishops and Priests who speak the truth and who have been removed. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 1291 | Basic catechesis, speaking the truth and teaching. I had to relearn my faith as an adult that it was a relationship, no memorizing prayers…also being taught HOW to pray, and the WHY. | Catechesis |
| 1292 | Forcing sacramental preparation on the unwilling and asking parents to trust the church in the education of their children. | Catechesis |
| 1293 | 80s and 90s youth not being well catechized . | Catechesis |
| 1294 | Adoration hours should be encouraged . | Devotions |
| 1295 | We have a pope who seems to be bent on tearing down our core beliefs, saying, in essence, live your life as you want, all is ok, we ALL will get to heaven. | Leadership |
| 1296 | 1. I am insulted when people come to the Lord's home wearing flip flops, short shorts and improper blouses women wear. 2. I always come to church early to say the rosary and the loudness of people speaking/laughing before Mass is an atrocity. 3. Our priest refuses to address the issues going on in the Vatican. 4. I am disappointed in sermons. 5. I believe Priests have a great opportunity to teach our faith in their homilies. 6. I am saddened priests do not instruct parishioners on acceptable behaviors and the behaviors of their children. . | Homilies, Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 1297 | The ways in which the structural Church, specifically the diocese, has failed to live out the Church's own social teachings. Why would the laity believe the Eucharist matters when the diocese itself does not seem to care about its own teachings?. | Leadership |
| 1298 | Parents catechizing children. It's not just up to lay religious educators and the clergy. | Family, Catechesis |
| 1299 | Going from the Latin mass that is steeped in a mystical rite presentation of the transcendence of the Trinity and presenting it as ordinary coequal conversation with the person next to you at work. | TLM |
| 1300 | Suppression of TLM. | TLM |
| 1301 | The way the Eucharist is handled by the priests. If the priest handles the Host with high reverence, it is easier to see that He also believes it holds the real presence of Our Lord. The way the priest speaks as he presents the offering, as the Liturgy of the Eucharist takes place, really helps the lay people to see his devotion, belief, and reverence to the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. | Reverence |
| 1302 | Priests who blab about their politics. I'm not a huge Trump fan, but that black bishop in DC lost his mind when Trump was going to visit the Pope JP2 center next to the Basilica. Sheesh! But they can give Bill Clinton communion. Infiltrating clergy seem to be the biggest problem. | Politics, Leadership |
| 1303 | Moral Relativism Less frequent Participation in the Sacrament of Confession. | Confession, Modernism |
| 1304 | People want to do what they want to do and when they want to do it regardless of the consequences. | Modernism |
| 1305 | Traditional customs. Veiling, genuflecting before tabernacle, bowing at the Sacred name of Jesus, removal of traditional holy days and customs such as no meat Fridays. | Reverence, Attire |
| 1306 | When the parishes were all closed during COVID, a number of us feel it majorly downplayed the importance of the Blessed Sacrament; we are told we should be ready to die for our Faith, but then the bishops closed the parishes, even while many (most?) of us were healthy. | COVID, Leadership |
| 1307 | The dumbing down of catechism or religious ed programs and failure to teach church doctrines, beliefs, and apologetics. We lost a whole generation of people to progressive thoughts and teachings. | Catechesis |
| 1308 | I believe that having a Catholic school gives us an opportunity to evangelize to lukewarm Catholics or non-Catholic people. We need to come up with creative ways/incentives to encourage families within our Catholic school to attend regular mass and to go deeper into their faith in order to use this as a way to build up our church. Lukewarm Catholics and non-Catholics are a threat to our Catholic community as they water down and create societal pressure on young practicing Catholics to not take their faith seriously. | Evangelization, Lukewarmness |
| 1309 | Catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 1310 | The endless options in the Novus Ordo and the emphasis on the creativity and friendliness of the priest to hold it all together. Reverence should be baked into liturgy not dependent on the individual priest’s reverence!. | Liturgical Practice, Reverence |
| 1311 | I think priests should be giving homilies on the importance of the Eucharist such as 1. Why it’s important? 2. Give examples of Church approved Eucharistic miracles 3. Explain what the Mass is (sacrifice to God - Jesus dying on the cross at Calvary for our sins - how heaven and earth meet at the Mass (all the angels and saints are present at the Mass), etc. Most of us were not well catechized. The homily is the priest’s opportunity to reach people and educate people but it has to be in simple language - not like a long lecture but more like an easy to understand on-going conversation. Each week work in some aspect of the Eucharist into the homily. The priests could also work with lay people who do believe in the true presence to help reach others in the pews who don’t believe it and to help reach those not coming to Church but think of themselves as “Catholic.” If everyone believed Jesus was truly present in the Eucharist, the Churches would be full! Teaching people about the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is the most important thing priests can do (besides giving people the Sacraments). | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 1312 | 1. Many people have great difficulty imaging what God could possibly be. 2. Many people can no longer imagine what salvation could possibly be, and more especially how Christ's death on the cross could have saved us. | Lack of Faith |
| 1313 | You had a question but needs to be addressed heavily and announced before The Holy Mass begins and end …. It is offensive, horrible and rude the way Parishioners carry on in church before and after Holy Mass as if they are at a social cocktail hour amongst friends as they are all in front of Jesus in The Tabernacle and there is no Reverence shown to Jesus whatsoever and NO SILENCE!! I have addresses many priests on this as I will continue doing so. | Reverence |
| 1314 | Bowing before the tabernacle, rather than genuflecting. | Reverence |
| 1315 | Allowing laity to do readings, etc. Should only be a deacon or priest. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1316 | "Transubstantiation" is a non-starter. It is not from a mode of thought Jesus used at the Last Supper. It ignores the words of institution. The history of the early Lord's suppers does not back to up. It's a speculative abstraction the does not offer understanding. And if ignores "do this in remembrance. | Catechesis |
| 1317 | Secular society abandoning religion . | Modernism |
| 1318 | It's not mentioned from the pulpit. It should be mentioned consistently (not just special feast days). Teaching about our rich history of saints, their successes because of their devotion to the true presence, would greatly inspire people. | Catechesis |
| 1319 | Referring to the Eucharist as a "community Meal.". | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 1320 | I'm a priest Dickens or layman For the readings. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1321 | Priests must make teaching of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist paramount ---in sermons, casual conversations, workshops, etc. | Homilies |
| 1322 | Lack of priestly presence in our Catholic Schools which should foster natural relationships with youth and families who would then perhaps engage their faith more regularly. | Schools, Leadership |
| 1323 | The crackdown on Latin mass and too many democrats being allowed to go to communion and go to mass. | Canon 915 |
| 1324 | The way American life is structured, the Church family has been replaced by schools and teams. | Modernism |
| 1325 | How the priests in your church honor the Eucharist with how they conduct themselves either during mass or walking around the tabernacle. The pastor is our leader locally and if he shows reverence to the Eucharist it will either remind you of what is happening or cause you to investigate more into your beliefs. Both of which are good things. When a priest is casual or hurried during the sacrifice it not only is dishonoring to our Lord, it undermines what is happening causing disbelief. | Public Witness, Leadership |
| 1326 | To many to list. | Other |
| 1327 | The Priest not showing his love, honor, and respect to the Eucharist . | Reverence |
| 1328 | Poor preaching and adult faith formation educating Catholics about the Real Presence and for that matter the beauty and richness of the church. Not creating a community in the parish with events that actually gather parishes so we can grow as Catholics together like in the Bible. Not teaching what Jesus commands in the Bible is required not suggestion like service of the poor, giving alms and tithing beyond the 10% the Pharisees were commanded to give, no divorce..... We have treated the Bible as a suggestion so that is why we think the Eucharist is a suggestion. Catholic priest need to teach that it is not encouraged that we believe in the Eucharist. It is not encouraged that we donate a lot of our money to the poor. It is not encourage that we live simply and separated from the material of this world. It's not encouraged that we believe the death penalty and nuclear weapons are bad. It is a command from God that we love our neighbor as ourselves and we love the Lord. Meaning that your Christian is real. Give as much money to the poor as you spend on yourself. Stop killing anybody with weapons of destruction leave that to God. Stop consuming materialistic items like Protestants. | Beauty, Catechesis, Modernism, Community |
| 1329 | Proper education in RCIA and Confirmation classes is a major problem. | Catechesis |
| 1330 | Any and all suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass. It's not just that the TLM is in Latin. Major differences exist when comparing the old and new missals side by side; even Eucharistic Prayer 1 has tweak. It's all the eliminated and watered down prayers removed in the Novus Ordo such as the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar, the Offertory, the Ablutions, etc. So many actions are during the TLM (suppressed in the Novus Ordo) by the priest and servers (not turning back on Christ from the Consecration to closing of the tabernacle/repose) are solely done because of the Real Presence. Laity handing the sacred vessels, purification of the sacred vessels at the credence table (no corporal), etc. Look at Corpus Christi for the Mass readings. On face, it looks like the 1 Cor 11 (Year C?) reading is the same, but the Novus Ordo has a key verse removed (cf. 27). | TLM |
| 1331 | Forbidding the Latin Mass, not correcting inappropriate attire at Mass. | TLM, Attire |
| 1332 | The allowance of immodest or casual dress in the true presence of our Lord and Savior , Jesus Christ!!!. | Attire |
| 1333 | I also heard that even a large portion of priests do not believe in the true presence. Faith travels down hill, according to Gods order. If the priests are not being catechized and taught properly in seminary how are we to expect the laity to receive the grace to believe in the miracle. Also the intention behind the priest offering Mass must be taken into consideration when we wonder if the Eucharist is even valid if the father offering it doesn't believe. | Lack of Faith, Priestly Formation, Catechesis |
| 1334 | We have fallen into the assumption that the cradle catholic doesn't need to do too much. And instead, they don't dig in and build a relationship with Jesus, to even be open to knowing and understanding that it IS Him in the Eucharist. We have lost the sense of "seeking" and just wonder through life wishing for conversion and relationship with God, but don't teach how and why things are so beautiful in the Catholic Faith. | Relationship with Jesus, Beauty, Catechesis |
| 1335 | Disrespect of the laity (servers, Eucharistic Ministers, cantors) who don't acknowledge Jesus is present in the tabernacle - no genuflection while crossing in front or working around. Use of Eucharistic Ministers when there are Priests available. Immodest clothing and tennis shoes/sandals in Eucharistic Ministers and servers. | Reverence |
| 1336 | The church seems complacent in evangelization. If this is truly the body of the Lord and necessary for the salvation of all, why aren’t y’all trying harder to tell everyone (not just Catholics) how vitally important it is and get them to receive it! I often feel like the attitude is, “yeah well it’s important *for Catholics* but if you’re not catholic it’s fine and you don’t need it really.” . | Evangelization, Lukewarmness |
| 1337 | Traditional formation especially after first holy communion and confirmation. | Catechesis |
| 1338 | Less reverence overall in mass through the current attack on the traditional Latin mass. For those who want to worship in what is a more reverent and ritualistic mass, they should have that option without having to look at SSPX and other groups that put people in jeopardy of not following the church and the pope. The current mass does not show enough reverence to the Eucharist with receiving in the hand and standing as well as the overall lack of reverence. The other major issue is the lack of fathers being the spiritual leaders of the house. The Catholic Church needs to work to engage men and especially fathers and get them included in men's communities, activities, and formation so they understand how vital their role is. To many families have the woman leading them in faith and that is a major reason for the decline of our faith and the real presence. If the father doesn't lead the family and show he believes in the real presence, there is a good chance the kids will follow suit and our next generation will be worse off and it will continue to decline. | Family, TLM, Reverence |
| 1339 | The Novus Ordo is awful, heretical, demonic, and cries out to heaven for justice. Ban the N.O. and bring back the Traditional Latin Mass. Please. The salvation of our souls depends on it. | TLM |
| 1340 | Lack of preaching on the Eucharist and the need for sacramental confession. We have a large parish and confession is offered for 45 mins each week. What message does that send?. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 1341 | The behavior of those who claim to be faithful Catholics. If we believe what we claim then receiving Christ in the Eucharist should change the way we live and how we relate to other people. We can go through all the motions and recite all the theology but if we ignore the sufferings of the people in our own families, in our own neighborhoods and in our larger communities all of the trappings of Catholicism mean nothing. People should notice a marked difference in our behavior after we receive Christ in the Eucharist. We should be more patient, kind, accepting of the failings of others, willing to show unconditional love and bringing others to faith by loving like Christ. If receiving doesn’t change us, our claims that the Eucharist is Jesus lose any and all credibility. | Living the Faith |
| 1342 | Reverence as a community promotes increased individual reverence. While all these can be connected to lack of reverence in a community the more reverent community is encouraged by priests and contagious among lay people. | Reverence |
| 1343 | Proper attire for Mass. Education on genuflecting and proper disposition/ behavior for Mass. Lack of use of bells during the consecration . | Reverence, Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 1344 | Lack of proper education/catechesis in schools and from the Priest . | Catechesis |
| 1345 | Blending of ministry of laity with priestly ministry of the ordained. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1346 | Lack of teaching kids to have a personal relationship with Jesus in Religious Education classes. What's needed for belief in the Real Presence is authentic witness from both the clergy and the lay people. As is kids learn early on from RE that their faith is just more boring school. | Catechesis |
| 1347 | The ringing of the bells during elevation is not present anymore. The priest not bowing at the least or genuflecting when passing in front of tabernacle. During confession getting cut off and given absolution with no penance. Clapping and holding hands and taking priestly positions of elevating hands. | Confession, Liturgical Practice, Applause |
| 1348 | Poor catechesis on the Faith in general. Emphasis on social justice over salvation. | Social Justice, Catechesis |
| 1349 | In Erie, PA, the bishop put all the homosexual priest in Erie and sent all the holy priests 2 or 3 hours from Erie. These priests public display of showing each other their affection is so DISCOURAGING. IF they celebrate mass, how can they be this far off???????????????????. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 1350 | Encouraging and why not, even mandating the laity to dress modestly for mass. Also encouraging women to wear veils. | Attire |
| 1351 | Ecumenicalism towards those "Christians" who do not believe in the real presence. | Ecumenism |
| 1352 | Catholic church’s stance on Divorce . | Other |
| 1353 | Denying the sacraments especially the Holy Eucharist and Confession and Anointing of the Sick during COVID….catastrophic decision; shameful!. | COVID |
| 1354 | Failure to genuflect getting into pew. | Reverence |
| 1355 | Chastising Laity for reverence and devotions. | Reverence |
| 1356 | Priests who fear parishioners will complain and go elsewhere if priest wants to make changes, i.e. Ad Orientem, not putting a stop to talk and laughter in the church, and many other irreverent behaviors. | Reverence, Fear/Cowardness |
| 1357 | Removal of the communion rails. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1358 | Talking before, during and after church. Clapping after mass to acknowledge choir. | Silence/Distractions, Applause |
| 1359 | Loss of the sense and gravity of sin. Loss of the sense of being a creature and truly owing God *everything*, and thereby a disposition of ingratitude. This is rarely preached from pulpits. The infinite Wisdom and Love of God saw fit that the necessary remedy for sin was the Blessed Eucharist, receiving God Himself. The magnitude of this solution reveals the magnitude of the problem. Lastly, the emasculation and feminization of everything. Loss of the concept of spiritual warfare. Recognition of the virtues of zeal, courage, valor, and even righteous anger (rightly ordered). | Sin |
| 1360 | The option of the sacristan in preparation of the Mass. My parish gives respect to the holy vessels by using the veil and burse. Otherwise the vessels look naked and just put together. In other dioceses am not given the opportunity to give reverence to my Savior because the EMHC/Priest does not afford the laity to receive Jesus kneeling and on the tongue. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 1361 | Homilies need too continuously stress Catholic teaching. Our Pope and Bishops need to speak truth, especially in regard to public scandals that mislead the laity. | Scandals, Homilies, Leadership |
| 1362 | The overreach of women allowed in the Sanctuary. | Role of Women |
| 1363 | The Novus Ordo Missae is inadequate and borders on invalidity. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1364 | The banning and/or negative attitude towards all the traditional rite of the sacraments. | TLM |
| 1365 | Closing the Churches throughout the COVID plandemic reinforced the false notion that receiving our Lord in the Eucharist was really not that important, surely not necessary. | COVID |
| 1366 | Education on an ongoing basis. Hear it in second grade for First Holy Communion and not reinforced much after that. | Catechesis |
| 1367 | Lack of an example of genuine Eucharistic devotion and love from their parents. | Family |
| 1368 | Lack of promotion of perpetual adoration; Lack of forty hours celebrations; Sermons on the Real Presence. | Devotions |
| 1369 | Parishes need to expose youth to more opportunities to receive Sacraments and be in Adoration, such as at youth events and during classes. Develop a relationship with Christ, being comfortable with confession, and love of Adoration earlier. Good role model leaders. A very great need for well formed, trained religion teachers. (Not just volunteers with books.). | Confession, Devotions, Leadership |
| 1370 | Clergy letting us know what is right and wrong especially in marriages such as birth control and what’s allowed in marital acts between husband and wife. | Catechesis |
| 1371 | Having educational opportunities . | Catechesis |
| 1372 | Confusion sowed from St. Peter's Chair and the lack of availability of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM, Confusion, Leadership |
| 1373 | Yes, just educating the laity how we physically honor the presence and words of God. When to kneel when to bow, etc. How to dress appropriately in His presence. How casually any person from ministry even in the choir or from the pews can give communion, who were asked last minute after consecration of the Eucharist. And how the personnel can also offer a blessing and laying their hands for those not receiving the Eucharist. I have been to a traditional mass and compared to the Novus O., the TA is so reverent and the feel takes you to feel the presence of God in the Eucharist without distractions. . | TLM, Attire, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 1374 | The lack of the traditional Latin mass , there should be no Eucharistic ministers of holy communion . | TLM, Extraordinary Ministers |
| 1375 | There is no community whatsoever in the church for young Catholics who aren't RadTrads. There is a concerning movement of overly zealous Catholics that frankly give us all a bad name. Veiling is off putting and distracting from the purpose of being at church. Female altar servers have NOTHING to do with the lack of engagement from clergy in ministering to the faithful. These questions frankly reveal how out of touch the church truly is in what is going on. My priest doesn't even know my name and I've been going to that same church for over 3 years. Those are the issues. Not saying the Mass in Latin or whatever. | Community |
| 1376 | The increase in casual dress by the laity for Mass and the clergy not offering gentle requests for modest attire. | Attire |
| 1377 | Not praying the Rosary. Lack of proper catechesis. | Catechesis, Devotions |
| 1378 | Foreign Priests who are difficult to understand. Lukewarm homilies that don’t address critical issues. Attire of parishioners. | Homilies, Attire, Lukewarmness |
| 1379 | Eradicating Latin, limited availability of the true Latin Mass, having lay people give out communion. . | TLM, Extraordinary Ministers |
| 1380 | Understanding what the Catholic Church is, and who they are as Catholics. Why reverence for the Eucharist equals reverence for Christ. People, like children, learn more through example than preaching. The example of the clergy has been, in large measure, horrific. | Reverence, Homilies |
| 1381 | Limiting confession times Closing churches during the pandemic was an awful idea. You removed the source and summit of our faith during a very dark period in history and that is disgusting. | Confession, COVID, Availability/Access |
| 1382 | Improper education of catechism, watered down mass, only 13 percent of trading mass carried over to Norris ordo mass, talking in church, no preparation in silence before and after mass, priests joking at the homily . | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 1383 | Horribly incomplete RCIA programs. | Catechesis |
| 1384 | The failure of people to know scripture and what the Mass is all about in connection with scripture. The greatest miracle sacrifice that happens at each Mass. | Catechesis |
| 1385 | Lack of a dress code to be in the presence of God; priests refusal to give Communion on the tongue . | Attire |
| 1386 | The Pope. He doesn't seem to care about tradition of the Church and overrides the basic teachings that have been handed down through all ages . More people are attending the Traditional Latin Mass and growing in their faith and love of the Church. | TLM |
| 1387 | Homilies that do not remind the faithful of the horror of sin nor teach the faithful to practice virtue. Homilies that speak too generally of being a good person and don’t make any demands of people to examine their faith lives. | Homilies |
| 1388 | People are no longer educated in proper reasoning and philosophy. It is hard to transcend reason into faith if you lack reason. | Catechesis |
| 1389 | The active sign of peace interrupting the consecration. | Sign of Peace |
| 1390 | encouraging proper preparation to receive the Mysteries before Divine Liturgy (remote preparation). | Reverence |
| 1391 | An overwhelming problem is the continual stream of news from the Vatican about Pope Francis promoting seemingly Anglican-style "synodality," blessings of same-sex couples, the Church's supposed need to change in "progressive" directions, including seemingly rageful opposition to traditional liturgy, harsh treatment of clergymen who once would have been considered faithful and diligent, and the Pope's apparent disavowal of Papal primacy. Each of these issues is devastating. Taken together, they tend to promote an attitude of "Why bother?" Why go to Mass on every Sunday and holy day of obligation for fear of the fires of hell? Why confess sins, which is stressful and embarrassing for weaklings like me? Why can't we talk about the scandals and crises caused by Francis? . | Persecuted Clergy, TLM, Lukewarmness, Scandals, Leadership |
| 1392 | The Catholic Church appears to be much more biased & political than when I was taught in the 60's by the Ursulines. When I think of the sexual abuse by priests & the cover ups by Bishops, it makes me physically ill. I was raised very strictly and sternly physically punished for some sins. I grieved even as a grownup for my childhood "sins", while grown men ignored (Bishops) the terrible sins committed by priests under their authority that ruined the emotional lives of so many children. I still feel mislead , and I'm sure I'm not alone to wonder what other sins by Catholic leaders were ignored or covered up. I am a personal friend of one ex-sister now in her 80's who still grieves over the loss of so many(26) women in her Order that were told to "shut up "by their Mother Superior, & not allowed to even go to PTA meetings after two priest's homosexual activities with male students were brought to light at their local Cathedral. While honest, holy men ( such as Bishop Strickland) are humiliated and punished by the Vatican for seemingly minor infractions, or voicing truths that glare & humiliate the sincere Catholics all over the world. However, at this time, I feel the major problem is the devious cover-up & collusion by the Catholic Charities & our Current President Biden to pay with the millions of taxpayer, & parishioner donations to promote & encourage & finance entries by 10 million illegal immigrants who come from prisons, and mental institutions all over the world . Many have proven they are here to rape, abuse youngsters, & grown U.S. citizens, male or female, or children sent to America un-attended !. | Persecuted Clergy, Politics, LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals, Leadership, Canon 915 |
| 1393 | In many cases, the real presence is actually not present in the Holy Eucharist offered by the Novus Ordo. I actually know a Novus Ordo priest who actually told me such. I was shocked and caused great sadness in me for him. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1394 | Lack of catechesis in general. | Catechesis |
| 1395 | While I don’t find girl altar servers to be detrimental to the general lay population’s belief in the True Presence, I DO believe it to be extremely detrimental to the faith of young boys who would otherwise be interested in altar serving were girls not present in the sanctuary. I believe girl altar servers have a negligible affect on girls’ and women’s belief in the True Presence . | Role of Women, Vocations |
| 1396 | - the laity having to do a sign of peace with each other after the consecration (!) and before receiving (!) Laity should be able to stay in meditation and preparation for receiving, not worrying about saying hi properly to everyone around them. The nave is not for socializing with one another… but then we all do it at the same time, right before receiving God? - the laity being expected to be so vocal during the liturgy in the Mass. This does not suit all personalities, abilities and therefore presents challenges that distract from meditating on the true presence. Again, thoughts should be on the standard prayers and meditations of the Mass, not worrying about saying the changes-every-Mass responsorial Psalm at the right times, how your voice sounds, etc. (It is a distracting and bothersome part of liturgy for some) #1 issues are those that directly devalue the Eucharist: The priest lacks Reverence. Walking around casually as if Mass is merely obligation and just “going through the motions” Lacking the solemn ness at the appropriate times. If He is the King of Kings, priests shouldn’t look bored and apathetic. I often think of the way a faithful knight would come in to the court of his King and Queen, he would kneel and bow his head with great respect. #The host is treated casually: passed out like crackers, by unconsecrated hands, to laity standing up. | Sign of Peace, Reverence |
| 1397 | 1. Priests permitting the laity to walk back and forth through the sanctuary before and after Mass. (a common abuse). 2. Priests not allowing servers to use communion paten.(Clearly depicts lack of belief in true Presence by the Priests. 3. Tabernacle veils and proper ornamenting not permitted by Priests. 4. Lack of modesty. Indecent Mass attire permitted. 5. There is minimal Adoration of 1 or 2 hours a month allowed. Parish doors locked, no time to pray in front of Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass times. 6. The laity arriving to Mass late or a couple minutes prior to shows lack of preparation to participate in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. . | Devotions, Availability/Access, Eucharist Reception, Attire, Reverence |
| 1398 | Removal of scripture from the Mass that emphasizes the Eucharist and how sinful it is to receive in the state of sin. | Worthy Reception, Sin |
| 1399 | Other ways in which the priest acts in a way that does not demand the respect of the congregation, whether during our outside of Mass, that lowers the Church’s ethos and the credibility of her teachings. | Leadership |
| 1400 | Expanding the Tridentine Rite expand the church. | TLM |
| 1401 | priest failure to encourage modesty in dress...sacred space and sacred time. | Attire |
| 1402 | Females in the sanctuary. Only males should be in the sanctuary. | Role of Women |
| 1403 | 1) Wonder if baseline survey data was done 60 -70 years? What would have been the results? 2) Curious about impact of other cultural influences? 3) I also question the results of Pew survey? . | Other |
| 1404 | the main issue seems to be making people wait for RCIA to be baptized so they go elsewhere and stay. we need to call back our children to mass and RCIA isn’t done after mass or for kids during mass. we need more openings for our youth! my own daughters have gone to sleep from not being in mass. so yes they know he’s present …. but if they truly did they’d be in mass every day. i have watched too many leave due to aging out of baptism when the parents wake ! back up and decide to rejoin the church. it shouldn’t be this hard. i would love to teach it via zoom! the more we attend mass the more we venerate. the more we learn our catechism! … the more we understand the mass yes is important …. but it really comes down to understanding the mass. i could go on and on. sigh. Our Lord deserves to be known intimately…. personally I'm grateful for all priests. I want to receive Our Lord. but maybe some need to see our priests not be afraid to say abortion is wrong - idk. I just want to receive Our Lord and my grandchildren who can’t attend a Monday night and the woman next to me hers either. our kids will not grow up receiving …. that is an issue . | Fear/Cowardness, Catechesis |
| 1405 | Lack of opportunities for the youth and adults to encounter Christ in ways that they can relate with, such as contemporary Christian music, praise and worship, and adoration. | Music |
| 1406 | Family Catechesis Everything starts with the family and personal holiness of parents and their Catechesis of their children. So, if parents are not catechized and aren’t living out their own belief in the true presence, and aren’t taking their children to mass, why would children believe it? . | Family, Holiness, Catechesis |
| 1407 | Failure to provide catechesis to first communicates and their families on the real presence at the time of the sacrament. Failure of parishes to provide on-going adult catechesis on church teaching such as real presence . | Catechesis |
| 1408 | Receiving communion on your knees, more priest, handing out communion. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1409 | Feminism first, then modernism. Everything woke turns to shit...including Vat2. | Vatican II, Modernism |
| 1410 | When Parents and Catechists teach the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, they need to pass on the fire of the faith as well as the academic knowledge. Children need to see them reverencing the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and see them making time for Confession to more worthily receive all the graces available to us when we approach the Eucharist with great faith. Children need to see them getting lost in the real presence of Jesus when they come back from Communion and enter into deep Communion with the Second Person the Blessed Trinity. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 1411 | Teaching proper reverence to the Eucharist and knowing the differences between adoration and veneration. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 1412 | Laity who teach the faith and say that errors are okay. I’m Catholic but I do _______anyway. Many people want to do their own will but refuse to put God First Then neighbor …last should be themselves. | Catechesis |
| 1413 | Formation of clergy to ensure priests believe in the real presence. Prayer and fasting for greater understanding for the Kay faithful. Sacramental preparation for mass by offering the opportunity for Confession more than thirty minutes weekly in our parishes. Preach the danger of sin, actually use the word. | Fasting |
| 1414 | Parishes not offering confession times outside private appointments. Liturgical abuse. | Liturgical Practice, Availability/Access |
| 1415 | Horrible homilies that fail to exposit the Scriptures. | Homilies |
| 1416 | I believe that it’s very disrespectful for the choir to be up by the Alter and tabernacle with their backs turned towards us while Our Lord is behind them. | Reverence |
| 1417 | Theology watered down with the loss of the Traditional Latin Mass after Vatican II. | TLM |
| 1418 | I think general catechesis needs to improve across the board- A stronger faith over all will also strengthen the core belief of our faith. Also Mass needs to be more reverent- this can be helped by addressing some of the issues discussed in this survey already but also requiring a certain dress code for mass (at least the reception of communion, not necessarily preventing people from attending mass), discussing that it is ok to not receive communion at mass occasionally if you are not in a state of Grace, etc. overall in my experience the lack of general catechesis has led to a lessening of faith in general, a lack of knowledge and practice of Catholicism, and therefore a lack of belief in the real presence. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 1419 | Keep Catholic schools Catholic and open. | Schools |
| 1420 | Minimizing/eliminating the use of incense. . | Liturgical Practice |
| 1421 | Complete lack of teaching in the homily it’s always a goody two shoe lackluster, Meaningless banter the results in my complete dissatisfaction. What’s today’s clergy. | Homilies |
| 1422 | Basic catechesis! In an interesting and intellectual way. Using the saints as role models. | Catechesis |
| 1423 | Education of the Catholic faith. Outreach to bring people back to the church. Make contact with students who have graduated from Catholic schools. Inviting them and there families to come and experience the strength of the church. Create a confession mass. Something like a group repentance absolution .service . Have a way to belong to multiple parishes. I work/live in one town during the week and live in another on the weekend. Belong to a home parish but would like to be a member of both Services need to be interesting to get the church to grow and touch young families . | Confession, Catechesis |
| 1424 | Ecumenism. | Ecumenism |
| 1425 | Laity touch the sacred vessels. The priest not reserving his forefinger and thumb for the Eucharist. | Extraordinary Ministers, Liturgical Practice |
| 1426 | Getting up in the middle of the consecration to greet each other. It is such a silly thing and disrespectful thing to do. The choir being right up next to the altar. | Sign of Peace |
| 1427 | Inspiring, educational and truth about Christ's one, holy ,catholic and apostolic church. | Catechesis |
| 1428 | Receiving the Eucharist in the hand, poor catechism, poor-non teaching homilies, I’ve heard enough of God is Love and culture issue aren’t addressed from the pulpit. | Homilies, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 1429 | What happened to our Catholic schools?. | Schools |
| 1430 | Banning the Tridentine Liturgy and shutting down churches during COVID, failure to provide Sacraments to the dying. | TLM, COVID |
| 1431 | Suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass. Loss of faith in the true history of Genesis. | TLM |
| 1432 | Continually focusing on repenting as sinners rather than rejoicing and being grateful for His presence and to love all around us, despite differences. It feels very judgmental. We are not to judge others. | Judgmental |
| 1433 | Vague homilies. We need priests who speak the teaching of the Catholic faith and don’t worry about offending someone. | Homilies |
| 1434 | I was catechized in the 70's and it was a disaster. 10 years of Catholic school and never realized that the Mass was a sacrifice. Never understood the sacrifice as worship. I watched 1 video by Fr. Schmitz, The Hour that will change your life, and was an amazing education. I felt like a fool for never having really understood the Mass. | Catechesis |
| 1435 | Lack of education about what sins are, how they offend God, the importance of having sorrow for our sins and importance of receiving sacrament of reconciliation. | Sin, Catechesis |
| 1436 | Lack of clear, Reverent , well articulated, engaging (but not entertaining) homilies. Also the sign of peace right before communion is so jarring. Takes you out of transcendent at worst time. Better at start of mass or right before mass. | Homilies, Reverence |
| 1437 | Failure of Pope and Roman Curia to be catholic. | Leadership |
| 1438 | During the COVID pandemic, we were basically told that a flu like illness was worthy enough of an excuse to not receive Him or make sacrifices to be with His Presence. The clergy was even too afraid to provide the sacraments over this illness. What are the laity to think?. | COVID, Fear/Cowardness |
| 1439 | Lack of incense, tone/speed/indelicate handling of Eucharistic Prayers & Blessed Sacrament, Casualness/neglect of tabernacle during homilies, handling of blessed hosts that are accidentally dropped & handling of small particles . | Liturgical Practice |
| 1440 | In our parish Bible study recently, my small group spent part of our summer break on Ascension Press's study of the Mass. Our whole group was affected by many things we did not know--primarily how every part of the Mass harks back to Biblical events and the relationship between Jesus's sacrifice on the cross and the sacrifice of the Mass. We all became more enthusiastic and devout and this past year our whole group (around 100) did the same study and those of us who had already done it were happy to repeat it. I don't remember very much of what we learned from this study being a large part of my Catholic education, especially in preparing for the sacraments. My children's generation had scant preparation for all of it, and I believe all catechesis should include a more thorough background on what and how the Mass brings the presence of Jesus to every one who understands and accepts it. | Catechesis |
| 1441 | People are not taught to pray. If the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the greatest and most perfect prayer (it is), and people are "not getting anything out of it" then one of the biggest issues is that they are not being taught how to pray (mental prayer) and/or not praying outside of Mass. Instead, we have replaced a true understanding of "full conscious active participation" with the act of physically doing something in the liturgy. | Catechesis |
| 1442 | I have never heard a priest mention the importance of decorum or modesty in dress when attending Mass. | Attire |
| 1443 | Encouraging true invitation for the presence whereby the mass is reflective and not so rote. | Reverence |
| 1444 | Unavailability of Latin Mass . | TLM |
| 1445 | Lack of Faith of Priest, Bishops and Cardinals. | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 1446 | The practice of going up to receive Holy Communion row by row is intimidating to those who are not able to receive and creates an atmosphere that everyone should receive-- regardless of the state of their soul. Poorly catechized individuals who repeatedly receive Holy Communion out of habit or a sense of conformity to the actions of the majority, cultivate a callousness toward the Sacred Species and thereby leads to increasing doubt in the True Presence. | Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 1447 | Prevalence of "feel good" homilies that fail to mention sin, hell, fear of the Lord. | Homilies |
| 1448 | Preaching about it! . | Homilies |
| 1449 | General lack of catechesis of the Catholic faith on the whole for many years. (The desert) Unity in all bishops to teach Truth; the current Pope - to teach in clarity. He seems to say things that conflict with the teaching of Christ. A strong and unified leadership to remove truly bad priests that do NOT teach Truth (Fr. James Martin, for example). In doing so the may risk being "crucified" and despised (but in turn they may solidify their place with Christ in heaven). A lot of this boils down to having (and forming) faith-filled priests & bishops with strong leadership skills, and that their faith continually deepen, and that they openly declare their complete dependence on Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ to lead them in their vocation. We've been in the desert long enough, yes? Isn't it time we listen to our Lord so we may enter the Promised land. Hell is not spoken of enough either. Spiritual warfare is not talked about either. They need to be discussed and taught. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 1450 | Addressing the truth about the Eucharist in the Bible in CCD classes and in homilies. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 1451 | Not enough emphasis on being in state of mortal sin and that confession is imperative! Many Catholics receive Holy Communion while in the state of mortal sin and also not in communion with the tenets and teachings of the Church. | Confession, Sin |
| 1452 | Closing Churches during pandemic . | COVID |
| 1453 | Lack of good formation especially concerning the importance of the sacrament of confession as it is related to the real presence and the importance of being in the state of grace in order to receive the Holy Eucharist. There is no Eucharist Revival without it's attachment to the sacrament of confession. | Confession, Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 1454 | Teaching a personal, loving relationship with Jesus Christ in all times and circumstances and such relationship being consummated in the reception of His body and blood in awe and reverence. | Relationship with Jesus, Reverence |
| 1455 | Not having Latin Mass more available. | TLM |
| 1456 | Priest having to do all the Financial and management duties of a parish like village ng them little time to do the sacramental duty. One hour of confession a week isn’t enough for the faithful to be cleansed of their sins and be able to receive the Eucharist . Have deacons do the parish running and the priest the sacrament and know the faithful more!. | Confession, Priestly Duties, Availability/Access |
| 1457 | I believe that the importance of the Sacrament of Confession must be emphasized along with the Sacrament of the Holy Communion as confession prepares one for the reception of the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord. | Confession |
| 1458 | Receiving the Eucharist kneeling. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1459 | Failure to teach the Catechism willingness to have in catechized personal teach religion to the laity and the priests themselves. Teaching young boys that they are meant to be Christ's leaders as priests , fathers, all walks of life. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 1460 | Reception of Holy Communion in the hand and excess of Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1461 | Lack of emphasis on the need for regularly receiving the sacrament of confession . | Confession |
| 1462 | Synodality replacing papal and Episcopal leadership on moral issues. Widespread acceptance of homosexuality and feminism. Lack of patriarchy. Canon 915. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Canon 915 |
| 1463 | Encourage the faithful to occasionally be "Roaming Catholics" by attending an Eastern Rite Devine Liturgy several times a year (i.e. Byzantine, Maronite, Melkite, etc.). As St JP2 said "the Church must breathe with both lungs (Eastern & Western rites)" !!. | TLM |
| 1464 | What percentage of clergy don’t believe in the true presence. Most of the survey questions are so basic and cost nothing to implement. Yet the USCCB spent millions and accomplished 0. | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 1465 | Traditional Latin mass, the Mass of all time, codified by PIUS V should be the mass said. Its emphasis sacrifice, honors the blessed sacrament, and preserves the belief in the divine presence with its rubrics and prayers . | TLM |
| 1466 | Need to expand catholic education . Although I have not been involved in RCIA and children's religious education programs what I have observed is that there is sometimes more "socializing" than education. Weakness in church teaching on the sanctity of life. Decreasing celebration in the church communities on celebrating new life in the community and marriages. | Catechesis |
| 1467 | Lack of preaching regarding sin. Failure to preach on the Last 4 Things. The teaching that "God is Love" (true) without teaching of God's justice, and justice being love. Making Jesus "nice" (terrible word ... why not just say wishy-washy). Many more, I could stay here all night. | Homilies, Sin |
| 1468 | Aligning catholic mindset with that of agnostic attitudes. | Other |
| 1469 | Women sectors reading the gospel. Girl Altar Servers. | Role of Women |
| 1470 | Eucharistic Ministers. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 1471 | The abandonment of the prayers said in the Latin rite when translated to English and the restricting of the Latin mass. | TLM |
| 1472 | Lack of Eucharistic belief is primarily fallout from our persistence in pushing God and His Commandments to the back, so we feel less guilt and more freedom in doing what we know in wrong. | Modernism |
| 1473 | Appropriate attire in church. Proper education and things available to youth. They're are youth groups but nothing for older people. More worship type music. | Attire |
| 1474 | Teaching the faithful how to have an interior life and reflection. | Catechesis |
| 1475 | Poor catechesis in general from elementary grades to adults. Church members who are not evangelized at all. Baptized pagans! . | Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 1476 | There are priests who miss opportunities to offer Biblical references to the True Presence of Christ during the homily. It needs to be explained more than just on the Feast of Corpus Christi. | Homilies |
| 1477 | Mass and intentional prayers being use for social issues. Announcements dragging the Mass ending. | Social Justice, Liturgical Practice |
| 1478 | Changing the wording from "Do This in Remembrance of Me" to "Do This in Memory of Me" changes the meaning. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1479 | Priests acting like performers in front of the congregation, telling jokes, etc. The ill-timed, awkward “sign of peace”. Women not covering their heads shows a lack of reverence, humility, and respect in God’s house. | Sign of Peace, Reverence, Attire |
| 1480 | Shutting down the Churches and denying the Sacraments to the Faithful during COVID showed the world that the leaders of the Catholic Church don't believe Jesus was and always is essential. I think that it made people believe even less in the True Healing Presence of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. | COVID, Leadership |
| 1481 | 1969 New Order of Mass (Novus Ordo Missae): According to its primary creator, Annibale Bugnini, it was intended to remove major obstacles to reuniting with Protestants. However, it then removed so much of what is uniquely Catholic that it is a sort of generic Christian communion service, with a sprinkle of Mary to make it seem a bit more Catholic. It even uses the same 1970 Lectionary used by several Protestant denominations. This has bolstered the modern notion that the Catholic Church is merely one of several "paths up the mountain", i.e. the heresy of Universalism. You cannot radically change the people's primary "interface" with ANY religion without in effect changing the perception of what that religion is--despite repeated claims made in the 1960s: "We're not changing the Church's teachings; we're merely changing the made-made elements that can and should change." I'm old enough to remember this mantra constantly being repeated. Most people don't study Aquinas or the Catechism; they go to Mass and that's their primary "instruction". | Modernism, Liturgical Practice, Ecumenism |
| 1482 | Properly teaching youth, teaching from the Ambo during Homily. | Homilies |
| 1483 | The amount of Catholics that do not attend mass regularly after COVID. | COVID |
| 1484 | The emphasis on "healing" and not, the tradition of Redemptive Suffering. Angels envy man because we are unite with Christ through the Eucharist and Suffering. | Other |
| 1485 | Diminished sense of a CATHOLIC identity in our so-called Catholic institutions of higher learning. | Modernism, Schools |
| 1486 | Use of Extraordinary ministers inappropriately dressed, Even careless, lectors again not respectfully dressed or not prepared to proclaim. Not enough days/ time given for us to go to confession. | Confession, Extraordinary Ministers, Availability/Access, Attire |
| 1487 | Bishops visiting their churches in their diocese on a regular basis to encourage the faithful and teach of the real presence of the Eucharist. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 1488 | People's attire for mass, such as immodestly dressed, dressed as if they're going to the beach or a sports event. | Attire |
| 1489 | 1. Civilly divorced and remarried being permitted to receive the most holy Eucharist. 2. Wearing immodest/casual dress without rebuke. . | Attire, Worthy Reception |
| 1490 | Constant confusion of what the Church now teaches due to ambiguous statements by the hierarchy. Failure to maintain the sacristy as a holy space, now crowded with numerous “ministers “, lack of reverence toward the tabernacle with priest and servers now seated with their backs toward it, lack of genuflecting when passing in front of the tabernacle. If actions do not suggest belief in the Presence of Christ in the Eucharist what is expected to be the result?. | Liturgical Practice, Confusion, Leadership, Reverence |
| 1491 | 1. We are not consistently using the paten while distributing the Eucharist and altar servers do not wear gloves and returning any particles from the paten to the chalice to he consumed by the priest. 2. We do not act as though Our Lord is present in the tabernacle. We enter church loud, do not appropriately genuflect in front of the tabernacle every time we are in front of it and dress very casually and/or immodestly. I love Jesus, Our Holy Catholic Faith, I believe in the Trinity and transubstantiation, therefore I would be remiss if I did not add the following… The Mass should not be treated as a social gathering and the church is not a “club” we should join for entertainment. We should be humbling ourselves, and offering praise and thanksgiving. It is not about us! It is about him! The church seems more interested in making people happy rather than saving souls. We should love each other enough to, with charity, tell each other the truth. The church and our priests should tell us what we need to hear, not what we want to hear. It’s interesting we worry about offending each other, not about offending God. Our actions speak much louder than our words, often what we do not say sends a message quicker than what we do say. The priest scandals in and of themselves do mot harm the church as much as the way we respond to them. Covering up, moving priests and paying people off to make an issue go away does not make the laity have more faith in church leaders or want to follow their teachings. We should be the bold Christian’s fighting the good fight? We should be like the Maccabees willing to die for God! It can be done with charity, we do not have to be abrupt, aggressive or belligerent. It’s often not what we say, but how we say it that offends or pushes people away from the church. It is hard to engage the laity in generosity, first fruits and tithing when we have very wealthy clergy. There is a common misconception that all orders take a vow of poverty. I understand this isn’t so, but some of the perceived extravagance is hard to swallow for many of the laity. Especially, if they do not have the same resources and/or lifestyle. Our youth are divided, I’m very encouraged when I see young people embrace their faith. I see this a lot in the Latin mass. On four separate occasions, with four different groups of boys, I met boys (high school & college) who traveled over an hour to attend a Latin mass. One group was on Spring break from Nashville and attended daily! Thanks be to God!!! I am not as blessed with my own children, but I have hope as I have surrendered them to Our Lord. I sacrificed a lot to send my children to catholic school, K4-12. They no longer practice their faith although both still believe in Jesus. One attends a Protestant church regularly and the other prays but doesn’t attend a church. They both think the catholic church is a joke, a bunch of hypocrites and/or ridiculous in their teaching based on the behavior of the church leaders. I was poorly catechized. I went to public school for the majority of my schooling and CCD was another opportunity to hang out with my friends. Many of my dear childhood friends are no longer practicing Catholics. Much of what I have learned has been from reading, catholic radio (GRN/EWTN/WAOB), bible studies and retreats. Ultimately it is by Gods grace I have continued to grow, learn and not abandon my faith, I did consider changing to a nondenominational church in my 30’s. I wanted my children to have what I thought I missed, so I sent them to Catholic School. Unfortunately, I was the primary breadwinner and worked outside of the home. I relied on the Catholic School for what should have been my job. I am convinced both parents working outside of the home is contributing to our problem. We do not have time, energy or both to teach our kids and relying on others, even the catholic schools isn’t enough. The more I learn the closer I get to Jesus and the more I desire. I am baffled at the churches stance on the Latin mass, it was the catalyst that took me so much deeper in my faith. I prefer the Latin mass, but there is none available near me. I prefer Ad Orientem because i understand why it is done. All my friends say they are offended when a priest turns their back to them. I try to tell them they are standing with us presenting our petitions to God. Interestingly, everyone is ok with the priest turning his back to God. I kneel during the lamb of God, when the tabernacle is open and Our Lord is removed. He deserves my reverence. It’s strange to me that the Latin mass is considered such a problem. I see “opinions” in everyone on everything. If we are trying to grow in holiness and following the teachings of Our Lord; Father , Son and Holy Spirit, what is the issue? Why are we majoring in the minor? I try to ask myself two questions daily… 1. Will doing/saying this get me in to heaven? 2. Will doing/saying this keep me from getting to heaven? These are the only questions and answers that should matter… Why are we trying to conform to the times versus conforming to Our Lord Jesus Christ? We should be emulating Our Lady, the perfect disciple. I may not make it to heaven, but I pray I die trying! I thank God daily for His love and mercy on this lowly sinner! Prayer is the most, not the least, we can do! Deo Gratias, for the opportunity to provide my feedback, and indulging. Unfortunately, the Lord did not bless me with the gift of brevity… Rejoice always, pray without ceasing and give thanks in all circumstances. | Eucharist Reception, Leadership, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 1492 | Confession . | Confession |
| 1493 | All of these plus the general lack of reverence by some priests. Not telling the faithful the truth and not preaching the true Gospel. Fear of talking about real issues and standing up in faith for the truth. | Reverence |
| 1494 | Confession. | Confession |
| 1495 | 1. Priests should teach CCD. When only lay people teach Catholic doctrine, families do not take it seriously. 2. Priests need to teach basic Catholic Doctrine about the Eucharist from the pulpit. 3. Priests need to believe what the Church teaches about the Eucharist. They can't teach what they do not know or believe. | Catechesis |
| 1496 | Get back to catechetical basics. Pass out The Penny Catechism to parishioners. So simple and clear. | Catechesis |
| 1497 | The failure of Mother Church to explain Her role in the world at large and Her necessity, as the one true Church, for the salvation of souls. | Catechesis |
| 1498 | 1)Lack of emphasis on priestly vocations. 2) unavailability of priests for emergency needs. | Vocations |
| 1499 | The threat of removal and actual removal in some parishes if the Latin Mass. The only place we found the spirituality that we seek. The "dumbing down" of our religion, where all that matters is "peace, love and understanding" and not avoidance and repentance of sin. | TLM, Sin |
| 1500 | Our Pope continues to confuse the laity by trying to "modernize" the teachings of the Church. Much of what he says minimizes the importance of many aspects of our Faith, including the Real Presence. He needs to be the center of our Holy Church, not the center of attention. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 1501 | Lay ministers should not be handling reserved Holy Eucharist in Tabernacle. Should be done solemnly by priest/deacon. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 1502 | To keep the day assigned Psalm and not to replace for another. Even if it is read or the choir doesn’t know or have a song! Many times Choirs change the psalm to a different one. Please don’t change! This is happening in many parishes. Also, the choirs are turning the masses into a band concerts and hard to pray and meditate. What is happening to our church music! If a choir is part of charismatic group that is fine but not use their music during a Sunday mass. Thanks you so much for doing this survey! God bless!????. | Music |
| 1503 | The Pope frequent heretical statements. | Leadership |
| 1504 | Changing the attitude towards gays. | Modernism, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 1505 | Having more time for adoration. | Devotions |
| 1506 | Eliminating the necessity of veils for women, covering our head in His Presence. That receiving the Eucharist is a gift to Him, living in the state of grace and receiving Him in thanksgiving. | Attire |
| 1507 | The mixing of politics in the homilies. Teach the Word of God and make Jesus the center of our homes and lives. Make the Gospels relevant to our lives . | Politics, Homilies |
| 1508 | Allowing money to drive decisions. | Other |
| 1509 | Rambling sermons that go on and on that the real point of the sermon gets lost. | Homilies |
| 1510 | Having “favorites” especially wealthy vs poor. Bigger contributors are openly favored. Poor income faithful Parishioners cannot compete. | Other |
| 1511 | To properly reverence the Real Presence of Our Lord, communion must be received on the tongue, kneeling (unless one has a physical infirmity) and not in the hand. Also, public servants who repeatedly violate church teachings (abortion, homosexual marriage, etc.) must be excommunicated and/or (at least) publicly instructed not to present themselves for communion. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Canon 915, Eucharist Reception |
| 1512 | People used to go to Mass dressed in their Sunday finest clothes. Now they show up like they are having a picnic in the park or headed to the beach. This is a symptom of a lack of reverence. Also, most women no longer cover their heads in Church. Who told women that they no longer needed to cover their heads?. | Attire |
| 1513 | We are poorly catechized and do not understand the bible. | Catechesis |
| 1514 | Not encouraging the faithful to read the lives of the saints and learn what their relationship with the Eucharist was like. | Catechesis |
| 1515 | As one who was raised in post Vatican II Church, I don’t feel I was taught the TRUE tenants of the faith and Church - that I was not properly catechized. For instance, there is a loss as to the concepts of virtues and vices, and the necessity to grow in virtue. Combine this with societal influences creating a loss of the sense of sin, how do we recognize when we are not in a state of grace? I understand parents have a duty as well, but the Church plays (or should play) a pivotal role for where parents may themselves lack in understanding, especially in today’s world. So where am I going with this? I feel that the Sacrament of Reconciliation could be more emphasized in catechism classes and maybe even in the mass. In my experience, a very short time was spent explaining how and why we do it, and the healing that can come from penance. How are we to understand the depth of approaching God himself in a state of grace if penance is not taken seriously? Furthermore, how do we contemplate transubstantiation when we do not see God the Son offer himself to God the Father through the Holy Spirit at mass when the priest is facing the people rather than the alter and the crucifix - which depicts the actual sacrifice? How are we expected to believe the Eucharist is God, when the reverence we would surely show to God is removed - when the act if kneeling and receiving on the tongue is reduced to standing and allowing those without consecrated hands to touch the Holy Eucharist (with the exception of adoration at which point touching the Holy Eucharist is again revered). If God is supposed to be at the center of our lives, why is God not in the center of the altar of our churches? These may seem like small things, but symbolically they are powerful. I believe you are spot-on with the questions you asked - the changes in the mass (liturgy, Ad Orientem, kneeling, receiving on the tongue, sacred music, having only priests handle the Eucharist, etc.), but I would also add the catechism, particularly in the area of penance and how it relates to the Eucharist. | Family, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Worthy Reception |
| 1516 | The Novus Ordo Missae is the root cause. Though it does not call for abuses explicitly, it de-emphasizes the sacrificial aspect of the Mass, and it allows for all these abuses in the way it is formed. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1517 | Error taught to younger generations. Lay people opening the tabernacle . | Catechesis |
| 1518 | Continuing closure of Catholic schools and selling of catholic owned property has divested the church of an opportunity to PROPERLY catechize children in their formative. CCD IS NOT AN ADEQUATE SUBSTITUTE FOR A CATHOLIC EDUCATION!!!. | Closures, Catechesis |
| 1519 | General casual attitude in American Catholic Churches where people dress and behave as if they aren’t in a sacred place. As a convert from atheism I had no idea until expressly taught that Jesus was physically present in the Eucharist as congregations definitely don’t behave that way generally. It’s an incredible mystery, so powerful and mind blowing but the general nonchalance and acceptance of the lowest common denominator in behavior, attitude, music etc. doesn’t imply and signal what the Church believes. I wish I could kneel at an altar rail when I receive for example, as it’s so reverent and sacred. I have this experience in other countries at Catholic Mass and it makes a huge difference in the seriousness with which people participate and receive in Mass. I love to hear chant at Mass too as the secular music is already extremely dated (mostly from the 70s, 80s, 90s) and it doesn’t give the experience of being outside time and space when we worship. I find it very distracting, even when I was a young adult I thought the music was really bad. We have such a rich heritage of beautiful chant and music that all the congregation could join in with. I go to a regular parish, I am not a Latin Mass goer or anything. We just have so much ancient beauty that we could use in our worship at Mass (music, decoration, architecture) that is ignored and I don’t understand why. I am just as able to be too casual at times because nothing encourages us to enter into a unique experience, or it’s relatively rare unfortunately. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Liturgical Practice, Lukewarmness, Attire, Reverence |
| 1520 | Church helping bring illegal aliens into USA, church is in essence breaking the law, and puts very negative light on the church. The Pope is too liberal. He should not be talking about global warming. After a visit with the Pope from President Biden, priest, bishops, and cardinals stopped critiquing Biden on abortion, so church looks wimpy and non-committed. Pope firing conservative priest hurts. Church moves too slow is solving problems like homosexual priest who assault children and women. | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Abortion, Modernism |
| 1521 | The inconsistencies between what the Catechism teaches and what the Vatican/Pope is doing/saying in publications. | Leadership |
| 1522 | Proper catechesis in the family and very often at parishes is theologically impoverished regarding theology around the Eucharist (and theology in general). Also, many parishes that offer daily Mass do so at times only non-working or retired persons can actually attend (such as midmorning). Working persons and students cannot possibly attend Mass at those times and still fulfill their obligations, so as a result they attend Mass less often, and their devotion to and belief in the Eucharist is diminished. | Family, Catechesis |
| 1523 | Failure of priests and deacons to talk about basic Catholic doctrine during their homilies. | Homilies |
| 1524 | Being surrounded by a predominantly Protestant and secular culture which leads people to believe they can choose what parts of the Faith they can believe in. Not enough teaching on the permissible and good differences in faith expression (i.e. different saint devotions, charismatic movements, Latin Mass) vs. What must be believed (actual doctrine not just preferences). | Modernism, TLM |
| 1525 | Saturday Masses; lack of modest dress for Mass. | Attire |
| 1526 | The overall casual attitude from both the laity and clergy towards the Eucharist, specifically in receiving Communion. | Lukewarmness |
| 1527 | Poorly prepared priests and deacons whose sermons are read aloud rather than proclaimed from the heart and don't teach the basic precepts of the church , don't quote scripture enough, don't refer to the catechism.. and don't hold anyone's attention #2. Allowing communion to be distributed also from the rear of the church. 3# singing has its place but it can also be a distraction. | Priestly Formation, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Silence/Distractions |
| 1528 | Lack of teaching about transubstantiation. | Catechesis |
| 1529 | Young people receiving Catholic education are not given a proper understanding of St. John's Gospel. In his gospel John clearly states that Christ meant for us to eat his body and drink his blood literally. I am a pre-Vatican II educated catholic through three years of college and don't remember emphasis being placed on the Real Presence. I don't believe it has gotten any better since then. | Catechesis |
| 1530 | Fewer holy days. General change in calendar ordinary time, no pre-lent, shortened Christmas season, not recognizing All Souls’ Day, moving Ascension Thursday to Saturday, not having Christ the King precede All Souls and All Saints, despite all the additional readings not tying them back to the Easter triduum. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 1531 | Priest rushing through the Offertory and Consecration. | Reverence |
| 1532 | The way the church universal and individually reacted to the COVID scam. On EASTER closing churches because of germs? NO holy water! No Precious Blood! No Body of Christ!? To be honest this started years ago with “it’s flu season we can’t have the Precious Blood” as a convert I have been puzzled by this my whole Catholic life. | COVID |
| 1533 | I think that the clergy needs to talk a little more about the criticality of staying in the state of grace, and of the seriousness of taking Communion when NOT in the state of grace. Hell is real, and they should be reminded of that ugly fact. | Worthy Reception |
| 1534 | Sacrifice as an offering by the Faithful has been abandoned, devaluing the Real Presence. Why would a Catholic even consider the Real Presence when they do not realize their own sacrifices of Charity enables and embodies our Communion with the Eucharist? Consider the Epiclesis, here. The Catholic Church has not upheld the obligation of the Faithful to participate in the Perpetual Sacrifice by offering up the sufferings from their Deeds of Charity. We are called to put Love into action. This transforms the Heart of Stone to the Heart of Flesh. Our sacrifices thus unite us with the Mystical Body. The Faithful then see and encounter the Real Presence. When the Assembly experiences the sufferings of the Universal Sacrifice, they comprehend the worth of the Eucharist. They not only see the Body of Christ but are transformed into the Body of Christ. The Faithful become one with the Real Presence. Sacramental Graces are delivered. The doorway to Salvation is further opened for each soul. The virtue of Love becomes active: Real - and - Present. Sources: - CCC 1368 is the nucleus - Reading material from the - realpresencecoalition.com - USCCB Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship - Multiple Papal Encyclicals . | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 1535 | Failure to support the seminarians who had a true calling . | Vocations |
| 1536 | Liturgy of the Eucharist versus populism, making the priest the focus, not the sacrifice; over focus on social issues,. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1537 | Emotional and psychological immaturity in the clergy Fear in the clergy of offending others or losing parishioners Lack in the clergy of deep, personal holiness and courage to show it/teach to others Failure of the clergy to clearly call others to let go of their sin Turning a blind eye to and not calling out sex outside marriage from the pulpit and in the confessional. | Fear/Cowardness, Sin, Holiness |
| 1538 | There is not enough teachings on how to build a personal relationship with Jesus at Catechism classes and during the homilies. | Relationship with Jesus, Homilies |
| 1539 | The head of the church has neglected his chief mission-safe guarding the deposit of faith. | Leadership |
| 1540 | Certain problems in the Church, particularly the sexual abuse scandals and division on teachings like on artificial contraception, I think lead to a frame of mind where people don’t open themselves to Christ or the Church’s fundamental beliefs like the Eucharist. | Modernism, Scandals |
| 1541 | Overall Catholic catechesis has failed. | Catechesis |
| 1542 | Shortened and careless ablutions also reinforce doubts that the Eucharist is actually Christ. | Confession |
| 1543 | There is not enough use of Holy Water, Incense, Alter Veil and the Paten . | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 1544 | The disuse of patens. Particles fall to the floor and Christ is trampled under foot!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1545 | COVID church closings and pushing untested gene therapy . | COVID |
| 1546 | The priest should offer mass every day. Is two days off to play golf more important than feeding his children? . | Availability/Access |
| 1547 | Families neglecting to put the mass as the most important thing for Sundays (or Saturdays). | Family |
| 1548 | Not enough priest . | Vocations |
| 1549 | priest frequent homilies on the real presence guided meditation and quiet ( no music) after reception is over. holy hours. These were in survey ...just empathizing them !. | Silence/Distractions, Homilies |
| 1550 | Priests need to clearly teach substantial unity and why dualism is not true. People are unconscious dualists, so they can’t understand how Christ is present in the Eucharist. They believe that spirit is separate from matter. This is the source of sexual sin, lack of transcendence, and lack of true belief in all of the sacraments. They can’t fathom how it works, so belief is very weak and consequently reverence. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 1551 | The confusion regarding doctrine and tradition from Vatican that seems to lessen the reverence and devotion that is due to Christ the King and Savior who although merciful is also the Just King worthy of our best !. | Confusion, Reverence, Leadership |
| 1552 | Laity knew how to read or say prayers, but don’t seem to really know how to talk to God. We need to teach from an early age how to really believe and talk to God from the heart. | Catechesis |
| 1553 | The business of the American life drowns out the presence of God, Jesus, and Spirit. Not having Sunday as a day of rest with more time to think about God further alienates people from the Divine. It is go, go, go, go and people miss the whisper of the Divine. Also, there is not enough Bible study. I have joined a non-denominational Bible study for 3 years now, and my relationship with the Divine is 100% better. The program is called Bible Study Fellowship. Sadly, a number of Catholics have left the faith to join other churches that do Bible studies. They are finding a relationship to the Lord through Bible study. Guidance in prayer would be helpful too. There are so many different ways to pray. Just exactly how do you grow closer to the Lord? People need help. As Catholics, many only get one hour a week at mass. That is not enough. | Modernism, Catechesis, Devotions |
| 1554 | Moral issues, especially sexual ethics not being discussed from pulpit. | Homilies |
| 1555 | Allowing laity to enter the Sanctuary, especially during the Mass. | Reverence |
| 1556 | Offering both forms (i.e. wine) to the laity. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1557 | Vatican II significantly changed the church into a new non catholic religion. Vatican II must be completely expunged from any association with the catholic religion. | Vatican II |
| 1558 | Constant Talking prior to mass. Total Failure to address the Destruction that Pope Francis is causing. Example, Blessing Homosexual SIN, 1 week prior to Christmas. Elimination of Bishop Strickland, Vigano, Bishop of Aracibo. Total disrespect by Pope of the Dubia, and Cardinal Zen!! OUTRAGEOUS . | LGBTQ+ Issues, Silence/Distractions, Leadership |
| 1559 | Right leaning politics, Maga, evangelical protestants . | Politics |
| 1560 | When the Priest seems to race through the Mass. | Reverence |
| 1561 | Lack of reverence in the Mass. easing and shortening blessings. A lack of believing in a supernatural God by the clergy and in turn by the laity. | Reverence |
| 1562 | While the overall Mass is the same across the US and the world, each church and diocese is very different. It is often very different parish to parish. Education often stops at Confirmation with classes for marriage prep or even baptism prep. Sometimes, there are other classes, but again, it differs between parishes, diocese, etc. There needs to be a greater push for education for adults if we are to teach the generations why they need to be Catholic. We need to find ways to pass on education in ways that they learn as well. There are an entire generations that missed so much which is why so many young people are not in Mass today. Find a way to reach out to them, too. | Catechesis |
| 1563 | Perhaps it ties into "reminding people that reception of Holy Communion must only take place in the state of grace," but a culture where many parishioners regularly abstain from reception. When it seems like 100% of the attending parishioners (except children and visitors) are partaking, making the choice to abstain can be very hard. Good pastoral care and catechesis about not judging anyone sitting, remaining seated if not partaking, etc., could go a long way to avoiding the additional sin and possible scandal of people receiving when in the state of mortal sin. | Catechesis |
| 1564 | Singing while and after receiving Holy Eucharistic. Can't give thanks properly. No adoration. | Silence/Distractions, Eucharist Reception |
| 1565 | The norm historically and at present to receive Holy Communion kneeling and on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1566 | Catechesis that fails by omission and also fails by failure to teach the essential truths of the Faith. | Catechesis |
| 1567 | How few people receive on the tongue while kneeling and that many priests discourage or even forbid this. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1568 | Communion in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1569 | Must receive kneeling and on the tongue out of reverence. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 1570 | No one but the clergy should touch the Eucharist. With laity distributing and taking the Eucharist to homebound. We have lost the reverence due to our Precious Lord. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 1571 | How to do not discuss the importance of a personal relationship with Jesus, the importance of regular prayer Do not discuss the importance of observance of the 10 Commandments and they don’t confront her culture our godless culture. The absence of our priest, showing their personal involvement in prayer praying in front of the tabernacle or praying in the adoration chapel. | Relationship with Jesus, Devotions |
| 1572 | The Latin Mass being replaced by Novus Ordo. | Liturgical Practice, TLM |
| 1573 | Removing the tabernacle and placing Our Lord in a "closet" somewhere other than at the altar. Failure to teach the seriousness of sin and why only Christ could atone for our sins. Failure to give the Holy Mother of God proper honor. Failure to teach that confession and being in a state of grace is necessary in order that we properly receive Our Lord and not bring condemnation upon us. Failure to teach that we must attend Mass properly attired so as not to cause scandal or distract other and to be presentable to appear before our Eucharistic Lord . Everything at the Mass, including the way we dress and act should be convey that we are in a space set apart, in the presence of God Almighty. | Confession, Attire, Modernism, Worthy Reception |
| 1574 | bishops cancelling Mass due to COVID!. | COVID, Leadership |
| 1575 | Receiving in the hand, without reverence, thanksgiving after, confession prior, and reminders of doing so- . | Eucharist Reception |
| 1576 | Making TLM freely and widely available . | TLM |
| 1577 | Poor catechesis re Sacraments, especially Confirmation, to convey power and gifts of Holy Spirit, responsibility to know and defend faith, turn away from sin, live the Gospel, build the kingdom, remain in Him via Eucharist: Body, Precious Blood of Jesus. Host is not a “token” for being Catholic. | Catechesis |
| 1578 | The US bishops (USCCB) loss of supernatural faith, leading to a failure to be strong shepherds to their flocks, their selling out to the Democrat/Marxist political party for blood money and the rampant acceptance of sodomy in the high ranks of the hierarchy!. | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 1579 | Ok. | Other |
| 1580 | This may fall under “reverence”, but people’s attire at Mass does not beget coming to the house of the King of the universe: jeans, shorts, T-shirts, bared shoulders. The holiness and sacredness of the Mass and God’s house - in addition to the Presence - should be revered in a number of ways. I wear a veil as well; maybe offer them to ladies and girls before Mass. And both the clergy and laity should discourage talking inside, instead maybe engaging in prayer (e.g. Rosary, Divine Mercy chaplet, organized chant) to honor the sacred space. Also, making the church more available to the faithful throughout the day, or just the chapel, or to a quiet prayer garden to welcome individual meditation on the Presence. | Holiness, Attire |
| 1581 | laity participating in the sacrifice of the Mass. Lectors, etc. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1582 | Major scandals in the church such as Homosexuality, indoctrination and butchering of innocent children , abortion ( since the beginning ) failure to preach strongly from the pulpit against these and countless more destructive issues in our society over the course of decades has not only opened the door to where we are today, indeed the Catholic church not only stood in silence , but has held the door open. | Abortion, LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals |
| 1583 | Lack of focus on the WORD of GOD as being HOLY. I'm a new (6yr Catholic at age 72) Emphasis on the individual's responsibility to know the HOLY WORD of GOD is lacking in the Catholic Church. It is rare to hear a priest say 'read your Bibles'. | Catechesis |
| 1584 | Failure to tell laity that transubstantiation wasn’t church doctrine for over 1000 years when it was invented . | Other |
| 1585 | Incessant heretical and/or scandalous blather from Rome since about 1960. | Leadership |
| 1586 | The culture itself. Lack of teaching on sin and limited access to confession in some parishes. | Sin |
| 1587 | Failure of priests to preach about Particles being dropped, or Particles on their hands for those who receive in the hand Emphasizing that Particles are Jesus . | Eucharist Reception |
| 1588 | Return to the traditional Latin mass where almost everyone believes in the real presence because the mass feels more reverent. Remind the laity before receiving communion that they have to be in a state of grace and to receive it unworthily is wrong. It seems like the church is too busy trying to please the public which is fickle instead of trying to please our God who is the same yesterday, today and forever. We please him with having our priests look at the tabernacle at Him instead of having the priests putting their back at him and looking at us. Also, we should be receiving Holy Communion kneeling and in our tongues. I think it’s time to return to tradition instead of straying away from it. | TLM, Worthy Reception, Eucharist Reception |
| 1589 | Failure to catechize the connection of the Eucharist to scripture. | Catechesis |
| 1590 | Teaching on 4 last things. | Catechesis |
| 1591 | Media. | Modernism |
| 1592 | Lack of faith formation and education on the real presence of the living Body of Christ. And therefore on the reverence etiquette, as in knowing where and when to kneel, with one knee and when with two…. | Catechesis |
| 1593 | No Priest ever brings up Birth Control and "IF" you can find a class its far away and costly, PLUS also Catholic schools are so expensive , the average family can't afford them, Kids needs other Catholic kids and a daily Religion class on there Faith. Also Bring back the alter rail, this way people have to get on there knee's to receive Christ. | Fear/Cowardness, Schools, Homilies, Eucharist Reception |
| 1594 | Vatican 2 heresies like ecumenism, humanism. . | Vatican II, Ecumenism |
| 1595 | Churches shutting down during COVID. If Mass is so essential, why shut down?. | COVID |
| 1596 | The sign of peace. Women in the sanctuary doing the readings. The deplorable way people dress for Mass. Lay people distributing holy communion at Mass, and even ashes on ash Wednesday. Not reminding people at funerals and weddings that only Catholics in the state of grace can receive Holy Communion. Using the church as a social and music hall when the Blessed Sacrament is present. Bowing instead of genuflecting. Saying, "For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, after the Our Father like the protestants do. Having children come up into the sanctuary for the homily. Not giving children, the option of communion on the tongue kneeling, or confession behind the screen. Why is it that no-one with authority is willing to say, "The Emperor has no clothes." Until we get rid of Mass facing the people, communion in the hand standing, lay people distributing communion at Mass, and women in the sanctuary, nothing will change. All these good intentions on the part of the church leaders are just a waste of time when they so blatantly ignore the obvious. | Confession, Silence/Distractions, Sign of Peace, Attire, Eucharist Reception, Leadership, Reverence, Role of Women |
| 1597 | A relationship with Jesus. Christianity is about the person of Jesus not just rules. Also we don’t seem to relate to the poor in our communities. It is not just rituals as the Pharisees had all that. In the evening of life we will be judged on love. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 1598 | The Novus Ordo mass itself is a (No Suggestions) of the holy mass. It diminishes the sacrificial nature of the mass and turns it into a meal. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1599 | The current Pope and his doctrinally and morally corrupt inner circle is a counter witness to Catholicism in general. In America the absolute refusal of Bishops to both address and enforce Canon 915. If Biden and Pelosi can receive then the Eucharist has no significance . | Canon 915, Leadership |
| 1600 | Vatican 2 and the NOM. | Vatican II |
| 1601 | Failure of the clergy to teach about the Real Presence, Heaven Hell and Purgatory from the pulpit. They flipped to social justice and the " church of nice" No education of the laity especially the young people. Failure of the bishops to speak out , especially the last 3 years when they hid during the government gas lighting of everyone. Denied the sacraments to the faithful, especially the dying. | COVID, Leadership, Catechesis, Social Justice |
| 1602 | People need the Holy Spirit. An encounter with JESUS CHRIST. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 1603 | In my opinion, I think the following topic should be a part of the discussion: Having to many options for the priest to choose from in the Novus Ordo Mass can create disunity and be a distraction to people from focusing on the Eucharist and what is happening during Mass. For example, I went to one parish in where people "shuffled" together, crossing the aisle, to hold hands for the Our Father prayer....I have never seen that done anywhere else before except this one parish. Another example is paragraph 128 from the GRIM: 128. After the Collect, all sit. The Priest may, very briefly, introduce the faithful to the Liturgy of the Word. Then the reader goes to the ambo and.... The word "may" insinuates that he Priest can either choose to do this part or not. This is one example of many in where things should be kept consistent no matter what Parish you go to. People form a cadence when they go to a specific Church with a specific Priest over time and once that cadence is thrown off....then that is when people are now distracted from what we should be focused on and start having conversations that...can get uncomfortable. . | Liturgical Practice |
| 1604 | A lot of things rest on parents. If parents don’t show it’s important to go to mass (and why are people scheduling sports for kids on Sunday mornings???) and the emphasis on receiving First Communion as a pageant, rite of passage , with no encouragement of parents to continue coming to mass . | Family |
| 1605 | Catechesis on the faith in general seems to be lacking, in addition to catechesis listed above. Encouraging personal encounters with Jesus in the Eucharist and personal relationship with Jesus. . | Catechesis |
| 1606 | Lack of true practice of the faith .. My Pastor growing up said often .. the Faith is caught not taught. We’ve not given our children anything substantial to catch . | Living the Faith |
| 1607 | Yes. The over emphasis on social justice issues. Not enough emphasis on the healing message of forgiveness and love from the pulpit. | Homilies, Social Justice |
| 1608 | 1. A lot of criticism comes from believing the laity sitting beside you at church are hypocritical- going to mass on Sunday but living differently throughout the week. This shows me that the Eucharist has been culturally important but not transforming the hearts of the people in the pews. Better catechesis for adults and practical examples of how we ought to live could strengthen the lifestyles of the congregation (more examples of do x,y, Z in concrete ways - not just the list of “Don’t do all these other things” 2. Most people Don’t understand the history of the mass itself, the symbolism and the parallels from Old Testament worship to what mass looks like now. An appreciation for how things came to be and why they are can deeply strengthen one’s devotion to the liturgy itself. | Catechesis |
| 1609 | 1) Failure to adequately, if at all, teach the continuity of the Mass until Vatican II. . | Vatican II |
| 1610 | The key point is that for years there has been no quality control over what teachers/volunteers teach in the classroom (Catholic school or PRS). Most people have never learned about Adoration and or the Real Presence of Christ in the he Eucharist. There are real solutions but they require change and a leadership committed and accountable for the changes. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 1611 | That deciding to not receive the Eucharist while being is a state of separation, is a type of adoration . | Worthy Reception |
| 1612 | Public excommunication for pro-abortion and pro-homosexuality individuals who are in the public eye. | Abortion, LGBTQ+ Issues, Canon 915 |
| 1613 | Promoting Homosexuals like Father Martin. Pope Francis Announcing 1 week before Christmas the Blessing of SODOMITE Couples! OUTRAGEOUS, and then the Priests Never talking about it!!!. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 1614 | Proper catechizing the youngest. They are only brought to RE when it is time for sacrament prep. | Catechesis |
| 1615 | Many Catholics are glued to the secular media and technology. The secular media has long waged a campaign against traditional Catholic belief- especially the Eucharist. | Modernism |
| 1616 | 1. Persecution of the faithful traditions of the Catholic Church by the Pope and clergy. | TLM, Leadership |
| 1617 | I believe that Priests do not care much for their parishioners who are poor. The Priest use to visit the poor to see if they needed anything or just to have a chat with them. I knew of a Priest who actually went into the poorest and most dangerous parts of the city. I don't see that anymore. But I wish I would in my lifetime. They should let the poor know they count and their souls just as important if not more so of others. Some also don't take those who need help spiritually serious enough. | Leadership |
| 1618 | Lay people taking over Catholic educational and treating it as a business more than a ministry. | Catechesis |
| 1619 | The high number of modernists posing as clergy or religious. The lack of correction of heretics and criminals such as Fr. Rupnik, or Fr. James Martin and others blessing unrepentant homo couples, the Bishop in Austria introducing sacrilegious "art" blaspheming our Lord and Lady in a cathedral, the lack of correction and support of politicians who support abortion even giving them Communion, the Holy Father handing out the Eucharist to anyone and everyone when St. Paul admonished to receive unworthily is to be guilty of the body and blood of Christ. The cancelling of holy, priests that teach the Catholic Faith as it was for centuries, that is, until Vatican II when innovations and novelties replaced sound theology and Tradition. I could go on, but I have things to do. God bless you and for the love of God, please correct course of the Barque of Peter before more souls are lost. | TLM, Persecuted Clergy, Vatican II, Leadership, Modernism, Canon 915 |
| 1620 | Pronouncements and teachings from the Vatican on the matter of Eucharistic holiness. | Holiness, Leadership |
| 1621 | When we - lay Catholics AND clergy - fail to take our faith seriously - i.e. fail to allow God’s grace to affect how we approach and how well we address our primary responsibilities, then we give a poor witness and undermine faith in the Source of Grace - Jesus, especially as He is present in the Eucharist. We can fail to take our faith seriously in 2 ways - 1) by laxity as this survey OVER and MIS focuses on and 2) by treating our faith as a set of external rules we have to follow but if we feel we have followed the rules, then we are no need to allow God’s Grace to affect how we treat our primary obligations. What good is it if we say we believe in the Real Presence and are solemn and silent in Church if we cannot practice prudence and charity in our family? What good is it if a bishop makes a big show if denying the Eucharist to public figures and does not address the problems of abuse in his own diocese? If we Catholics want others to have faith we had better not behave as though the Eucharist were an empty symbol ourselves. | Lukewarmness, Leadership |
| 1622 | Education. | Catechesis |
| 1623 | Failure to preach about the presence and to preach about sin. | Homilies, Sin |
| 1624 | Lack of leadership on the part of Bishops and clergy. Closing down the Church during COVID for so long a time told Catholics (who may have been weak in their faith and formation to begin with) that the Faith was and the Church was “non-essential.” We as Catholics should have been encouraged to truly live our faith as Saints in the modern world—ministering to the world. “It is easier for the earth to exist without the sun than it is for the earth to exist without the Mass.” (Padre Pio) The fact that Rome (the Papacy) is tolerant of all things but the “Latin Mass” and those considered “Conservative” is a red flag. The Church has a rich tradition. The attack of the devil is on the priesthood and on marriage and family. The call of our Baptism— the Sacramental life…. We are called to counter-cultural…. Leading by example. Truth in love does not condone us in our sins… we are called to be saints.. The Eucharistic Congress and all that is being done to celebrate this time should only lead us to more … what distinguishes a Catholic within the world but not of the world… “The Eucharist is the Source and Summit of our Faith.” What we do and why we do what we do matters! Why bishops won’t entertain the call from laity to have the opportunity to kneel and receive Jesus on the tongue—- where is our faith and belief? Where is our reverence? Where is our humility? Where is our love and thirst for holiness? It appears that the Synod on Synodality and what Rome is pushing, allowing, and what seems to be a shutting down/ silencing and removing any voices that disagree (considered too conservative) with this agenda is what Pope Francis has advocated. There appears to be no balance when it comes to “extremes.” I am a child of the “Novus Ordo” Mass, and it has only been a red flag to me when as a life-long Catholic I am witnessing a total disregard for those who have a love for the “Latin Mass” - where is tolerance for this? How are faithful Catholics and those looking on to make sense of this hypocrisy from the highest offices within Rome—- “Peter” abdicated his title of “Vicar of Christ” and he confuses all who seek his guidance and the truth of our Faith. It is not okay to attack and retaliate against those who have questioned and opposed some of what has been thrusted upon the faithful. There is a deposit of Faith… We are called to be faithful. Jesus I Trust In You! Totus Tuus??. | TLM, Persecuted Clergy, COVID, Holiness, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 1625 | Kneel and receive on the tongue. Should only distribute the host only. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1626 | People will believe Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist when Catholics act like it - simply behaving with more reverence in Church or tell people TO believe is not enough. We must be holy and we must teach people what holiness is (spoiler: you can eliminate ALL the "issues" in this survey and still be far from God.) Note on questions so far: "contemporary" (syn. modern) is not the opposite of "sacred." There is plenty of music from the 1800's (and prior) which banal and as inappropriate for use in the liturgy as secular music. | Modernism, Music, Catechesis |
| 1627 | HOLY, REVERENT PRIESTS! 'Horrible formation in seminaries' Many priests 'behave' or if one could say casually sloppily celebrate at the altar. Do not hold hands reverently throughout the celebration of mass. Look at the host irreverently' almost like they do not believe. Sit looking at parishioners instead of they themselves set example and reverently pray after administering holy communion to parishioners. WE NEED SAINTLY PRIESTS that will lead souls to believe what is really happening at mass so that ALL parishioners would not even want to leave!!!!. | Reverence, Holiness, Priestly Formation |
| 1628 | Loss of the propagation of the science of the Saints in most of all the early church fathers which affects the gifts and fruits of the holy spirit, and also the formation in pre-Cana And confirmation and the precepts of the church. | Catechesis |
| 1629 | An utter failure to emphasize continuing education/catechesis of adults on the lay vocation and universal call to holiness. | Holiness, Catechesis |
| 1630 | In my own parish and in others in the diocese I witness priests disregarding the sacredness of the Holy Eucharist: lack of care in purifying the sacred vessels (saying that the tiny particles don't count and are not the Body of the Lord), I know of a priest who when the tabernacle became empty!!! brought a non consecrated host to a dying woman, walking into the church before a daily Mass and finding the Tabernacle standing open and or empty! Allowing a sacristan to expose the Blessed Sacrament for a holy hour. I could go on!!. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 1631 | Priests should be catechizing at the pulpit. Offer reminders about the faith that people never learned or forgot. Also need sometimes to talk about current events that are happening and offer advice. This is all crucial. Many people feel that major Catholic events are not important to the church because they are so SILENT about it all. Everyone needs guidance and strength during these anxiety ridden and changing times . | Homilies |
| 1632 | Matthew 26:31 . | Other |
| 1633 | Laity not showing reverence when receiving communion. | Reverence |
| 1634 | I think that the clergy has dropped the ball when it comes to defining for the laity what is acceptable dress while visiting a church and attending mass. Bridal wear is especially egregious. I attend an FSSP parish and we have a dress code that should be universally mandated. How one dresses has a direct impact on how one acts. | Attire |
| 1635 | Liberal politics during the homily. | Politics, Homilies |
| 1636 | The failure of diocesan Catholic Schools to remain faithful to Catholic teaching in general and on the Eucharist specifically. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 1637 | Blessing homosexuals union , all religions lead to GOD ( Frances teaching ) church follows Frances as if everything he says is law and persecutes anyone who disagrees. Infallibility has only be used 2 times. Enviro woke. | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Modernism |
| 1638 | Positively deformative catechesis, particularly in homiletics. Also, the publicly observable discontinuity of Catholic clergy promoting DNC platform goals with zeal, while omitting any public activism for sacred causes (government non-interference in worship, discipline for heterodox universities, hospitals, etc.). | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 1639 | Vatican II. | Vatican II |
| 1640 | Catechesis of children following the teachings of the catechism. | Catechesis |
| 1641 | Perceived lack of adequate passing on of the faith to the last 2 or 3 generations of Catholics; oddly, this seems to have it's roots in the 1960's post-Vatican II. | Vatican II, Catechesis |
| 1642 | Bad or Poor Formation Of Priests in Celebration Of The Mass The Discouragement Of Strong Preaching On Who is in The Eucharist i.e. that Christ Is Physically Present Just he was two thousand Years IE What it truly mean that he is with us always not merely as some fond memory or spiritual presence Also A Proper Catechesis that God Is not a merely A Pal or Buddy but Holy That we are not God That we are Contingent Creatures and Sinners who need The Sacrament of Confession etc.. | Priestly Formation, Catechesis |
| 1643 | Dumbing down students at Catholic schools in Theology. Mass should be held daily at Catholic schools. Crosses in every classroom as well as the American flag. | Schools |
| 1644 | Pope Francis' papacy based on "Make a mess" with little real direction about the true precepts of the Catholic faith and a never ending litany of continuing scandals of every type and a total loss of church attendance due to the banning of all of the sacraments during the pandemic. The laity no longer feel a need to believe in the traditional dogmas of the Church let alone attend mass. | COVID, Leadership |
| 1645 | Failure to offer the Traditional Latin Mass at times and places easily available to the people. Also failure to offer Confession at convenient times. | TLM |
| 1646 | Priests and others in leadership roles fail to emphasize the uniqueness of Catholicism in holding onto - and actually having - the Real Presence. (I know the Orthodox have Him too, but I think most people are scarcely aware of their existence, so that's not a factor.) I'm a convert from Evangelicalism and have very warm sentiments toward Protestants and all of the good in Protestantism, but the uniqueness of our faith and the superiority of the Church to expressions of Christianity outside of it should never be deemphasized. | Leadership |
| 1647 | Poor catechesis and loos of the nuns in the schools. | Catechesis |
| 1648 | Catholic schools that have lost their Catholic identity and failed to transmit the Catholic intellectual and spiritual tradition to students and their parents. Uncatechized and poorly formed parents who are immersed in the secular culture. Deterioration of marriage and family. | Family, Schools, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 1649 | There are bound to be more that neither of us are thinking of. | Other |
| 1650 | Teaching on the ecclesiastical aspect of the reception of Holy Communion: i.e., that reception of Holy Communion also signifies the unity of the communicant in the Mystical Body of Christ, and that communion with the Church is necessary for the reception of Holy Communion. The loss of this Patristic teaching, effectively makes "open communion" with heretics and schismatics possible, diminishing the importance of worthy reception of the Eucharist (being in the state of grace, etc.), the truth of the Church's teaching on the Real Presence, the sacrificial nature of the Mass, etc. | Catechesis |
| 1651 | Lack of explaining regarding the Real Presence of Christ therein. The Eucharist is the Center of our Catholic Faith. It has not been taught for decades. Priests should routinely explain the Eucharist. Modesty in clothing. Prayer in Church. Respect the Real Presence and the prayers of those who need silence. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 1652 | Casual attitude towards grave sin, or even believing there is such a thing, rendering Christ and His sacrifice meaningless. | Sin, Lukewarmness |
| 1653 | Catechesis is a major issue and the other is the leadership (or lack of) by the bishops who often appear to be cowardly and of a "circle the wagons" mentality. | Catechesis, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 1654 | Girls, women on the altar serving Mass. | Role of Women |
| 1655 | The laity are still in need of catechesis on the Truth of the Mass--that it is the worship of God that Jesus commanded us to offer. | Catechesis |
| 1656 | A lack of faith that the Eucharist is truly body and blood, soul and divinity of Christ. | Lack of Faith |
| 1657 | The current Pope and the direction coming directly from the Vatican to our Bishops to not implement Vatican II as it was originally designed; The curia taking the decision-making ability away from the Bishops and their diocese, at the local level, to bring back any and all traditions and norms they believe will assist in laity's growth in belief in the Real Presence (i.e., TLM, Gregorian Chant, no lay people touching the Eucharist as Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers or receiving the in hand); Consistent appointments and elevations of Bishops and priests that espouse loyalty to the Pope rather than Jesus Christ, His church and His magisterium; Punishment of priests and Bishops that champion the teachings of Jesus Christ and the magisterium above politics, popularity, and being liked; layperson dress needs to change - women in modest dress clothing and men in suits or dress clothes, head covering for women as prescribed by St. Paul (see Corinthians 11:3-16). | TLM, Extraordinary Ministers, Vatican II, Attire, Leadership |
| 1658 | We need quiet reverence and not a jamboree. Jesus is the focus. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 1659 | Lack of reverence for the Blessed Sacrament and lack of Silence in the Church. This is because they do not know that Jesus is really there--the Host is NOT a symbol. | Reverence |
| 1660 | The false notion of lay "active participation" as if lay "active participation" is what makes or breaks the legitimacy of the Mass rather than the priest's offering of the Holy Sacrifice being what is central. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1661 | Lack of use of a paten when distributing the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1662 | Not following traditional Catholic values. | Modernism |
| 1663 | The COVID lockdowns treated the Eucharist as un-essential. Then when we returned to church, the restrictions treated Holy Communion—reception of the Divine Physician—as an opportunity for contagion. | COVID |
| 1664 | The lack of modesty . | Attire |
| 1665 | Wearing proper attire to Holy Mass. . | Attire |
| 1666 | Lack of education on proper attire and modesty in church. Allowing that people that are almost naked receive the Eucharist Not educating the people bon the use of the Chapel Veil. usually the person who uses the veil, believed in the Real Presence. Allowing woman to read thev1 St and second reading and Psalm during Mass. Locating singers and pianos in front of the church. The sacrifice of the Mass should have all the attention, not the choir, it's not a concert. Not encouraging the education on Latin and organ. Not doing Eucharistic Processions in weekly basis When the prettiest or Bishop talks in the middle of the church during the Homily, giving his back to the tabernacle. When the priest or Bishop consecrate and elevate the Holy Host with one hand instead of using both hands. When priests don't provide kneelers for the faithful who wants to receive the Eucharist properly. When they tell the first communicants that it is okay to receive in the hand. Communion in the hand is protestant and is wrong, and if someone wants to receive in the hand leave for adults, never for children. When the priest says the body of Christ, wait a prudent amount of time for the Amen before putting the Eucharistic on the tongue. Instead of rushing it. Encourage altar servers to do Holy hours. Set some Holy Hours for altar servers. Wait enough time after communion to pray, don't give the Blessing so soon. Have more time if silent prayer while the Lord is still present in those 15 minutes. Put signs in the entrance of the church with modesty guidelines. Give first communicants more opportunities for Holy Hours. . | Liturgical Practice, Attire, Leadership, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 1667 | politics in the church. Conversion of clergy. no one from the church official is speaking out the truth regarding abortion politics, chaos in the world, gender issues, etc. | Politics, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Abortion |
| 1668 | The use of the impoverished Novus Ordo Missae. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1669 | Closing churches during COVID Lack of homilies exhorting faithful on effects of sin Lack of orthodox catechesis. | COVID |
| 1670 | Dumbed down homilies. Homilies full of same talking points. Extraordinary ministers in general but especially when on the altars and too many ill clad women on the altar . | Homilies |
| 1671 | When Liturgies fail to show reverence & sacredness; when celebrant thinks it's a show for him to perform, instead of leading the Faithful in quiet moments of prayer. | Reverence |
| 1672 | Stress teaching in RCIA and First Communion classes. | Catechesis |
| 1673 | I believe that longer homilies and more impassioned preaching (not necessarily more charismatic, though sometimes it may be) would be welcome. We do not need shorter mass durations and relaxed standards. We need to be convicted of our need for God and called to dedicate our time and attention to the Eucharist. | Homilies |
| 1674 | Seeing Eucharist as the center of our belief- lack of catechizes for grownups . | Catechesis |
| 1675 | Secular pressure in faith lives. Remarks that make one have doubts when one is not continuing to be encouraged to build your own faith. | Modernism |
| 1676 | Clergy lack of reverence during the Consecration. | Reverence |
| 1677 | Priests fail to quote and use God’s words to support Catholic beliefs regarding radical behaviors that, in recent years, are proclaimed as “normal”. | Catechesis |
| 1678 | Taking out of altar rails so that all will receive Jesus while kneeling and on the tongue . | Eucharist Reception |
| 1679 | Connecting Confession with reception of the Eucharist; proper modest dress in church; genuflecting. | Confession, Reverence, Attire |
| 1680 | Secular humanism. The philosophy and materialism have infiltrated the culture in the Church. Yet the main issue is the lack of people living and professing that personal relationship with Christ, for the Faith is passed on through the family. | Modernism |
| 1681 | The benefit of protestant converts coming into our church has led to further Protestation of the Novus Ordo mass ( raising of hands , incessant singing during communion etc.). | Liturgical Practice |
| 1682 | Placement of the celebrant's chair in front of the tabernacle. This denotes a casual attitude toward the tabernacle and a lack of respect for the contents, the Eucharist. | Reverence |
| 1683 | Wearing inappropriate clothes at Church and consecrated ground. Also, lack of discipline, sacrifice, charity, respect to the clergy. | Attire |
| 1684 | The Vatican irreverence towards the Eucharist and the TLM. | TLM, Leadership |
| 1685 | Failure to teach people how to meditate/mental prayer Poor catechesis on what constitutes grave matter Routinely locking churches so that people cannot come pray. | Catechesis |
| 1686 | The prayers of the priest and faithful are not as beautiful as they once were. They are weak. We don't glorify God as we should. I've been attending St. John of the Desert Melkite Catholic Church for more than 2 years. | Beauty |
| 1687 | Lack of Adoration or perpetual Adoration at each parish. And locked parish doors during g the day. | Devotions |
| 1688 | Lack of catechesis on sin, virtue, sanctifying grace, the Sacrament of Penance, the Communion of Saints, traditional devotions such as Consecration to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart, novenas, etc. General lack of reverence for the holiness of the temple, the Tabernacle and the altar. Too much emphasis on the homily and too little on the offertory. The 80% plus changes to the TLM, i.e. less mention of Holy Trinity, Angels, Mary and the Saints, Calvary. | Confession, Devotions, TLM, Catechesis |
| 1689 | The breakdown of the liturgy overall which feels watered down and devoid of the sacred as well as the attitude of the clergy during mass and their reverence, especially in regards to the Eucharist. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice, Lukewarmness |
| 1690 | Allowing reception of the Eucharist in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1691 | the contradiction in stating the sacraments are vital to the salvation of our souls and then locking them away so no one may receive them. the shepherd makes sure all the sheep are in the fold before he bars the gate with his own body . | Availability/Access |
| 1692 | Failure of seminary formation of priests . | Priestly Formation |
| 1693 | The cancelation of Good Holy priests who are in Good Standing , but because they are not lukewarm in the teachings of the Church they are being silenced, reprimanded, persecuted , not supported by their own bishops, cardinals and the pope....they are being removed from their parishes and their Dioceses. Shameful! . | Persecuted Clergy, Lukewarmness, Leadership |
| 1694 | Homosexuality and corruption in the church hierarchy. Bishops, Cardinals, and Popes who either are homosexuals or tolerate those who are. The word 'celibacy' is rarely mentioned anymore - because the clergy are no longer celibate. I think statistically there is a correlation between the percentage of homosexual clergy and the percentage of people who no longer believe in the real presence. Homosexuals cannot become actual priests. They do not have the proper mindset. As such, they are not actually capable of confecting the Eucharist. Therefore, the people sense that the Eucharist they are receiving is not valid - because it's not. The Vatican knows they are not ordaining valid priests and they are cancelling current priests and bishops who are valid - so, what is the solution? Oh, perhaps the Church Hierarchy could start following Christ and following actual Catholic teaching, and begin ordaining actual, valid, priests. If you actually want to restore believe in the real presence in the Eucharist, you need to restore the Church making it an entity that is capable of producing a valid Eucharist. | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals, Leadership |
| 1695 | Purification. | Other |
| 1696 | Family life and parents teaching their children about the real presence. This is the foundation of a child’s understanding of things even before what occurs at the Mass. if this has been done well, children will understand the significance of the Eucharist being the very Heart of Jesus. | Family, Catechesis |
| 1697 | 1. Allowing immodest or very casual dress in the Church, including AND especially those reading at holy Mass - short, low-cut or sleeveless dresses, tight pants or yoga pants, shorts, blue jeans, sweat pants, shirts with logos. I have witnessed a few parishes with gracious signs posted on the doors noting appropriate dress for men and women. It's not rocket science! 2. Altar boys wearing gym shoes! Or shorts/very casual clothing under their altar serving clothes. 3. Lack of preaching on the reality of SIN or hell. The reality of what happens spiritually of receiving the Eucharist...when you say 'Amen', you agree and submit to Church teaching, even if not understanding it. Preaching so they understand to keep coming, but what it means to receive in a state of grace and NOT to receive if not in a state of grace. AND what receiving (or not) in a state of grace does to our souls...healing or condemnation. | Sin, Homilies, Attire, Worthy Reception |
| 1698 | Casual dress of people at Mass. Especially Eucharistic Minister. l saw a lady in white short shorts & tank top distributing the Holy Eucharist! Completely unexceptionable! The priest should have told her to sit down. We don't need 6 lay Eucharistic Ministers when there are only 50 people at Mass. Put the Communion rail back up. lt goes much faster and more reverent when people are kneeling and receiving Our Lord on the tongue!. | Reverence, Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 1699 | Abandonment of Traditional Latin Mass . | TLM |
| 1700 | Poor catechesis in 1970s-80s Catholic school. I did not know the teaching of the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist until I was a mom in my 30’s listening to Catholic radio. I went to Catholic school for 12 years. | Catechesis |
| 1701 | Influence of other Christian faiths that attack the Catholic Church, especially the sacraments. | Ecumenism |
| 1702 | We were not taught all of the clear teachings of the Church. We were taught only social justice issues, which lead to the “be a good person and that is enough” ideology. | Social Justice, Catechesis |
| 1703 | "I'm going to remain undetectable the entire time, but if you don't believe in me, it will hurt my feelings." --God. Hahahah, this is a non-scenario. you are all frauds. | Other |
| 1704 | Fake and anti-Christ religious in Churches and especially in Vatican. Many priests see their ordination as a job not as a mission or calling. | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 1705 | failure to instruct people to dress respectfully when receiving Eucharist . | Attire |
| 1706 | Quiet in Church…we talk before, during and after Mass…I have heard golf scores discussed during Mass….I am guilty of talking after Mass in Church…BUT at Eucharistic Adoration I have seen our Hispanic community back out of Church in order to keep facing Jesus until they walk out the door. Makes me re-think my posture when I leave Church…. | Silence/Distractions, Devotions |
| 1707 | Some churches have wooden statues that don't bring a sense of holiness We prefer the Italian human form of carving . | Holiness, Beauty |
| 1708 | Failure to use Communion plate for those receiving on the tongue. Congregation sitting after Communion. Congregation raising hands during certain Mass parts. Congregation raising and lowering kneelers during Mass. Deacons showing no reverence, but rather serving/“performing” for attention. Congregation is not on stage here…let’s have priests talk about reverence and respect for Christ when inside His house. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 1709 | Not making the Church a sacred place. Get rid of the sign of peace. Stop all the laity from using all the hand jesters. During adoration, silence. | Sign of Peace, Silence/Distractions, Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 1710 | Allowing reception in the hand rather than exclusively on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1711 | Lack of availability for confession or a need. Modesty in dress requirements. Too many people in sanctuary - lectors etc. especially women in sanctuary. Lacks respect for holy ground. Communion in the hand . | Availability/Access, Attire, Eucharist Reception, Reverence |
| 1712 | We put too much emphasis on how long (time) we are at Mass. We have let modern culture dictate a speedy Mass as opposed to quality time spent in the Presence Of Our Lord. I am 83 years and for 60 of those years I have not heard homilies directing us away from sin. For the record, we have bee married 58 years and have lived in all four corners of the USA and spots in between. We have bee members of 25 different Parishes so we have seen a good cross section of Catholic leadership. | Modernism |
| 1713 | Veils for women Proper reverent attire at mass Too many Eucharistic ministers Closing thumb and index finger after consecration until after communion by the priest Insisting on EM washing fingers after distributing the Body of Christ More kneelers when the altar rail is missing More iconography and statues and stained glass windows . | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 1714 | TLM must be the focus for all Catholics everywhere reverting to the 1962 Missal. | TLM |
| 1715 | Failure to follow God’s word. Writing the catechism for the Catholic Church and creating rules that are not ordained by God. | Catechesis |
| 1716 | The importance of a personal relationship with Jesus. In 2nd grade, I remember Sister Cabrini told me if that if I was the only person on this Earth that Jesus would have died on the cross because he loves me that much and wants me to be with Him always. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 1717 | Clergy don't talk about sin. They don’t define it, site examples or teach on hell, or the repercussions of decisions people make. They don't teach how confession is required to receive Jesus and that you should abstain if you aren't in a state of grace. What is a mortal sin? Every Sunday these teachings need to be addressed. Also, why not attending mass on Sundays is a sin. And the gravity if you don't take your kids to church. | Confession, Sin |
| 1718 | Since Vatican II, the priest has become the centerpiece, the star of the show of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The protestant tinkering of the Mass along with the lack of belief of the True Presence of our Lord, has reduced His body into a mid-show snack. These are great survey questions by the way. | Vatican II |
| 1719 | Failure to mandate chastity in attire for Mass and homilies instructing adequate information in the commandments and consequences for not following the church mandates, dogmas and principles. | Homilies, Attire |
| 1720 | People’s self-centered mess, selfishness, lazy, poor choices, the powerful evil in the world, the DEVIL, . | Modernism |
| 1721 | The clergy not mentioning the Eucharist And the real presence during their homily. | Homilies |
| 1722 | That the Latin mass will be forbidden on 7/16/24. | TLM |
| 1723 | I think receiving in the hand instead of on the tongue was one of the biggest mistakes. Allowing at least a single station for kneeling to receive would help restore some of the reverence in receiving the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1724 | Failure to instill daily prayer in the life of the laity as a significant value. | Devotions |
| 1725 | 1. Prohibit Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion 2. Prohibit distribution of Precious Blood to communicants except for weddings. 3. Removing opportunities to kneel while receiving 4. Little care given in purification of vessels after Communion 5. Bring back patens under chins of faithful during reception 6. Make Confession available before each Mass. | Confession, Extraordinary Ministers, Availability/Access, Eucharist Reception |
| 1726 | The fact our bishops closed the churches during COVID. | COVID, Leadership |
| 1727 | Weakness for priests and bishops to speak about the teachings of the Church during homilies instead of trying to make everyone feel good. | Homilies, Leadership |
| 1728 | Failure to educate the young . They think after Confirmation they don’t need anything else . | Catechesis |
| 1729 | Poor CCD teachers. Approval of unconsecrated hands touching the Body of Christ. Bowing to the back of the person in front of you in the Communion line rather than the Son of God. Using the excuse that we don’t know another’s heart to allow bad and irreverent behavior at Mass. Failure to stress Confession and offer it regularly in many parishes. | Confession, Reverence |
| 1730 | That the Priests and Bishops themselves don't believe in the Holy Presence of our Lord in the Eucharist. As exhibited when they closed the churches during COVID. | COVID, Leadership |
| 1731 | The way people come dressed to Mass. Shorts, halter tops, tight fitting clothing on women, etc. Receiving holy communion with dirty hands and irreverently. | Attire |
| 1732 | The Precious Blood is not offered regularly. (And yes I am fully aware that under both species Our Lord Is Present. I am also aware of the history - but if it was offered for the first 1200 years or so (up until the Council of Constance I believe) , why in both the TLM and a very large percentage of NO Masses , is it still being withheld from the laity? This is scandalous- . | Liturgical Practice |
| 1733 | Homilies that are trivial, not focusing on the readings, Old Testament Bible studies and presenting the amazing story of salvation history. Mixed messages from the Vatican, no one knows what to believe any more. Bishops and priests who rarely stand up for what the Catholic Church has always taught. I dare say, St Paul would be so disappointed in where the Church has fallen. | Confusion, Homilies, Leadership |
| 1734 | Church leadership corrupting the sacrament of the mass. | Leadership |
| 1735 | No TLM available . | TLM |
| 1736 | The Traditional Mass. | TLM |
| 1737 | 4 min homilies that do not translate the true meaning of the Gospel readings. Lack of visibly present reverence by the priest to the transubstantiation of the gifts on the alter. I see this more and more, as if it is just a “re-enactment” of an event!. | Homilies, Reverence |
| 1738 | People dressing in the worst possible way... SHORTS, LOW CUT TOPS, DIRTY and un-kept... CHILDREN running and playing in the Pews with toys and EATING food to keep them quiet.. PARENTS are to blame... It takes away from the RESPECT we owe the LORD.. Priests are afraid to CORRECT HIS for fear the won't come to Mass.. Total Distraction by this kind that are Not disciplined in any way. | Family, Fear/Cowardness, Attire, Reverence |
| 1739 | Lay people going into the tabernacle. Need to restore the use of patens for Holy Communion, and communion rails. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 1740 | Either the Priest extends his Homily beyond the time, people begin to get tired & also, rushing the mass, I've attended churches where the entire mass ends in 45mins. | Homilies |
| 1741 | Poor catechism in Catholic schools. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 1742 | Lack of excommunication to political leaders who totally go against Catholic principles; socialist priest; covering up of too many scandals; hypocrisy. | Scandals, Canon 915 |
| 1743 | Desecration of the Eucharist underfoot when receiving in the Hand. IF Christ’s blood is real and precious and any drop falls to the ground it’s cleaned up, same goes for His Body. Stop all abuse and just return to receiving Jesus on the tongue kneeling. No more excuses. Christ is vulnerable to satanic cults in black masses receiving in hand, but they use a device in the mouth to keep host dry. Protect Our King, period! . | Eucharist Reception |
| 1744 | Ban communion in the hand, receive knelling on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1745 | Faith formation classes have failed miserably!!! We have not taught the faith post Vatican II. | Vatican II, Catechesis |
| 1746 | living the faith according to scripture and tradition has been so misconstrued. | Living the Faith |
| 1747 | Failure to teach about the sacrament of reconciliation related to being in the state of grace, and having adequate times for the faithful to receive it . | Confession |
| 1748 | Communion in the hand is irreverence. We really should be kneeling to receive Jesus. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1749 | many of our bishops and the Vatican give mixed messages confusing the faithful. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 1750 | Lack of instruction and emphasis on reading and understanding the Bible is the word of God. Too many rules not connected to the Bible or the word of God . Readings at mass never explained . Lay persons come from all walks of life and education. Wearing a collar does not make the e essence of a priest. They are men who like to exercise , sometimes navigate around without being noticed. The heart of the person still radiates . St Peter is my favorite post le. He was uneducated, he was rough, he loved Jesus with all his heart . He did not need a doctorate to follow Jesus. | Catechesis |
| 1751 | Acceptance of women's ordination and gay marriage. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Role of Women |
| 1752 | Allowing homosexuality to be present in our Liturgies with priests’ vestments, altar cloths, adornments, and displays - rainbow flags, colors, etc. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 1753 | We have a President and political folks who say they are Catholic but promote abortion and continue to receive Communion. The bishops do nothing. | Abortion, Canon 915, Leadership |
| 1754 | Lack of transparency . | Leadership |
| 1755 | Reverence shown for the Eucharist seems to be lacking at all levels of Catholicism . | Reverence |
| 1756 | The Mass and its origins are never explained to those attending Mass. To outsiders the Mass is like Hokey Pokey. I learned the origins and their meanings when I studied to be an Altar Boy. But have never seen it explained or discussed at Mass. | Catechesis |
| 1757 | Poor catechesis, lack of priests willing to try new evangelization techniques. | Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 1758 | The Catholic Faith is the ONLY way. Counter to the “world”, all religions are not equal. Too many Catholics are ok with abortion, this needs to be addressed from the leadership that this is unacceptable. How can someone who is ok with taking a life, able to believe in the REAL presence of our Lord. | Abortion, Modernism |
| 1759 | Failure to catechize . | Catechesis |
| 1760 | Priests failure to speak truth about scripture, tradition, current social issues. In our parish we never hear homilies or teaching on Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, divorce/remarriage, abortion, IVF,IUI, contraception, gay marriage, transgender. Our Pastor would prefer to socialize, go out to dinner with parishioners than preach the truth. Our parochial vicars and deacons have a “gag” order on these topics too. Pastor’s lay female assistant of 20 years approves homilies. We never have parish missions by true orthodox priests. Instead lay women from parish present advent/lent talks. Anything conservative is not allowed. We have a retired priest in residence who preached on his support of women priests. I’m in the Newark Archdiocese so there is no place to go to be heard. I could continue, but it all makes me angry. I apologize for ranting. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Homilies, Leadership, Abortion, Role of Women |
| 1761 | Dressing appropriately for Mass The impotence of confession . | Confession, Attire |
| 1762 | In many parishes there is no apparent awareness of the crucial need for priests and religious persons to stat in close touch with older elementary and high all high school students. Even though catechesis has improved somewhat in recent years, I strongly suspect that much of it is still much too rote and essentially meaningless to many teenagers. By the time they’re in college or working out in the world, their faith foundation is not nearly strong enough to resist peer and general culture counter pressures. | Catechesis, Leadership |
| 1763 | Clear and concise teaching/re-teaching on the true presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament for all ages. Perhaps done through homilies, videos, podcasts, CCD classes, any and all means to reach the masses with the universal teachings of the Catholic faith as stated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Deposit of Faith. We have The Truth, we need to teach and explain it to our people so they can be faithful. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 1764 | Vatican II and the Novus Ordo. | Vatican II |
| 1765 | They way people dress when they’re in church, lack of reverence . | Reverence, Attire |
| 1766 | Not alerting attendees at funerals, weddings, Memorial Masses that only Catholics, in the state of grace, may receive the Holy Eucharist. Priests walking down the aisle before Mass laughing and talking with people in the pews. | Reverence, Worthy Reception |
| 1767 | Importance of going to confession before receiving the Eucharist and telling people that missing mass is a mortal sin. | Confession, Sin |
| 1768 | Eucharistic Adoration Holy hours and /or Perpetual Adoration Chapels. | Devotions |
| 1769 | Receiving in THE HANDS! Faithful have no idea each particle is FULL BODY & BLOOD OF JESUS we are walking on! If bishops & priests reversed this & preached against the seamless garment theory, much would improve. | Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 1770 | Peace be with you to our neighbors in church should be a short nod it’s not even necessary because we are there for Jesus but lay people have taken it to a whole different level with hugging and kissing each other and it is a total distraction. People need to be told to pray especially the rosary to come closer to Jesus and his Mother . | Sign of Peace, Devotions |
| 1771 | Failure to explain why homosexuality, transgenderism, abortion and contraception are morally wrong and are mortal sine problems. | Abortion, LGBTQ+ Issues, Sin |
| 1772 | Clerical vanity instead of humility and parish irresponsible stewardship equating non-essential spending with greater holiness and reverence. | Reverence, Holiness |
| 1773 | The need for teaching reverence in the church and while with the Real Presence. Jesus is truly 100% in the Eucharist. | Reverence |
| 1774 | The Immortal Rite of the Mass!!!!! The "New Mass" in its celebration teaches very little if any of the True Presence. In its creation those in charge did exactly what Martin Luther did. He turned the altar around to face the people and he changed the Latin to the vernacular. | TLM |
| 1775 | Confusion (or is it?) emanating from Rome on many, many subjects. Errors as well: the jab, attack on TLM, border control, the farce of manmade global warming. | TLM, Leadership, Confusion, Modernism |
| 1776 | 1. Lack of presence of “SHEPHERDS” among our Bishops and Priests. We are training Administrators, not good Shepherds. Our Bishops do NOT SHEPHERD their own Priests. Lack of “Fatherhood” in the Priesthood. | Leadership |
| 1777 | My issue is the Homilies NOT referring back to the spiritual readings. | Homilies |
| 1778 | Excommunication of conservatives who disagree with Bergolio. Our Pope is a disgrace! Gays, drag queens surround him, yet he punishes the conservatives. The Pope has his nose in climate issues, American politics, pushing disastrous open borders (yet he lives within a wall with security). The Vatican is very rich. I have a Bishop (Jefferson City MO) who destroyed the Cathedral, to make way for a $25 million renovation of gaudy gold (where is HIS poverty). He lives alone (with boyfriend benefits) in a huge home. He takes extravagant vacations to Key West (a parishioners vacation home) with his boyfriend. What a hypocrite! I want to go to confession but NOT to a sinful, disgusting man such as Bishop McKnight! Why would I sit in Mass listening to a sinful gay man call me a sinner??? . | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 1779 | Silence in the church. Priests do not educate the laity in the importance of being in the presence of Our Lord, and church is a place of prayer, silence, reflection etc. Socializing should take place outside of the sanctuary. More available Mass times and confession times. Nocturnal adoration, retreats with Priestly leadership, theology classes for the laity taught by Priests not the laity, Bible studies as well with Priestly leadership so the interpretations of the scriptures is within the Doctrine of the Church and not our own interpretation. Teach the laity the Catechism of the Catholic church or even bring a lesson into the Homilies. | Confession, Homilies, Availability/Access, Catechesis, Sin |
| 1780 | The current push for women deacons and women priests. Our Lord ordained 11 men as priests at the Last Supper. He did not include women. We need to get back to teaching trans substantiation and reverence when receiving the body of Christ. Women distributing Holy Communion in pants sloppiness is absolutely disrespectful to Our Lord. We don’t need women on the alter as lectors, Eucharistic ministers (I am a woman). The church has gone to far in disrespecting the Holy Eucharist. Inclusivity is no excuse. The norms in the time of Christ is NOT a good reason for women to be demanding inclusion on the Altar. | Role of Women |
| 1781 | People have not been catechized. We need to hear it from the altar. Two weeks of CCD school is definitely not enough to teach the children. RCIA needs to be monitored. A lot of different ideas in RCIA. | Catechesis |
| 1782 | Communion should only be received on the tongue and never in the hand. And, it should only be given by Ordinaries of the Eucharist, Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. | Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 1783 | A hateful Pope who is an idolaters, merciless and lacking supernatural Faith. | Leadership |
| 1784 | Our Bishops are no longer $Shepherds. They are wishy-washy on just about everything except pleading for funds. | Leadership |
| 1785 | Kneeling at an altar rail and receiving Communion on he tongue instead of the hand! We, the communicants, should not have the option of physically touching the hosts at anytime! Vat II was a disaster!. | Vatican II, Eucharist Reception |
| 1786 | No one taught us this. Since my childhood in the early 70s, none of this has been taught. Half of the topics you just asked me about, I have never seen in real life, like the priest facing away from the congregation. I have never seen an altar rail in use in my 55 years on this earth. How does our generation teach our children something we don't even know? . | Catechesis |
| 1787 | The loss of Catholic school education. We were taught repeatedly about Christ’s presence in the Eucharist. Uncertain whether this is emphasized today in parish children’s programs. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 1788 | Teaching faith-filled mystery of the real Presence. It is not a mystery to be solved but to be believed. Beginning with little ones and continuing through each stage of life. Build strong Faith! Continuously until death. | Catechesis |
| 1789 | Failure to offer proper catechism . | Catechesis |
| 1790 | Poor catechisms used in Catholic schools & CCD sacramental prep programs. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 1791 | A long hard look at what is being taught in seminaries. I will not contribute to any seminary until a conversation with the Rector (yes I have called) and asked a direct question. Is there "frolicking about" going on in your seminary? Are homosexuals admitted? NO MORE. | Priestly Formation |
| 1792 | Failure to catechize children about the Real Presence and worthy reception of the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 1793 | Preaching Love instead of repentance . | Worthy Reception, Sin |
| 1794 | Yearly confession and mandatory reception of the Eucharist during the Easter season; people have lost a sense of sin; more catechesis is needed. | Confession, Sin, Catechesis |
| 1795 | Folks belief in God, they have become one and don't feel going to church as meaning anything. | Modernism |
| 1796 | Vatican II and the promotion of ecumenism. | Vatican II, Ecumenism |
| 1797 | Rejection or barely putting up with signs of reverence as women covering their heads No reparation of any kind when a Host. Jesus. Is found in pews or trampled into the carpet by those going up to Communion and when told about it the Priest says it is unfortunate but it happens Holy God forgive us. | Reverence |
| 1798 | Lack of concern on the part of clergy for the attire of the faithful for Holy Mass. Doing away with the practice of head covering for women. | Attire |
| 1799 | The loss of religious sisters and brothers in the Catholic schools. | Schools |
| 1800 | A general lack of reverence in church by ALL! The Pastor needs to be sure that Silence is observed inside of church...also that clapping is not encouraged...everyone becomes infected when the Pastor encourages it...I miss the absolute silence in church that I grew up with...it was so enhancing of the feeling of the reverence that is needed to realize that something/someone very special is present.. | Reverence, Applause |
| 1801 | Lack of faith in the Real Presence exhibited by Pope Frances and too many bishops and cardinals and priests. Examples; allowing Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion in St. Peter's one week after being admonished by her Archbishop that she should not receive. Example: Rainbow Masses which give consent to active homosexuality and allow people in serious sin to receive the Lord. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Canon 915, Leadership |
| 1802 | Children in both Catholic schools and CCD are not being brought to church in adoration of the Eucharist. RCIA programs are not stressing the Mass, reception of Christ in the Eucharist as they receive communion and not being taught reverence or even what it is and means - was a CCD teacher and director for almost 40 years and ran an RCIA program for ten years. I've seen it all. | Devotions, Catechesis |
| 1803 | There is very little information on how the apostles celebrated the first Masses and how they passed that on to their successors. We need more catechesis on the early. Church fathers And how our Church Has continuity from those first days to the present. Period. | Catechesis |
| 1804 | The institution has lost its luster, credibility, transparency with so much sexual and financial abuse scandals. In spite of measurements taken to fix these issues, IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED . | Scandals, Leadership |
| 1805 | Catechesis has been so severely watered down in recent decades that some classes teach little more than "I am special" and "Helping others is what being Catholic means." . | Catechesis |
| 1806 | The seeming prohibition of the ordained bringing Communion to the sick and shut-ins. Only the goddesses of lunacy, aka Eucharistic Ministers, are permitted to do this - a little snack for the old people. The Church's wounds have been self-inflicted, orchestrated by a small band of willful clergy (and a few women) determined to destroy the Church from within. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 1807 | How can anyone believe in the real Presence of the Eucharist, when every Tom, Dick and Harriet is allowed to touch…and distribute the Eucharist???!!! . | Eucharist Reception |
| 1808 | the display of reverence by priests and laity towards the mass. | Reverence |
| 1809 | Continued teaching of the Catholic faith and traditions throughout our lives. Catholic school is JUST the beginning…we adults need it more than ever!. | Catechesis |
| 1810 | People should receive kneeling & on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1811 | There doesn't seem to be any reverence for Christ's presence on the alter. We have a pastor that runs around the alter like it is a basketball court, then asks for a 'round of applause for the band & chorus also next to the alter. | Reverence, Applause |
| 1812 | Failure to have biblical talks referencing tracing of Jesus as Lamb of God. and familiarizing New Testament scripture notations as proof . | Catechesis |
| 1813 | The US bishops failure to throw out Fr. James Martin and the like and instead throwing out the coalition of canceled priests. | Persecuted Clergy, Lack of Discipline, Leadership |
| 1814 | Priests Having to have a day off rather than putting the needs of the people first, such as attending to the dying. | Leadership |
| 1815 | Little emphasis on reality of sacredness of host. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 1816 | The pope’s actions canceling good holy priest and stacking the cardinals with pro homosexuals. Also the handling (not excommunicating ) men like Marko Rupnik! . | Persecuted Clergy, Scandals, Leadership, Lack of Discipline |
| 1817 | Clergy’s casual (& disobedient) attitude towards the liturgy; changing and ad-libbing the prayers of the Mass to fit their own whims & agendas. Clergy’s lack of reverence towards the Mass; the tendency to treat the Mass as a one-man show. | Reverence, Lukewarmness |
| 1818 | Clerical lack of ordained leadership. The confusion caused by the Pope's hostile comments about Conservatives and Americans. The rotten leadership of Cardinals in Washington and San Diego. The disaster of years of clerical silence about Biden's abortion support. The wretched example of men such as Jesuit Martin and his superiors and the Pope's approving comments of Martin's heresies..... I could go n and on about the crumbling state of Catholicism as these men go about their accommodatingly destructive behavior..... and, I would add, the unnerving "tolerance" of the politically correct USCCB which seems to consist of a large group of men who have lost their savor and who now do nothing about evil in their midst..... and much more which relates to the rotten state of clerical leadership and theological fidelity in the present Catholic Church. | Leadership, Abortion, Confusion, Canon 915 |
| 1819 | Lack of witness by Priests of reverence and love towards the Eucharist when celebrating Mass. | Reverence |
| 1820 | The fact that immediately, our Churches were closed for the pandemic! What was the message, that the Eucharist is just not that important. The bishops and priests showed their lack of faith in the healing power of the Eucharist! People got the message loud and clear that it was not necessary or relevant! . | COVID, Leadership |
| 1821 | Access to more regular confession. We need greater access to confession. Everyday before Mass if possible! If people are in the state of grace they will see the Eucharist for the gift that it is. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 1822 | Lack of faith by priests . | Lack of Faith |
| 1823 | Catholic education gone in schools Woke attitudes. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 1824 | Abortion. They never mention abortion in a homily. They accept politicians who support abortion. There is no leadership in the Catholic Church, and that includes the pope. They also basically support illegal immigration. They are liberal and do not support American principles. | Abortion, Homilies, Canon 915 |
| 1825 | The importance of going to Confession and receiving communion cleansed of mortal sins. | Confession |
| 1826 | Failure to emphasize the Sacrament of Confession-- that one must be in a state of grace to receive, and that when one is not in a state of grace, they have cut themselves off from the lifeblood of the Church and they can pray for NO ONE but themselves. | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 1827 | Adult catechesis because formation of the past centered on following The Baltimore Catechism, The Ten Commandments, and a fear of God. Relatively few who call themselves Catholic today follow traditional Catholic news sites and are generally clueless about what the Church teaches and why. | Catechesis |
| 1828 | NGO’s subverting the United States by using funds from parishioners to fly illegals, room board cash clothe register to vote so the Pope may appear magnanimous with the globalist cartel. The nagging for funds while the Vatican amasses more wealth and is part of globalist agenda. The changing of music from heartfelt songs to nouveau renditions while placing illegals in charge of music and bypass tradition. Giving communion to political theater Catholics Biden Pelosi whilst they support abortion and open borders and aberrant behavior pride parades. No mention of values voting and reminder of what our values are. Jesus taught many a lesson and did stand up to tyranny instead of remaining complacent. We are about to enter a thousand years of darkness unless men are strong again and people are moral and virtuous . Too busy accommodating secularists and Godless instead of standing with girded loins. I cant go to church because they preach to the two in bush rather than bird in hand. The world yearns for Our God Given Rights not cow towing so as not to offend. Find your God gene again and stop pacifying while going along to get along. This Pope is not of God and the people. He had a liberation theology agenda and needs to be replaced. My family has catholic cemeteries in Va, Tn, Ks, etc. as they came to America in 1738 and fought for man to not be subjugated but self determined. I cannot conscionably play a contemporary charade for appearances. God knows, Jesus knows, judgement day is coming, and they know my heartfelt beliefs, that is why i fight Prepare for the Modern Day Holy War. Repent and live it lest your eternity be elsewhere for those who did not put Father, Son and Holy Spirit first. Amen Thank you God for my blessings and Your amazing Grace. | Politics, Canon 915 |
| 1829 | the scandal of the Bishops being more concerned with Caesar than with God. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 1830 | Lack of real teaching and discussion of current issues in the church from the ambo! Terrible catechesis! New believers enter in serious deprivation of the history, depth of the magisterium re salvation, and tolerance among the laity, clergy, and religious for abortion, sacraments, reverence, etc. It's a Mess out here in the hinterlands!. | Abortion, Reverence, Catechesis |
| 1831 | Formation in the faith. | Catechesis |
| 1832 | taking the focus off of the Eucharist with the "sign of peace" when everyone socializes. | Sign of Peace |
| 1833 | A watering down of catholic education in Catholic schools. The Eucharist is a symbol, poor teacher role models regarding the emphasis on reverence in the church. | Catechesis |
| 1834 | Social constructs . | Other |
| 1835 | Parish emphasis on fellowship after Mass. Social justice too greatly emphasized. | Social Justice |
| 1836 | The silliness that goes on when the people are asked to express Christ’s peace to one another —— right before receiving Communion — would we could stop this practice or put it at the beginning of Mass— I appreciate it when the priest omits it. . | Sign of Peace |
| 1837 | Lack of authentic curriculum being taught in Catholic Schools and in parishes religious education program. Teaching prayers and praying in same programs. Addressing the Churches teaching regarding contraceptives, birth control and abortion from the priest and Bishops. Addressing the issues of homosexuality, trans and gender that is being taught to our youth. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Abortion, Catechesis |
| 1838 | Disregarding the belief in Heaven and Hell, Salvation, necessity of Confession. | Confession, Lack of Faith |
| 1839 | Inadequate religious education training for catechists teaching children the sacraments. Lack of inclusion and training of parents as their children participate in sacramental programs. No parental support for the completion of the sacraments. Poorly run CCD/ Religious Education programs for public school children. Lack of Priestly presence or interest in the children and what they are learning. Lack of funding for well run retreats, youth nights, engaging activities for parent and children, poor homilies for people who are not catechized at the Masses. | Catechesis |
| 1840 | Neglect by our Pope, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, through lack of moral courage and fraternal love, to speak with Truth and clarity, to guide us on the narrow path of salvation. . | Leadership |
| 1841 | Speaking truth from the pulpit. All about the money and receiving money from the government. Little talk about a just God as well as a merciful God. No talk about hell. | Homilies |
| 1842 | Attire People fail to come to Mass, to adore and praise God, in their Sunday Best. They come with sports attire, clinging immodest attire for women, soiled looking jeans and husbands do not seem to role model proper clothes for families either. Some appear practically in beachwear and tight revealing leotards. They most likely would not wear to a Wedding reception nor New Year’s Eve event… If you believed in the REAL presence of Jesus in the Tabernacle and upon the Altar, one would dress for Respect for God. Also, many people rarely pause and truly genuflect, and thought physically unable, bow beforehand entering the pew. Actions, demeanor, clothing, speaks volumes. It doesn’t have to be expensive or trendy, just modest and respectful from children and adults. . | Reverence, Attire |
| 1843 | Vatican ii encourages ecumenism+ evangelicalism while discouraging proselytizing. Also, Vatican ii has had several subtle errors that has caused all this issues present to go out of control. The clergymen need to show they Revere holiness in the church teachings even to any new councils. Name the errors of modernism and notice the errors of Vatican ii promulgates modernism. | Ecumenism, Holiness, Vatican II, Modernism |
| 1844 | An understanding of Who God is…. | Catechesis |
| 1845 | 1-Offering peace and socializing instead of focusing on the Eucharist. 2-People leaving right after Holy Communion before Mass is ended. 3-Quiet in the sanctuary after Mass, again loudness and socialization. 4-Dressing up for Mass and not arriving in inappropriate attire.(Would you dress like that for a wedding and if not, then why do you dress like that for Our Lord?) 5-Rebuilding customs, like sign of the cross when passing a church, respect for the tabernacle, reverence in our churches. 6-Promoting adoration. | Sign of Peace, Reverence, Attire |
| 1846 | clothing worn in a Church and to Mass. people look like they are going to a back yard barbeque. leaving Mass before the priest processes out. | Attire |
| 1847 | Pastor does not always show up at daily Mass and is obviously not aware of the sacredness of the Mass. His goal stated at his first Mass, “I promise to make Weekend Masses less than a hour!” His distractions are abundant. Does not look at the Ordo to know that there is an obligatory feast day and skips the Creed on Solemnities. Don’t get me started!. | Reverence |
| 1848 | women not wearing veils men wearing hats not genuflecting for the laity having a social time after the Our Father while the Tabernacle is being opened!!!!! Not kneeling during the Creed Eucharistic Ministers distributing communion and receiving it in the hands. I know you mentioned this but I think it is very important. The altar servers, sacristans and Em's not being trained.. walking all over the altar and between the Tabernacle and the priest during Mass. Tabernacle being removed from the church and put in a closet down the hall.. another big one. As if He is not important and why we are in church. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception, Attire |
| 1849 | As a believing Catholic, I answered these questions as I know of my own understanding of Jesus Christ in transubstantiation in the Holy Eucharist. I don't know, and could not guess what other "people's" thoughts are in regard to belief in the Lord's Holy Presence. But, I am appalled by the lack of reverence in the conduct of Holy Mass at some parishes where I attend, including my home Parish---they're Novus Ordo parishes. My experiences include 1. speeding through the Worship Ceremony in less than one hour, 2. hearty and loud affirmations by the attending faithful at particular statements of prayer offerings (following the Sermon: topical pleas for peace to politically favored groups of people, then, pablum wishes for harmony in all other mentioned purposes; no mention at all of long-standing Catholic and Christian persecutions in places throughout the world 3. utter disruption of proper focus upon the altar, where Jesus is now Present, while the 'sign of peace' admonishment by the priest generates church-wide, rowdy acknowledgment among all fellow Mass attendees, 4. the disruption of Holy Mass as a serious time for Worship the Lord God, when parish announcements are given free time range prior to the final blessing; cannot the priest and parish leaders accept that their fellow parishioners will read the bulletin (hard copy) or flock notes (email delivered) which always addresses the same information as the priest announces before giving the final blessing? 5. the large, visible clocks on the wall of the church 6. attendees at Mass resuming their socializing immediately following the priest's departure from the altar/procession to the narthex/outside church porch, for personal greetings, 7. I attend the Ancient Rite as often as I can; it is offered sparingly, at a neighboring parish, in the 'old church', and only at 8:00 a.m. Sundays; the Low Mass is offered. It is beautiful to my soul and all of my senses. The reverence of the priest and the congregation is clear to behold; the silence allows me to read the Latin in my missal, as the priest speaks all of his prayers, and the readings of Scripture, in silence or softly out loud. All of us congregants are facing the altar, the same as the priest----no one is 'in the round' (amphitheater seating)---only one direction: facing East. . | Sign of Peace, Reverence, Politics |
| 1850 | The Novus Ordo. The whole thing, not just bits and pieces of it. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1851 | Closing Churches during the pandemic; it showed that the bishops don't see the sacraments as essential - or even important. | COVID, Leadership |
| 1852 | How can a Priest honestly who doesn’t believe in Purgatory, or Hell actually consecrate the host? Or a priest who believes in LGBTQ which is Pride a grave sin consecrate the Host? Don’t say the Holy Ghost intervenes. That’s blasphemy and you know it. | Lack of Faith, LGBTQ+ Issues, Sin |
| 1853 | Socializing in Church, before & after Mass...as if the Tabernacle is empty.....maybe GOD has left the building because of all the chatter!. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 1854 | More emphasis on worldliness and less importance of Church. Unbelief of priests and bishops. People being used to immediate gratification and no concern for their souls. | Modernism, Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 1855 | Ignoring the sacrifices of the Saints. | Catechesis |
| 1856 | Failure to at least provide kneeler for receiving communion & some diocese’s policy of standing during Eucharistic prayer . | Eucharist Reception |
| 1857 | Fact that the pope is making decisions contrary to Catholic teachings! . | Leadership |
| 1858 | Novus Ordo Missae. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1859 | CLERGY, LAITY, EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS (randomly listed) SAY NO to: socializing in church; vested priests wearing shoes other than all black, both shoe and sole (some are way too casual and distracting for mass or funerals and looks like they just came back from the gym. This contributes to the casual and disrespectful overtones that are present in the church; clergy arrogantly belittling and scolding altar servers and others during mass; tolerating immodest attire and casual dress (including & especially cantors, lectors, Eucharistic Ministers); female Altar Servers; sappy music; giving sign of peace; lifting of hands (instead of being folded); priests jokes especially at the altar; toys, food and entertainment for children; children called to front of altar for homily on their level; Parents who allow bad behavior (I love children) some parents use the choir loft and don’t realize they are contributing to bad behavior - assimilate them with the congregation. There is no need to use the loft with half empty church. It should be locked or roped off; too many unnecessary Extraordinary Ministers and many are poorly trained; priests at church socials or anywhere near the church without his Roman Collar (ALWAYS a wear in public both priests and nuns in habit) ; lack of proper confessionals conducive for privacy, and need indicator to show when occupied; folks who leave church after receiving Holy Communion, live streaming mass (can watch EWTN or one mass can be made available by the archdiocese for shut-ins (its a matter of privacy and unnecessary money spend for each church to provide); Pastorates. I believe it is a burned on a sole pastor and detrimental to both priest and the congregation. We don’t have an Associate Pastor; no to hiring folks as administrators who do not know the faith, where the confessional is, what a general confessional is, I could go on and on. We have mostly progressives. We also have greeters that likely aren’t Catholic. They stand in the rear of the church and never go to communion; Beverages in altar area for priests; laity retrieving and returning the Hosts to the Tabernacle; Drums, guitars, tambourines, etc.; Blood of Christ offered to Laity; female priests; confusion from the Vatican; sacrilege and sacrilegious progressive “priests”; attempts to change the Eternal Word and or modernization of church; closing beautiful and historic churches in our diocese; keeping or moving around scandalous priests and religious; no to the Vatican cancelling holy priests and bishops; allowing public figures to receive Holy Communion who are openly pro choice and share their opposing views and other moral issues, some should be excommunicated! YES to: Return to devotionals: Rosary, First Fridays, First Saturdays, Sacredness and reverence in the Lord’s house; Return to the business of Saving Souls not the Church of the Poor (if we are good Christians, that will be a natural byproduct) ; prayerful worship, silence, communion rail and receiving on the tongue; sacred music and traditional choirs; high mass; incense; communion plate (IMHO not using is counter to believing in the Real Presence) ; more altar BOYS; homily’s that are meant to save souls - speaking truth boldly (morals, sin, church doctrine, catechism etc.); more priests and better formation; making use of evangelizing and formation materials that EWTN and others have available for parishes (much is free); use of the Magnificat monthly publication to be encouraged; Sacred Statues; adding our Blessed Mother Mary “Co-Redeemer” as the 5th Marian dogma; teach more about Mary the Mother the Church, St. Joseph and all the Saints, Divine Mercy etc. etc.; Yes to encouraging longer lines at confession and making more conducive confessionals and more times offered. Bring us back to pre-Vatican II and devotion to our Blessed Mother who leads us to her Son. TEACH TRUTH: There really is a place called HELL. Getting to HEAVEN is through the narrow gate. He will not let us enter if he does not know us. It must be earned and this is our true purpose here on earth, we can’t be “cafeteria Catholics”. We must do a better job of undoing all the lies Satan dispenses AND each of us must be more Christ-like examples 24/7. We must put Christ first! “Ignorance of Scripture, is ignorance of Christ” - St. Jerome From a female who loves Our Lord Jesus Christ and the beautiful Catholic Faith he has given us! I pray conversions and holy vocations to the priesthood and religious life! This survey is such a great Idea especially since the “listening” church has failed us! God Bless you!. | Confession, Devotions, Persecuted Clergy, Family, Extraordinary Ministers, Evangelization, Attire, Leadership, Silence/Distractions |
| 1860 | Need more education on the Eucharist, Catechesis! More emphasis I. | Catechesis |
| 1861 | Clapping for people that are visiting. Clapping for the chorus… It’s a Holy Mass, not a concert, not a fellowship meeting. Also, some priests cannot sing, so why let them sing at an important part of the Mass? Very distracting.. | Silence/Distractions, Applause |
| 1862 | Proper catechesis. Every homily can include a teaching from the catechism. | Catechesis |
| 1863 | Lack of leadership from the church leadership. | Leadership |
| 1864 | Homilies should be more than bible studies—teach the faith- not watered down. | Homilies |
| 1865 | Youth ministers without training and/or watered down catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 1866 | I think the priest, especially pastors, seem to be losing emphasis of being shepherds and protectors of our souls. Seems like it's more about the business and money to run the parish. The higher up, the more it is noticeable, those who are shepherds are getting cancelled and excommunicated and the ones who have been convicted, are pedophiles are protected and given even higher positions in the church. Also by trying to fit in to modern society, include every group of people, we lose the sense of the one true church with the fullness of the truth. We have lost the sense of repentance of sin as though all will be going to heaven after they die, even without truly committing to try to sin no more or going to frequent confession. | Persecuted Clergy, Lack of Discipline, Leadership, Modernism, Sin |
| 1867 | Distractions at Mass such as inappropriate dress or too much activity during Mass puts people someplace else rather than focusing on Jesus. People need assertive preaching on the Real Presence on a regular basis. I think there are many who may have never believed for lack of knowledge and or lack of belief in the supernatural or miraculous. | Homilies, Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 1868 | Many churches are using the actual church as a meeting place of community room. It should solely be for adoration, prayer, and Adoration. Silence should be observed from the time of entry until leaving. There should be a set uniform liturgy that all churches MUST used, and NO ad-libs by the priests. Priest should not avoid preaching the real truth and not soften it up to make the people feel good. Also, a dress code for the parishioners should be enforced and not allow half naked people into the church. | Silence/Distractions, Liturgical Practice, Homilies, Attire, Reverence |
| 1869 | Failure of bishops to enforce required matter of Eucharist and importance of Confession before First Holy Communion. When I was a child the priest “consecrated” sweet bread for my FHC in San Bernardino Diocese and parish refused to have first communicants receive confession prior, stating it was too traumatizing. My father contacted the bishop, who approved of what was done. | Confession, Leadership |
| 1870 | Divorce/broken families, disregard the authority, ecumenism. | Ecumenism, Family |
| 1871 | COWARDLY & SILENT BISHOPS; NO LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH -- AT ALL LEVELS; LOSS OF TEACHING AND NURSING NUNS; HORRIBLE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS; COMMUNISM; GREEDY POPE, CARDINALS, AND BISHOPS. | Fear/Cowardness, Schools, Leadership |
| 1872 | The priest’s genuflection prior to elevation. By removing this genuflection suggests that it is the people that bring on transubstantiation instead of the priest. The communion rail to bring about kneeling for communion and the separation of the laity from the holy of Holies. While one or two corrections will help it is a comprehensive approach that will only be the way to bring about a change of hearts. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 1873 | Lack of proper catechism through/in schools, RCIA/RCIO, Confirmation, and CCD/Faith Formation classes. The Baltimore Catechism books 1 and 2 need to be taught and the teachers of the Faith Formation/ Confirmation/ RCIA classes should not be cafeteria Catholics. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 1874 | Confusion since V2. With clergy handicapped g over their priesthood/fatherhood to women. I.e.: women on the altar, altar girls, Eucharistic ministers , etc. | Vatican II, Confusion, Leadership, Role of Women |
| 1875 | I think the people attending Mass should dress appropriately. | Attire |
| 1876 | Emphasizing that the Mass is a SACRIFICE, the element without which there is no worship........praise and honor: may be present, yes; but worship. Only Catholicism WORSHIPS God. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 1877 | Focusing on humanism, that is, preaching and focusing more on our physical & material needs over our spiritual needs. Neglecting to teach about sin, Satan, and hell and focusing on our eternal preparation. | Modernism, Sin |
| 1878 | Failure to address this issue and really make the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist a major talking point. Explain why we offer the Mass and it’s meaning - it has such a beautiful history. | Catechesis |
| 1879 | Novus Ordo Mass is gay. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1880 | One issue is that the clergy fail to promote daily Mass and observance of feasts and solemnities, likely because clergy do not want to increase their workloads. Another issue is that solemnities are moved and obligations to attend Mass are abrogated when holy days fall in Saturdays and Mondays: these practices also seem to be for the convenience of the clergy. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 1881 | Abandoning the traditional Roman Rite which safeguards all the above and embracing the man made Novus Ordo. | TLM |
| 1882 | Homily emphasizing/reminding Catholic truth/tradition emphasis on historical, traditional catechism—especially in seminaries Ask for prayers for conversion of sinner, church hierarchy . | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 1883 | Get back to traditional Catholicism. | Modernism |
| 1884 | Priests don't tend to talk about what's necessary for salvation. They don't tend to talk about mortal sin leading us to hell in the hell is real. There needs to be more of a stress on the salvation of our souls. And what that means. | Sin, Catechesis |
| 1885 | Catholics do not understand their faith! They do not understand the Bible, nor see the importance in it or how our faith was started. They do not understand the love that God has for us much less understand the path of salvation that he offers us. Most Catholics do not have a true, loving relationship with Jesus. I believe that if people truly understood their faith in the history of our faith, they would see the importance of learning it correctly, and following it the way that God had intended. Unfortunately, the people who volunteer to teach religious programs and act as Eucharistic ministers, and such fall into this category of people, not understanding their faith. They continue to teach the incorrect faith to our children, the lack of importance of the sacraments, the lack of importance of the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. They do not encourage their children to consider religious locations. | Catechesis |
| 1886 | There is no guidance by the priests that one must dress reverently when going to mass. No shorts for men, tank tops and women wearing leggings etc. that are a major distraction and sinful in some cases. The church bulletin should not be handed out while parishioners are entering mass. Get rid of the projections to follow along , for one we are not in a theater. | Attire |
| 1887 | The lack of devotion to our Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of our Holy Mother Church especially on her feast days with proper hymns which honor her as daughter of God the Father, mother of Christ Incarnate, and spouse of the Holy Spirit!. | Devotions |
| 1888 | Give more educating from the pulpit, providing easy availability for adult education in each church, provide back to the basics Baltimore Catechism for each parish family, train and allow priests to use Latin, have the pastor explain what the Mass is on a Sunday when it will be heard, post an article each week in the bulletin about the Eucharist, Mass, etc. People don’t believe because the Catholic Church has lost 2 generations due to ignorance of it!! Let the parishioners actually see their pastor in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, even if not exposed. And offer more Adoration time. My pastor at St Benedict in Mt Pleasant, SC is a very good example for us!!!. | Catechesis |
| 1889 | Lack of catechizing in general. Worldly emphasis on sports and scheduling games on Sundays. Lack of Catholics standing up for their faith as we have had it too easy. | Catechesis |
| 1890 | Failure of clergy to remind faithful that they need to confess after they sin and do not take Holy Communion if in sin. Forget about once or twice a year. This lead people to sin and take Holy Communion while in stage of sin, Failure to teach how to act in church, kneel when and why, dress for church modestly, do not talk in church, remind people of the celebrations upcoming( the celebration of feasts and other). | Confession, Eucharist Reception, Attire |
| 1891 | Restoration of The Extraordinary Rite would solve most of these issues. Of course the priests would have to be formed the ICKSP and FSSP are. The priests have to be given permission and encouraged to preach the truth. | TLM |
| 1892 | How the priest celebrates the Mass - if he races through it like the Mass has to be over as quickly as possible; or if he insists on including jokes in his homily to make it more entertaining. | Reverence |
| 1893 | Political politicians who are in a state of mortal sin, are able to receive Holy Communion. | Canon 915 |
| 1894 | Would be most helpful to only place Eucharist on the tongue, not the hands. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1895 | I am 69 years old. I received my first Holy Communion kneeling, on the tongue. I was so sure that I had received Jesus and that it was so very sacred that when I coughed and a tiny part of the Host touched my hand I feared that i would go to Hell if I did not go to confession and confess that my unworthy hands touched the body of my Lord. Later, as a college student I attended services where anyone could approach the altar and receive. This came as a result of confusion due to Vatican II. Altar rails were remove, and everything became "about us", and we no longer had to profess anything in order to receive. I am blessed to be in a devout TLM area complete with weekly adoration, but I know many in my age range who are not so blessed. I am praying hard that this will soon change and in spite of what the Vatican currently wants to remove, My Lord and Our Lady are the FIRST and LAST WORD. Amen. | Vatican II, Eucharist Reception |
| 1896 | Leaders Lead. When the Bishops and priest make Jesus and the Eucharist the main thing we will have reverence once again. People follow their Leaders. | Leadership |
| 1897 | Listing all the benefits one receives Our Eucharistic Lord - graces, merits, forgiveness, etc. | Catechesis |
| 1898 | Failure of clergy to address political issues that impact living your life as a Christian. Failure of our bishops to reject the shut down of our churches during COVID. | COVID, Leadership |
| 1899 | Generations of poorly Catechized children and adults . | Catechesis |
| 1900 | Lack of reverence by priests in handling the consecrated Eucharist, e.g., no use of the paten, priests subjugating lay persons to distribute the body of Christ, reception of the blood of Christ being unnecessary to receive Christ in both forms; appears to be keeping up with the Protestants, bot a Catholic tradition. | Reverence |
| 1901 | Conformity in the use of the sanctuary lamp marking the presence of Jesus. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1902 | No Communion Rails and Eucharistic Ministers distributing the Body of Christ. (Their hands ARE NOT CONSECRATED.). | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 1903 | I'm calling for RAILINGS FOR REVERENCE! IM 85 desire to kneel before our Lord & Savior! Because we have spoiled brat society that thinks they are God, bring back the FEAR of God & not so much the love of God!! We're still waiting for the Pope & all homosexuals to step DOWN! Francis, appearing in evil Biden's campaign videos, allowing this abortionist communion, has ruined America as many blockheads Catholics votes for him & will do so AGAIN! THEY HAVE NO FEAR OF GOD! . | LGBTQ+ Issues, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 1904 | Abandoning the TLM Mass. | TLM |
| 1905 | Cowardliness & silence of priests, bishops & cardinals to recognize & call out evident evil ,heresy & blasphemy & abomination coming out of Rome & the hierarchy. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 1906 | Removal of Communion rails, not using the paten at Communion, removal of kneelers in pews . | Eucharist Reception |
| 1907 | Use of altar girls and extraordinary ministers on the altar. | Extraordinary Ministers, Role of Women |
| 1908 | Tabernacle not being in the center of the altar . | Liturgical Practice |
| 1909 | Making church non essential during COVID. | COVID |
| 1910 | Homilies over emphasized. | Homilies |
| 1911 | Continued reminders during Mass. | Catechesis |
| 1912 | Humility and reverence is what makes truth in all the sacraments easier to grasp. This is something that can be modeled by the hierarchy; love and devotion will flourish and spread to the flock… those Christians, oh how they love!. | Reverence |
| 1913 | Causal dress. Wearing jeans, low cut shirts, short skirts, shorts, dress, No Veil. Men: T shirts, jogging pants. Priests are afraid to speak about it. Also woman proclaim Gospel. No. No. No Altar servers and readers with no dress code. | Fear/Cowardness, Attire |
| 1914 | Our children are either not being catechized or incorrectly being catechized by lay instructors who are not properly trained. The Augustine Institute is close to releasing a video series for first to eighth grades which will go a long way in correcting this major issue. | Catechesis |
| 1915 | Lack of Marian devotion by priests/pastors. No emphasis on praying the rosary daily. | Devotions |
| 1916 | Scandals in the church make people uncomfortable with leadership, priests and make a person question the priesthood, church, mass etc. The huge cover ups really make a person question why and what is behind the cover ups. I have known too many. Many want to just pray and read their Bible without attending. There is a loss of dedication. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 1917 | Lack of in-depth homilies that instruct the faithful on the seriousness of mortal sins, specifically what they entail, and how deadly receiving Jesus in that state is. Instruct the faithful that every particle of the Eucharist is Jesus, how to deal with spills and accidents, and why. Educate the faithful about the true history of receiving on the tongue, while kneeling, and why it is still the norm of the Universal Church. . | Homilies, Sin, Catechesis |
| 1918 | Dress code for Mass and all sacramental occasions in the church. | Attire |
| 1919 | Lack of faith in the real presence by the ordained priest!! No man should be ordained if he does not believe in the real presence. Almost impossible to pass on what one does not possess himself. | Lack of Faith |
| 1920 | The way people are dressed or undressed with no respect for the Real Presence. When you hear just be glad they are there . | Attire |
| 1921 | POOR Catechesis in general Too much focus on First Holy Communion attire. One hour a week not enough !!!!!!. | Catechesis |
| 1922 | Promote the sacrament of confession to help people better understand the seriousness of the matter. Priests should spend less time doing admin work and more time in the confessional. They often don't show up until the minute needed. Also, at Adoration, many do not attend. That's a problem. | Confession, Devotions |
| 1923 | 1. The importance of receiving Communion ONLY from the CONSECRATED hands of a priest. Cf. St. Thomas Aquinas. 2. Do away with laity receiving Communion from the chalice instead of the Sacred Host. | Lack of Faith, Eucharist Reception |
| 1924 | Bishops not acting as Bishops and lying to the laity. I am in the St. Louis Archdiocese and the "All Things New" is a big lie. We have proof. Also why do we have Cardinal McCarrick in our diocese?. | Leadership |
| 1925 | The lack of availability of the extraordinary form of Mass. That Mass fosters belief in the Eucharist more effectively than the Novus Ordo, at least as the Novus Ordo is usually celebrated. | Liturgical Practice, TLM |
| 1926 | Not emphasizing Adoration and providing for significant periods of it, even daily, especially as folks are called to pray daily. Also, churches should be open for significant hours during the day. | Availability/Access, Devotions |
| 1927 | Chastising, faithful priest and allowing priest that teach contrary to the church to continue. | Persecuted Clergy |
| 1928 | The culture working against Church teaching, Secularization of the laity, lack of catechesis to all generations, lack of bible studies in parishes, priests not knowing how to be spiritual fathers. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 1929 | Traditional/conservative clergy being chastised while liberal clergy are celebrated. | Persecuted Clergy |
| 1930 | Weak homilies. | Homilies |
| 1931 | Have confession available at mass ….and emphasis the necessity and why of being in the state of Grace …… Mainly teach CATHOLICISM . | Confession, Availability/Access, Catechesis |
| 1932 | the total lack of respect of the Eucharist with the constant socializing. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 1933 | Catechesis on moral issues like abortion, contraception, sexuality and the importance of the sacrament of penance. | Confession, Abortion, Catechesis |
| 1934 | This might have been in there, but this form is not allowing backing up to reread. The additional factor: priests do not seem to believe in the Holy Eucharist. Their lack of belief then spreads through the parish. | Lack of Faith |
| 1935 | Failure to genuflect to the tabernacle when entering or leaving the pew. Lack of bible study explaining the Real Presence and the Sacrificial nature of the Mass. . | Reverence |
| 1936 | The Catholic Church showing more concern for criminal illegal aliens than they do for their aging flock that built the beautiful church they have been blessed to work in. Because Marxist democrats pay them billions to do it and just love compromised people. These useful idiots including this so called infallible Pope who do not know or care about the history of what happened in Russia in 1917 due to Satanic Marxist or about it. As George Carlin said ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS MONEY so they can recover from their pedophile lawsuits and keep getting low cost meds from big Pharma for their homosexual Priest with AIDS. | Politics, LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals, Modernism |
| 1937 | Steady secularizing drumbeat of the society in which we are all immersed, including the shaky priesthood and the craven bishops (not all of them). | Modernism, Leadership |
| 1938 | Lay people visiting sick with the Blessed Sacrament. It’s a shame the priests don’t do more of it. Retired priests should be utilized more for this and confession, if they are able. | Confession, Eucharist Reception |
| 1939 | The lack of reverence of the celebrant for the Blessed Sacrament during Mass (waving the Host around at the altar instead of reverently raising It for all to adore). The laity plundering around in the tabernacle. The complete lack of reverence during the ablutions! Reusing the corporal, over and over again and leaving it out overnight on the altar. | Reverence |
| 1940 | Lack of reverence for the blessed sacrament in opening the tabernacle and during the ablutions . | Reverence |
| 1941 | Casual attitude about Eucharist no emphasis on need to be in state of grace . Receiving host in hand rater than kneeling and receiving host directly on tongue while priest recites Corpus Domini Jesus Christi custodian anima meum vita sternum. Amen. | Confession, Lukewarmness, Eucharist Reception, Reverence |
| 1942 | Taking away the tabernacle from the main altar has decreased respect and acknowledgment on the presence of Almighty God. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1943 | Lack of reverence from entering the House of God to leaving. The church is just a social hall to sit and watch a ceremony. That is how a lot of our parishes operate. | Reverence |
| 1944 | Return to the traditions of Trent. | TLM |
| 1945 | This is an incredibly biased survey that assumes everything and everyone is wrong. The wording is skewed toward a presumption that is wrong and bad. Badly done and not worth paying ANY attention to. There are NO ‘correct’ answers to badly devised questions. You should be ashamed and go to confession for lying and deception . | Other |
| 1946 | Poor understanding or knowledge of church history, the church fathers and saints. Catholics are poorly catechized. Priests behave more like social workers than priests. | Catechesis |
| 1947 | Internal theological "wars" within the Church--especially divisions within the clergy and religious are scandalous! Clergy publicly, privately and personally dissenting from the truth as taught by the Church. The promotion of women's ordination and legitimization of homosexuality erodes supernatural belief in the authority of the Church. Finally, the present Pontiff is causing confusion and is pushing people away from the faith of the Church. | Division, LGBTQ+ Issues, Confusion, Leadership, Role of Women |
| 1948 | When people take communion in the hand, they are not properly watched to make sure that they do not walk away with it. Also, the Patton (sp?) to catch particles isn’t used in most churches. And unfortunately, YouTube has shown us churches where people are refused Communion for kneeling when they receive, Churches where The priests confuse God‘s mercy with the requirement to love thy neighbor - publicly condoning the LGBTQ agenda instead of teaching about its intrinsic evil. All of these things, publicly available on the Internet, and never is there any mention of whether or not those priests, churches, or bishops, get corrected from the senior authorities within the church. Also, this nonsense with the pope limiting the Latin mass, the bishop should know that the Latin mass is a valid mass, and the pope doesn’t have the authority to limit it. So they don’t need to obey. Of all the problems in the church with the LGBTQ agenda, the pope is focused on something beautiful and traditional from 2000 years?!?! All of these things send a mixed message to the public and it’s the evil one allowing this to happen. The bishops, the faithful ones, need to step up and speak up!!! . | TLM, LGBTQ+ Issues, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 1949 | Distribution of the Precious Blood. No need for this. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1950 | The entire Novus Ordo. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1951 | In NY state, there is little or no teaching on Pro-life issues. And, REVERANCE for the Eucharist is severely lacking. . | Reverence |
| 1952 | Communion in the hand while standing and the hypocrisy of too freely giving Holy Communion to public, unrepentant sinners and/or people of questionable faith leads people to believe the Eucharist is no big deal, and even causes contempt. Also, failure to use communion Paten, female Eucharistic ministers, or drafting of altar servers, readers or other lay people to distribute communion (resulting in both profanation by the distributor and the receiver), lay people touching the sacred vessels without wearing gloves, not paying attention when someone walks away with a consecrated Host (which couldn't happen if everyone was compelled to receive on the tongue), lay people in the sanctuary except those who are part of an altar society that cleans the items in the sanctuary and prepare the altar cloths. | Role of Women, Eucharist Reception, Lukewarmness |
| 1953 | Children have not been sufficiently catechized regarding ALL of the above issues & the foundational elements of Catholic belief, even in Catholic Schools, since Vatican II. The Church seems more & more performative with each passing decade. | Vatican II, Catechesis |
| 1954 | My religious education ended in eighth grade. High school theology was a forgettable joke. 1982-1986. | Catechesis |
| 1955 | Priests not knowing the faith/having a prayer life, not encouraging forgiveness and confession, and not speaking truth to people. They should not have to go school so long and take so much philosophy! They should learn how to pray, take care of their baggage so they guide others, and be trained spiritual directors. | Confession |
| 1956 | More education on the Real Presence is needed but in a realistic way. I am going to look at the Augustine Institute's Lectio series on the Eucharist and see about facilitating that for adults in our Parish. | Catechesis |
| 1957 | The restrictions placed upon and even the removal of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 1958 | That Jesus should be received on your tongue while you are on your knees! I believe this is the number 1 most important issue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1959 | Mass attendees not required to wear modest and proper attire; ushers disrupting Mass by seating late comers; Priests and lay people not showing proper respect when going before Altar and not genuflecting; clapping in church shouldn't be allowed - the Mass is not a social event; church goers bringing dogs to Mass. | Silence/Distractions, Attire, Applause, Reverence |
| 1960 | The overall lack of morality so pervasive today including acceptance of abortion & homosexuality. You can't believe in the Real Presence while believing that those sins are acceptable before the Lord. There is a disconnect somewhere. | Abortion, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 1961 | The church is being SILENT in the face of Evil and it starts with the top, the Pope. There’s NO leadership. The few that rise up are then excommunicated and silenced. It took decades for the sex abuse scandal to be addressed but only months to take out bishops and priests who disagree. We are supposed to be ONE BODY for Jesus Christ the Lord and King of ALL Nations. How do you expect the lay people to be apostles of Jesus Christ when our Leaders are quiet. We question if they even know the Truth of GOD. A brood of vipers out for themselves not of LOVE. I believe that is how evil is getting in the Church, the Bride of Christ, by dividing us. The Pope, Cardinals, and Bishops would do well to listen and ask the Lord for His Truth, Wisdom, and Mercy. I’m sorry but that how I feel. Thank You for asking. Peace be with you and the whole world. | Persecuted Clergy, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 1962 | Ecumenism dilutes the belief in the one, true, catholic and apostolic church. | Ecumenism |
| 1963 | I am an old lady and I have found most Catholic churches are unfriendly places. When your fellow parishioners are unfriendly, form clicks, and are not welcoming it is so contrary to Jesus' teachings that people become alienated and start to question whether God is truly in our church. When you question that, then the next logical question in our pagan society is to question whether the Eucharist is truly body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. | Welcoming |
| 1964 | Failure by Bishops to catechize the people. | Catechesis, Leadership |
| 1965 | Liberalization of the Church, tolerance of other religions, and diminishing Church superiority and authority . | Ecumenism, Modernism |
| 1966 | Catechesis of children not properly explaining the true presence . | Catechesis |
| 1967 | Priests & Laity lack of knowledge of the Council of Trent, the Papal Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII & Pope Pius X to start, The lack & improper catechesis since Post Vatican 2, Everything done during Pope John XXIII papacy, The improper cancelling of priests who say the Tridentine Mass, Not having the Douay Rheims Bible vs the horrific & missing passages in the New American Standard Catholic Bible, the unnecessary changes to Canon Law and Magisterium. Overall, the USCCB proliferation of the "smoke of Satan" which the USCCB should be disbanded as USELESS and COUNTER TO ALL THINGS ONE HOLY APOSTOLIC AND CATHOLIC. | TLM, Persecuted Clergy, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 1968 | Many people in the NO Masses do not genuflect before the Tabernacles (which are often hidden from view in our diocese) nor before sitting into their pews. Priests do not stress that silence before and after the Mass is necessary; they seem to enjoy conversing with people in loud voices while inside the Church after Mass. The sign of peace is very distracting and noisy- some people keep doing the sign of peace noisily during the Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus. This survey points out many negative things in the NO Mass and is why I joined my local FSSP parish. I hope someday the sign of peace can be abolished, have no more females on the altar site, only receive Communion by mouth, and move ALL the tabernacles to the front of the altar and for people of both sexes wear respectful clothing (e.g., no shorts, no low-cut tops for the females, no sports tee-shirts with teams on their fabrics, etc. | Silence/Distractions, Sign of Peace, Attire, Reverence, Role of Women |
| 1969 | Biden - Adoration - better training of young in faith - stimulate deep prayer life. | Devotions, Family, Politics |
| 1970 | We have 4 children brought up in the Faith, but all have abandoned it. Once they attended college it was over. | Modernism |
| 1971 | Clergy and lay people alike need to be better catechists. If they teach with love and truth, people will come to know and believe. If you know and believe, your actions will be reverent - whether in hand or on tongue, for example, shouldn’t matter if you receive with a heart and mind that believes and loves your Savior. You will receive Him with true reverence when you do, in either mode of reception. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 1972 | Modesty in dress, which is at times just plain insulting toward The Most Hold Trinity. | Attire |
| 1973 | Teaching young Catholics that they should receive the Eucharist in the hand and not formal genuflecting before receiving. More emphasis must be placed on teaching the Eucharist is the body, soul, and divinity of Jesus. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1974 | Children were not taught in RE it was nothing about sacraments. Our children from the 80s and 90s learned nothing about their faith, even books lacked knowledge of basic tenets of faith. Parents could teach their children but RE teachers were into entertainment not faith. This was in California. 4 children and only one attends Mass regularly. I pray for them daily. | Family, Catechesis |
| 1975 | Priest don't spend enough time offering Reconciliation and they speed through it. Little Catechesis in Parochial Schools Not Having Mass during Pandemic! Priests and Pope seem to want to make the Traditional Mass Out Of Touch With God and The People and Seem To Hate SSPX and put down on people who find it interesting and reverent and feel God's Presence in the Eucharist! Liberation Theology and Cultural Marxism seems to be what's being pushed on Catholics instead of the Catechesis of Catholics and their Children instead of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in The Eucharist and Mass itself. No tolerance for the Laity and their different thoughts towards returning to the Tridentine Mass I learned as a Child before Vatican 2! It made everything too confusing. I've considered leaving the Church and going to the Orthodox Church because of all of these problems. I am interested in going to meet Jesus at the Mass not being assaulted with Social Justice Political garbage every Sunday!!! I want to go to Heaven as a Saint when I Die not be thrown into hell with the Devil!. | TLM, COVID |
| 1976 | That anyone regardless of religion can receive the Holy Eucharist. How reconciliation has an impact on one's state when receiving the Holy Eucharist. | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 1977 | 1). Failure to ring the bells at consecration in some churches 2). The disposition of the priest when he does the consecration and when he gives it to the people. 3). Not beating our breast or bowing or anything to signify humility when the consecration occurs. 4). The priests holding their fingers a certain way so they don’t get loose crumbs of the Eucharist. | Liturgical Practice |
| 1978 | Lack of a committed personal prayer program seeking union with God, and humble obedience to HIS will. One must have a personal encounter with Jesus Christ, how can one know him in the Eucharist or in his brother if he is not seeking HIM. | Relationship with Jesus, Devotions |
| 1979 | Lack of Modesty in dress and reverence before the Blessed Sacrament. | Attire |
| 1980 | Lack of dissemination to explain remind and practice religiously the 7 sacraments . | Catechesis |
| 1981 | It's no secret that the Church started losing great numbers of Catholics after the Novus Ordo was introduced. Its banality robs the Church of her mystique, takes the eyes off God and puts them on each other, and on the priest as personality rather than as persona Christi, and lining up to receive communion instead of kneeling at the altar rail. I converted in 2000, and one of the things that turned me off to the Novus Ordo early on was the trite, blase' offertory prayers that communicate nothing of the great, awesome, holy mystery of the consecration and transubstantiation that takes place on the altar. The TLM offertory prayers, by comparison, are sublime--absolutely heavenly. Also, I can't stress enough how detrimental communion in the hand and lay Eucharistic ministers (anytime!) are to the realization of the sacredness of the Holy Eucharist. Also, lack of care about who receives it. A priest who does not himself treat the consecrated Host as something holy, and protect the integrity of the sacred species invites casual behavior, even disdain, by the flock. The Church cannot expect a Eucharistic revival to have any real impact when powerful people are freely given communion though they are known manifest public sinners. Such hypocrisy shows extreme irreverence for Christ. We show more reverence for sacred relics than we do for the Majestic Son of God, despite many Eucharistic miracles. Other things that diminish the sacredness of Mass, and by inference the Holy Eucharist, as a woman, I don't like seeing women and girls in the sanctuary during Mass. In addition, the use of a "table" instead of a high altar diminishes the notion of a "sacrifice." In truth, there is so much in the way we Catholics do "Church" that is detrimental to faith, its a wonder there are any faithful Catholics left. All of the things effect how we perceive the Eucharist, whether directly or indirectly. | TLM |
| 1982 | Catechesis on the bed for frequent Confession and how to make a good Confession. Also more frequent homilies on the Real Presence. | Confession, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 1983 | Disunity among Believers and unkindness toward the People of God. Judgmental attitudes toward someone who has a different view of the Latin or Ordinary Mass or different preference. Lack of sound teaching on Vatican 11. | TLM, Vatican II, Catechesis, Judgmental |
| 1984 | Undeniable FAITH, . | Lack of Faith |
| 1985 | There is a distinct lack of focus on our eternal salvation. Clergy seem only to focus on mercy without atonement and helping the marginalized and poor. That is not what Jesus taught. He helped the poor and showed Mercy but He was very clear to go and sin no more and He did not have a laser focus on monetary poorness. Jesus was concerned with our eternal salvation, primarily. | Catechesis |
| 1986 | Allowing casual attire and allowing women to not veil in Mass. | Attire |
| 1987 | Ecumenical "outreach" to Protestants, while hammering Catholics who hold to the Faith of their fathers. | Ecumenism |
| 1988 | Belief that priests are committed and also believe that they are the only hands, holy hands, that can offer the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1989 | Reminding the lay faithful that outside the church there is no salvation and that the sanctifying grace that is necessary for salvation is bolstered through frequenting the sacraments worthily received. Furthermore, the loss of emphasis on the evil one, the pains of Hell, and the magnanimity of how many sins truly constitute moral sin has resulted in a watered down understanding of the Catholic faith and has resulted in a loss of sight of the severity of all that is at risk by treating the sacraments without the utmost respect of which they deserve. | Sin, Catechesis |
| 1990 | lack of catechesis following Vatican II. | Vatican II |
| 1991 | Failing to regard children as our greatest asset and most valuable resource. Most people who fall away do so by the age of 12. TWELVE!!! That is the age that they mentally check out. We are not putting our time and devotion into properly catechizing our children (as a Church). | Catechesis |
| 1992 | The entirety of Vatican II . | Vatican II |
| 1993 | Parish priests do not offer enough hours for Adoration and Holy Hours. Biggest fault is then parishioners don't sign up since priests are not supporting it . | Availability/Access, Devotions |
| 1994 | Poor or non-existent knowledge of the true faith. Poor catechism. | Catechesis |
| 1995 | Only the priest’s consecrated hands should touch the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 1996 | A general lack of catechesis on our mission as disciples of Jesus--to save souls, and all that it entails. | Catechesis |
| 1997 | Systematic eradication of the traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 1998 | Need more reverence to instill more love for Christ and the passion He endured for each of us. Just saying He died on the cross makes it so impersonal. I need to remind myself and I don’t always get to that deep, loving place where I should be for Him. | Reverence |
| 1999 | The Novus Ordo Missae. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2000 | Poor catechesis from childhood on. | Catechesis |
| 2001 | Lack of proper traditional, catechesis extending from even the Vatican. | Catechesis |
| 2002 | Making social issues more important than spiritual matters in Church initiatives. Additionally, when social issues flow from spiritual matters, connecting them together is rarely done. | Social Justice |
| 2003 | Lack of modesty and reverence in our sacred spaces, heretical protestant expression and errors, weak/effeminate leadership. | Reverence, Attire, Leadership |
| 2004 | Restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 2005 | The confusion about sacred traditions generated from Rome. It creates a sense of non-trust and doubt about what is taught. | Leadership, TLM, Confusion |
| 2006 | Raising the Eucharist quickly without devotion and reverence during the consecration . | Reverence |
| 2007 | Lack of modesty and elegance in the dressing of the laity and behavior when attending Mass. | Attire |
| 2008 | Effects of Vatican II on mass and sacraments. | Vatican II |
| 2009 | Return to the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 2010 | Proper cleansing of the area where a host has fallen. | Reverence |
| 2011 | I remember when I was growing up when the priest would come into the classroom. Everyone would stand. He would talk to the whole class, then he would only talk to the boys. Most, if not all, would become altar servers. The priest made them understand that this is an honor to serve at Mass. ONLY the boys - girls did not serve and that was a HUGE mistake. We need to go back to having men on the altar. NO WOMEN should be on the altar - not as readers, or lectors or any other position. .ESPECIALLY NO lay people distributing the Holy Eucharist. It is what the priests hands were anointed for. | Vocations, Role of Women |
| 2012 | Strong teaching from the pulpit, and fear of priests to offend with the truth. | Catechesis |
| 2013 | Appropriate attire for Mass. Laity thinking that they should mimic the gestures of the priest during Mass Laity not genuflecting when entering and exiting the pew. Removal of kneeled from pews of some churches. Ex hanging the Kiss of Peace among the Laity. Poor reading of the Scriptures by the Laity at Mass. Attire of Lectors. | Sign of Peace, Reverence, Attire |
| 2014 | i feel neglecting to honor the lords house with head cover and looking back in mass. reverence missing in mass. | Reverence |
| 2015 | No value for confession. If they don’t go to confession they will slowly convince themselves it’s not real and doesn’t matter anyways to justify their actions. | Confession |
| 2016 | There is an overall sense in some parishes that the visiting is paramount. And the parishes that ignore Divine Mercy Sunday seem to be the worst for this type of disrespect. | Reverence |
| 2017 | Referring to Our Lord’s very words, “Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will not have life within you.”. | Catechesis |
| 2018 | The tenets of death in the Real Presence needs to be taught and emphasized in teachings to the youth and also in adult education. | Catechesis |
| 2019 | The Vatican's stance on professing that all denominations are pretty much equal and focusing more on uniting the world instead of uniting us as Catholics . due to the fact that we have the Eucharist, as Catholics, we are afforded special graces. Most Catholics aren't well educated in what we truly believe. | Ecumenism, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 2020 | Talk about the covenant in salvation history. Exodus 24 has Moses sprinkle blood on the altar and the people saying this is the blood of the covenant. Jesus sheds his blood on the cross and we receive it in communion when he said this is my blood of the new and everlasting covenant. Make the connection for people this is how we are sealed in the new covenant. | Catechesis |
| 2021 | The survey didn't necessarily miss the issues. But whoever processes it and examines it, should also remember the larger picture. Both clergymen and laymen alike often are lukewarm in their faith. We need to find the fire again. If we believe this is the truth, we need to start acting like it. Flashy videos, seminars, retreats, etc. have their places, but they seem to be a bit much the last several years. The faith isn't a self-help workshop. Get back to basics. We don't need to reinvent the wheel. One thing that may help would be to add the last gospel to the Novus ordo, or do it after the mass. St. John really hits reality about as close as anyone could. If laymen could meditate on the logos, and really dive into it, I think it would help them open themselves to salvation history. When they get to the bread of life discourse, they may be more willing to believe it. Finally, people even left when Christ walked the earth and spoke to him. Unfortunately, the faith isn't always popular. We may have to accept a smaller, more suffering Church. | Lukewarmness |
| 2022 | All the activities on the altar serving Eucharistic ministers creates lack of focus and reverence of the presence of Jesus in the church. Takes more time than walking to an altar rail where people are reverently receiving Communion b on the tongue. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 2023 | Reverence Due Almighty God on the altar. Proper Reverence if a particle of a host falls during Holy Communion Reserve the Altar for the Priest…. His Sacrament Women on the Altar, giving Sermons, Being Altar Servers Proper use of Bulletin to provide the laity with instructions on reverence in the Presence of Jesus in His Body Blood Soul and Divinity. | Reverence |
| 2024 | Lack of careful preparation of music and use of appropriate music that fits and extends the people's understanding of the Mass. Music ill prepared and chosen is a major distractor. It doesn't have to be complicated just well done. | Music |
| 2025 | Abrogation (real or practical) of the Traditional Latin Mass. The liturgy ought not be the play thing of committees, churchmen, and popes. | TLM |
| 2026 | Clergy at all levels not leading by example. Many seem to have a casual or lack of humility before the Eucharist. Higher levels of clergy treating more observant Catholics and converts as extremist fools. | Reverence |
| 2027 | Only priests should distribute the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2028 | The formation of priests in seminary. They are taught that the church is no better than any other religion. | Priestly Formation |
| 2029 | For one, let's put the veil back on the Tabernacle. The sacred used to be veiled. People used to understand the real reason, not the stupid garbage we were taught " in the spirit of Vatican II", that destroyed so much of my generation because of a loss of Faith in the supernatural. | Vatican II |
| 2030 | The church took away the true authentic mass that teaches correct Catholic theology to the people which is the true mass of the Catholic Church which is the Latin Mass. The true gem of the church has been destroyed and replaced with a fake. That would destroy anyone’s faith and belief in the true presence. Once I started going to the Latin Mass, my eyes were opened to what is truly happening every time that Mass is celebrated. And my love for the Eucharist was restored and my love for Christ has grown exponentially. | TLM |
| 2031 | The need for repentance in confession. | Confession |
| 2032 | The Pope and clergy really failed as shepherds during COVID and reinforced the belief that Jesus cannot be present in the Sacrament. It all began during the beginning of COVID, When the Pope and Bishops outrageously shut down the Churches and denied the faithful, even the dying, the Sacraments, and they declared and showed the faithful that Mass and The Sacraments were not "essential". Horrifyingly, many DIED WITHOUT THE SACRAMENTS!!! This catastrophic failure of the Pope and Bishops "spoke volumes " to us sheep. It begged the question, "If this were truly Jesus, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, in the Host, why would the Holy Father and clergy treat Him like this and deny the faithful the Most Holy and Blessed Sacrament? If this was really Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the same Lord who cured the sick and raised the dead, wouldn't we need MORE OF HIM in the Mass and Eucharist than being totally denied Him in the Sacraments, especially during a time of crisis caused by a "deadly" pandemic ? This Pope and the clergy have yet to publically admit their failure and apologize to the faithful. Not one has done so. I ask myself and they wonder why so many have not come back and why so many no longer believe in the True Presence? . | COVID, Leadership |
| 2033 | Not teaching the Real Prescence. | Catechesis |
| 2034 | Modesty within the church has been ignored for too long. People are not encouraged to dress like they are before the King of Kings. Veiling is also a reminder of who we are before. | Attire |
| 2035 | None. | Other |
| 2036 | Priest lack of reverence in saying Mass, rushing, reading a sermon from paper. | Reverence |
| 2037 | Bishops worldwide must be unified in: consecration of RUSSIA as Our Lady of Fatima requested; offering Confession before/during most Masses; denouncing Evolution, Darwinism, and Big Bang, and faithfully teaching literal Genesis as taught by all Church Fathers, popes, councils, etc., for most of Church history; strongly, publicly denounce rising satanism, homosexuality, abortion, transgenderism, materialism, ecumenism, paganism, etc. Return to being the confident, uncompromising Church as Christ founded her. Return to the Traditional Latin Mass, ‘43 Missal, calendar! It is not enough to insert Latin and Ad Orientem into a New Order Mass which has been stripped down to more resemble a Protestant service. Definitely return to the TLM, but also lead and teach the faithful how to live virtuous, sacrificial lives, with Jesus as the center of everything throughout the day (Angelus 6/12/6), through being a slave to and child of the Blessed Virgin Mary. | Confession, TLM, Revelation, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Catechesis, Ecumenism |
| 2038 | Dis-unity in the USCCB, failure of the bishops/priests to preach on the Precepts of the Church resulting in Laity's lackadaisical approach to the Church, its sacraments and their faith. | Lukewarmness, Division, Leadership |
| 2039 | Do you think the church would lose parishoners if she went back to speaking Latin after so many decades in native languages?. | TLM |
| 2040 | No unity from one Parish to another, Priest feel or taught that they can do what ever they please, no uniformity. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2041 | Clapping in church. Recognizing people's wedding anniversaries and birthdays. Encouraging people to welcome one another before Mass starts...AND The sign of peace...lose that!. | Sign of Peace, Applause |
| 2042 | General catechesis of the faithful for children AND adults. Ongoing teaching of the fundamentals is an Imperative. There must be Drill in catechesis - that is, gentle repetition - key points Must be emphasized! - the survey mentioned the Communion rail - really ? -- how about Persistence for ALL the faithful in . . --- Piety, Study and Action ! --- Especially personal Piety and Study -------- Recall "to Know, Love and Serve God in this life . . " It's not too unusual to see kind action among the faithful --- however even "the pagans do that" The faithful from age 4 - 104 Must be encouraged toward personal pray! --- must be encouraged [with persistence] to spend time with God -------- If people do not persist in private personal prayer, as our Lord expects (Mt 6:6) - How can they be expected to grow in the knowledge of God? If people do not persist in ongoing study, as seen in the lives of so many of the saints - How can they be expected to grow in love for God? If folks do not persist in private personal prayer, as our Lord modeled (Mk: 1:35) - How can they be expected to persist in public prayer? If people don't experience a personal encounter with God in their private prayer, - can they be expected to in their public prayer? What does our Blessed Mother recommend? Pray Pray Pray!. | Catechesis |
| 2043 | The pope's lack of following proper teachings against homosexuals in the church, communion to those who publicly are for abortion (aka politicians) and then are seen taking pictures with then. It's like who's side are you on? . | Abortion, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 2044 | There are some clergy that make people feel like they are not welcomed to receive Our Lord on the tongue. They expect everyone to receive in the hand. There are very few churches that offer kneelers to receive. I drive 40 miles each Sunday to receive Holy Communion kneeling at a Communion rail. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2045 | Traditional Latin mass attendees literally believing they are greater than the men who are in the line of apostolic succession. All Latin Mass attendees. | TLM |
| 2046 | Informality in the sacristy prior to and during Mass. Too much loud talking. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 2047 | Vatican dismissing Bishop Strickland and honoring Pachamama distorts the role of Pope. Deep silence not observed in church. Churches could be kept open on weekends and evenings for prayer by Knights of Columbus rather than "locking Jesus up." Lay movement to be guardians of the tabernacle could help this. Sunday afternoon monthly open houses to welcome inquirers and curious and explain the stations of cross, tabernacle, statues that are not worshiped!! and answer questions with a brief talk on the Eucharist and its miracles. Many are curious but afraid to enter a Catholic Church. A brief catechism talk after every Sunday Mass for those who would like some Faith teaching. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership, Catechesis, Silence/Distractions |
| 2048 | The sign of peace is right during the solemn part of Mass before receiving Communion and it turns into a big goofing around session right before going to receive. | Sign of Peace |
| 2049 | Since the Eucharist is the Source and Summit of the Catholic Faith, it should be stressed at all levels of Religious Education; until everyone fully comprehends Its importance. First Communicants are woefully lacking in this understanding. | Catechesis |
| 2050 | Before Mass I was taught we were to be silent and meditate on the passion and sacrifice that is going to take place, but the silent meditation has been replaced by a recitation of the rosary. | Silence/Distractions, Catechesis |
| 2051 | Moving Holy Days of Obligation to the nearest Sunday. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 2052 | Readily substituting a liturgical Communion service in place of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. This results in people thinking the main reason for going to Church is to receive Holy Communion, rather than the four ends of Holy Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2053 | Watered down catechism, disregarding the Baltimore Catechism & the Catechism of the Council of Trent and reading loosely translated Bibles instead of the Douay-Rheims Bible. | Catechesis |
| 2054 | The Novus Ordo (the New Rite) by design is an inefficient means of worship, catechesis and evangelization. | Evangelization, Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 2055 | We have turned the Novus Order and desecrated our handing not only of how we receive Jesus at the offertory but now you are having those who are play people serving Jesus on the hand. You have no idea whether these people are reverent. In the Latin Mass while you kneel and receive Jesus at the altar rail it is more reverent and respectful to Jesus . We then get to kneel and pray afterwards because I understand it takes longer to hand out communion however I love the prayer time with our lord. I don’t want to see girls in short shorts and I surely don’t need to see boys with baggy shorts. What happened to dressing as your going to our lords house for supper? . | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 2056 | In a reverent mass, the altar servers wear white gloves when handling sacred vessels. Also, the laity and priest alike will genuflect every time they pass by the tabernacle, enter or exit the pew. Women will wear a chapel veil or mass hat. | Reverence |
| 2057 | Almost zero clergy rejecting "covid lockdowns" and sick visitations during same. Jesus given as food for the journey. Almost zero clergy living a true Catholic faith. Why would people believe or follow them. | COVID |
| 2058 | Importance of prayer to strengthen faith. | Devotions |
| 2059 | Political correctness and the promotion of it. Makes us fearful or doubtful of defending our faith and what we morally believe in. We don’t hear much of it from the church, since we don’t hear it we might believe that something is not ok but because we weren’t instructed on it we are fearful to protest it on the public eye. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 2060 | Allowing Masses to be shut down as nonessential during the Pandemic; Persecuting the Latin Mass but not addressing liturgical abuses in the Novus Ordo; Not addressing inappropriate attire worn during Mass; No Eucharistic ministers; No communion in the hands; Silence in the presence of the Eucharist in the Tabernacle; Priests (not laity that don't know the faith) teaching Formation classes. | TLM, Extraordinary Ministers, COVID, Eucharist Reception, Attire, Silence/Distractions |
| 2061 | Faith formation for the sacraments are watered down. Blessing and use of sacramentals are not promoted as they should. People don't understand the meaning behind the parts of the Mass. Need more instruction. | Catechesis |
| 2062 | People coming in late just to get communion. People dress like they are going to the beach and not church. | Reverence, Attire |
| 2063 | Capitulation to COVID restrictions. Low priority to confession. Low priority to extend unction, lack of education thereof. | COVID |
| 2064 | There are many priest that don’t show respect to the presence of Jesus in the tabernacle, at the altar and in adoration. Allowing the laity to do what they are supposed to do as our shepherd’s; taking Jesus from the tabernacle, distributing communion, exposing & reposing Our Lord. Many priest are spending their time with the laity instead of fellow priest. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 2065 | The Baltimore or similar catechism being taught in all religion classes. Priests, deacons, and teachers need to be taught how to preach !. | Catechesis |
| 2066 | The existence of the Novus Ordo Missæ in all of its forms and the modernist and Protestant assembly/meal-theology on which it is based, together with the entire corpus of theological and liturgical revolutions institutionalized at and after Vatican II. | Vatican II, TLM |
| 2067 | Immediate dress by the laity during mass . | Attire |
| 2068 | 1. The pope's firing of clergy who don't mirror his position on heterosexual positions. 2. The pope's desire to destroy the Church via synodality. 3. The pope's stacking the College of Cardinals with heterosexual yes men. 4. The pope's idolatry (Pachamama). | Persecuted Clergy, Modernism, Leadership |
| 2069 | Clergy, failure to teach the faith from the pulpit. Time and time again they will fail to teach what the scriptures are saying. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 2070 | The Godless culture. | Modernism |
| 2071 | I would say to promote kneeling while receiving Our Lord. And priests take more time in adoration while they elevate the Host and when they give the Eucharist be more reverent instead of been so quick. And maybe Deacon can help distribute Communion. | Devotions, Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 2072 | Discontinued Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 2073 | Need more scripture groups and bible studies to better share Christ's life. there is too much built up anger and guilt. people need to know God loves unconditionally . | Catechesis |
| 2074 | There is a lack of fundamental understanding of what the Eucharist truly is and that needs to be taught to our young Catholics .I myself was not aware of the Eucharist miracles until In my 50’s ! I was never taught of their existence The foundation in faith with examples and references to teaching from Christ ,the sacrifices of his apostles and followers need to be forefront and clear .So much is considered optional and allows for the lines to be blurred .If the core of faith was stronger and people truly understood why ; I believe the faith would be stronger . . . | Catechesis |
| 2075 | The absence of a choir loft in most sanctuaries and the presence of the choir in the front by the altar. Applause in the sanctuary for people during the time reserved for worship of God. Catholic education in Catholic schools and CCD - the absence of the foundations that were given with the Baltimore catechism Attire of the faithful. Leaving Mass after communion not discouraged Absence of priests and nuns in the schools When the nuns took off their habits Ecumenism Not discouraging the LGBTQ lifestyle especially in the Catholic schools. My grandson’s sexual confusion was nurtured at Bishop Kenny . | LGBTQ+ Issues, Attire, Applause, Leadership |
| 2076 | No input from clergy on proper dress in Church and no veils on women. No catechism on this topic. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 2077 | Failure of all catechesis in diocesan schools; when even the teachers don't know their Faith, how can we expect them to teach it to children?. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 2078 | The Catholic schools are not Catholic any more. They do not teach catechism!. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 2079 | Priestly humility during the Mass. If a priest is acting more like a Protestant preacher (seemingly to get people’s “attention”) then he’s making the Mass more about himself, not Jesus Christ or the Holy Sacrifice. | Reverence |
| 2080 | Some weak and/or dry sermons. | Homilies |
| 2081 | teaching and maintaining catechesis throughout adulthood and more focus needed about our Catholic heritage and the Church Fathers. | Catechesis |
| 2082 | The general removal of signs of reverence which used to be present in the Latin Mass. | TLM, Reverence |
| 2083 | Changing the entire liturgy of the mass to reflect a Protestant service. The abandonment of the Holy Sacrifice instituted by God Himself. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2084 | Sense that the entire enterprise is a bureaucracy more than a means of grace. Lack of availability of Confession which tells people that it’s not important or an annoyance to the priest, along with lack of emphasis on its value as a regular practice; mindless homilies focused on contemporary themes (“Jesus is like Tweety Bird”, Football as an analogy for faith, that sort of thing) dumbing down the faith until you wonder if there’s anything of value to even believe. Why not give people something to strive for, and genuine meaning for the crosses they bear? It’s hard to believe you’d lose more people over that than what we have now. (Based on 60 years in diocese of Buffalo NY). | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 2085 | Lack of catechism. The opportunity to teach the faith from the pulpit has been lost. The faithful feel abandoned by the hierarchy in the church. If our leaders do not believe the faith this harms the laity. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 2086 | I was never taught about the Real Presence/ the sacred nature of the Eucharist growing up in the Church. Thank you and God bless your efforts!. | Catechesis |
| 2087 | Demonic influence and temptation to doubt. | Modernism |
| 2088 | Ecumenism/“respecting” other religions Failure to teach no salvation outside of the Catholic Church. | Ecumenism |
| 2089 | It should be taught that modesty in church is necessary as it shows reverence for Our Lord and eliminates the issue of being an occasion of sin for our fellow man. | Reverence |
| 2090 | Lack of catechesis for children. Lack of resources to support parents in teaching their children. | Family, Catechesis |
| 2091 | Preaching from the pulpit about the truths of our faith. | Homilies |
| 2092 | Liturgical abuses: such as not following the prescribed words and gestures at Mass. (Latin does help to remedy along with Ad Orientem, which were stated but even if mandated, those would he ignored as well.) . | Liturgical Practice |
| 2093 | That a person must be in a state of grace before reception of the Holy Eucharist. | Confession |
| 2094 | Need for confession by all. Lack of teaching doctrine from the pulpit. | Confession, Homilies |
| 2095 | I discovered a great lack of reverence for the Eucharist while participating in hospital ministry. The training for the ministry was given by a religious sister and even her direction was poor and incorrect. I took my observations to my pastor who then passed me off to another priest who oversaw the ministry program in the diocese. | Reverence |
| 2096 | Appropriate dress at Mass. Use of our churches for secular reasons (concerts etc.) while ignoring His Holy Presence. | Attire |
| 2097 | I think in order for the average Catholic Christian sitting in the pews in the United 2 understand the real presence we first must have them understand who Jesus is in their lives. I believe that the USC CB along with every Catholic parish priest should invite each parishioner to experience a 4 week new PentecostStates of America to understand the real presence is Jesus body blood soul individually we first need to go back to categories an offer a 4 week horse on. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 2098 | The Church is recognized as a place of socializing and not one of worship. I'm 62 and it is so sad how the Church has lost its Sacred traditions over the years. Bring back the altar rail!!!! Woman wear veils. Dress properly. Miss the beautiful statues and beauty of the church. It no longer feels like God's House. | Attire, Eucharist Reception, Beauty |
| 2099 | Modesty in dress and especially modesty in dress in the Church. The Church hierarchy, especially priests, need to stress the importance of the inextricable relationship between modesty in dress and chastity. Yesterday in the Confession line there were 3 girl teens with LifeTeen on their tee shirts who were in short shorts. They did not know any better. Parents need to be educated. Skinny pants emphasize private parts and hence can be an occasion of sin for many men who struggle with lust. | Attire |
| 2100 | Very poor religious education of children. Laity without proper training and evaluation allowed to be religious education teachers. | Catechesis |
| 2101 | Priest’s lack of reverence . | Reverence |
| 2102 | A general giving in to the culture around us and allowing the errors from the culture to sink into the church. | Modernism |
| 2103 | Suppressing the Latin Mass and replacing it with the Novice Ordo. | TLM |
| 2104 | HOLY COMMUNION SHOULD NEVER BE GIVEN IN THE HAND. Restore St. Michael prayer after every mass. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2105 | Allowing the Latin Mass for any Parish that wants to offer it. Encouraging the community to attend the Latin Mass periodically. I like to go and love the Reverence. Would love to have more Churches offering the Traditional Mass as the only one available to me is in the city and I don’t feel safe attending alone. | TLM, Reverence |
| 2106 | Lack of emphasis by the clergy in praying the Holy Rosary before the Holy Eucharist, penance, developing a deep prayer life by spending time before the Real Presence our Lord in the Holy Eucharist. | Devotions |
| 2107 | The number 1 issue at hand is the change of the Mass itself. Every item altered, every prayer changed, affected how the Laity perceived Christ in the Eucharist. All of it stripped the sacrifice of the sacrifice and turned the Mass toward man himself. The new Mass turned the laity's focus to vocal participation and physical postures instead of contemplative prayer at the foot of the cross on Calvary. It made the Mass about the Priest and not about Christ. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2108 | More emphasis on going to confession. | Confession |
| 2109 | Biblical roots of the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 2110 | You covered a lot of good items that need addressing. I'd like to add some more: If the priest, deacon, & altar servers are reverent then that makes a big difference. I've noticed the priests treats the monstrance with reverence but are casual with the Eucharist during the Mass. (But who goes to Adoration? - only the most faithful.) The church needs role models. People in the front. Lay people you know when to genuflect, kneel, stand, how to respond boldly, pray sincerely, offer generously, sing with joy, dress for the King, etc. I think the Eucharist revival effort (which I applaud) will not be too successful. I'd be willing to bet most people in the pews aren't even aware of it or they are apathetic to it. Catechesis is very-very important. Do people believe in miracles? If you don't believe in miracles how can you believe in Transubstantiation? Do people believe in Genesis? Many priests and laity don't. Our culture believes in Science. What about germaphobia? How many parishes offer the Precious Blood? Does society value virtue and piety? We accept abortion, contraception, divorce, skipping Mass for sporting events, not offering Mass on secular holidays, etc. What about the removal of blue laws? What about massive secularization of our youth in media and education? Consider the few children that regularly attend CCD class. Only 50 minutes out of their week are they there. Yet between school, social media, tv, books, godless friends, etc. they spend the other 99% of their time. What about religious & moral relativism? What about respect? What about their parents? Do they set a good example? Much damage has happened since the Reformation. The Traditionalists bring up a lot of good points (which will all add to the value of the Mass & I've tried bring them up in my parish) but we are losing the cultural battle. For brevity I'll end it here but I think you get my point. We have more existential problems. Which bringing back kneelers & receiving it on the tongue won't fix. Our hearts need softening and we must see Christ as King. | Family, Public Witness, Abortion, Reverence |
| 2111 | Not disposing communion properly after is has been drop on the ground. The priest conduct at mass. Emphasis on the dress code at mass...etc. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2112 | The "spirit of Vatican 2" exploited ambiguity in the documents and intent of the majority to destroy tradition. | Vatican II |
| 2113 | I think the overall negative judgment of people is affecting Or maybe just distracting from the true presence of Christ. Judging who is a sinner and who isn’t takes away from the true meaning of being Catholic and those who are martyr. Hate and division even between Catholics are taking away From the presence of the Eucharist. Our job is to replace this with love, not judgment. We need to find a way to do this. | Judgmental |
| 2114 | Catechizing is very poor; a continuation of it should happen “forever” after reception of First Communion, etc.!. | Catechesis |
| 2115 | Failure to teach the proper order established by God and the importance of the father as protector of his family. | Catechesis |
| 2116 | Ecumenism. Treating salvation as equally attainable, regardless of particular religion one ascribes to. Heresy and apostasy in hierarchy of Church dilutes any message one could have on the Eucharist, if credibility is tarnished . | Ecumenism |
| 2117 | Women veiling, kneeling when receiving our Lord. | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 2118 | I was born in 1965. I was baptized but never confirmed or catechized. I return back to the church in 2023 and was confirmed in 2024. Growing up, I was NEVER TAUGHT about the true Presence!! Didn’t have a clue until 2033, when I went on YOUTUBE!!! It wasn’t from going to mass. I had no idea. I’m now, 59!. | Catechesis |
| 2119 | The elements of the church concerned with this are missing the single most important thing concerning the true presence, science. A people schooled in the scientific method have a cognitive impairment when it comes to accepting something for which there is no tangible proof. Eucharistic miracles are insufficient to get beyond cognitive dissonance. | Modernism |
| 2120 | Lack of catechism in general. Instead of homilies on the readings that could be given in a Protestant church, need to use at least some of that time to teach Catholic beliefs. Another option is for the past in weekly bulletin, and bishop in monthly diocesan newspaper or bulletin insert to teach Catholic beliefs. | Leadership, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 2121 | ORDAINED PRIESTS AND DEACONS SHOULD BE THE ONLY ONES ON THE ALTAR AND OFFERING THE FAITHFUL HOLY COMMUNION - WITH A PATAN ALWAYS. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2122 | Teaching children who are receiving the Sacraments of Confession and First Communion is done in two classes each; Confessions are done in the Fall and not repeated before First Communion. They don't teach children proper reverence- genuflecting before the Tabernacle; parents of children receiving the Sacraments should also be properly trained because they often were not when the were children. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 2123 | Changes in how our youth are taught. We should go back to the Baltimore Catechism. They should be introduced to the great preachers like Fulton Sheen. | Catechesis |
| 2124 | Protestantism making it’s way into the Catholic Church and the believe that that Catholic Church is not the one true church . | Modernism |
| 2125 | Ridiculously poor catechesis. Born 10/64. My father married a Protestant who did not convert until shortly before her death. We were raised Catholic- but The 1970’s happened. My father remained faithful but probably due to his very traditional upbringing- he was born 1916. He was obedient to what was being forced but I really think he knew. Sorry for the ??personal blow by blow story but I believe it captures many ‘issues’. | Catechesis |
| 2126 | Stop labeling and dividing church members by race. Share cultural diversity outside the liturgical celebration what contributes to a positive Catholic lifestyle respectful of legacy, authority, praising God. Encouraging domestic churches in each family, prayer life and formation of children in the home. Encouraging the roles of women as wives, mothers and educators bringing new members to the Church complementing the roles of men as husbands, fathers and ordained ministers serving the Sacraments in the Church. | Role of Women, Division |
| 2127 | 1. Not encouraging children stopping in Church in front of the Tabernacle to simply say hello to Jesus on the way before school. 2. Accepting serious sin as normal and accepting secular humanism as compatible with living a good and holy life style. 3. Almost ignoring the need for personal reflection on what was both good and bad at the end of each day, and almost doing away with the Sacrament of Reconciliation. | Confession, Holiness, Sin |
| 2128 | Except for a very few the absolute and serious lack of consistent leadership by our hierarchy. We are being defeated from within. It begins with the unending scandal. Why trust system that continues to demonstrate serious flaws. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 2129 | Very displeased with the attitude of our woke Pope. Friends I talk to say he is the Devil, ignore him, and keep the faith but its a shame to have the man we look up to, and now we do not. It makes me not trust, difficult to believe our faith. | Leadership |
| 2130 | Priests using the pulpit as a means to push a political agenda and not speak the truth. That holy days are different from diocese to diocese. Every catholic church that you walk into should be the same. There is too many differences from church to church. It is supposed to be One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and we aren't. | Homilies, Liturgical Practice, Politics |
| 2131 | Access to knowledge and information about anything and everything is now accessible at everyone’s fingertips. The ability to discern our God’s presence in all that has gone missing. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 2132 | Catholic politicians like President Joe Biden pretending to be Catholic when he is pro abortion yet continues to be allowed to receive Communion. This is a major negative - anything is OK, grace is not required. | Abortion, Canon 915 |
| 2133 | The push towards having more "laity involvement" in other parts of the Mass (e.g. doing readings/petitions, choirs singing, exchanging sign of peace, etc.). | Liturgical Practice |
| 2134 | Dressing appropriately for mass…no scantly dressed parishioners. | Attire |
| 2135 | During Covid when all the churches closed!! It showed Laity that receiving the Eucharist was not as important!! If we truly believed Jesus would a in the Eucharist then that takes precedent over adhering to our government! Also, putting hand sanitizer on the alter and having a theatrical show of sanitizing the priests hands even though he just touched Jesus in the Eucharist haunts me to this day!! That right there took all belief away from laity. I am thankful I had my true conversion with Jesus in adoration, but many many others who maybe have not had such a conversion but are still searching and trying to keep the faith. The visual of the stupid hand sanitizer and closing churches during Covid was horrifically sad!! . | COVID |
| 2136 | I’d also like to add the relaxed dress code has likely also added to the loss of faith in the real presence of the Eucharist. I’ve seen plenty of people dressed in flip flops, tank tops, shorts, then nonchalantly receive the Eucharist like it’s a Ritz cracker. | Attire |
| 2137 | Help people recognize we are in the world not of the world. Christianity, our relationship with Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, enables all He teaches. Living in the world He gives comfort, love, faith, hope and support to each person to become Holy people. Helping us transform the world. . | Modernism |
| 2138 | New priests attempting to appeal to seculars by being trendy. | Modernism |
| 2139 | True Catholicism is about kindness, lack of judgement, and respect for others as Jesus taught. Jesus never condemned others for varying beliefs, including political. He helped everyone no matter what their background, including prostitutes, lepers, the poor, the hungry, etc. The issue I see with people not coming to the church is that the church has a sense of hypocrisy in it currently—where it preaches about spreading love to your neighbor but judges and condemns others based on their lifestyle/beliefs. Instead of leading by example, the church is leading with hatred sometimes. That is not the basis of Jesus’ teachings. | Judgmental |
| 2140 | Dressing improperly for mass. | Attire |
| 2141 | Clergy should be allowed to marry. Women should be allowed to be Deacons . | Role of Women |
| 2142 | lack of teaching the 10 Commandments and what is a sin and real Presence of Jesus in Catholic Schools . | Schools, Sin, Catechesis |
| 2143 | It needs to be addressed that the priest should be the last to enter the church and the first to leave. There should be sacred silence always in the church and reverence in going to and coming from Communion. Those entering the Catholic church need to know why this and that are happening and the relevance. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 2144 | Catechesis, catechesis, catechesis. Teach the faithful that the Catholic Church is the one true Church--not relativism! Defend, don't compromise, her dogmas and teachings. Demand appropriate attire of the laity to show respect because they are in the presence of the King. I could go on and on, but can't for lack of space. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 2145 | Catholics should focus on acting like Jesus towards others. In this way we may demonstrate the transformative power of receiving the Real Presence. | Living the Faith |
| 2146 | Lack of Paton being placed under host by male altar servers during communion. Removal of kneelers in the pews. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2147 | Failure to educate laity in homilies or other instructional methods of the Real Presence and why we should dress modestly to be with and receive the Real Presence of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. | Homilies, Attire |
| 2148 | The bishops failed to demonstrate the importance of the Holy Eucharist when they shut down churches and the Sacraments during the pandemic. Did they even apologize afterward?. | COVID, Leadership |
| 2149 | Complete failure of Bishops Cardinals to teach the faith from the Bible or emphasize the Bible. In addition, the USCCB is weak and very poor leaders having become politicized for money. When you take $$$$ from the devil (government) you compromise yourself. Church Leadership in USA is weak, corrupt and compromised. . | Leadership |
| 2150 | The Church's emphasis on sin-based spirituality rather than placing emphasis on growing in virtue. Clericalism. Judgmental attitudes among clergy and laity. | Judgmental |
| 2151 | Clergy lack of truth Catholic doctrine formation in the advices after confessions (nothing is bad. Penance? Nooo. Relax , God is mercy full, he understands your sins, for example. | Confession, Priestly Formation |
| 2152 | Lack of emphasis on appropriate dress at Mass for men and women. No reverence for the Real Presence. Would not get dressed like they do for a wedding or visiting someone in a high position of responsibility. Please HELP educate the importance of dressing up for Mass. | Reverence, Attire |
| 2153 | Deacons should not do the homily. Priest's homily should be focused on scripture and teaching, not social hour to entertain. Bring back First Saturday and First Friday. Go back to pre-Vatican II. Bring back Catholic traditions. | Vatican II, TLM |
| 2154 | Dress for mass. | Attire |
| 2155 | Many of us are reminded of the need for Reconciliation of mortal sin before the next time receiving Communion. Failure adds yet another mortal sign to our soul. Some of us seldom hear this reminder. | Confession |
| 2156 | Proper preparation for all the Sacraments. | Sacraments |
| 2157 | Lack of proper faith formation. | Catechesis |
| 2158 | How the laity dresses for Holy Mass. In some parish, shorts and t-shirts are the norm. How they dress says a lot about whether they believe Jesus is truly present. How often do you hear priests talk about it? Not very often--if ever. | Attire |
| 2159 | The lack of modest dress and casual attire trivializes the sacredness of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Church leadership fails to address this insult to Our Lord and His Mother. | Attire |
| 2160 | Building a righteous relationship With God And understanding of the Grand Commission of the Good News. Mass is merely a convict to help us achieve that !. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 2161 | Churches that create an atmosphere that EVERYONE is "entitled" to receive the Eucharist and not giving "permission" for some to remain in their pew or only go up for a blessing if they are not able to receive the Eucharist for prescribed reasons. | Worthy Reception |
| 2162 | Bishops, priests and higher-ups have no backbone or courage to tell the Truth. Scared of Francis canceling them! Catholic Church needs a Catholic Pope not a commie bullshiter! . | Persecuted Clergy, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 2163 | I recently heard a talk regarding the “maintenance” of structures like bridges and infrastructure in a city…and it resonated with me as a great analogy for our need for reminders and frequent reminders of the teachings of the Church. If we want the infrastructure to last, we need to maintain it. It is in our nature to have what I call “spiritual amnesia” - think of the Israelites not long after witnessing the miracle of the Red Sea, lamenting about how when they were slaves at least they had better food. We need more than our teachings, we need to be reminded as part of our Daily Bread. (It’s not a one and done teaching.) . | Catechesis |
| 2164 | The infiltration of the church hierarchy by Marxists, Communists and Freemasons . | Modernism |
| 2165 | The lack of constant education and explanation of historical concurrence with catholic history. When a priest or deacon take the time to help laity understand a portion of the old and new testaments, and relate it to their lives today, the receptiveness to further instruction increases as does the laity extending that knowledge to family. | Catechesis |
| 2166 | So many adults don't seem to know the Catholic faith and beliefs. They need more faith formation and a place and time to ask questions and get Church teachings as the answer to their questions on the faith. | Catechesis |
| 2167 | Poor to no catechesis and lack of domestic church at home; parents not taking responsibility for educating their kids in the faith : living moral lives, enforcing kids dress modestly, go to adoration, give their kids a solid prayer routine. | Family, Catechesis |
| 2168 | Ushers wearing shorts and sneakers Laity wearing beach clothes to mass Few times and very short time for confession CCD not teaching children the truths of the faith Sacrilegious art allowed in churches and cathedrals Canceling priests and bishops for telling the truth of the faith so that the laity believe that what they are saying is wrong. Removing nuns and monks from monasteries for wanting to live their vows and worship with the traditional Mass Making it extremely difficult for people to find and then attend a Traditional Latin Mass which is 2-3 hours drive time one way Threatening to ban the Traditional Latin Mass Bishops stating that they would rather have empty churches than to have the Traditional Latin Mass Allowing sacrilegious masses to be said without any consequence and in some cases applauded . | Persecuted Clergy, TLM, Attire, Leadership |
| 2169 | I was born in 1941. By 1943, all the 6 male members of my family were drafted into the war, including my Dad. Each one of them was in the thick of battle, Europe and Pacific. My grandmother's response to all this was to pick up her missal and go to daily Mass. We had moved back into her home because my father was gone and she had just birthed my baby brother. While Mom nursed her infant, I precocious 2-5 year old accompanied her to Mass. Church was CHURCH! It literally FELT different...the SMELL of incense, the votive candles flickering in garnet and deep blue, the silence and reverence, the side altars of our friends, the saints. Most impressive to me was the welcoming big white marble Pieta from Italy. I always stood there, trying to grasp the profundity of "what happened"? Why was His mommy crying? Why did He die? I was innately sad. I wanted to love Him and be good and comfort His Mommy. We'd passed the Stations of the Cross as we walked down the center aisle. I remember the bell announcing the priest, the reverence, the altar boys bowing...In nomine Patris! At 3, I was saying Ecum Spiritu Tuo! This sacredness just seeped into your bones. This was God's Holy Presence, His Home, His space. I was very sad I could not receive Holy Communion. Waiting 'til 6-7 seemed like ages. I knew Holy Communion WAS Jesus so why did I have to wait? Everyday we went to Mary's side altar...with my Mom's arm around me we whispered the names...my Daddy Francis on a radar ship in the Pacific, Uncle Jack in Hawaii, Uncle Jim under Eisenhower in Germany, Uncles Matt and Jack both bombardiers, stationed in England, flying nightly bombing raids over Germany/Russia. They all came home safely, without injuries...and that was the rock of my Faith...We prayed to God and He heard us! I saw the soldier men walk up our street knocking on doors announcing capture, injury, missing or death. God was REAL...He heard me. I thanked Him...at 6 I believed with all my heart in the Real Presence. We often walked to Church just to "visit" Him. He was a Real Presence. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Reverence |
| 2170 | Dress code and lack of addressing the issue. | Attire |
| 2171 | Nothing, listed or not, should keep any practicing Catholic from believing the Blessed Sacrament is the Real Presence. That said, having a progressive Pope and corruption Bishops has hurt those trying to grow in faith within the Church. Pray without ceasing, that God will allow is another four years with Donald Trump as our president, and that Pope Francis and his progressive/corrupt Bishops will do GODS WILL and not theor own. | Leadership |
| 2172 | Lack of homilies that explain how our faith should be reflected in numerous secular situations such as our relationships with gays, commenting on the church going after conservative clerics and especially not pointing out that Germany is in heresy or schism. I'm tired of homilies that retalk what I just heard in the first reading and the gospel. | Homilies |
| 2173 | the need to quote Scripture regarding the True Presence and that this was the belief from the times of the early Church. | Catechesis |
| 2174 | It is the toxic behavior of the clergy which has driven the faithful away, without a doubt. The sex scandals, both abuse and homosexuality, in addition to poor fiscal management of parishes, alcoholism among the clergy (which no doubt stems from the toxicity of the work environment), abuse Bishops and Cardinals, such as Cardinal Cupich. Also the way that church closures have occurred... solvent parishes are being closed. The priests LYING to parishioners about the state of affairs. Wasteful spending because of all the internal corruptions, bribes that must be paid by vendors to get the work. | Closures, LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals, Leadership |
| 2175 | Lackadaisical, Irreverence of extraordinary EM; over use of EM’s; when a host is dropped by an EM or priest, there is now obvious effort to protect the Lord from being stepped on (every crumb being the full BBS&D of Christ by using a purification and water to lift the host particles from the floor. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception, Lukewarmness |
| 2176 | -Modesty, what people wear to Mass shows their respect or lack thereof and what the Church asks of us -Offer Confession around daily and/or Sunday Mass times,, . | Confession, Availability/Access, Attire |
| 2177 | Lack of educational opportunities for laity in learning the Catholic faith . | Catechesis |
| 2178 | Putting the altar rails from the church and allowance of others than priests to distribute communion. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 2179 | Loss of Catholic identity. The failure of Catholic schools forced many of us to home school in order to try to give our children the richness of living a Catholic life. In addition, the abysmal catechesis by the local bishops and priests including not just the basics of our faith but the need for us all to move toward a personal encounter with Jesus in our prayer life and at mass. | Catechesis, Leadership |
| 2180 | Immodest/casual dress at Mass, servers and Eucharistic ministers inappropriately dressed in the sanctuary, and loud talking in church before and after Mass. | Attire |
| 2181 | Loss of Catholic teachers who believe what the church has always taught. | Catechesis |
| 2182 | The Pope Unwillingness of the hierarchy to root out the sacrilege of homosexuality Loss of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 2183 | Social Media, political climate, the church is later in the game of technology and evangelizing, People feeling they need to be entertained as an example of evangelical churches and their music and church is cool type of feeling. | Modernism, Music |
| 2184 | Pope Francis attack on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Attack on the Latin Mass, He attacks faithful Priests and Bishops. Pushes Homosexuality. | TLM, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 2185 | Outdoor mass and VISUAL ART PROPS AND CATHOLIC BIBLE LIVING WORD TOURS LIKE POE JOHN PAUL 2 great saint ROLE MODELS engaging before and after mass activities omnibus bonding bill on the tours of faith. | Other |
| 2186 | Having ministry leaders who they themselves do not act as models, e.g., reverent bowing in front of tabernacle, receiving communion on the hand, having attire like going to party or beach, talking loud/waving to friends like politicians. | Extraordinary Ministers, Attire |
| 2187 | Bishops failure to lead faithful in Church teachings. | Leadership |
| 2188 | The absence of the Eucharist/Mass during Covid is huge! Peer pressure from other friends/family members who have different faiths (being prepared to defend the faith and the real presence). | COVID |
| 2189 | Little or no urging people to receive Jesus on the tongue or kneeling or explaining why!!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2190 | I am a cradle Catholic who was away from the Church for about 10 years. The change in demeanor of the faithful toward relaxed reverence is a major factor, I believe. | Reverence |
| 2191 | The hierarchy must be more faithful to the teachings/dogmas of the Magisterium. Promoting the Sacraments, sacramentals & private devotions leading to truly living a Catholic lifestyle. | Devotions, Leadership, Sacraments, Living the Faith |
| 2192 | When the priest is not present for adoration, does not show proper reverence toward the Blessed Sacrament and is lukewarm, the Faithful follow by example. If the priest is holy, the Faithful will follow and strive for holiness. If the priest is not proclaiming that the Eucharist is the Source and Summit of our Catholic Christian faith then the faithful will take a nonchalant attitude toward It. | Holiness, Lukewarmness |
| 2193 | failure of clergy and bishops to promote Eucharistic Adoration in all parishes. | Leadership, Devotions |
| 2194 | Poor catechesis about everything especially that we need to know Jesus so that we can love and serve him and that hell exists for those who don't. | Catechesis |
| 2195 | Priests that are too casual on the alter. They don’t act like they believe that they are touching God. | Reverence |
| 2196 | Silence in the church Current mode of dress with no correction from the clergy. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 2197 | Failure of Bishops to encourage their priests to talk about mortal sin such as Abortion, homosexual acts, transgenderism , racism, cohabitation, contraception, and the absolute need for monthly confession. | Confession, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Abortion |
| 2198 | There are priests that Consecrate with a matter of fact attitude. There are others that show such. Deep love and respect. Some priests have taken the attitude that it’s a job not a vocation. The homilies have Not been challenging rather they are pat on the shoulders where hey we are all sinners but that’s ok. The scandals with the German bishops who are marrying couples that are contrary to the faith is unbelievable. Administering Communion to a pro abortion pro homosexual marriage president doesn’t help since his sin is public he would have to publicly renounce his sin yet here we are the priest giving him Communion must not truly live him since he is heaping coals on him and it’s a great scandal … Catholics now believe that you can be all those things and you are not sinning . | Sin, LGBTQ+ Issues, Homilies, Leadership, Abortion, Reverence, Canon 915 |
| 2199 | lack of sacred music. | Music |
| 2200 | Loss of The Latin Mass and traditional ‘Music. | TLM, Music |
| 2201 | teaching the mass is a communal meal instead of the sacrifice of the Body Blood soul and divinity of Jesus for our salvation. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 2202 | Failure to lead by example of many of the clergy. | Leadership |
| 2203 | A whole generation of people were taught that Holy Mass is the Family Meal therefor all is symbolic. | Meal vs Sacrifice, Catechesis |
| 2204 | How to dress for Mass. | Attire |
| 2205 | Silence in the church out of respect for our Lord especially before Mass when people are praying to prepare themselves for the Holy Mass. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 2206 | Talking about hell. | Catechesis |
| 2207 | Local lavender mafia has taken control intolerably! . | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 2208 | We lack more homilies with emphasis on the Eucharist and everything related. | Homilies |
| 2209 | The post Vatican II spin (watered down) on the messages and secrets of Fatima. | Revelation |
| 2210 | Allowing people to receive the Eucharist on the hands. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2211 | The necessity of a daily friendship with Christ through prayer, frequenting the Sacraments of the Church, Adult Formation/Catechetical Classes and orthodox spiritual reading. | Catechesis |
| 2212 | We need sermons that teach/remind us of the dogmas of the true teachings of the Catholic Faith. Why is it different then other religions & how is it set apart. Catechism 101 for sermon topics. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 2213 | Receiving our Lord's precious body and blood on knees and on tongue. God holds us in the palm of his hands, we should not be holding God in our hands. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2214 | Our secular culture and secular schools. | Modernism |
| 2215 | Priest talking to the parishioners inside the church when others are trying to pray. Priest can meet and greet outside. Everyone receiving the Eucharist without going to communion and not preached enough from pulpit and more times for hearing confessions in most churches. | Confession, Availability/Access, Catechesis, Silence/Distractions |
| 2216 | Communion in the hand definitely has affected belief! . | Eucharist Reception |
| 2217 | Behavior (or lack of) by our bishops. Have been too silent on issues , political and scandals coming out of Rome. | Scandals, Politics, Leadership |
| 2218 | Improper emphasis on community instead of going to Mass to worship. V2 attitudes. Emphasis on social issues instead of reverence. | Vatican II, Reverence, Community |
| 2219 | Not enough Masses during the day, or time for confessions. Churches always locked up. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 2220 | The lack of bells to announce the importance of the Consecration has left parishioners with their minds wandering and not focused on Transubstantiation. When. I was I growing up in GF, ND there was no coughing, no crying at the consecration. My non-Catholic relatives would remark about it. We all knew something important was about to happen!. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2221 | Inconsistent use of ringing the bells during the Consecration at one church to another in the same diocese. The clergy need to stress the importance of being in the state of grace to receive the Eucharist. | Liturgical Practice, Worthy Reception |
| 2222 | The rites of Mass itself. When compared to the traditional Roman Rite, the Novus Ordo as a whole seems less convinced of a Eucharistic theology by its prayers, readings, and every lacking genuflection or action of reverence. | TLM |
| 2223 | “The attire oft proclaims the man.” William Shakespeare. Attire reflects the reverence we show to that which is sacred and important. Immodest and immoral attire, especially in women, but men also, has distracted away from due reverence and attention to our Lord in the Eucharist. Also, the terminal importance to our eternal soul to attend Holy Mass as often as we must and more, if possible. Confession's are, sadly, quite limited to some odd times, I.e. Saturday mornings at 9-to-9:30. With so little anonymity in the confessional, it see becomes additionally difficult to properly dispose our souls as we should towards our Lord. Lastly, there is much too little devotion to Our Lady, who directs all our efforts towards he Son. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 2224 | Education! The most important thing in our brain is not being passed down thru families and not being fully understood by laity. Fallen away Catholics are now raising their children without any faith let alone the source and summit of our faith. They don’t understand sanctification! And they don’t want to carry “crosses” to get there! . | Catechesis |
| 2225 | Continuing to promote the Novus Ordo Mass rather the TLM!. | TLM |
| 2226 | Immodesty at the altar—men dressing like slobs, women dressing in tight and revealing clothes, and women abandoning the veil. | Attire |
| 2227 | The Church building--many times looking more like a gym or a barn and no altars of Mary and Joseph. | Modernism, Beauty |
| 2228 | Priests need to teach truth, not what people want to hear. | Catechesis |
| 2229 | They have taken God out of our schools and fail to talk and teach about His ministry. | Modernism |
| 2230 | Middle school and high school catechesis as well as confirmation preparation do not focus on the real present e nor the importance of confession receiving. Need more focus on respect for the Eucharist and fear of the Lord. (Taking ot seriously and the graces received) need more focus on being on a state of grace. | Catechesis |
| 2231 | The direction of society as a whole and the Church going in the direction of society rather than teaching and living the teaching of the Church. MAKE THE CHURCH HOLY AGAIN. Quit with the anything goes. No more lay people distributing Communion. | Modernism, Holiness, Extraordinary Ministers |
| 2232 | Not teaching laity how to pray properly daily so they might draw nearer to Our Lord and experience personal and intimate encounter with Our Lord. Most Catholics don't know how to meditate and pray with scripture, light a candle, slow down, exposure to masters of the interior life. We NEED regular, solid spiritual direction from the pulpit and encouragement to draw near in daily prayer and how to do it safely. We need to hear how to interpret scripture with the help of great commentaries, solid apps, homilies online, etc. after all, isn't that the goal of the Novus Ordo? For the laity to learn that they too can grow in holiness and draw nearer to the love and mercy of God which is His healing also? Also, Banning laity from the Sacraments (necessary for salvation) during Covid was acting like our Faith is not supernatural—not the Sacraments, not His Church, nit the Word… for example: misleading laity with “attending” Mass online and worrying more about what can kill the body than what kills the soul. Also, Covering up of predators and abusers and lying to victims—like what GU, the Jesuits, and the Boise diocese did to my sister. Anyway, looking ahead: spiritual direction from the pulpit, great formation for solid men for seminary, and really beautify and make more reverent the Novus Ordo. We don't need more Latin Mass when the NO has not gotten the chance to shine as the beautiful gift it is to the Church, the laity and the world (because its wrought with abuses from music, to architecture, propaganda masses, etc.). Beautiful Masses, great homilies, beautiful sacred music sung by competent musicians who are not there to “perform”… its the recipe that wont fail. | Devotions, Music, Homilies, Beauty, Catechesis |
| 2233 | removal of communion rail contributes to lack of respect causing the Sanctuary, altar and tabernacle not treated as holy which leads to the disrespect and disbelief of the Holy Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2234 | The very real necessity for silence during the Mass! At most Masses it's impossible to hear the priest because of constant screaming children--it never stops! Parents need to be taught to remove their children immediately if begin to cry, stomp on the pews, throw toys, etc.!. | Family, Silence/Distractions |
| 2235 | Children are not taught enough in the CCD programs about the Presence and a multitude of other things they are not learning. | Catechesis |
| 2236 | The attacks on churches and the bishops not being united in their support of Bishops Strickland and Vigano. | Persecuted Clergy, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 2237 | The impact of Covid hysteria, causing parishes not to even offer the Chalice, as though the fear of contagion outweighs the salvation of our souls. | COVID |
| 2238 | The lack of preaching on the consequences of sin. What sin is. The four sins that cry out to God for vengeance. The silence on sin. The Mass as a sacrifice. Dress properly, modesty. | Sin, Attire |
| 2239 | Education of the faithful on why Church teachings on many important subjects are what they are. No discussion ever on LGBTQ+, real discussion on the immorality of abortion, premarital sex, corruption of children's' innocence by radicals, lack of emphasis on the beauty of the Eucharist, the Blessed Mother, loss of devotions. | Devotions, LGBTQ+ Issues, Catechesis, Abortion |
| 2240 | Abolish the irreverent form of the sign of Peace and incorporate "Silence" before, during and after Holy Communion. | Sign of Peace |
| 2241 | Communion in the hand has done the greatest damage to belief in the real presence. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2242 | The attitude of our present pope regarding social issues. Allowing public figures to receive Communion while not following Church teachings. Lack of respect since Vatican 2. | Vatican II |
| 2243 | This may sound petty, but the absence of Sanctus bells during the elevation of Christ's Body and Blood eliminates an audible reminder of the very sacred nature of the miraculous transformation occurring on the altar. The Sanctus bells remind us that the angels and saints are with us in this Holy Sacrifice. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2244 | To great an emphasis on charismatic preaching during the homily and then rushing through the Eucharistic prayers and reception of Holy Eucharist. Loss of the Sacred in favor of modern looks & sounds in architecture & music & liturgy. | Modernism, Homilies, Reverence |
| 2245 | Making the TLM the extraordinary form rather than the ordinary Roman rite. | TLM |
| 2246 | The bizarre utterings and practices of the current resident of St. Peter’s chair confuse the faithful. And he likes the confusion. Also, far before him, the leadership of the Church seemed to have given up on evangelizing. But our Protestant brethren did not. Hence the drift of large numbers of Catholics from the true Faith to heresy. | Confusion, Evangelization, Leadership |
| 2247 | Attack of laity by many members of church leadership all the way to the top for being ‘too rigid’. | Leadership |
| 2248 | Allowing protestant like practices in "worship", fellowship and prayer; into the Catholic daily functions not only in mass, but also in formation, and catholic social functions. | Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 2249 | Scriptural passages that relates practice of Catholic Faith . | Catechesis |
| 2250 | Priests need to remind the faithful constantly on the importance of the Holy Eucharist and also the Sacrament of Reconciliation for salvation of the Soul. | Confession |
| 2251 | Lack of sermons describing the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. | Homilies |
| 2252 | When I attend the Traditional Latin Mass, most of these concerns don't exist. Why is that?. | TLM |
| 2253 | Teaching the catechism. | Catechesis |
| 2254 | Poor catechesis starting with children. Not taught reverence for our Eucharistic Lord. | Catechesis |
| 2255 | People don’t believe in heaven and hell anymore … today’s society is all about me … need more catechisms … need to get back to basics. | Catechesis |
| 2256 | It should be taught often from the pulpit that the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ at the Consecration. The priest begs the Holy Spirit to come down and perform this miracle. The priest’s hands are what we see and his voice is what we hear, but God works the miracle. Alleviate the senseless remark of, “What man can change bread and wine into God.” Only priest’s consecrated hand distributes Communion. It has been made everyday, ordinary. Return it to privileged, special, and miraculous. | Catechesis |
| 2257 | Confirming people who know nothing about the faith and are not expected to return to church until they get married or have a baby to baptize. | Sacraments |
| 2258 | Failure to admonish sin, as sin hardens the heart away from God, truly present in the Holy Eucharist. | Sin |
| 2259 | Conflicting statements coming from The Holy Father and the Church Leaders, plus too much engagement with the world at the expense of teaching the truths of the faith. | Leadership |
| 2260 | The catholic church is a political due to Bishops being opponents of the 2nd amendment to the constitution. The Pope is eliminating Holy priests and Bishops. He is Satanic and destroying the church. Pushing Homosexual Unions between Sodomites. Equates Catholic God with Muslim God, OUTRAGE!!. | Persecuted Clergy, Politics, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 2261 | The survey mentioned communion rails, but just to be clear, the faithful should be kneeling and receiving communion on the tongue. If this was happening, many of the other issues would be resolved. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2262 | The suppression of the Latin Mass of our ancestors has had a very negative effect on the Faith of the people. Lack of access to something so central to the Faith of the Saints makes us feel like maybe none of it really matters. | TLM |
| 2263 | More emphasis on reconciliation. | Confession |
| 2264 | Failure to address the clothes people wear to Mass. | Attire |
| 2265 | Communion in the hand Lay people giving out Communion Lack of receiving Communion kneeling at the Altar rail Lay people bringing Communion to the sick instead of a priest. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2266 | We no longer have a missile that clearly shows the prayers during the Mass, especially the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Children and new converts, as well as seasoned Catholics, can benefit from reading along with the consecration. When I follow along with the written form, I can stay more focused and feel I am participating more. | Other |
| 2267 | Becoming NGO’s to accept illegal immigrants i ton this country. Catholic NGOs and hierarchy are great at justifying skirting the law of the USA and expecting their parishioners to follow the Canon Law of the church. | Modernism |
| 2268 | Lack of instruction on the nature and structure of the Mass. | Catechesis |
| 2269 | Lay people having access to the tabernacle. For example, opening it, removing hosts for taking to the sick or setting up the monstrance for Eucharistic Adoration. | Devotions, Liturgical Practice |
| 2270 | Priests should frequently speak about and refer to the Real Presence in the Eucharist. Most Catholics have never truly understood this truth!. | Catechesis |
| 2271 | I think that the Pastors need to speak from the pulpit to it that parishioners dress respectfully to come into Church. I know the big excuse "they are coming to Church" yes but respect to be in God's Church is important. | Attire |
| 2272 | Immodest attire when coming to Mass and especially for Eucharistic ministers. There should be no mini skirt or dresses, shorts, see through clothing, skintight clothes, plunging necklines. | Attire |
| 2273 | A public show of repentance from the leadership for leading the Flock astray. The horrible teaching of the True Faith and our leadership not Standing up for The Body of Christ. | Penance, Catechesis |
| 2274 | Priests do not preach the gospel message and other references about many of our beliefs, inc the Eucharist. For the past 3 weeks, our pastor did not give a homily bc it was too hot. He said, "We all heard and understand the gospel message, so let us recite the creed.". | Homilies |
| 2275 | Closing churches during covid told Catholics that church was nonessential. | COVID |
| 2276 | You threw out my responses here. There will never be true respect and belief in the Real Presence in the Novus Ordo masses, only in the Traditional Latin Mass!. | TLM |
| 2277 | Making it very hard to attend a Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 2278 | Jesus on the alter and in the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 2279 | failure to educate the parents of young people today. Parents are not passing on their faith since they did not receive good instruction themselves. | Family, Catechesis |
| 2280 | Pro abortion priests and laity. (Yes I've met pro-choice" priests) An unbelief that life is "hidden" in the womb, carries over to an unbelief that Jesus is "hidden" in the appearance of bread and wine, in the Eucharist. | Abortion |
| 2281 | Poor or absent religious education for the middle school/early high school age group. Today, 12-14 is the average age that young Catholics lose their faith, well before college. This has proven true in my experience as a college-aged Catholic and product of Catholic schools. A systematic solution to the crisis of belief in the Real Presence may be renewed focus on solid faith formation in the most critical but most neglected age, early teenhood. | Catechesis |
| 2282 | The Reverence before and after Communion. This is when we're the closest to Jesus in the Mass. | Reverence |
| 2283 | Catholic Democrat politicians "in good standing." Failure to teach Catholic morals like prohibition of birth control. So that 96 percent of Catholics are fine with it. 2/3rds okay with sodomite "marriage." . | LGBTQ+ Issues, Canon 915 |
| 2284 | Regarding the Clergy: Instructing the laity on what constitutes grave matter for mortal sins in popular aspects of secular life regarding the reception of communion. | Worthy Reception, Sin, Catechesis |
| 2285 | Leadership through unapproved changes post Vatican lL our Mass,? Teachings, sermons and church has been Protestantized. Diluted. It starts at the top! And it took 60 years for it to crack and fail. . | Vatican II, Leadership |
| 2286 | The evil that has entered the world captivating the faithful.. causing dissension amongst the faithful!. | Modernism |
| 2287 | Casual dress of the laity. | Attire |
| 2288 | The scandals in the Vatican and The Bishops themselves setting a good example for their brother priests and lay people . | Scandals, Leadership |
| 2289 | Cultural Catholics who don't really have faith but go to Mass because it's tradition. | Lukewarmness |
| 2290 | Modesty in dress and female head coverings. | Attire |
| 2291 | Form of the Mass. What is now referred to as the Latin Mass now was way more reverent and elicited reverence toward the spiritual realities of the Mass and the Eucharist. | TLM |
| 2292 | Proper catechism on the faith. Lack of emphasis on prayers, separate holy days....it not doing Palm Sunday and Good Friday liturgy together. Stop making it 'easy',, I e Ascension Thursday celebrated on Sunday, which diminishes the importance of the 40 days after the Resurrection. | Catechesis |
| 2293 | Catholic schools do not have Catholic school teachers. Some have 80% nun Catholic teachers. | Schools |
| 2294 | Much of the sacredness of the Latin Mass is not present in the Novus Ordo. Many of the words have lost their rich and sacred meaning. One example: "Lord I am not worthy that Thou should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed" is said 6 times in the Latin Mass before Communion is received. The reverent focus on the sacredness of the body and blood of our Lord is lacking. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Reverence |
| 2295 | The bishops have failed to stand for Catholic beliefs: abortion, the Pride day in California that Bishop Strickland had to protest, because the CA bishops did not. The bishops should be instructing us, not being involved in parties. | Abortion, Leadership |
| 2296 | Priests not genuflecting in front of the tabernacle. Same goes for deacons and Eucharistic Ministers and anyone else on the altar. | Reverence |
| 2297 | Churches that do not ring the bells during transubstantiation, priests who rush through the prayers of transubstantiation, lack of paten use during reception of Eucharist, lack of ushers to observe that the Eucharist is consumed completely by each recipient. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 2298 | Priest not preaching on what Jesus said and meant. The majority of priests try to please the congregation with nice feelings of God and miss a great opportunity to exhort the people to know Scripture and Church teaching. | Catechesis |
| 2299 | Receiving the Eucharist under both species. Not necessary, yet many Catholics are used to this and it just lends itself to the need for more EMHC’s and the lack of reverence. | Extraordinary Ministers, Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 2300 | Receiving Communion in the tongue with paten at bottom held by Altar Boy. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2301 | People just don’t care, don’t bother to think of it, only are concerned with worldly situations, lack of belief in God or the supernatural, and people are just Too Busy( they think). | Lukewarmness |
| 2302 | . | Other |
| 2303 | Catechesis in schools. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 2304 | Decreasing number of masses offered…. Not listening to peoples input in financial matters in the church . Always wanting more money! . | Availability/Access |
| 2305 | General ad-libbing and lack of reverence lead to loss of belief int he true presence. Children learn from what they witness. Casual attitudes about dress, genuflection, who can be on the altar, etc. is where the disbelief begins. If we don't act like God is there, people won't believe He is. | Reverence, Attire |
| 2306 | Attempts to eliminate the Oldest form of worship i.e. the Latin Mass for those who love the reverence & quiet prayer talking to the Lord. | TLM, Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 2307 | The lack of educating the faithful during Mass from the pulpit about the Real Presence. | Catechesis |
| 2308 | Public education. I understand this is a survey about Catholics. HOWEVER if the Church won’t teach everyone, why would Catholics care? . | Catechesis |
| 2309 | Loss of prayers for the priest at foot of the altar (except those still done in TLM and Eastern Divine Liturgies); not purifying vessels on the altar (some will have done elsewhere while the liturgy concludes); loss of the bells being rung at critical points in Eucharistic prayer ; lack of confession opportunities; Lack of modesty in dress code for parishioners; Priest divergent from rubrics of Mass or being “creative” to entertain . | Liturgical Practice |
| 2310 | Lack of faith education programs for the faithful post Confirmation. Many laity seem to possess a lack of understanding of basic teachings and there is an expectation by the Church that basic teachings are understood by the laity. Thus, the lack of educational programs and lack of understanding. | Catechesis |
| 2311 | Teaching, at least quarterly, the proper ways to respect, receive and appreciate the Eucharist in our lives. Education of the faithful and proper respect from the Church authorities for the Eucharist is essential. | Catechesis |
| 2312 | Expressing Jesus didn’t say this might be my body or might be my blood he said this is my body and blood . | Catechesis |
| 2313 | Rarely do the priests I know catechize us from the pulpit. Homilies are poor, and provide little to no food for spiritual growth in the understanding of the beliefs and rules of the Church. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 2314 | Lack parish bible study classes on The Real Presence. | Catechesis |
| 2315 | If we only get rid of the new Mass and go back to the richness and beauty of the traditional Latin mass it would be a huge start to getting folks to see that it’s not about us it’s about God. The new Mass and all that comes with it has obviously brought the crisis we are seeing. | TLM |
| 2316 | Pushing religious education to volunteer CCD teachers who don’t believe and are not catechized rather than parents living and passing on the faith Priests who don’t respect the Eucharist as the body, 'blood, soul, and divinity and are casual about Mass and lack reverence themselves. How are the laity supposed to hold it sacred when the priest speeds through Mass and doesn’t give the people real theological “meat” in his preaching? Pray for priests. | Catechesis |
| 2317 | 1. understanding the audible prayers the priest says during mass and that they are addressed to the Father by the priest in persona Christi. 2. a clearer understanding of what the laity are doing during mass, i.e. purely being receptive? offering their own heart? being a witness? What internal stance should they be taking. | Catechesis |
| 2318 | Failure to teach theology in grade schools & CCD classes via the Baltimore Catechism. | Catechesis |
| 2319 | The extremely casual way people dress for Mass. Women on the altar. Girl altar servers. Too much talking before and after Mass in the church. Way too many, unnecessary, Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist. | Attire |
| 2320 | The pressure to be a "cultural Catholic" It often seems that the clergy, deacons included, contribute a good deal to this "status climbing." We see that so much in parishes. I saw it so much in my own childhood and as a young parent to my children. Some of the "most heralded" people in the parish are the ones who host charity events or attend gala's but have little regard for neither Mass or Jesus in the Eucharist. No doubt, some priests and bishops are worse at rewarding this social climbing behavior than others, but every SINGLE parishioner feels it and it CONFUSES young people. Older people like myself (56 years) may see right through it and "write off" the clergy or the people or flat out recognize "AH, THIS is who Jesus was talking about" the Pharisee. But i dare say younger people are turned off or completely misled and confused. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 2321 | Eucharistic ministers and readers should be dressed to be on the presence of God; suits, dresses etc. No jeans, shorts etc. | Attire |
| 2322 | Priest believing what they profess. | Lack of Faith |
| 2323 | Dressing respectfully for Mass should be emphasized. We need more opportunities for confession. | Confession, Attire, Availability/Access |
| 2324 | Why. | Other |
| 2325 | The lack of Catholic Schools to teach a basic beliefs of the Faith! Religion classes are not teaching the basic tenets and prayers of the Faith. Use the old Baltimore Catechism. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 2326 | When priests concelebrate mass it implies that each each re-presentation of the sacrifice of Calvary is not of infinite value in itself . | Liturgical Practice |
| 2327 | The Church does not focus on communion and its importance in the Mass and Catholic beliefs. | Catechesis |
| 2328 | Failure of our Catholic schools to educate ALL students on the Real Presence. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 2329 | Lay people make the correlation between the nature of the ceremonies of the top degrees of masonry and the Novus ordo Mass , the push for a false ecumenism across religions , the suppression of key dogmas of the Catholic Church including the lack of knowledge of Queenship and Mediatrix of Our Lady - The suppression of cloisters and monasteries, the seeming acceptance of practicing sodomy and receiving Holy Communion , and the judaization of Christianity with dual covenant theology that is sweeping through Christianity . | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Ecumenism, Modernism |
| 2330 | Bishops that are unholy, pushing secular agendas and treating laity with disdain and arrogance. Priests that believe being "pastoral" replacing need to be truthful and corrective regarding mortal sin. | Sin, Leadership |
| 2331 | Failure to preach about the Eucharist. | Homilies |
| 2332 | This was mentioned in a question that there is a disconnect between science and Mass. This is because many people do not think science supports the Mass. People are unaware of the investigations that have been done to prove that Jesus is not truly present, and they have been proven wrong because He is present. I think that teaching a class or running a seminar would open the eyes of many to see how, yes we physically can’t see Jesus, but the reality that He is present. And the reality that we are not suppose to understand everything, because we can’t and showing them that it is okay to not understand. Another problem is that when many none Catholics interact with Catholics, they are judge and yelled at for not being Catholic or the way they go about their life. I have no idea how to solve this problem, but I am 21 and their are numerous people around me, who aren’t Catholic, who say that Catholics are mean and treat everyone else like they are underneath them because they aren’t. | Catechesis |
| 2333 | Teaching of church history and of the saints . | Catechesis |
| 2334 | The church putting more stress on social justice issues, separating people into groups, legal illegal, white, Mexican, in my church the priest is Mexican, I can’t understand a word he says and he separates us between them and us (Mexican or white). It’s not about the celebration of the mass anymore but social issues. | Social Justice |
| 2335 | 1) The controversy of Pope Francis as Holy Father of the Church 2) (Coming from a former Religion teacher): Parents setting an example for their children of not attending mass weekly (i.e. only attending on Easter and Christmas) receiving the Eucharist while not in a state of grace, not taking their children to confession/emphasizing its importance, referring to the Eucharist as “bread” and “wine”. | Confession, Family, Leadership |
| 2336 | Lack of modesty and appropriate clothing that indicates you are about to encounter your king and savior. | Attire |
| 2337 | I hardly ever hear priests talk about the necessity, beauty and healing power of confession. Laity need to be reminded of our need to receive the sacrament of penance. And also, we need reminders about what receiving holy Eucharist means, yes, of course the body, blood soul and divinity of Jesus, our Lord, but also being in communion with the Church and her teachings. Maybe there is an assumption by priests that all of us Catholics attending mass received a firm education in the foundations of the faith. I did not. I went to public school kindergarten through eighth grade and then went to a Catholic high school. So during my formative years in the faith, all I had for education was one hour once a week catechism class where I was among other public school students. It wasn’t until my 30s when I got a job teaching at a truly Catholic school where I learned about the mass. I don’t even think I knew what Eucharistic adoration, benediction, or even what Tabernacle meant. Would it be safe to assume that most of us Catholics attended public schools during our elementary years and not Catholic schools? We were not learning the foundations of the faith. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 2338 | They were not taught this in religion classes. They did not learn it. | Catechesis |
| 2339 | Most questions = results, not causes of problem. People need to be strongly encouraged to dress up for being in presence of God. | Attire |
| 2340 | Lack of education about heaven/ Christ in heaven/ earth. | Catechesis |
| 2341 | Having greeters immediately puts the Mass into a social gathering, obscuring the importance of silence and focusing on the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. | Silence/Distractions |
| 2342 | Parents offloading their duty as first catechist to parish schools and failure to develop a friendship with Jesus our King. | Family, Catechesis |
| 2343 | Lack of silence and reverence BEFORE Mass begins: laity speaking loudly in church or adjacent spaces interrupting prayer before the Tabernacle. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 2344 | The Catholic Church is the only church that has the Real Presence due to transubstantiation . | Catechesis |
| 2345 | I think people want too much to erase theological differences between denominations, and even non-Christian religions; to be willing to water down their own beliefs on order to be culturally tolerant. | Ecumenism |
| 2346 | Many fewer children attend catholic grade and middle school. The teachings are not reaching most families. The cost of school is prohibitive to most families. If there are ways for middle income families to afford it, they are not well known. | Family, Schools |
| 2347 | There is a lack of understanding of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as the only source of perfect reparation that is required to fully satisfy God's justice. | Catechesis |
| 2348 | The current pope is a terrible leader of the Catholic Church. His political ideology has no place here. I will not attend mass or contribute money to the church until he is gone. I think the American Catholic Church needs to segregate themselves from Rome. | Leadership |
| 2349 | If the Mass/Eucharist is important, then the lack of priests will impact people. (Ex: closing/consolidating parishes, etc.) Our current priests are either retiring or burning out. So after all Masses, daily & week-end, we should pray for an increase of vocations to the priesthood. | Closures, Vocations |
| 2350 | The Pope’s heretical actions and words. | Leadership |
| 2351 | Laze Fair - complacency- Eucharistic celebration . | Lukewarmness |
| 2352 | Lack of solemnity and quiet before and during mass. Lack of participation at mass. | Silence/Distractions |
| 2353 | Relational homilies out from behind the ambo. | Homilies |
| 2354 | Use of the Novus order, it looks protestant and teaches the protestant faith, which is ambiguous. Protestants can believe in the real presence or not. If there is a real presence in the Eucharist its the community that makes it happen. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2355 | the New Mass promulgated. watering down of sacraments and blessings. removal of prayers after Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2356 | I feel that there is a wide spread lack of education in adult Catholics about the Catholic faith and doctrine. Since they do not know it, they can not pass it along to their children, extended family, antes questions or engage meaningfully with questions from neighbors, non-Catholics, other Catholics, coworkers etc. The effect is little or stunted evangelization. There should be ready and constant education in all parish and especially from the pulpit. | Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 2357 | Lay parishioners do not have consecrated hands to touch the Host. That should be done by the priest. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2358 | using contemporary music in Mass . | Music |
| 2359 | lack of catechesis among young people and adults. Lack of faithful Catholic education at all levels. | Catechesis |
| 2360 | Bring back the use of hand Patens by the altar servers at every Eucharistic station. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2361 | Education on and reverence of The Real Presence needs to be included regularly in homilies; for most laity, especially our youth, that is the only religious education they receive. | Catechesis |
| 2362 | Going to the sacrament of Confession -very important to receive that sacrament along with Eucharist. Gods Grace alone will open the hearts to those who are away due to sin. The sacrament of healing. | Confession |
| 2363 | Bishops declaring it was not necessary to attend Mass during covid; limiting number of laity allowed to attend Mass; requiring laity to sign-up to attend Mass; Bishops refusing to answer ANY questions on homosexuals in our diocese; Popes refusing to admonish homosexuality and not removing homosexual priests. | LGBTQ+ Issues, COVID, Leadership |
| 2364 | I believe people should kneel and receive on the tongue. If at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow...it should even more so when you receive him in the holy Eucharist!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2365 | There is definite lack of catechesis regarding the theology and biblical backing of the Real Presence, too many people think it is solely a "symbol" as our protestant brothers believe. This is in part I believe due to a lack of addressing the difference either from a clerical or catechizing perspective. Priests should know why it is more than a symbol and be able to lay out to the laity why that is the case. | Catechesis |
| 2366 | Your only interest seems to be in working in alignment with a sick and degenerate society.....stop trying to please the public...and teach THE WORD OF GOD.....we must follow JESUS . | Modernism |
| 2367 | The lack of educating lay people that the Eucharist is God. | Catechesis |
| 2368 | The open conversation about everything sex; lack of understanding of what we do(Holy water, why we make the sign if the cross and many traditions in the Church). Broken families, one parent or both not bringing children to Mass…. | Catechesis |
| 2369 | Educating lay people on the Mass and what each part is and what is happening, too long heavy theological homilies when shorter ones that pertain to how the scripture we hear and how we should live our life each week is more important, understanding prayer and what it is, explaining anamnesis. | Catechesis |
| 2370 | The new mass. There is no silence, no contemplation, all the focus is on people and it makes you wonder why you’re there. Feels like there is a hole in the entire experience. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2371 | Failure of laity to dress with modesty and reverence for Mass, and failure of clergy to instruct and remind them to do so. Including the wearing of chapel veils by women and girls. | Attire |
| 2372 | Interreligious dialog that shows the catholic church as just one path of many roads to salvation. Even if this is not the specific case related to the dialog it looks that way. Especially when other spirits are welcomed into the sanctuary to take center stage. | Ecumenism |
| 2373 | Money over Faith & following the Holy Trinity through God’ Word. | Other |
| 2374 | Lack of catechetical instruction and/or watered down instruction is the greatest of these for the lay person - what is the faith, why, and how is it really supposed to be carried out. I believe the same for the formation of priests - it is modernistic and without Latin they are deprived of true knowledge of the deposit of faith. | Priestly Formation, Catechesis |
| 2375 | Communion songs after we receive Our Lord in the Eucharist. It’s distracting when we should spend those moments talking with Him. Also the priest standing in the back of church after mass. People stop to talk and shake his hand thereby disturbing those who wish to pray for a few moments after mass. He should go outside or in the Narthex. | Silence/Distractions |
| 2376 | A secular approach to teaching and formation in our catholic schools from pre-K to college—abandoning classical curriculum which teaches children to know the Truth and see the world and through the lens of Faith: math, science, literature, art, history, nature studies, logic etc. The world’s approach cannot compare in what the Church has done with unspeakable success the world over for more than a millennia. Modern and secular approaches to education are starving and destroying our children and families—depriving them of all that is good, true and beautiful in themselves, their neighbor, the Church and the world. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 2377 | It is very concerning to see and hear loud talking at church before and after Mass. It demonstrates that people don't understand the Real Presence. Priests generally don't say anything to get people to be respectful. | Silence/Distractions |
| 2378 | The chaos in the Vatican. Sheltering sexual predator priests. The Pope: I am not comfortable with this man. I don't believe he was chosen honestly. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 2379 | Use of incense at daily mass. Having kneelers in all Catholic churches. Holy days of obligation have been revised to limited ones versus traditional calendar of events. People are allowed to dress too casually versus traditional Sunday bests!. | Liturgical Practice, Liturgical Calendar |
| 2380 | Not being receptive of outsiders or welcoming those who are not Catholic, into the Church. Appearing very strict and stand-offish to others. Requiring Parish membership for periods of time before being welcomed or available to aid in Sacraments. | Welcoming |
| 2381 | Bishops are seen as politicians instead of servants and leaders. Most laity have never met their bishop, never heard their bishop preach except for asking for money once a year, and have never seen their bishop at their church. When the leadership of the Church are corrupt men who spend their time soliciting donations and schmoozing with elites instead of ministering to their flock, it’s hard to believe that the bishops believe in the Real Presence. And if bishops don’t believe in what they preach, how can we hope to convince the laity?. | Leadership |
| 2382 | For there to be successful Eucharistic Revival, there must be Sacrament of Reconciliation Revival that PRECEDES the Eucharistic Revival. Think about it. Few people go to confession, but everyone receives Communion. Something amiss here. More preaching and education about what constitutes GRAVE sin!!!!!. | Confession |
| 2383 | Kneeling to receive Jesus. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2384 | Sacramental preparation for youth. Many students who receive their sacraments do not attend Mass regularly , but they are allowed to receive the sacraments anyway. It is just a box the parents are checking. Their needs to be more accountability. There should also be more presence of the religious sisters and brothers in the schools. | Catechesis |
| 2385 | The use of the paten! I am so sad that it is rare to never used and how many times has our Lord fallen on the floor and there seems to be no formal procedures for when this happens. And what about Particles - they are also Our God! Trampled on by the faithful!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2386 | Suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass, while ignoring scandalous behavior from other parts of the church's hierarchy. Materials used in Religious education are weak and do not challenge students. Catholic schools employing non-Catholics or teachers not in communion with the Church's teaching. Catholic schools use secular material, and Religion class is often neglected when other "more important things" come up. Waiting to Confirm students until 11th or 12 grade. Preaching on Confession, but then having very minimal confession times. Parish should have an actual confessional that is easy to notice, not a made over closet, or out of the way place. Priest's so "busy" that they don't have to attend, much less, lead parish Rosary or Stations of the Cross. First Friday and First Saturday devotions that are promoted and explained and easily available. Preach on purgatory - and the importance of funeral Mass vs. celebration of life, and that everyone is not guaranteed heaven. We need religious sisters/brothers, in habits, to be present and encouraged. Vocations week/prayers/efforts should be about more than priests. No more outdoor Mass. If we couldn't have them during Covid, why are they o.k. for "parish fun days" ? If altar rails and/or kneeler are requested, please give it all due consideration. That will be a wonderful way to show that there really is something special going on! . | Confession, TLM, Homilies, Scandals, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 2387 | Clergy need to periodically remind the congregation of appropriate dress and conduct in the Lord's presence. Not an easy message to convey I admit, but an important one. | Attire |
| 2388 | Failure to teach that the Real Presence is the community of believers, not the bread/wine. The Real Presence resides in ALL those who partake. | Catechesis |
| 2389 | No more gimmicks. I do believe restoring reverence during the Sacred Liturgy is key. | Reverence |
| 2390 | Lack of Scriptural education, of both Old and New Testaments, to support the Church’s belief and defense of the Eucharist as God’s plan for us rather than our plan for God. | Catechesis |
| 2391 | Lack of Catholic Education. | Catechesis |
| 2392 | Addressing priests of parish by their first name. Proper attire for mass. Leaving early. Children Eating and drinking (water) during mass. Children going to bathroom especially during the consecration . People coming in late. Highlighting what is online and in bulletin at end of mass. | Reverence, Attire |
| 2393 | Modest attire. Cellphones. Gum. If you are late, wait in foyer until homily. The Real Presence of God is on the altar...act like it! Priests must reeducate the flock. | Reverence, Attire |
| 2394 | 1. Lack of prayer outside of Mass 2. No or limited understanding of how to prepare yourself for Mass 3. The attire of the laity when attending Mass 4. Lack of preaching about the offense God is taking 5. Lack of preaching about the seriousness of venial and mortal sin 6. Little to no condemnation of heretics and indifferentism within the Church 7. Societal pressure 8. Not attending Mass at least weekly. | Lack of Discipline, Homilies, Attire, Modernism, Sin |
| 2395 | “Sunday best” no longer encouraged or practiced. | Attire |
| 2396 | The attack from clerical hierarchy in the church on the Traditional Latin Mass. A Mass that is sought after from countless faith centered and seeking Catholics, a liturgy that has been in existence from the apostles, to see how much attack it is receiving and the individuals seeking it from the very shepherds that should be attending to their souls is heartbreaking. Most of these individuals, families, religious are going there because of the very fact that all is ordered to proper worship. Worship that SHOWS the true presence. The very reason we never had this problem to contemplate (why and how the faithful don’t believe in the real presence) for thousands of years is because the way we lived, taught, and worshipped inherently made it clear. Please stop attacking the very means on how to fix this problem. It creates more division in the church which even further makes all Catholics and non believers confused and does not show or is unity. When the clerical hierarchy is going after tradition, orthodox teachings, it undermines everything it is and further makes people skeptical even on the most fundamental principles of the faith such as the real presence. Thank you . | TLM |
| 2397 | Novus Ordo. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2398 | Just as removing the tabernacle, removal of the ALTAR RAILS lends to a more casual approach. Once kneeling, it is almost impossible to receive in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2399 | Society and culture trends. | Modernism |
| 2400 | What women wear to mass. Leggings, short & tight fitting dresses & tops no matter how cute are still in poor taste and 1 out of 500 are asked to leave. | Attire |
| 2401 | Failure to honor the Blessed Sacrament by not dressing properly for Sunday Mass, i.e. a "come as you are" mentality. And a casual folksy attitude in church, i.e. failure to observe silence, socializing in church, loud talking, letting young children misbehave in church, etc. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 2402 | Women and men not wearing modest attire. Even Latin Mass women need to wear slips so men can't see through their dresses. What happened to dressing up with your best outfit for Jesus? You don't have to be rich -just wear clean modest attire to adore God! ALSO arrive early to pray and stay later to pray in adoration and thanksgiving. BE PREPARED by reading the Mass readings BEFORE coming to Mass. | Attire |
| 2403 | Priests #1 duty is to save souls not to be social workers. When administrating the sacrament of Reconciliation they have stopped requiring the penitent to say the Act of Contrition in the confessional & just have them go outside the confessional to say it; how do they know the penitent does it, and if not are the penitents sins forgiven? Also priests worry more about time example ending Mass by a specific time. They should be more in tuned to what the Holy Spirit is asking of them. They need to show with their actions that they Truly believe in the Real Presence of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. That’s what bought about my conversion. I have always been a practicing Catholic but to fall in Love with Our Savior is a different experience all together. This Holy priest the way he held the Host, the way he look at it, you could tell he was in love with Jesus in the host that Jesus Truly present their. So I asked Jesus to give me that same Love for him and she did. This happened because of the reverence I saw in this priest, I pray for him everyday. Also I think receiving the Holy Eucharist in the hand should be done away with and receiving on the tongue reinstated. This shows true reverence that this is Truly Our Savior we are receiving; and their would be less abuse and sacrilege of people who take the sacred host and throwing it on the ground, etc. When we have a great reverence for the Holy Eucharist others will too. | Confession, Eucharist Reception |
| 2404 | Church was way too slow at fixing problems like priest homosexualism. Church was criticizing Pres. Biden for his support of abortion, he then visits the Pope and criticizing ceased except for a very few with courage. That makes the church look wimpy and kills confidence in the church's preaching. Pope penalized conservative priest, bishops, cardinals. Pope pushed for acceptance of LGBTQ. Pope involved in the farce of global warming. Pope criticizing capitalism. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Modernism, Canon 915 |
| 2405 | Blending of politics with church teachings. Primarily equating certain religious practices with political stances. The politics in this country are so embarrassingly bad at this point that while I agree that priests should help their flock navigate it, bringing it into the liturgy blends the church with a failing political structure. Not all priests do that, but I’ve seen a lot of parishes and Catholic groups blend their faith with politics in way more than just pro life work (which should definitely still be addressed). | Politics |
| 2406 | -Lack of patens -Not attending to the spilling of the Precious Blood and dropping of the Body as if it's a big deal. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2407 | Our materialistic society are focused, increasingly on pleasures, amusements, and focusing on one’s own comfort. Also, religion programs in our elementary schools, and CCD leave much to be desired. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 2408 | The change from TLM to the Novus Ordo Mass and change of the TLM, failure of Priest to catechize laity and failure of priests to be priest giving duties to others especially women and Bishops who put their Crucifix in the pockets of their shirts and frankly who are not Catholic anymore...the don't even dress the part anymore. | TLM, Leadership |
| 2409 | Catechetical teaching by deacons, priests, and bishops. Scandals among the bishops and perpetuated by the bishops. | Leadership, Scandals, Catechesis |
| 2410 | Education, Education, education. I grew up Catholic but I missed a proper intellectual connection to the Eucharist until well into my adulthood. Reading Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, understanding how the Early Church believed in the real presence (St. Justin Martyr) and how it binds the faithful and is the climax of our life and worship. I think if Catholics get this foundational they will never leave or doubt. It is so amazing . I get do frustrated that we don't advertise the strong history and intellectual basis for the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 2411 | Lifelong discipleship…go and make disciples…we cannot be good/great disciples without the Eucharist…in my mind it’s as if we are good disciples if we receive our Lord in the Eucharist and that’s it …two questions that must be answered- what does God want me to do as his disciple? And how do I put His calling/my faith into action - otherwise this mentality of I received my sacraments …I received my Baptism and Confirmation, I go to Sunday Mass weekly, I go to confession a few times a year and have done my “duty” - yet we spend our lives building careers, or invest so much in sports, electronics, shopping, and give God the leftovers! . | Living the Faith |
| 2412 | I believe one of the main issues people don't have faith in the real Presence is that people need to understand and be led into a relationship with Jesus (my sister-in-law left for this reason), who is Eucharist, and a second issue is that we need to understand and be taught both the theology and complementing scriptures that teach about the Eucharist (my Catholic son said this), so that we know why we do what we do; don't take this for granted because people have largely been uncatechized since Vatican 11. | Vatican II, Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 2413 | Catechism in general for children up into high school is sorely lacking and does not emphasize going to Mass. many kids receive their sacraments and parents do not take them to Mass. it becomes more of a rite of passage than holy sacraments. The entire catechism curriculum should be dumped and reevaluated/redesigned. | Catechesis |
| 2414 | I think people have to be taught what reverence and what the true meaning of Fear of the Lord is, so they can come before the Lord with awe and respect. Additionally, the supernaturalness of our faith needs to be re-established. | Reverence |
| 2415 | Lack of catechism from the priest, we need to hear about, sins, mortal sins. If you miss me as one a week you have to go to confession unless you’re ill, because if you receive it the next week, it’s a sacrilege people don’t know this I think that, going down to eight minute sermon is a mistake. They do not tell us about any of these things. I see tons of people going to communion but when it comes to confession, there might be a line with six people in it that people aren’t going to confession and go to confession once a month , I don’t think these other people at all so this is what should be discussed by the priest and it is not spoken about. Sometimes I think it’s because they’re afraid to lose people but you have to tell the truth about confession, mortal sins, etc. I think they did each week , just a short. Time I think adults are not catechized and the real presence. Of course it is real, the body blood so divinity of Jesus of course is real. How would they even doubt such a thing I never did and I’m 70 years old and what I was told that there was only 30% of Catholics that don’t believe in the real presence , I just heard that recently from a very good source so there’s different percentages going around one I heard was 70% that didn’t believe in it. I don’t believe that believe it’s around 30% and these people get examples of Eucharistic miracles do we ever hear about that church , no. So they’ve got to talk about the sacraments that confession the Eucharist versus a lot of subjects that I never hear I think going to eight minutes is a mistake that enough time to get adults Catechized. I even did the Bible of the year and the catechism in the year within the last year so I would be up-to-date. Do you think other people do that? I doubt it I think maybe younger people might but I’m not sure but that’s not spoken about. I just think there’s a total lack of catechism and that’s part of the problem for the real presence of Christ and the Eucharist. There’s no doubt in my mind. There never was a doubt that the Eucharist is the real presence of the body blood soul divinity of our Lord Jesus not everybody knows that yes I think the Priest should do more at the ambo. Need to educate these adults when intern could educate their children. I have brothers and sisters and a son and their children that don’t even go to church and I nagged them about it so much and it did no good at all so the priest told me to stop. I don’t know what’s going to happen to all my relatives when it’s their time for judgment. I just think it’s a result, not teaching your kids when they’re young, and Catechism throughout your life. If this was happening, there wouldn’t be any doubt about the real presence. | Confession, Fear/Cowardness, Catechesis, Sin |
| 2416 | Modesty and respectful dressing. | Attire |
| 2417 | N/A- covered all the topics I would say are an issue. | Other |
| 2418 | People born before Vat 2 - know this from their growing up training. Born after? Have they even been made aware of prior Vat 2 Latin Mass? . | Vatican II, TLM |
| 2419 | USCCB not demanding Mass and the Eucharistic to the Faithful 1st Amendment . | Leadership |
| 2420 | The whole Novus ordo is the problem. When every practicing Catholic realizes what has been stolen from them and they return to Tradition, The TLM, then and only then will there be a Eucharistic Revival. Your programs will count for nothing without returning to The Mass of The Ages. | TLM |
| 2421 | the pope encouraging people in mortal sin to come forth and be ONE with the Church. | Leadership |
| 2422 | Vey poor catechesis. The Baltimore Catechism was very strong in educating Catholics in their Faith. Lack of respect for Jesus in the Eucharist -- modesty in dress not even mentioned. Short shorts and immodest dresses are not appropriate for Mass. | Catechesis |
| 2423 | Poor catechism. Parents not upholding and living Catholic faith. | Catechesis |
| 2424 | Our pope is a Jesuit and should have never become pope his liberal agenda does not fit with the role he plays form our faith , he needs to be removed !. | Leadership |
| 2425 | Failure to educate/sermon on evils of Abortion and the Church moving into Social Justice. IVF is killing a child and should be brought out in the Sermons. | Catechesis |
| 2426 | Another issue I believe that should be addressed is that (this is semi sequitur), many of the priests, deacons, and laity do not participate in Biblical and Conciliar studies to aid in the understanding of cradle Catholic Christians. I do additionally believe that there should be more representation for the Eastern Rites in our Church since they have not lost their identities and their understanding of the Most Holy Eucharist. If these go up, I believe the laity will have a better chance in not just informing each other, but attract heretics, schismatics, and non-Christians back to God. | Other |
| 2427 | Pope Francis equating Catholics with Muslims. Acceptance of Sodomites . Priests afraid of Political Bishops. Blessing and allowance of Eucharist for Couples living together. | Fear/Cowardness, Politics, LGBTQ+ Issues, Worthy Reception, Leadership, Ecumenism, Sin |
| 2428 | Not kneeling when the tabernacle is being opened. | Reverence |
| 2429 | It is bigger than just a lack of belief in the Eucharist, which is bad enough. But, there is a growing lack of belief in God, Himself. We are becoming a pagan nation. People educated in the faith are now agnostic or atheist. | Catechesis |
| 2430 | Failure to emphasize the First Fridays and First Saturdays, learning about saints, and Adoration. | Devotions |
| 2431 | Lack of belief in Catholicism as Jesus intended coming from the Vatican!. | Leadership |
| 2432 | Lack of priests maintaining the canonical digits upon consecration and being overly casual in the purification of the vessels. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2433 | Teaching children of the Real Presence. I went to Catholic grade school and High School and never got that education. | Catechesis |
| 2434 | Poor catechisms. | Catechesis |
| 2435 | Encouraging members to come even in VERY casual attire along with lack of teaching does not promote reverence to our Lord. We should honor Him at Mass and long to be fed with His Body and Blood. | Attire |
| 2436 | Pitiful homilies that don’t catechize the flock so that we are less aware of our sinfulness and thereby less aware of our need for the sacraments . | Catechesis |
| 2437 | Lack of living out the faith EVERY DAY at home, in thriving families that are not broken. | Family, Living the Faith |
| 2438 | The younger generation doesn’t want to be tied down to one ideology. They like to experience things immediately. | Modernism |
| 2439 | Both clerics and lay people treating their Catholic faith as something on the side, not the main point purpose and fulfillment of their vocation and life! It needs to inundate our very existence in our culture the way that it has in years past, many years, right now it is just one little thing we do sometimes. Bring the two Faith including the real presence in the Eucharist back into peoples lives in a cultural and personal way. | Lukewarmness |
| 2440 | The priest’s overall lack of reverence for the Eucharist during mass Allowing all kinds of people around the altar and the tabernacle during mass and afterwards. The Eucharist is treated just like a special piece of art, but nothing sacred. There are lay Men and women Who are going Eucharistic ministers standing around the altar without kneeling or showing any reverence for something sacred. Everybody just walks by the Eucharist like it’s nothing. Anybody can go in and out of the tabernacle. No patterns! The training of male Altar Servers not only increased reverence for the Eucharist, but also awakened vocations and young boys! Now the altar servers don’t do much of anything and there’s a bunch of girls mixed in. I am a woman, but this is ridiculous!. | Reverence |
| 2441 | The laity (that would be me) have become lax in our gestures of reverence I.e. during procession and recession, genuflecting as the cross bearer passes with Christ on the cross, and bowing as the priest passes. | Reverence |
| 2442 | Different cultures make a difference when you can’t understand anything they say. | Other |
| 2443 | The way the Church handled Covid. Many people still feel that Faith fell far below science. It was also very sad how the rules during Covid at Church greatly differed from the rules at Catholic schools. At one point our children were faced with restrictions in school yet while attending Mass, these restrictions didn’t exist. | COVID |
| 2444 | Use of Patens. Canonical Digits. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2445 | Get rid of Novus Ordo. We need Latin Mass immediately. Stop the Catholic Church from involvement with illegal immigration. It is demoralizing. Our Pope is a heretic. I won’t tolerate him disciplining our devout Clergy anymore. | TLM, Leadership |
| 2446 | Very lax Catholic media presentations on TV and social media, which emphasize the social aspects of the Mass. | Lukewarmness |
| 2447 | Lack of ringing the handbells during consecration; no reading the words of the Consecration slowly and meaningfully. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2448 | The Sexual Revolution and living in an increasingly secular culture. | Modernism |
| 2449 | We have Priests and Religious who do not believe in the real presence, we see people like Biden and Pelosi, who legislate killing in the womb, and the Pope calling them good Catholics. Many have not only left the Eucharist but the Church. We the laity desire a Holy Church, one that serves God, we are so embarrassed to be called Catholic, we have started going to a Mission Orthodox church, where we are unable to receive the Most Holy Eucharist, we may convert... | Abortion, Lack of Faith, Canon 915 |
| 2450 | I think we need to hear Homilies of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and the benefits of his Presence within us. We need to savor the time after receiving Him and offer prayers of thanksgiving. People should be informed to socialize after Mass in the Foyer. It’s disrespectful to socialize in the Presence of Our Lord. Also, greeting your neighbor; blah!. | Sin, Homilies |
| 2451 | Priest homily, they often just repeat what many of us have already read prior to Mass. They need to apply the message to current events and then teach on a major subject out of catechism that will help us to grow. Example, how to not just pray but how to talk to God, understand how the Holy Spirit is in our souls, how to talk to your guardian angel and teach about specify saints that can help with troubling issues in one’s life. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 2452 | Receiving the Holy Eucharist standing. Altar rails need to be used and if there are none then build them!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2453 | lay people immodestly dressed to receive Holy Communion . | Attire |
| 2454 | The teaching of the difference between the Catholic beliefs and those of our Protestant brothers and sisters. | Catechesis |
| 2455 | You have already mentioned the homosexuality in the church, but for me this is a killer. I absolutely will not attend a mass if I believe the priest is a homosexual . | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 2456 | We need to examine the failures going on in Catholic families, the domestic Church. Parents have more opportunities for catechesis than any priest, bishop, or lay school teacher ever will. Also, we need to fix Catholic schools or abandon them. | Leadership, Family, Catechesis |
| 2457 | Priests that do not show reverence during the consecration of the Mass. | Reverence |
| 2458 | Lectors, especially female. . | Role of Women |
| 2459 | Vatican leadership. | Leadership |
| 2460 | The POPE...I don't believe he is a true man of god, gives communion to pro abortion politicians such as Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden...I think this pope is evil!. | Canon 915, Leadership |
| 2461 | Lack of emphasis on communal singing during the assembly's procession and reception of Holy Communion; Failure to veil the chalice, ciborium, monstrance, and tabernacle. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2462 | Removing ringing the bells, communion rail, too many people handing out communion and wine. Lack of proper dress, woman’s head uncovered. | Extraordinary Ministers, Liturgical Practice |
| 2463 | Important for the Catholic Church to be crystal clear on abortion being the murder of unborn children. Having Biden, Pelosi openly support abortion and be able to receive Communion is totally unacceptable . Encourage priests to deny Homy Communion to those who openly are divorced and cone to church and receive Communion. Be firm as they were decades ago. | Canon 915 |
| 2464 | Most parishes don’t give out communion wine anymore. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2465 | Constant conflict with Rome on all matters directly impacts our Sacramental life and the life of the church. | Leadership |
| 2466 | Not nearly enough pastoral guidance on the importance of social justice. Becoming more of a political lightning rod especially supporting candidates solely on being Pro-Life when they are Pro-Birth. | Social Justice, Politics |
| 2467 | More opportunities for confession . | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 2468 | 1. Use of a paten 2. Lack of emphasis for relevant feast days such as Corpus Christi and for The Most Sacred Blood 3. Failure to promote Adoration among the laity, especially children. | Liturgical Calendar, Devotions |
| 2469 | More preaching from the pulpit on the Real Presence, more involvement of priests & deacons in parochial school & PSR re the Eucharist. More emphasis in our schools & youth groups on Eucharistic Adoration. More emphasis on Eucharistic Adoration at parish level including families. | Devotions |
| 2470 | Casual, indifferent and cowardly priests. Bishops, and horrible cardinals that are canceling the holy priests. Bergoglio. | Persecuted Clergy, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 2471 | The lack of faith in the clergy specially Bishops, the obsession to be in good stand with the world. and the failure to talk about hell and purgatory (God justice) . | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 2472 | Confession is a must before receiving the Eucharist, and returning to using the communion rail. | Confession |
| 2473 | Lack of belief of some clergy in the real presence of Jesus being in the Eucharist. | Lack of Faith |
| 2474 | The fact that only 40% of the clergy beliefs in the real presence is alarming. How can they be with sincere consciousness teaching, express and pass on the love for the real presence to the flock if they themselves don't believe in it? I believe that this is the greatest problem of all. Wondering if those priests are actually infiltrated. | Lack of Faith |
| 2475 | Failure to administer communion to other than Catholics. | Worthy Reception |
| 2476 | I feel the way people dress should be addressed. I feel the quiet in church and the space in the church building, as you enter, should be addressed so a reverence persists the moment one enters this holy place. | Attire |
| 2477 | Bishops and priests not believing in the real presence and not adhering Catholic doctrine. | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 2478 | Remove the POPE. | Leadership |
| 2479 | Protestantism infecting the Church and Catholics. | Modernism |
| 2480 | Educate on inappropriate clothing for mass. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 2481 | catechesis for the family as to sacramental importance. And this encouragement from the pulpit by the clergy. | Family, Catechesis |
| 2482 | Modern Protestantism promoting false doctrine in America Removing TLM Lack of parish involvement in community outside of mass. | TLM, Modernism |
| 2483 | The casual approach the church is taking regarding the real presence. Probably receiving in the hand says the most. How can a person’s hand that was just picking his nose be touching GOD. If two gay priests are living in sin how can they create and eat Jesus’s body and blood. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2484 | So many Catholics no longer believe in Catholic teachings or don't even know what the Church teaches. What so many Catholics believe is more like what their protestant friends believe. There is very little difference between many Novus ordo Masses and protestant church services. Catholic Masses are so casual now and often seem to have more of a social gathering. | Modernism, Liturgical Practice |
| 2485 | Extremely poor catechism taught by laity. Also the use of paten when receiving the Holy Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 2486 | Failure to encourage attending daily Mass and frequent confession. | Confession |
| 2487 | Stripping of the altars and the casual dress and attitude of parishioners. | Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 2488 | Protestantized influence in Novus ordo mass; need to return to Traditional Latin mass. | TLM |
| 2489 | The loss of the belief in the dogma that Outside the Church there is no salvation. | Catechesis |
| 2490 | By not educating the Faithful regarding the numerous Great Saints of the past who were well known for amazing miracles that were connected to the actions of the Holy Eucharist. Miracles of cures, and miraculous conversions of infamous sinners. | Catechesis |
| 2491 | - the shutting down closing churches during COVID. Catholic Churches were closed by bishops before government orders. Constitution protected churches from closure, other religions fought and won court rulings to open churches. No problems with health emergency shopping at stores, but could not visit the Lord and pray in Catholic church. Do Bishops and clergy really believe in true presence, or just on stage performing. - closure of churches, adoration chapels without input from parishioners. Manufactured priest shortages by bishops in US. Removing neighborhood locations housing Jesus without explained justification. - Elimination of public Eucharistic events (40 hours devotion, Exposition, Benediction, etc.) - Scandals involving ordained priests who should be defrocked but allowed to continue to celebrate Mass - Liturgies have become like a non-denominational type service, or a TED talk, no reverence by priests. Words of consecration rattled off like any other written word - one wonders if priest actually believes or intends for the transubstantiation or just going through some motions, reading a script. | Closures, Devotions, Liturgical Practice, COVID, Scandals, Leadership |
| 2492 | Laity not understanding faith and reason work together. Liturgy (public worship) being more focused on the community than worshipping God. | Community, Catechesis |
| 2493 | Loss of consecrated nuns teaching catechism whose lives are devoted completely to Jesus in the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 2494 | Priest don’t believe and preach the gospel to help us to come to the Lord, their homily are empty, we are fighting evil in our own families and have no strength to keep fighting, our teens are turning into homosexual stuff or suicide or drugs, we need more prayer, more rosaries and encouragement for men to be men and take control of their families. But our priests are weak or they can only allow so much by their superiors. | Leadership, Lack of Faith, Devotions |
| 2495 | communion in the hands. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2496 | Use of patterns, using candles to proceed before the Lord when he is being moved. And more public processions not just doing donuts in the parish parking lot. | Eucharist Reception, Devotions |
| 2497 | Priests who, in confession, dismiss some sins - in particular, sins of impurity - create a casual approach to both sacraments (confession, Holy Eucharist). People in a state of grace receive God worthily, growing them instead of hindering their souls. If people cannot discern sin properly because priests are lying to them in the confessional, we have a greater problem. Our overall Church has grown lazy and cannot sacrifice well as a whole. | Confession |
| 2498 | Abortion and same-sex marriage should be taught as sin. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Sin |
| 2499 | Allowing dancing and other activities in the Mass. it should only be the Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist and reverent hymns/music. | Reverence |
| 2500 | That ALL churches need to have the Tabernacle IN the church and not off somewhere else even Adoration Chapel ... needs to be IN the church. | Leadership |
| 2501 | The failure to endorse the doctrine around sin. Preaching everyone is saved no matter what. Why have a sacrificial God if everyone is going to heaven?. | Sin |
| 2502 | Continued use of “ The Spirit of Vatican Two” creates issues and unbelief in the Eucharist. | Vatican II |
| 2503 | Removal of numerous genuflections by the priest after the consecration. Confession not held immediately before Mass. Removal of multiple confiteors. Failure to instruct about and enforce proper attire for Mass. Offering the Eucharist to laity in both species. Clergy casual handling of Eucharist (handling with their entire hand rather than thumb and first finger; leaving "dirty dishes" on a tray off to the side after Mass rather than meticulously gathering and consuming every last drop and morsel; administering to the laity standing and in the hand rather than kneeling and on the tongue, and with only the vague words "Body/ Blood of Christ" rather than the prayers designed for this purpose; the elimination of bells to signify especially sacred moments during the canon; removal of the instances wherein servers kiss the hand of the clergy and his garments.... Basically, we just need to return to the Mass of Pope St. Pius V. | Confession, Liturgical Practice |
| 2504 | Improper catechism . | Catechesis |
| 2505 | Lack of being taught. People are being formed by the culture and current societal pressures to be inclusive not to judge anyone’s actions. Also if we believe and live out our faith in a heroic way holiness would attract and draw others to Jesus. Not the music what we do but by truly being transformed into Christians will attract. We must love and not hate. We have to be transformed by his body blood and divinity. | Modernism, Holiness, Catechesis |
| 2506 | I see extraordinary ministers joking about consuming the remaining cup when returning to the sacristy after Communion. (“Give it to _______, you know how he loves his wine…..”, etc.). | Reverence |
| 2507 | The church is a safe haven in the community. The church needs to become more community based and encourage more people to celebrate mass again. | Community |
| 2508 | Return to the traditional Catholic faith, Latin Mass and traditional sacraments, and these problems will be solved. The problem started with Vatican 2 and introducing a watered down, Protestantized Novus Ordo liturgy and sacraments, along with adopting ecumenism and humanism, and a failure to acknowledge Christ as King over the whole world, and the Church as the ONLY true Church. Replacing the Catholic Church "IS the Church of Christ with "substitute in" is a culmination of many heresies and resulted in this cataclysmic departure from the faith and one true Church. I am a Protestant convert, and came for the unaltered truth, without deviation or confusion, and that is only found in the Church that existed prior to Vatican 2 and still follows ALL of the Church's teaching for the last 2000 years. I came into the Novus Ordo, but could easily see the Protestant influences that I had left behind, so I researched, and moved to the Latin Mass, and will never, ever return to the new mass and Vatican 2 religion. It is NOT Catholic. The Church did NOT need reforming prior to Vatican 2. It needed to obey Our Lady of Fatima but did not. The massive failure of the Novus Ordo and Vatican 2 "reforms" are painfully obvious for all who have eyes to see and ears to hear. Open your eyes, your hearts, and your souls. The world is in grave peril, hanging by a thread. Time is running out. Stop trying to fix what was never broken and simply return to the true Catholic faith. God did not make a mistake in guiding her for 1962 years before that dreaded Council. | TLM, Revelation, Liturgical Practice, Vatican II, Modernism |
| 2509 | Talk about sin, the difference between mortal and venial sin Why its necessary to go to confession so people aren't receiving sacrilegious communions. Explain what mass is, and STOP WITH ALL THE DISTRACTIONS like clapping, liturgical dancing, Rock and roll music, and clapping after a homily. Stop treating the mass as if its entertainment and maybe the laity wont either . | Confession, Sin |
| 2510 | No preaching about the devil and his tricks enough. . | Homilies |
| 2511 | Lack of theocentric emphasis in catechizing, preaching, and liturgy; the busyness and impossible to follow variations of the NO; dysfunction from the get go (cf. concern about announcements and activities rather than “I go to the altar of God”) of to the dysfunction of the sign of peace in liturgical placement and practice. The abysmal leadership from our shepherds - pastors, Bp.’s, Red caps, and current Pope; ecclesiastical climbing, corruption and the homosexual cronyism from seminaries, diocese up to Rome (word is it is likely over 50% seminaries to Cardinals with accompanying deceit), lack of enforcement, firm discipline, and expulsion for violations of tradition and morals for both individuals and organizations of all sorts. | Liturgical Practice, LGBTQ+ Issues, Sign of Peace, Leadership, Catechesis, Lack of Discipline, Canon 915 |
| 2512 | Canceling holy priests and excommunicating holy clergy! Allowing dancing and balloons and dragons and bubbles at Holy Mass is horrible!. | Persecuted Clergy, Liturgical Practice |
| 2513 | The lack of Priests visiting the people of God and look like an ordinary civilian. | Other |
| 2514 | I believe that the impact of the elimination of Gregorian Chant cannot be understated. It is a massive and devastating loss for Catholic culture, all of which (said culture) lifts our hearts to the heavens, driving us to seek worthiness in the eyes of almighty God. | Liturgical Practice, Music |
| 2515 | 1. Changing stance on abortion 2. Increasing elements of 'woke' thinking i.e. non Christian thinking 3. Collaboration with satanic elements in the global governance structure . | Modernism |
| 2516 | Failure to instruct people on the importance of modesty in attire as a form of reverence to the Lord. Allowing female lectors. Allowing lay people on the altar especially during Mass. | Liturgical Practice, Role of Women, Attire |
| 2517 | Explaining what mystery means in the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 2518 | The sacrificial element and propitious nature of the prayer during mass. The lack of attention to the crumbs of the Eucharist, the use of tables and emphasis on a meal, the reduction of the sacrificial role of the priest, the idea we are to be entertained while at Mass, . | Meal vs Sacrifice, Eucharist Reception |
| 2519 | Failure of parents to remove young children who are disruptive to the Cry Room. This is a MAJOR issue for those who seek concentration/ reflection during Mass. | Family, Silence/Distractions |
| 2520 | Failure to properly prepare children for their First Communion. Allowing First Communions to become a secular, cultural celebration rather than a major sacramental event. | Catechesis |
| 2521 | 1) Reminding laity reception is only necessary during Easter Season. (Major) 2) changing of the calendar (moderate) 3) Frequent reception during the mass of the laity and not offering after mass on occasion. (Major) In my opinion this psychologically has conditioned many/most Catholics to expect it. It also through pressure has likely caused people to go up and receive unworthily so to avoid embarrassment of staying in the pew. To be clear I’m not saying this happening often and would need to be the new norm, because I believe what Pope Pius X said on frequent reception. 4)More emphasis on Spiritual Communion (Major). | Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 2522 | Failure to distinguish between the true Transubstantiation (Catholic Eucharist) vs various devout and respectful but ultimately invalid quasi-Eucharist's in non-Catholic Churches Failure to stop Eucharistic sacrilege, e.g. celebrity photo-ops of Communion received by people who openly, unrepentantly, flagrantly reject Catholic faith and morals Careless "storage" of the consecrated species e.g. in a cheap ordinary-looking box "tabernacle" in a corner of the Sacristy with few or no signs that Our Lord is present in a miraculous way. | Ecumenism, Reverence, Catechesis |
| 2523 | It was turned into a ritual years ago, get back to gathering to discuss God and his beauty. No show with flash and dance needed, just gathering to Thank him for his many blessings. | Other |
| 2524 | The politics and activism in the Church from Covid to the environment. We need shepherds who teach us about faith and become closer to Christ and not activists and narrative pushers. | Modernism, COVID, Politics |
| 2525 | Lack of Church teaching and doctrinal instruction in homilies. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 2526 | 60 years of awful catechism classes. We are now reaping what we sowed. Disrespect by priests in the Sanctuary. Attitudes of church leadership. | Leadership, Lukewarmness, Catechesis |
| 2527 | Association with Donald Trump Undue criticism of the Pope. | Other |
| 2528 | Attire. Dress like going to a banquet. | Attire |
| 2529 | Individualism, liberalism, and modernism in society (these all place the principle of judgement of truth in the internal forum rather than the external, i.e. reality; the church) which have not been adequately addressed by the clergy in their preaching and teaching. | Modernism |
| 2530 | The Marion modesty of women. The approval of the absence of veiling. The blatant political influence during petitions. The absence of the Baltimore Catechism in teaching and recruiting new Catholics. | Politics, Attire, Catechesis |
| 2531 | Pope Francis . | Leadership |
| 2532 | Pope speaks out of line. | Leadership |
| 2533 | Priests and catechists need to educate the laity on the Eucharistic miracles which have been studied scientifically, the apparitions of our Blessed Mother Mary all over the world, Her role in the church, the power of praying the rosary, sacramentals, what we need to do to sanctify our lives, purgatory, how fallen angels negatively impact our lives and world current events. This education can be offered in small group gatherings at church in order to build community. Priests should show more reverence by speaking less about every day matters, personal problems and more about Heavenly things so that going to Church feels more like ascending to Heaven and being in the presence of God and not just another social gathering. | Community, Catechesis |
| 2534 | Having grown up before Vatican 2, I watched how it undermined everything about our faith and made it more Protestant with the long term diabolical plan to take us into the one world religion of the one world order. Everything had to trivialize our faith in order to incorporate all religions together. | Vatican II |
| 2535 | Not using communion rail. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2536 | Praying the Novus Ordo Offertory audibly. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2537 | I would say that when people live a style of life in the secular world that is sinful or not consistent with the Faith, that affects the person's willingness and interest in fully embracing the Faith. They will be attracted to "watered down" teaching because it will make them feel their sin is not very severe. Those faithful who are in situations incompatible with the Faith need stronger support in changing those situations. | Modernism |
| 2538 | The failure to speak out about issues regarding the USA and world. Cowardness when it came to closing churches, masking up, lockdowns and mandates. Going along with laicizing priests who speak the truth about the Catholic faith as passed down thru generation. Hob-knowing with politicians. Not publicly cruising Biden for his abortion stance and on and on. Most of them are cowards, a lot are obese and more concerned about their own welfare than that of the church. I haven’t read any of them ( with the exception of a few) speak out about Vigano's excommunication, or the Popes efforts to shut down the Latin Mass or many of his other efforts to destroy the Catholic faith as Jesus taught us. | TLM, COVID, Fear/Cowardness |
| 2539 | People being Poorly Catechized for over 50 Years. The Church has been infected with social/Communist Philosophy. It has not stood up and set itself apart. Lost Moral Authority. | Catechesis |
| 2540 | 1. One's education/formation. For my part, I was educated to understand the world in a way that created extraordinary doubt and obstacles to believing. (evolution, big bang, the ontological flattening of the universe, in which there are just fundamental particles that collide, i.e., no spiritual dimension to the universe, etc.). I believe many Catholics in the pews have been at least implicitly trained to view the world in such a way that, although in their heart they might earnestly want to believe, yet in their mind they have certain false understandings with which they can't reconcile that belief. This interior conflict, especially given the present liturgical abuses, will almost inevitably end is disbelief about the Eucharist and even (as I have personally witnessed with my brother) resentment towards Catholics for claiming such a belief which (to such a person) clearly can't be true given the attitude/understanding of Catholics. My studies in Thomistic philosophy and theology have completely transformed my mind from the way it was formed in public school. 2. The lack of reverence for Holy Scripture and lack of understanding that the Catholic view is that every word was written by the sacred author at the dictation of the Holy Spirit. After all, this is where Catholic belief about the Eucharist comes from. If we can't even believe that, e.g., Moses really wrote the Pentateuch and the Great Flood was real, how can we possibly believe in the Eucharist? I refer you to John 5: 46-47. . | Liturgical Practice, Reverence, Catechesis |
| 2541 | Choosing a heretical pope. | Leadership |
| 2542 | The purposeful restriction of TLM options in dioceses around the country. Statistics reveal the faithful of the TLM are far more in tune with their Faith and the teaching’s of the Church. | TLM |
| 2543 | Never hear about abortion, how evil it is from alter! Priest never talk about how bad!. | Abortion |
| 2544 | Ushering everyone up to Communion by rows. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2545 | 1st) Combining the 2 issues of the laity receiving Holy Communion in their hands, which is a grave abuse, with ‘standing’, which is not an abuse per se, is deceptive. Giving Holy Communion in the hand should be couple with the use of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion - which are never necessary in normal circumstanced. Ending these two abuses will at least double the belief in The Real Presence in a very short time. Most parishes still perpetuate the abuse by calling them ‘Eucharistic Ministers’ - this indicates that the Clergy is lukewarm and not attentive to HIM. 2) Genuflecting whenever passing the Tabernacle. 3) The use of artificial lighting in Churches rather than candles and natural light, which attune souls more easily to prayer. 4) Offering Confession before each Mass so as to properly prepare souls to receive HIM in a state of Grace. 5) True Spiritual worship & Adoration, especially by the Clergy. 6) Proper attire by both Clergy & laity. 7) True, living Faith of Clergy - whereas all their words and actions flow from and are consistent with their belief. | Confession, Devotions, Extraordinary Ministers, Lukewarmness, Eucharist Reception, Attire, Living the Faith, Reverence |
| 2546 | Communion in the hand. It should be only on the tongue for so many reasons!!!!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2547 | Remind laity that the priest is the active confector of the sacrifice on the altar; our designation as "priests" does not mean that we, the laity, must be active participants (vocal responses, taking up the offertory bread and wine, etc.) in offering the sacrifice. It is enough that our reverent presence is active enough. | Catechesis |
| 2548 | Modesty of how to dress for Mass, the veil that it is not a piece of lace on your head , Purgatory there is so many young Catholics that know to pray for the souls ,the simple things that have been lost over years like you don't sit down till the priest sits and leaving early because u received Communion, the prayer n meaning of beating your chest 3 times during Concentration, The little things that add up to the reverence. In respect of the mass and the priest. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 2549 | Women on the altar. Having women readers or allowing women to set up the altar instead of the altar boys. Allowing women to walk in and out of the sacristy like it's their own house. Women need to know their place in the church and stay off the altar unless they are part of the altar guild who help to clean the altar linens, etc. Women need to return to wearing the mantila. Be humble! The dress code for both men and women. Allowing women to wear yoga pants. Both men and women wearing shorts, etc. There is lack of modesty in the dress code. It is shameful!!!!! Dressing like you just came from the gym or will be going for a run after Mass or a game of golf. The clergy NOT addressing the congregation to NOT leave after Holy Communion and stay for the final blessing. Remind the congregation your obligation is NOT fulfilled if you leave right after receiving Holy Communion. | Reverence, Attire, Role of Women |
| 2550 | During COVID why didn't the Church fight to keep the doors open?? Miracles have happened in the past with marching the Eucharist through towns during pandemics?????????? you told the people they don't need the Eucharist!!!!. | COVID |
| 2551 | Lack of Formation, education, and adoration, . | Catechesis, Devotions |
| 2552 | I believe half of the Catholic Church believe that is a symbol, not the actual body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and it is the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and if every Catholic believed our faith would be unshakable, but that is a lack of churches not teaching as parents and grandparents putting that into our children and people teaching that that this is the body and blood of Christ not assemble . | Catechesis |
| 2553 | Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is supposed to implicitly teach the One True Faith. The form/rubric matters. The traditional Latin Mass teaches the Faith better than the Novus Ordo (which based on statistics since 1970, proves that the N.O. has failed to teach the Faith almost completely). All of the questions in this survey would find their solution in the TLM and if the TLM was promulgated universally once more. In short, if you want to solve the crisis of Faith bring back the primary educator on the Faith, which is the Holy Mass—the SOURCE of “the source and summit of Our Faith”. If it was good enough for 1650+ years of Catholic saints before 1970, it’s good enough for us, too. | TLM |
| 2554 | Some Churches in the Cleveland diocese have removed kneelers and the Priest advised the church that as soon as the last person receives the Holy Eucharist that everyone should sit down. It was my parents parish so I would visit them and attend mass, before Mass started people in the church would loudly talk and visit also the Tabernacle wasn’t in the church it is in a little chapel all of those things have completely removed any reverence in that particular church, coming from a very traditional extremely reverent church in Virginia it was so very different. | Reverence, Leadership |
| 2555 | Not enough teaching of the TRUTH. In the sermons. | Homilies |
| 2556 | Not using the patterns at communion, everything has been stripped away, . | Eucharist Reception |
| 2557 | The widespread practice of receiving Holy Communion in the hand vs on the tongue - leads to particle loss, greater risk of dropping a Host, pocketing it, etc., as well as creating a more casual environment surrounding the reception of the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2558 | Failure to equip parents to teach their children about the Real Presence. | Family, Catechesis |
| 2559 | Lack of emphasis/catechists on the link between Confession and the Holy Eucharist. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 2560 | Failing to follow Vatican Ii directives. 1) the communion rail was never directly said to be removed 2) Mass was to be offered in the local language and the entire prayers of the Mass were to be translated which did not happen. 3) the Mass is supposed to be about the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, not about people. 4) the irony of it all is that Vatican II was to draw the other faiths into the church. The opposite happened as Catholics instead flocked to other protestant religions. | Vatican II |
| 2561 | Strong Catholic teaching in Catholic schools . | Schools, Catechesis |
| 2562 | Abandoned the 1 year cycle calendar. Too much scripture without enough proper explanation of it . Now we get nonsense explanations of miracles and events in scripture. Also, lack of emphasis on feasts and solemnities as being special and needed. Novenas too and devotions. Many priests don’t allow recitation of the rosary either. In other words, there has been a down playing of the sacred. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Liturgical Calendar, Catechesis |
| 2563 | Not offering the precious blood of Jesus . | Liturgical Practice |
| 2564 | The reading from Corinthians in which Paul clearly states that to receive the Eucharist in a state of grave sin is to eat and drink condemnation upon one’s self has been removed from the Novus ordo lectionary. People are never confronted with that reading. | Worthy Reception |
| 2565 | Modern thought is adverse to Catholicism. | Modernism |
| 2566 | Jorge Bergolio unraveling the faith. The blatant corruption in the Vatican. Removal of Bishop Strickland, excommunication of Cardinal Vigano, and praise of Father Martin. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 2567 | Communion in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2568 | Get back to tradition! The Traditional Latin Mass is where you will find the true believers in the Eucharist. Also, encouraging regular prayer AND fasting!. | TLM, Fasting |
| 2569 | Dances, adult and youth groups participating in singing or presentations on the Altar. Priests giving hi-fives when entering and exiting the Church at Mass. Priests and laity not being reverent walking past the Tabernacle. | Reverence |
| 2570 | Priests openly supporting anti catholic rules ( supporting politicians with pro abortion ideas etc.…). | Politics, Canon 915 |
| 2571 | The Laity have given up their role in the Church and allowed society to dictate custom. Rather than kneel in Mass throughout the Sacrifice and Canon, we stand, sing, and greet one another (in Novus Ordo). There is a separation between Confession and Eucharist. There is a lack of emphasis on the true role of men in service to God which undermines hierarchy. Priests prioritize being relatable over exercise of authority to such a degree that they seem casual. They’re overall demeanor, then affects perception of the true presence; especially if their comedic demeanor does not completely change during Mass. I could go on… God be with us. . | Confession, Liturgical Practice |
| 2572 | Catholic schools not teaching an authentic Catholic faith and all teachers taking an oath to uphold those teachings. | Schools |
| 2573 | Standards of dress and respect from laity. Men and women should dress modestly and less casually when seeing our Lord and Savior. We should be dressing to see God not a picnic. | Attire |
| 2574 | No formal Catechism classes happening anymore/ laity are not properly catechized. | Catechesis |
| 2575 | Failure to tell the clergy to dress modestly at mass . | Attire |
| 2576 | Poor catechesis Overall disrespect Novus Ordo Mass. | Catechesis |
| 2577 | Lack of confessions and education regarding the need for it. Talk of dangers of sin during homilies . | Confession, Catechesis |
| 2578 | Respect in the funding of the Catholic schools. Churches without crucifixes on the outside of the building . | Schools |
| 2579 | People's lack of believing they are sinners. They think they are "good". | Sin |
| 2580 | Suppression of the traditional mass. Pope Francis’ scandalous statements. The polarization of the Vatican. Weakness if Bishops, Cardinals and the Pope in upholding the magisterial teachings from the time of the early church fathers. Ignoring the saints. The horrors and abuses around the time of Vatican2 . | TLM, Vatican II, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 2581 | Eucharistic acclamation by laity after Transubstantion: “ when we eat this bread and drink this cup…” We have been calling the Eucharist bread after Transubstantion for 50+ years. And waiting for Jesus to come again! He is on the Holy Altar and in the Tabernacle now. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2582 | The main problem is the Church's acceptance and even promotion of enlightenment and post-enlightenment philosophy. Such thinking is logically equivalent to accepting that Adam eating the fruit was a good thing and contradicts the mission of the Church, which is to point to the Eucharist as the "source and summit" of our faith. All of the problems elucidated in your points come from this fact. Too many in the church have a modern "scientific" view; thus, they view the church's teaching as anachronistic rather than fundamental to Christ's teaching. | Modernism |
| 2583 | The Novus ordo mass is the greatest obstacle to recognizing the Real Presence. The Novus ordo mass must be abolished and the Tridentine Latin Rite the only acceptable form of Mass. | TLM |
| 2584 | A general lack of reverence during the whole Mass. The loss mystery and sacredness. | Reverence |
| 2585 | There is a lack of emphasis on the reality of sin and hell and the important of Sacrament of confession and the true power of the mass. | Confession |
| 2586 | to many priests there just for the pay check laity not involved with making Eucharist bread not knowing the difference between body and blood not enough penance celebrations bishops do not believe abandoning catholic schools see it just as a symbol The Good news is the pay roll not the gospel . | Lukewarmness, Leadership |
| 2587 | Allowing uneducated (in the Catholic Faith itself), or highly educated (secular) Catholics who are unbelieving of the Faith to teach in the parishes. | Catechesis |
| 2588 | Receiving the Holy Eucharist on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2589 | Lack of belief from our priests. It starts in the seminaries and proceeds to congregants. And it starts at the top too with flagrant disregard from the Pope, cardinals and bishops who give Holy Communion unworthily to public figures like Joe Biden and even non-Catholics and known homosexuals. If our prelates don't believe this is sacrilege, why would congregants?. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Lack of Faith, Leadership, Canon 915 |
| 2590 | - Far, far too many worldly priests and bishops and religious that are spoiled, pampered, coddled and entitled !!! . | Modernism, Lukewarmness, Leadership |
| 2591 | flip flops and beach wear to Mass. Teaching reverence to the youngest children, instead of letting them run up and down the aisle. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 2592 | The Traditional Latin Mass should be more available and promoted. | TLM |
| 2593 | 1) Failure to encourage proper attire at Mass (ex. People showing up in beach attire, pajamas, work out clothes etc...) 2) Failure to encourage women to wear veils 3) Making unnecessary announcements or thanking staff during Mass 4) People clapping for the choir . | Silence/Distractions, Attire, Applause |
| 2594 | Eating meat on Friday most are not aware you still have to make a sacrifice . | Fasting |
| 2595 | The "education" and Bible studies are not sufficient, at all age levels. | Catechesis |
| 2596 | Proper attire to attend Mass Failure of Catholic school catechesis Improper Sunday School catechesis Deleting incense and bells. | Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 2597 | Just an outright “who cares” attitude from a large majority of the clergy. I am not saying they aren’t great priests because there are. | Lukewarmness |
| 2598 | The lack of teaching about the real presence of Christ to the youth. I grew up going to Catholics schools and feel there was a lack of teaching of the Faith especially since nuns are no longer teachers. I’m from the Chicago area and feel parishes are not teaching youth the Faith. That’s why so many go off to college and no longer follow the Faith. | Catechesis |
| 2599 | Lifelong Catholic never was taught about the true presence until I researched 49 years later. Focus must be on catechesis. I witnessed several local parish catechists teaching the children the host is only a symbol. Still to this day we are not catechizing correctly. | Catechesis |
| 2600 | People being properly catechized Perhaps Priests Sermons would help The way the lay people dress is a problem as well . | Homilies, Attire, Catechesis |
| 2601 | Politicization of the Papacy. Perhaps this was once common hundreds of years ago, but it should not be now. Socialism and support for illegal migration should never be pushed forward by the Pope. This is very frustrating and offensive to law abiding, patriotic Catholics. Pardoning politicians for abortion support also signals an attitude of "Rules for Thee and not for Me" from the papacy towards influential politicians. The Pope does not seem to support traditional Catholics who protest against and are persecuted for anti-abortion views and activities. I see no support from Rome for those actively keeping the Faith in America- this is the greatest threat to Catholicism in my Country. Pope only seems supportive of illegal aliens and socialist ideals from what I read in my Catholic Messenger. My Bishop is no better. I will not even go into how the Church turned it's back on ALL Catholics who did not want to have an experimental medical procedure! Covid vaccine, it is unforgiveable and the Church has never admitted what they did was absolutely bad advice disguised as an "act of love" to get vaccinated. | Politics, COVID, Leadership, Canon 915 |
| 2602 | The closing down of churches during Covid… If we believed in the real presence, we would have been running to our churches for protection TO THE DIVINE PHYSICIAN, Jesus Christ!. | COVID |
| 2603 | Failure to talk about sin and it's relationship to worthy reception of Holy Communion. Failure to teach about our lives as a sacrifice united with Christ - that our everyday lives become the Mass where we offer everything in, with and through Christ to the Father for the salvation of the world. Failure to teach the fear of the Lord and about his justice. | Worthy Reception, Sin, Catechesis |
| 2604 | Properly vetting RE teachers to see what if they are living in sun, ask them their belief in mortal sin, original sin. Getting rid of Baltimore Catechism. Deacons who tell laity if they missed Mass because of daylight savings, and gives them a dispensation. Having priests who dismiss conservative priests and keep homo or liberal priests. | Persecuted Clergy, Catechesis |
| 2605 | Novus Ordo Missae instead of the Tridentine Rite. | TLM |
| 2606 | -Confession offered while people attend Mass (offered at my parish:)) -Attire worn to Mass (fellow parishioners are respectful:)). | Confession |
| 2607 | Catechism on Patristic teaching on Real Presence. | Catechesis |
| 2608 | The combination of all these terrible things. | Other |
| 2609 | Clerical attire while celebrating Mass. | Attire |
| 2610 | Failure to make the PRESENCE of GOD respected and acknowledged in the Church Building through SILENCE and REVERENCE at ALL TIMES….. ergo, loss of the “sense of the Sacred” which a universal language and Gregorian Chant contributed to SO WELL !! As did having ONLY Consecrated hands or sacristans handling sacred vessels. Altar Servers should always be boys if possible as they receive the GIRST STEPS of ORDERS in God’s service toward the Priesthood. . | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 2611 | Watered-down catechesis for our youth. | Catechesis |
| 2612 | Limiting the TLM, priests that freelance and practice a la carte Catholicism. | TLM |
| 2613 | To reiterate, communion in the hand sends mixed messages. The priest wears a humeral veil so as not to even touch the monstrance, yet the Eucharist is passed out in the hand like poker chips. There's a disconnect there. If communion in the hand began as a liturgical abuse, why are we even doing it?. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2614 | When people are ready to return priests are not as accessible to the searching as their Protestant counterparts. My daughter is a fervent Protestant now. The pastors are so available and the community so religiously vibrant that I can see why she was attracted to that. I’ve never heard a priest invite people who were thinking of exploring or returning to call them or the parish center to arrange to meet with someone. NEVER. Also Catholics take for granted the RELATIONSHIP with Jesus. We can talk about that more. . | Evangelization |
| 2615 | Preaching about the Eucharistic other than the listed aspects of Transubstantiation, Miracles, Necessity. E.g. teaching about the beauty and fittingness, sacrificial connotations, etc. | Homilies |
| 2616 | We need to fast and repent - this is huge and we need to pray. We have Catholic who are in public office not following the way of Christ and His church. We're in trouble!!!. | Fasting |
| 2617 | Mixed messaging at all levels on church teaching. Attempts to modernize the church. Catholics who believe in the real presence want authentic church teaching, whole and entire. We don't want to be part of just another denomination. I attend the Novus Ordo Mass but attempts to restrict the Tridentine Liturgy are damaging to the church. Latin is the language of the church and should be encouraged, not restricted. | Confusion, Leadership, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 2618 | We need a Pope who is Catholic! The leadership of the Church is fearful of the clown who thinks he's Pope and will not stand up to his nonsense for fear of being canceled for preaching the TRUTH!. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 2619 | The Pope’s persistent lack of clarity on issues causes significant confusion. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 2620 | Bishops have failed to assume their roles as Princes of the Church. They do not use their authority to educate and promulgate the Church’s teachings. No one believes in Jesus Christ (both religiously and in the Eucharist) because the bishops are abandoning the traditions of the Church instead of using them to bring salvation to modern man. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 2621 | Most Clergy don't even act as if the real presents is real. Then the issue of not holding clergy accountable as if they have a pass. | Lack of Faith |
| 2622 | Every Catholic parish should work toward having perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Churches need to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation every day, not only 15 minutes one day per week. If it is offered regularly, people will come. All parishes should be required to off first Saturday devotions. Most parishes in my diocese don’t offer Saturday morning Mass. ??. | Confession, Devotions |
| 2623 | Immodesty in Church shows lack of faith . | Attire |
| 2624 | 1. The institutional church is implementing rules that are continually out of touch with people’s real lives. Instead of preaching to a poorly catechisms population about the “bells and smells” try teaching how the practical application of the Eucharist can be implemented in their daily lives. 2. There is a direct disregard for all things church when the authoritarianism is put before the pastoral. There is little regard for understanding where people are at and even less desire to learn how to navigate a world in which the church is a part and not the whole. 3. Like it or not, the sex scandal, accessibility, and cover up are still deeply painful for many people. Also the perceived lack of respect for those who are “other” women, LGBTQ, brown, immigrant, democrat, is a huge divisiveness. Instead of being a safe haven and refuge, the institution has become just another talking head. Again lack of empathy and emphasis on the marginalized people. | Scandals, Leadership, Catechesis, Modernism, Living the Faith |
| 2625 | Lack of sound catechesis for many years for our children and adults Irreverence in dress at mass, to ripped jeans, shorts, immodest clothing etc. Communion in the hands. The priests hands are blessed !! Churches were once a place of reverence and awe. The radical removal of alters, statues ,etc. in the 70's . | Attire, Catechesis, Modernism, Reverence |
| 2626 | Poor catechesis. We did away with the Baltimore Catechism and now usually volunteer parents teach CCD. Reverence for the Eucharist starts early in life, and I feel this is a huge issue. | Catechesis |
| 2627 | Application of godless modern psychology in disciplining priests who abused children. Mental illness has nothing to do with it. The ability to resist one's carnal urges, whether they be for adult women, children, or farm animals is a qualification for priesthood. Priests who have affairs with adult women are defrocked immediately. Mental illness only determines the vector of temptation, not the magnitude, in this context and should not be a consideration in removal from the priesthood. This was an error of confusing secular pseudoscience for sound teaching. | Lack of Discipline, Modernism |
| 2628 | Shaking hand during Mass. | Sign of Peace |
| 2629 | Before Communion, reminding the congregation whom we are about to receive and not to receive if you are not Catholic and do not share our belief/faith. | Worthy Reception |
| 2630 | -Women and girls on the altar, especially girl “altar servers.” -The disruption of the sign of peace and shaking hands throughout the congregation. - Lack of modesty in the Churches. -Loss of Truth, goodness and Beauty. -Lack of deep, rich and meaningful Catechesis. Dumbing things down, especially for our children. -Lack of men leading. -Taking away the St. Michael prayer at the end of Mass. -Loss of reverence for our priests and our priests not recognizing the dignity, power and gift God has given them in their priesthood. -Priests not being able to administer/put the Sacraments before everything else because they are too busy with admin work. -Taking away the Tridentine Baptism. | Priestly Duties, Sign of Peace, Beauty, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence, Role of Women |
| 2631 | Lack of solid catechism for children that teaches the real presence and not just moral dilemmas. | Catechesis |
| 2632 | Failure of catechetical formation in Catholic schools especially in the formative grade school years. | Catechesis |
| 2633 | NWO. | Modernism |
| 2634 | Extremely poor catechesis on the faith. What children are being taught now is so watered down that no one can figure out what the church is truly teaching. | Catechesis |
| 2635 | Practicing Catholics do not understand the importance of the sanctity of human life; subsequently, attach no significance to the transubstantiation and Christ's Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 2636 | You touched on this, but I think extraordinary ministers and communion in the hand have destroyed belief in the Real Presence. I also believe that people should be taught to respectful and not walk up to communion with their arms at their sides or behind their back. Many Catholic Churches have been stripped of their beautiful artwork and statues, I believe that makes the church less formal and that leads to the loss of belief in the Real Presence. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception, Beauty |
| 2637 | Lack of education . | Catechesis |
| 2638 | USCCB are dominated by modernists who do not defend the faith and support heterodox beliefs which are contrary to Sacred Scripture and Tradition. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 2639 | Lack of emphasis on regular church attendance. | Catechesis |
| 2640 | Priests leading applause in the Church for every person, event or occasion. Singing Happy Birthday in church. | Silence/Distractions, Applause |
| 2641 | Love of Jesus. Encountering Him in Scripture. Emphasizing our lack in “seeing” ala Thomas Aquinas but doesn’t mean He isn’t there!! “Proof” of the Resurrection in changed lives same as with the Holy Eucharist. Daily Mass!!!!!! Silence. Solitude. | Relationship with Jesus, Silence/Distractions |
| 2642 | A lackadaisical attitude towards the sacred in general. Pleasing people seems to outrank teaching and preaching Truth. . | Reverence, Lukewarmness |
| 2643 | Clergy do not preach and teach about the Real Presence in the Eucharist. Also they allow people to behave as if the Church is the social hall. Do not teach or enforce referential behavior in Church and clergy are often among the worst offenders. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 2644 | Being a Lutheran the first 65 years of my life before becoming a traditional Catholic, I will tell you that the modernization of the Catholic Church is taking the church in the direction of Protestantism instead of what Jesus intended. People inherently need and are hungry for what the church offered prior to the last 60 years. | Modernism |
| 2645 | Priests and bishops not defending the right of Catholics to the Traditional Latin Mass and receiving the Eucharist in the hand!!!. | TLM, Leadership |
| 2646 | Behavior with in the church, silence and respect house of GOD . | Silence/Distractions |
| 2647 | Lack of witness to that by priests. Failure to bring people to an encounter with God's Love through the Holy Spirit who then witnesses interiorly to the Real Presence and to the teachings concerning that. After all, He's the One who brings it about for us. Failure in the hospitality of God's Love in the parish community. . | Public Witness |
| 2648 | - dress code for Mass - following through on educating the Laity -admitting from the pulpit that the Church is captured from within… leftist politics . | Politics, Attire |
| 2649 | Negative attitude from Pope Frances on the ancient Traditional Mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 2650 | so many were not taught the Real Presence during their formative years. | Catechesis |
| 2651 | Bring back high Mass, incense, ringing bells at the consecration. Women should be encouraged to wear head coverings like mantillas. People , especially women , dressed immodestly and inappropriately for church. Lack of availability of confession. The Utah parish I belong to only has it available for 1/2 hr on Saturday afternoons. There are always people who don’t get a chance to receive absolvance. When I can attend an SSPX or other Latin Mass confession is offered before each Mass and there are so many waiting and still can’t receive absolvance. Establishment of rosary organizations and other such programs should be encouraged. Night long adoration of the Holy Eucharist. There are lots of things that used to be done but not anymore. Bring them back. Stop allowing the congregation to raise their hand in the Orans Position, it’s only for the celebrant. Encourage reverence and silence before the Lord in the tabernacle. Priest explaining more about the Mass and what it means. Get rid of post 60s pop style music , bring back great music. Get rid of the sign of peace after the Our Father—it’s a totally Protestant thing. Saying the after Mass prayers like prayer to St Michael. People don’t have the fear of God anymore. | Confession, TLM, Music, Sign of Peace, Silence/Distractions |
| 2652 | Need to preach the real presence never heard a sermon in 60 years about the significance of John 6 it gets read at mass with no real comment that shortly after it’s read it becomes a reality . | Homilies |
| 2653 | Being silent and praying after receiving Jesus. Meditating and silence after receiving Jesus. | Silence/Distractions |
| 2654 | Vatican II . | Vatican II |
| 2655 | Instead of looking at within the church, look without. People in general have become more worldly. They have lost sight of Jesus Christ and what the Holy Eucharist means. It is not part of their daily lives. They can be told that the Eucharist is necessary for their salvation but a person must discover that Truth for themselves to truly understand it. | Modernism |
| 2656 | Covid, shutting down the Masses without a fight showed the faithful that the Bishops and Holy Father don't believe. So, many have followed suit. | COVID, Leadership |
| 2657 | The casual nature of the Novus ordo Mass is, I believe, the greatest reason for the loss of faith in the real presence. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2658 | Terrible CCD classes for children who are now adults. Didn’t learn anything of substance. Too much crafting and emotional talk and not enough of the basic facts of the catechism. I’m learning everything as an adult trying to teach my own children. This is a huge failure of the church that will have generational effects. The church needs to teach the basics of the catechism at a minimum standard. It is not what I (a millennial and my peers ever were taught). | Catechesis |
| 2659 | Servant of GOD, John Hardon SJ , said that the promotion of transignification and transfinalization (Rahner / Schillibeekx) led to a great loss of Faith in the Real Presence. Pope Paul V1 spoke of these errors in “Mysterium Fidei, “ as you well know. | Other |
| 2660 | Availability of confession beyond Saturday . | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 2661 | I believe there should be adult formation more consistently for ages 18 to 80. People become stagnant in their faith after confirmation. In order to evangelize their own children, they need their faith strengthened. | Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 2662 | I am a retired professional statistician so when I heard the Pew results quoted (% of Catholics who believe in the Real Presence), I obtained the raw data and it showed that the problem is revealed not in the numerator but in the denominator. What I mean is, the Pew study counted as Catholic, anybody who simply said they were. A very high percent of those who didn't believe in the Real Presence were not practicing their faith much at all (e.g. don't regularly attend Sunday Mass) so they probably also don't believe in the virgin birth, the priestly authority to forgive sins, the resurrection or any other dogma of the Church. I would suggest that, compared to these other Catholic beliefs, the Real Presence isn't particularly hard to accept. So I believe that some of the things you listed as contributing causes directly to a loss of the Faith and mainly indirectly to the loss of belief in the Eucharist. | Other |
| 2663 | Society in general. Individualism and relativism. Diminishment of self control and responsibility to lead a life of service. | Modernism |
| 2664 | NGO such as catholic charities has contributed to current social and economic problems not only in the United States but around the globe. Yet the catholic community is struggling to pay their own bills and continue to tithe to the church! Additionally the church has embraced social justice over the written word and expects the faithful to embrace worldly behavior. | Social Justice |
| 2665 | Increased secularism in society. Constant attack on family, education system, religion and other cultural institutions. | Modernism |
| 2666 | Pope Francis scandals and Him not showing good example such as worshipping Pachamama, gay blessings, and not holding heretical Priests such as James Martin or politicians accountable. He is not a good example of a truly Catholic Pope. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 2667 | The bishops closed the churches during covid instead of letting people decide for themselves. The message declared by the bishops was made clear - our individual health and safety and obeying the government mandate was more important than receiving what appears as just a wafer. I grew up in the 60s and 70s, learning that receiving the Eucharist was more important than the risk presented to our life and safety; receiving the Eucharist was worth the risk of death. Priests would have delivered the Eucharist to individual homes even under the cover of darkness if necessary. That act would have demonstrated the true importance of receiving. I believe the bishops and priests made the mass and the Eucharist irrelevant. | COVID, Leadership |
| 2668 | This is obviously a biased survey. An option as an answer should have been “not applicable” or “not an issue”. Biased surveys are disrespectful and deceitful. | Other |
| 2669 | Forgetting the scared spiritual beauty of Catholicism. It is tangible and a special grace that can only comes from our Father. Be it the Mass, Adoration, music, church building and Art. Nothing in the survey was not major issue. Combined huge. But then ALL issues can and must be spiritually addressed however appropriate and always in prayer. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 2670 | Receiving the Eucharist in the hands. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2671 | The acceptance and endorsement of gay/lesbian relationships (marriage) in any church. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 2672 | The priests no longer believe in real presence. | Lack of Faith |
| 2673 | Immodesty in dress : view of 'side boobs' on women , using pants or culottes ; bare chests , hairy legs on men ; absence of veils on women ; excessive talking and sometimes even shouting by men and women ; extremely limited attendance to the confessional before the Novus Ordo Mass , even no women ever seen going to Confession at the Novus Ordo ; no use of the patent when receiving Holy Communion & thus trampling on Sacred Particles at the NO ; women entering the sanctuary at will ; women as lectors ; screaming of the priest at a communicant for not receiving the Host from a so-called 'Eucharistic ministers' ; screaming by the priest at one who turns away because the priest would not administer Communion on the tongue ; lack of the proper way to cleanse the area where a Host is accidentally dropped . Some videos show an increase in stealing of the Host or handling by unconsecrated hands which might deposit Our Lord in a book or next to a statue upon leaving the Church ---- All of these last things happening in a Novus Ordo Church and reported to the Bishop after behaviors were repeated , but no changes noted by this communicant , except for administration of The Sacred Host on the tongue from time to time . At two other NO parishes the celebrant was much more reverent and did administer communion on the tongue to a few communicants at the end of the standing line to receive . Do I ever recall a homily where sin and the possibility of damnation were even mentioned by the priest at a Novus Ordo Mass , or the necessity of Confession at east once a month ? I do not think so . Things were all entirely different at the Traditional Latin Masses attended . | Confession, TLM, Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception, Attire, Leadership, Silence/Distractions |
| 2674 | Abortion , trangendering of children. | Abortion, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 2675 | *Teaching why the Real Presence is true *Catechesis that is more robust, apologetic, and has higher expectations *young people are treated like they can’t learn as much as in school…they should have rigorous religious education to learn actual teachings of the Church and why the Catholic Church is the fullness of Truth *Teach against relativism, which has taken over Western thought. Teach the Truth. . | Catechesis |
| 2676 | Our Heavenly Mother says we must go back to tradition. We are disrespecting Her Son with Novus Ordo, It is Protestant and everything but Catholic, we are trampling on Christ in this New Age Mass , it is infiltrated by the Free Masons. Every Mass is Calvary, Our God is truly suffering in the new Mass , there is nothing but Sacrilege after Sacrilege, God is very , very displeased with the New Age Mass and He suffers Greatly within the Holy Church. No respect given to Our Holy Lord, but God will triumph always ,we will go back to His old ways. | Modernism, Liturgical Practice |
| 2677 | Attire at Mass. | Attire |
| 2678 | Priests abusing the Eucharist in ritual abuse. Although not common, it does happen. | Reverence |
| 2679 | When the prayers for mass were changed by the Consilium the mass became completely disoriented. | Vatican II |
| 2680 | Lack of Biblical teaching from whence we learn about the Eucharist (in the OT and NT); the connection to the Early Church Fathers' belief in the Eucharist; and our current teaching on the Eucharist -- that it's all connected and the same. | Catechesis |
| 2681 | The Novus Ordo rite. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2682 | Failure to provide (1) a witness of sacrificial love that links to (2) vibrant catechesis on ecclesial identity. | Catechesis |
| 2683 | In a diocese/archdiocese under the bishop/archbishop, the priests aren't all on the "same page." There are parishes where the priests are reverent saying the Mass and give homilies that are preached from their hearts on how to live a truly Catholic and Christlike life. These types of priests you can see they have a daily prayer life, go to Confession regularly, read the Bible, and live their lives like Christ and how they preach. Other priests let the staff and parishioners run the parish who totally lose their Catholic faith and no longer believe in the Real Presence of Jesus because without spiritual direction from the priest they start making up their own. There should only be one type of Mass, Latin. It was a sad day when the Novus Ordo Mass overtook the Latin Mass. That in itself is confusing for a Catholic especially those who lived during the 60s and 70s. Some parishes have confessions every day of the week and other parishes the priest hears confessions for 30 minutes once a week. There is no emphasis on the importance of Confession by many priests in order to be in the state of grace to receive Jesus in Holy Communion. It was a big mistake to take statues of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Stations of the Cross out of the parish churches and taking the crucifixes and tabernacles out of the church sanctuaries. Many parishes don't have any kind of Adoration weekly or even once a month. Many young people are attending the Latin Mass because they see what is missing in the Novus Ordo Masses. The Latin Mass cannot be shortened and has many times of silence during the Mass. Some priests try to make the Novus Ordo Mass as short as they can otherwise people complain that the Mass is too long, also they want to say things in their homilies so people continue contribute money; people want to be entertained at the Novus Ordo Mass. I was upset when it was announced that there was going to be a National Eucharistic Congress and all the money they would spend on it. If all the priests under bishops/archbishops were all on the "same page" years ago, this wouldn't even be necessary. In my archdiocese there are parishes that are so liberal that are leading Catholics away from the Church and yet the archbishop does not shut them down. And if you have a complaint about this type of parish, you are basically ignored. I was at this type of liberal parish for 30+ years that was run by the staff and parishioners until I came upon "The Miracle Prayer" that opened my spiritual eyes and eventually left the parish. When I went to a more solid Catholic parish, I didn't realize how stifled my faith had become. Now this parish has a young priest as a pastor who is a truly Catholic priest living out his priestly vocation and turning this parish around trying to make it a truly Catholic Church. But for the past 3 years has been attacked by the former parishioners. He wants to put the large donated crucifix that was purposely placed on the side wall into the sanctuary and make the "worship space" as a church by putting partitions up to separate it from the rest of the building (which was purposely built to be used as an auditorium) but he doesn't seem to be getting the support of the archdiocese to move ahead with it. Maybe the bishops/archbishops all have to be on the "same page" themselves. Too much confusion is being caused by them which "Catholics" don't know what to believe. Thank you for doing this survey!!!. | Confession, TLM, Liturgical Practice, Leadership, Modernism, Worthy Reception |
| 2684 | I feel that we do a poor job teaching children about the faith. More resources should be devoted to teaching children the importance of the Eucharist. The earlier they learn the better. They also need Continuing Education on it as they grow. | Catechesis |
| 2685 | A substantial portion of the laity are not catechized in the Catholic faith. | Catechesis |
| 2686 | Horrible Catholic education in Catholic schools. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 2687 | This Pope…… Is NOT AN ACTUAL CATHOLIC!!! He promotes HOMOSEXUALITY AND PRAISES THE LGBQRSTUVWXYZ!!!!!!. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 2688 | The attack on the traditional church, the attack on traditional vocations and religious orders. The "Church" is failing at feeding the poor, providing faith to the sick, caring for the young, caring for the elderly, and bringing our Lord to society. The physical presence of religious orders in the community working the Corporal Works of Mercy. | TLM, Leadership |
| 2689 | Fear . | Fear/Cowardness |
| 2690 | Catholic school education. There is money for everything else ,but none for schools. The Catholic church will be obsolete within the next generation, if they don't educate the children. . | Schools |
| 2691 | Long sermons regarding theological principles using words not fully understood by the laity. Loud chatting before Mass or after Mass, disrespecting the Blessed Sacrament. Parents allowing children to misbehave, sometimes letting them go up to the altar during Mass No more missions or retreats, free of charge Less Protestant music and more Catholic music . | Music, Silence/Distractions, Homilies, Reverence |
| 2692 | Current pope’s hostility toward use of Latin and the Latin Mass, and his attitude supporting LFBTQ, sacramental reception and blessings to those who are still practicing grave sins. I include abortion, LGBTQ support, ignoring divorced and remarried couples receiving communion. Francis’ excommunication of Arch bishop Vigano while he dies nothing about the antics of the German bishops, “Fr” Martin et all! In short the pope’ adherence to Liberation Theology. | TLM, Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Abortion, Worthy Reception |
| 2693 | The False prophet is present and Jewish Freemasonry has entered Our lady. Both need to leave. Ave Maria, Praise Jesus. Thanks be to God. | Leadership |
| 2694 | Failure to explain controversial views in a way that is understandable to a modern world view. | Catechesis |
| 2695 | Shaking hands at the "Kiss of Peace". | Sign of Peace |
| 2696 | I believe that we should all receive Holy Communion on the tongue, kneeling (if physically able) at the altar rail. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2697 | No emphasis/ongoing reminders on genuflecting towards Blessed Sacrament in Tabernacle on entering, leaving Church or crossing in front. Cavalier attitude of all non-clergy on the altar near the Blessed Sacrament. | Reverence |
| 2698 | Failure to teach to young Catholics. | Catechesis |
| 2699 | Poor catechesis when preparing 1st Communicants... especially when parents aren't fully included in the catechesis. If Mass on Sunday and receiving Jesus in the sacraments isn't a high priority for the family, then we do a disservice to the child. | Family, Catechesis |
| 2700 | I, I, I, me, me, me homilies including emphasis on watching series like The Chosen and joining Alpha groups. What a lost opportunity to preach truth to the faithful!. | Homilies |
| 2701 | Letting people of all face at a funeral, receive communion, at a funeral never mentioning purgatory or hell, as if they don’t exist. I never heard of sermon on the four last things from the time I was in grade school until just about five years ago! Therefore people no longer believe that they’re even is a hell and that everyone goes to heaven, so what does it make how you treat the Eucharist if everyone’s going to heaven. | Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 2702 | A very casual attitude about the mass by the clergy . | Reverence |
| 2703 | Too casual walking to the alter - few folded hands in prayer. Lack of reverence seems too prevalent. | Reverence |
| 2704 | Abject surrender to the governments classification of church as 'non essential' during covid. | COVID |
| 2705 | I believe that allowing our non Catholic brothers and sisters would help to start a movement of return to the church for the mystical truth that we still have. I think that the Eucharist could reunite us. It’s time to stop giving the impression of a private club that is not interested in new members. God is truly present and the Eucharist is truly miraculous! Jesus said the ones invited to the banquet don’t even care about it anymore so go out and get everyone else and invite them to the banquet. | Evangelization |
| 2706 | Attire fit for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. | Attire |
| 2707 | Homilies should more strictly teach catechism that was forgotten or not taught in public school. | Homilies |
| 2708 | The Novus Ordo mass only says the following 1 time when the Tridentine Mass says it 6 times: "Lord I am not worthy that Thou should come under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed". | TLM |
| 2709 | The advance in technology has caused an almost insatiable desire for instant gratification amongst the populace. Humility and discipline have evaporated in an egocentric culture with devices at the ready to feed the pleasure centers in the human mind and body. I would push for more Eucharistic processions in public places. Also, the liturgy needs to be very martial. You have to get the men. If you get the men then women will follow. | Modernism |
| 2710 | Leaving a lot of the faithful to deal with their catastrophic sins problems alone, or letting them grow unfettered into huge sin problems has a real long term effect. I think we need to reemphasize the importance of frequent confession for proper disposition to receive the Eucharist, and then to make every effort to make confession more available. But that said, when do our priests realistically have any extra time for confession? There’s a conflict there. We need more tithing to support more priests (likely even visiting or missionary priests in some locations) in order to support more of the sacraments like confession. | Confession, Sin |
| 2711 | failure to educate, preach, the truths of the faith due to social and personal concerns; then failing to administer appropriate discipline to our shepherds when they violate the laws/truths that we are suppose to follow. That sends the wrong message. | Lack of Discipline, Fear/Cowardness |
| 2712 | In the past, reverent dress for both males and females was mandatory. Many times attendance just looks like auditorium attire. No dress code in almost all Catholic churches. | Attire |
| 2713 | Although Vatican 2 is valid it seems that infiltration by Modernist/Masonic influences has sewn an extraordinary amount of confusion. It's suffocating poorly catechized Catholics!. | Vatican II, Modernism, Catechesis |
| 2714 | Emphasis on parents as the first teachers and roll models of faith to their children. | Family |
| 2715 | Having the Alpha & the Omega ! ! Prayers at the Foot of the Altar at the beginning of Mass & ending with The Last Gospel John 1. | Reverence |
| 2716 | We too have a responsibility to remain with Jesus after Mass in our disposition as we exit church, exit the parking lot and encounter the people who come into this sacred space God has allowed within us. | Devotions |
| 2717 | I have a medical condition where I need a low gluten Host. Although I purchase them myself, not all priests or deacons will accommodate my situation without making me feel like it is a huge hassle or taking extra time they don't have. They also "flicked" a Host to the back of my throat because they do not want anyone to receive on the tongue. | Other |
| 2718 | -Making the Mass about man and man's desires rather than remember the Mass is God's Mass, not ours -Not emphasizing the reality of sin and how august the Mass is (neglecting Penance and Reparations) -Not enough action to help others not fall into sin (since sin darkens the intellect) -Not emphasizing fear the Lord -Misunderstanding what communal prayer and lay participation are. | Confession, Modernism, Sin |
| 2719 | As a convert the Scriptures convinced me of the true presence during my instructions. The Church needs to proclaim more often our Lord's own words in the Gospels in teaching the truth of the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 2720 | Personal relationship with Our Lord. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 2721 | Lack of reverence in new mass Lack of interest in spiritual formation Spiritual sloth General Lack of faith. | Reverence |
| 2722 | Failure to offer the sacrament of confession (being in mortal sin blinds many to Jesus' presence) and to bring the viaticum to the dying. Priests who will not get up at night to bring the Lord to the dying show that they do not believe in His true presence. | Confession |
| 2723 | Failure of the magisterium to adhere to the tenets of the deposit of faith casts doubt on every aspect of the doctrine of the church. | Leadership |
| 2724 | Only the clergy has consecrated hands and only they should touch our blessed Lord Many clergy don’t hold their fingers together after consecration. I see them wiping there hands. The use of the patent under the chin of people receiving Our Lord. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2725 | Teaching on the four last things. | Catechesis |
| 2726 | Partially mentioned - in that ONLY CONSECRATED hands can touch the Holy Eucharist. The fact that anyone can touch the Sacred Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord, completely destroys belief in the true presence. If anyone can touch the Sacred Species, then how the heck can it be HOLY??? In 2 Samuel 6:6 Uzzah reached out to steady the Arc so it would not tip off from the cart, Uzzah was struck dead by God for daring to touch the Arc of the Covenant. How can we have faith in the real presence if there is no reverence and it must begin with the Clergy and be taught to the laity. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2727 | Can you take a most holidays and put them on Sundays? They took the chance for people to sacrifice to go to a weekday math. And they’ve taken not eating or drinking twin hour again no sacrifice three hours would be much better. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 2728 | The reverent clergy are intimidated to speak out in fear of what the bishops will do. The years of entertainment in the Mass has replaced the awe and wonder of the Mass. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 2729 | Ecumenism . | Ecumenism |
| 2730 | Almost no fostering of communal life or an understanding of the communal nature of the Eucharistic Table, hypocrisy and self-righteousness among the clergy, very little emphasis on true relationship with Jesus or any understanding of his mission on earth and in the Church and therefore why the Eucharist is even significant. It feels like an empty act, a going-through-the-motions, a superstition or a Pharisaical show in most parishes. | Relationship with Jesus, Community, Leadership |
| 2731 | Lack of reverence to the Sanctuary and Altar. Separation and restriction to who can enter the Sanctuary. | Reverence |
| 2732 | I believe that the sanctity of the Mass has been greatly diminished by society and shortage of religious priests and nuns . I also think the fact that the churches are consolidating give the priests so much more work that they cannot give the time they used to be able to in order to bring the sanctity of the entire Mass to the people. Priests are too overworked and because of shortage, getting much older. Physically not able to do everything they used to and reaching burnout at an alarming rate. | Closures, Priestly Duties |
| 2733 | When receiving the Eucharist when there is an altar rail, there should also be an Altar Server holding a Communion-plate to catch any pieces of the host if it were to fall. We need altar rails and Communion-plates at every Mass to show reverence to the Eucharist. Also encouraging Communion on the tongue instead of in the hand also shows reverence to the Eucharist and is safer as there would be less likely the Eucharist could be desecrated. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2734 | the fake pope. | Leadership |
| 2735 | Extraordinary ministers walking around passing out the Eucharist to people (usually older folks) who then leave before mass is over!. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 2736 | The church aiding & abetting in human trafficking of illegal aliens into America & Europe. | Scandals |
| 2737 | Receiving the Eucharist should be the time to talk to our Lord in reverence and not be singing and listening to annoying music. | Silence/Distractions |
| 2738 | The confusing and ambiguous teachings of the Pope and Bishops when they tell half-truths and don't finish the Church's or Christ's teachings. For example, the Pope continually emphasized the "humanity" of the Eucharist, when my children really need to hear more of the "divinity" of the Eucharist. There are too many times when, as a Catholic Mom, I have to finish or clarify the words of the Pope and Bishops due to the confusion and ambiguity they create. Also, the fact that the Pope stopped celebrating Daily Mass during COVID on May 17, 2020, and now only "presides" at televised Masses, tells my children that the Eucharistic celebration is not that important. | COVID, Leadership, Confusion |
| 2739 | Fasting. | Fasting |
| 2740 | Visitation at funerals is loud, the deceased practically canonized at the funeral Mass. | Silence/Distractions |
| 2741 | Failure to stress importance of confession of mortal sins before receiving Holy Communion; infrequent Adoration and Benediction opportunities; homilies need to stress how difficult it is to enter through the narrow gates to earn heaven. | Homilies, Worthy Reception, Devotions |
| 2742 | The lack of support from Vatican . | Leadership |
| 2743 | Not providing opportunities for those laity who desire to receive the Holy Eucharist on their knees, whether at an altar rail, or just providing a kneeler for those who desire to receive Our Lord in the most reverent manner possible!!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2744 | The major issue I see right now is this survey is going out to those who do attend Mass and not those who have been lost. We fail in so many ways to welcome all to Christ. When we open our hearts to Jesus, this is when the miracles happen. It is not up to us to cast the stone and decide someone cannot receive Jesus Christ. Only Jesus Christ can deny himself to oneself. I hope our Catholic Faith can open our eyes and hearts to really see what is going on with the Catholics who have left the church ????. Thank You. | Other |
| 2745 | Those of us from the GenX generation were the first post-Vatican II generation. We were born after the council ended. We received very little formation. I cannot emphasize that enough. Our formation was zilch. I attended Catholic grammar school and Catholic college. We were taught that we were celebrating the memorial of the Last Supper; that it was a symbol and a reenactment of the Last Supper. Communion in the hand only. We had a honey baked loaf at our Sunday mass at my university. We were gathering together as a memorial meal. So if it was a memorial meal, why then did we need confession? Who goes to confession before a meal? (Even Bishop Barron's little book about the Eucharist emphasizes the meal aspect, which creates a lot of confusion for the reader.). When I fell away from the Catholic Church, I first visited an Episcopal church for their liturgy. I was seeking out another Christian denomination for various reasons. (Vatican 2 was about being ecumenical, so to the GenXer, why not check out other churches). I was shocked that the Episcopalian mass was exactly the same as the Catholic mass. I wrongly assumed that they got their liturgy from the Catholics. If the Catholic liturgy is the same as the Episcopal church, then why do we need confession? We were never taught that the mass was a sacrifice (in their defense, I sometimes question whether the Novus order is a sacrifice in comparison to the TLM); we were taught nothing about transubstantiation. I didn't learn about transubstantiation until I was in graduate school at a public university during a course about the history of the Reformation (the professor was protestant). Everyone talks about the Millennials and GenZ, that they have no formation, no belief in the Eucharist. GenX was the first generation having to deal with the "reforms" of Vatican 2. I pray for GenX fallen away Catholics everyday when I pray my rosary. Because so many were failed by the church, the schools, and their parents that they do not see the value in going to church let alone belief in the Real Presence. And GenX Catholics have fallen through the cracks. Anyway, the bishops are fighting against 40-50 years of essentially no catechism about the Real Presence. It's going to take more consistent work on the local level to educate people. A three year Eucharistic revival isn't going to be enough to bring things back to where they should be. By the way, it was through the Extraordinary Form of the liturgy that I have started to believe in the Real Presence. We started going to the TLM during Lent 2024 because there was so much news about how the TLM was going to be canceled. We wanted to see what the TLM was like before it was eradicated. (Do the powers that be in the church know about "The Streisand effect?"). There is no doubt of the Real Presence in the extraordinary form. In the ordinary form, it is hit or miss. Two months ago I attended a Novus ordo mass where the priest said that we were going to have "Brunch with Jesus." The bishops have their work cut out for them. | Leadership, TLM, Catechesis |
| 2746 | Catholic schools, no longer teaching the faith or regularly attending Mass. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 2747 | No emphasis on attire, reverence from priests and attendants. To much emphasis on choir and lengthy “entertainment” . No mention of any moral teaching on political issues such as divorce or homosexuality . | Fear/Cowardness, Attire, Reverence, Sin |
| 2748 | Cheesy hymns sung during communion that only speak of a supper and all are welcome at the table. | Music |
| 2749 | Poor education, combined with the lack of reverence on dressing (shorts, lack of modesty). We should be reminded to keep our voices down and conversations outside. I would encourage the use of mantillas as a sign of respect. | Silence/Distractions, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 2750 | There are remarkably few homilies about the true presence and there is too much emphasis on community without pointing out that ultimate community is union in Christ with the true presence. | Homilies, Community |
| 2751 | Failure to expect modesty from the congregation. And Failure to teach what modesty is to the congregation. . | Catechesis |
| 2752 | Priests using homily for political purposes instead of preaching the gospels of Jesus--forgiveness, not judging others, compassion, love. How would Jesus treat women today? Where would he be spending His time-with the poor, the immigrants, the elderly, the suffering. | Homilies, Social Justice, Politics |
| 2753 | Pope, Bishops and priests lack of teaching that the Eucharist is Jesus, BODY, BLOOD, SOUL AND DIVINITY. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 2754 | They have not had an authentic personal encounter with our Lord and therefore do not know Him or His voice . | Relationship with Jesus |
| 2755 | Teach the life of saints at every catholic school, catechesis even at mass. | Catechesis |
| 2756 | Instead of framing one of the choices "Failure to remind the faithful that the Eucharist is necessary for their salvation," I think it's vital to be more specific and direct. I think the better choice of words is Failure to remind the faithful to GO TO CONFESSION and scheduling adequate times to do it. And emphasizing its importance and reminding the laity about it. OFTEN. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 2757 | since V2 and the new mass the church has gone downhill and it's gaining speed. | Liturgical Practice, Vatican II |
| 2758 | Overall lack of catechesis and watered down faith for the past 50 years. No teaching on the Last Four Things. Telling the faithful there is no hell. Not being firm from a homily standpoint that sex outside marriage, homosexuality, and other sins of the flesh are grave. Not preaching strongly enough that abortion is a grave sin. The lack of catechesis is a strong message not to take the faith seriously and thereby not take The Eucharist seriously. The Catholic faith has become feckless and weak. I am a 57 year old cradle Catholic. I didn’t know until my late 40s what it means to ACTUALLY be Catholic - thanks to faithful lay apostolates who taught me about what it means to be truly Catholic. I am so disheartened by those in power within the Church who have kept the treasure of the true faith buried and out of reach to we lay people. The Shepherds have definitely scattered the sheep with their weakness and unfaithfulness to Jesus. Now we Catholics are all paying the price. | Catechesis, Abortion, Leadership, Sin |
| 2759 | The restrictions of the Tridintine Mass, the lack of public apologies for shutting down and restricting the sacraments during the Covid shutdowns, regular reception under both species, not having the Sacrament of Reconciliation preached for the necessity to receive the Eucharist, not having the Sacrament of Reconciliation available during the liturgy when additional priests are available, the emphasis of the priest being in Persona Christi throughout the entirety of Mass, the lack of modest attire for both men and women, lack of preaching on the promises of devotions regarding the Eucharist. | Confession, TLM, COVID, Attire, Catechesis |
| 2760 | Poor religious education and lack of relationship with Jesus Christ. | Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 2761 | Bishops banning TLM and traditional practices. | TLM, Leadership |
| 2762 | When we removed the catholic church was the one and only church. The reason behind this was because the church was different then all other religions because of the apostolic succession but also because of our belief of Christ in Communion. We lost much of how we believe when we made ourselves more equal and less of something different to achieve. So as not to be too stuffy we gave a big part of ourselves away and I think instead of just not bragging many began to believe we have less because we no longer saw it as important. | Modernism, Ecumenism |
| 2763 | Teaching about the saints. Ignoring the existence of Satan . | Catechesis |
| 2764 | Very rare use of incense, no ringing of bell during consecration, not kneeling during lamb of God, not kneeling when the cross passes through aisle, not bowing when priest passes, not kneeling in profession of faith on incarnation, lame homilies, not dressing up for Mass, women not veiling, no sacred art, no candles, teaching Darwinian evolution as incontrovertible fact, ecumenical dialogue without apologetics or need for conversion, mercy without context of God’s justice or Wrath and need of repentance and reliance on Grace. | Liturgical Practice, Homilies, Modernism, Attire, Ecumenism |
| 2765 | Purification of sacred vessels should be done by priest or Deacon only. Using incense prior to Eucharistic prayer and prior to Gospel reading Reverence when receiving the Eucharist by kneeling and using the communion plate. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 2766 | Lack of emphasis on regular confession. | Confession |
| 2767 | Loss of things like 40 hours devotion during lent and processions. | Devotions |
| 2768 | Bishops and Priests acting like Pharisees, hypocrisy, not setting examples and not demonstrating faith to action. Constantly reducing obligations as if that makes them ‘easier’ to achieve. e.g. fasting, abstinence rules, giving annulments too easily, weak pre-Cana marriage prep. | Fasting, Leadership |
| 2769 | A paten when receiving demonstrates the seriousness of no particular of the Blessed Sacrament being remissibly profaned. I was born in the mid 80s, but the priest we had until I was a teenager always had an altar boy with one. Even though virtually everyone received on the tongue, there were still partials of the Eucharist on it after the faithful received. Thus he purified the paten and chalice, etc. It makes a point of caring for ever atom of the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2770 | the effect of Vatican Two teaching of our children turned many away from the Church. The allowing homosexuals' to be allowed to become priest and Bishops and doing nothing about it when the child abuse of the clergy was covered up. Good Read Good By Good Men. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Vatican II, Leadership |
| 2771 | Loss of connection to the post-Mass call to perform the spiritual and corporal works of mercy; loss of hope in the promise of the Eucharist as Bread of Life. | Catechesis |
| 2772 | Lack of courage by the bishops to ensure the Sacraments were available during COVID, lack of courage by all priests to address the improper dress at Mass, and a lack of courage by priests to educate the laity that receiving the Eucharist on the tongue is the preferred method according to canon law. | Fear/Cowardness, COVID, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 2773 | Restrictions on the Tridentine mass, regular reception under both species, the lack of modest dress in the church by "regulars" and the confusion created by concelebration. | Liturgical Practice, TLM, Attire |
| 2774 | 1. Lack of clerical strictness in enforcing the laity's reverence. Dress, behavior, and manner of reception of Jesus (and the proper preparation beforehand) need to be enforced. Also there must be a return to strictness in who is worthy of being present during Mass in the Sanctuary. Strict rules and a strong enforcement of such will help people to understand that this isn't to be dallied with. 2. Emphasis on the Eucharist outside of the Liturgy of the Eucharist. It must be present throughout our faith as the centerpiece, not only literally in the churches by architecture, but also in art, highlighted in the saints we venerate, and the books we read, etc. It can't be boxed up in the second half of the Mass. 3. Lessening of restrictions on other reverent liturgies, primarily the Traditional Latin Mass. It is a shame that everyone does not have the option to attend the Mass that brought the Eucharist and thus salvation to thousands of canonized saints and those not officially canonized for millennia. 4. Reverence by all in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament cannot be stressed enough. 5. Available reception under both species: undermines the totality of the Personhood of Christ in the Eucharist. 6. Not enough emphasis on the sacrament of Confession, which makes us eligible. An attack on any sacrament is an attack on all, and we can't restore one sacrament while undermining another. There needs to be a Confession Revival alongside any revival in devotion to the Eucharist. | Confession, TLM, Liturgical Practice, Leadership, Reverence |
| 2775 | Priests only distributing communion! Not Eucharistic Ministers, not even Deacons should touch Jesus body!!! No one, except someone of consecrated hands should ever, ever, ever touch the whole Eucharist. It should go directly from the hands of a priest into our mouth!. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 2776 | Vatican II and the subsequent imposition of the Novus Ordo upon the Roman Catholic Faithful. | Vatican II |
| 2777 | Pride Masses. Failure to keep churches open during height of COVID scare. | Modernism, COVID, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 2778 | Clapping for the choir after mass. People instantly talking while exiting mass but still in the church. | Silence/Distractions, Applause |
| 2779 | Newer churches allow socializing in the sanctuary, the sign of peace timing seems out of order seems distracting taking attention from Christ presence on the altar, disturbs that special prep time for receiving the holy Eucharist. I love the silence and solemnity of the Traditional Mass of the Ages!. | Silence/Distractions, Sign of Peace |
| 2780 | No using the paten . | Eucharist Reception |
| 2781 | The suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 2782 | Some additional issues include: The occasional failure to catechize catechists resulting infrequently the teaching of the Eucharist as a mere symbol. Encouragement by figures of authority (i.e. one's parish priest or another important member of one's parish community) that all, Catholic and non-Catholic, should receive the Lord. | Ecumenism, Catechesis |
| 2783 | 1. Most US Catholics don't know the life of Christ well; don't believe Jesus is really God ('just a good man" or a fighter for justice). Can't believe in Real Presence if one doesn't believe Jesus is God. 2. Lack of consistently beautiful, reverent liturgies. Celebrant's behavior should "preach a sermon" that he is holding God in his hands. 3. Latin, Beautiful sacred music and vestments, incense, rituals, altar rails, "ad Orientem" should all remind us we enter an exalted place when we approach Christ on the altar. It should "feel" different from everyday life. 4. Catechesis, catechesis, catechesis on all the Sacraments 5. Mass attire t: Dress up, at least for Sunday Mass. 7. Cultivate Eucharistic ardor w/parish liturgies: weekly Benediction, Adoration Hours, Doctrine Classes for Adults on the Eucharist . | Devotions, Liturgical Practice, Lack of Faith, Beauty, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 2784 | Lack of real teaching of our faith to our children, at home and especially in our Catholic schools. Our Catholic schools have “compromised” our faith far too long just to bring students into our schools. We need to get back to teaching our kids how to pray and worship —- quit all the UDL and other pedagogy and just get back to our faith. Our Catholic schools are SO LOST right now! (I am a teacher in a Catholic high school, for the past 27 years). We are losing our children because we are becoming too “uncatholic” in our schools. . | Family, Schools, Catechesis |
| 2785 | Receiving Communion in the hand. In general, once most parishioners receive communion in the hands including children, it can become the norm like just going through the motions and that sense of Christ’s presence goes away. It used to be even in the English Mass that only the Priest could touch the Eucharist with their thumb and index finger and receiving on the tongue. So you knew the Eucharist was special and sacred. The altar boys held the paten under each person receiving on tongue in the English Mass as well which also reflected the real presence. These items did carry over post Vatican II into the English Mass until eventually they changed everything. Finally the priests don’t talk enough to parishioners including children/teens at mass during their homily about the real presence of Christ in Eucharist in a simple way they all can understand and use scripture to show it’s not a symbol. In summary, you take tabernacle from center of church then folks don’t see the need to genuflect out of reverence, you give communion in hand, you don’t need to kneel to receive, the priests don’t talk enough about the Eucharist, Eucharistic ministers can give out communion, then the scandals in church- it’s no wonder why parishioners especially teens lose faith in real presence. | Extraordinary Ministers, Homilies, Vatican II, Scandals, Eucharist Reception |
| 2786 | Laity participation in prayers of Mass , dialog Mass, laity reciting Our Father, sign of peace to each other , . | Liturgical Practice, Sign of Peace |
| 2787 | In the Novus ordo, priests put on a comedy show during the homily. Some priest tell jokes. Applauding during the Holy Sacrifice and clergy holding loud conversations inside the church. | Homilies, Silence/Distractions |
| 2788 | THE LITURGY OF THE FREE MASONS IMPLEMENTED IN SECOND VATICAN COUNSEL, FREE MASONS WITHIN THE CLERGY AND THE NOVUS ORDO MASS. THE LACK OF REVERENCE AND THE GUTTING OF ESSENTIALS FOUND IN THE TRADITIONAL LATIN RITE HAVE BEEN PARAMOUNT IN CREATING THE CRISIS WE SEE TODAY. | Vatican II, TLM |
| 2789 | Abandoning tradition and conflicting messaging at times heretical in homilies, the relaxed attitude towards homosexuality and proper understanding of what a marriage is has lead to an attitude that identifies in Catholic by name but picks and chooses what to follow, mercy is being truthful to the flock. Poor understanding through poor teaching from the church has lead many out of the church and eventually broken families . | Modernism, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 2790 | Proper catechesis of the laity, explain how Vatican II has poisoned the church. | Vatican II, Catechesis |
| 2791 | Bishops ignoring/abandoning the traditions of the church in favor of modernism. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 2792 | Lack of encouragement to remember that the Eucharist is essential food for our souls. | Catechesis |
| 2793 | Evangelization leading to personal conversion to a person: Jesus. Too much sacramentslization, nit enough conversion. | Evangelization |
| 2794 | Closing of churches during Covid, priests promoting vaccines, prohibiting Holy Communion on the tongue, women discouraged to veil. | COVID, Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 2795 | Catechesis for adults Holiness of Sanctuary, reverence. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 2796 | Adherence to the false Vatican II council reforms. | Vatican II |
| 2797 | Not speaking about sin from the pulpit . | Homilies, Sin |
| 2798 | I don’t know. But this is one survey. We are made of dust so there is a very good chance that this survey is not perfect. | Other |
| 2799 | Casual/only cultural Catholicism (with all, but especially teenagers). | Lack of Faith |
| 2800 | Lack of acknowledgment of the blessed sacrament when the tabernacle door is open. Lay people’s lack of proper respectful attire. | Reverence, Attire |
| 2801 | Apologetics taught to youth. “Teen masses” and such making it seem like a party. It’s easy to forget about a party. | Catechesis |
| 2802 | The way mass is celebrated....irreverence everywhere...women pretending to be clerics et . | Liturgical Practice, Reverence, Role of Women |
| 2803 | The “Spirit” of Vatican II and the abandonment of Tradition, which is necessary to hold true to the Faith established in the New Covenant of Jesus Christ and His Church. | Vatican II, TLM |
| 2804 | Priests/bishops refusing common to those who kneel. | Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 2805 | Compliance with Covid shutdowns. | COVID |
| 2806 | The importance of respect and silence when the Holy Eucharist is present or during Benediction. Modesty in dress when entering the Church for men and women. | Reverence, Attire |
| 2807 | Confused or mislead "leaders" who follow the Pope or similar misleading "leaders". How can they consecrate the host if they follow the Pope who himself does not follow the word? It is mockery. | Leadership |
| 2808 | 1. the belief, taught by practice, that unity in the church can be based on anything but the recognition of the sacrifice of Christ’s life on the cross to reconcile us with the Father. 2. the idea, taught by practice, that spending time in silent contemplation has no real place in the worship of God. 3. the idea, taught by practice, that God is made in our image and likeness rather than we being made in God’s image and likeness. 4. The idea that one’s actions have no meaning because they cannot affect out immortal life. . | Catechesis |
| 2809 | Lack of emphasis on this in catechism for the children and for us growing up. Never knew anything about adoration till my late 40’s. | Catechesis, Devotions |
| 2810 | Failure of priests to bear personal witness to their own faith in the real presence and what that means in a world that has lost the sense of the sacred. The practice of constantly rotating parish priests from parish to parish, preventing them from forming lasting formative relationships in their parish and community. This prevents the priest from being the most effective witness to the truth, and reduces vocations, which negatively affects the ability to even offer the sacrifice of the mass regularly in rural areas where priests are ever more scarce. Failure of parents to bear the same witness to their kids. Failure of the Church at large not guarding itself against the lies of consumerism, which blind man to the need for the sacred and emphasize instead comfort and pleasure as the highest goods. Failure of the Church to emphasize it's traditional teaching of the farm as the native habitat of the family, where children are surrounded by the things of nature and have a greater sense of the transcendent, and of the images Christ used to describe the Kingdom of God in parables. | Modernism, Family, Public Witness |
| 2811 | Priests who use their homilies as stand-up comedy routines. Clerical abuse that is covered up by these higher up, papal condemnations of more traditional liturgies, lack of opportunities for sacrament of confession. | Confession, TLM, Homilies |
| 2812 | I am a queer person. There is no place for me in traditional Catholicism unless I repent for something that is an important part of me. Beyond that, my beliefs have shifted to the point that I can’t recite the nice be creed without lying. I do not believe in god as a conscious entity and if I did I definitely would not believe he is a man and the Catholic Church is his true church. I have studied history and other religious beliefs. I know the harm the Catholic Church has done and continues to do in the name of evangelism. I also know that the Roman Catholic Church came out of the Roman Empire, the oppressor that Jesus was killed under. How can that be the true church if god? . | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 2813 | 1. One religion is as good as the next. 2. Acceptance of sin. 3. Catholics not going to Confession. "I haven't committed any sins." 4. Parents not caring about themselves, and therefore their children not going to Mass. Improperly trained religious education teachers. | Confession, Family, Catechesis, Ecumenism, Sin |
| 2814 | Poor leadership of most bishops to publicly proclaim the doctrine of authentic, orthodox catholic belief. Most clergy including bishops and cardinals have conformed to the ways of the world and fail to uphold THE WAY!!! If they do not believe in the supernatural how will their flock? . | Modernism, Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 2815 | Failure to appropriately educate our youth in the basic tenets of Catholic faith. The closing of Catholic Churches and schools to save money while excess wealth is abused elsewhere in the church. | Closures, Catechesis |
| 2816 | Priests that are worldly, that are allowed to accumulate wealth. Live better than allot of there parishioners. They think this is a job and not a vocation. They think they work to hard. And the most important, that they are allowed to retire. . | Leadership |
| 2817 | Real world discussion in the homily that addresses current events and issues facing people today in real time . | Homilies |
| 2818 | Making the TLM available in every diocese. | TLM |
| 2819 | 1. Development of effective programs to promote holy vocations to the priesthood and religious life. 2. De emphasis of and destructive actions towards cloistered orders. 3. Devotion to the rosary. | Vocations, Devotions |
| 2820 | The need for confession on a regular basis and the availability of confessions throughout the week. To preach more on the necessity of being in a state of Grace before receiving our Lord in Holy Communion. | Confession, Availability/Access, Worthy Reception |
| 2821 | The Church has left its people on life support for decades in decline of the ability to invoke the Holy Spirit through its priests to relate and make alive the gospel of Jesus. Have the new to remain conceited that mass is not to “entertain”, of course, it is not entertainment but the people that show up are coming to be FEED and they are exiting the mass starving. When I have the opportunity like last week to bring my grown child to mass, there is a priest that not only can he not speak to be understand a word that he reads or recites, he fails to speak with incite and passion to tells us about the gospel. Reads face down something written by someone, the Gospel is read… the homily is to bring it to life to the people today. I have very Christian children but no longer very Catholic. | Holiness, Lukewarmness |
| 2822 | This whole effort should have started with a revival of the Sacrament of Confession. | Confession |
| 2823 | There is a lack of clear direction on posture during the Our Father. Why do so many hold hands or raise them. This seems very protestant to me, and a distraction from prayer. Much of the Novus ordo seems designed to distract you and takes the focus off of worship. This version of the mass was influenced by Bugnini, a mason. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2824 | A POPE THAT GO AGAINST THE TRUE MEANING OF GOD'S WORD!!! IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT HIS OWN AGENDA. PRIESTS THAT GIVE THE HOLY EUCHARIST THE PROPER EMPHASIS DURING MASS!!! PRIESTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES THAT CAN BEARLY SPEAK ENGLISH. HOLY EUCHARIST MINST. TREATING THE ALTER AS A RUN WAY!!! . | Extraordinary Ministers, Reverence, Leadership |
| 2825 | Lack of call to repentance, conversion. Lack of emphasis on being in and staying in a state of grace. Lack of emphasis on sacramental confession and opportunity to make a confession. | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 2826 | Lack of focus on the need for CONFESSION before receiving the Eucharist. This Eucharistic Revival should really have started with a revival of Confession. | Confession |
| 2827 | It feels like we treat Jesus in the Eucharist too much like a participation trophy. However that goes along with not emphasizing the miracle that always takes place. Also I think it hurts that the church teaches that we only need to receive 1-2 times a year. We should emphasize that we need to receive Jesus daily but some can't so weekly minimum. | Catechesis |
| 2828 | The example of the clergy reverencing the Eucharist . | Reverence |
| 2829 | Abysmal lack of scripture study (all ages) as a high priority. This includes prophetic books’ relevance to current events and warnings they give us about need to be strong, KNOW what we believe, and relevance to current events. Great failure. Also - depressing women’s roles so they don’t get too close to the “men’s club” and know the corruption. Better to keep the secrets and hold onto power. There’s a lack of respect for corrupt clergy at highest levels/Rome. | Leadership, Role of Women, Catechesis |
| 2830 | The presence of spineless bishops. Too many NOT speaking out against the smoke of Satan that has obviously entered the church since Vatican II. Pope Francis’ lack of clear communication and promotion of clergy with questionable and for some, proven evidence of their lack of true communion with our Lord Jesus Christ. Some of whom border on heretical behavior. | Confusion, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 2831 | Casual dress for Mass (flip flops, shorts, sports jerseys, etc.). | Attire |
| 2832 | Decades of terrible catechesis and Catholic education. Failure to encourage people to work on their personal relationship with God and faith. | Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 2833 | Failure to punishes and censure those who descent from Church teaching on the Eucharist. | Lack of Discipline, Canon 915 |
| 2834 | Lack of formation at the Seminaries. | Priestly Formation |
| 2835 | Using Freemasonic liturgical renovations in our sacraments since the 1950's. GIVE US BACK OUR ANCIENT CATHOLIC SACRAMENTS BEFORE THE TAKEOVER OF THE ENEMY WITHIN! ALL of them!!! RESTORE OUR CHURCH!. | TLM, Liturgical Practice |
| 2836 | Homilies with jokes and bad humor. I've heard a priest tell blonde jokes! Frequent Confession is a major part of understanding or even opening the heart to begin understanding the Eucharist. I know so many older parishioners at my church that refuse to go to confession and believe they can just tell God they are sorry. They all still go to receive communion. Even after I've explained basically Jesus' teaching on it. I'm an Admin at our parish and so many people share their unbelief of things with me. This National Eucharistic Revival is lacking in the importance of Confession and that lack has filtered down to our parishes. How can I understand the Presence if I am in the state of mortal sin? Missing Mass does not seem to be a mortal sin to people anymore. | Confession, Sin, Homilies, Worthy Reception |
| 2837 | Failure to properly prepare those receiving first holy communion. It seems they have no idea of who they are receiving. I have personally seen the disrespect of receiving by young children . | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 2838 | Need more emphasis on the mass being a sacrifice. I'm sure Our Blessed Mother and St. John weren't snacking on chips at the foot of the cross. Tired of hearing the meal on the altar. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 2839 | The laity hardly ever see a priest pray (esp. reverently) outside of Mass. | Public Witness, Leadership |
| 2840 | Casual and unsuitable modesty in attire when attending mass. Shows lack of reverence and humility in the presence of our Blessed Lord. It should be mandatory for men, women and children to wear appropriate attire. Even our Lady mentioned her distaste for lack of modesty in dress. | Reverence, Attire |
| 2841 | Immodest & casual clothing & bright nail polish worn by women who run up to altar so they can distribute the Sacred Eucharist. Also the refusal of many to place the Body of Our Lord on the tongue of the recipient . Some priests refuse too. Overall lack of reverence. People receiving in the hand and NOT consuming. I have “ helped “ retrieve Jesus in sacred Host on 4 occasions. I consumed Him because I thought it was proper.. perhaps the priests can announce what the proper way is if someone is in the position.. To return Jesus to the priest ? I be noticed if a priest is reverent in the church - genuflecting- not chatting it up - bellowing with laughter - calling attention to himself.. the people notice and have more reverence in church. Also not enough options in parish schedule to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation. Some parishes have 45 minutes a week. Others offer daily after mass… . | Confession, Attire, Eucharist Reception, Availability/Access, Reverence |
| 2842 | Lack of proper teaching/lack of unity/obedience; ecumenism; letting in false gods; lack of discipline; materialism; media/worldly desires/distractions over piety/duties; lack of good leaders. | Ecumenism, Leadership, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 2843 | 1. No emphasis on Confession, must make it more available. 2. Parish’s Bureaucratic response to everything. Including holding the sacraments hostage (like going through red tape to get a baptism, very bad) 3. School and Education is also a serious issue, the solution of which is counterintuitive. We need less religion classes, but theology must be incorporated more holistically in all subjects. The idea is to show that theology and the church belongs at the table with Literature, Science, Philosophy, etc. We need more of a bottom up approach rather than a top down approach. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 2844 | In addition to the practice of the attending Mass and Worship on Sundays- offer to the Laity opportunities for Elementary and Advanced Education and Bible study, (e.g.- on-going teaching and promoting of Catholic catechism via online and community-based religious instruction courses, more instructive essays in Church bulletins, references to speakers/educators who can effectively explain the Eucharistic mysteries, and the interpretation of Jesus' teachings, mission, and supernatural essence, in Biblical context. | Catechesis |
| 2845 | Lack of reverence in format of the Novus Ordo liturgy. Particularly the changing shortening and omission of certain prayers in particular the offertory. Not encouraging and requiring modest Sunday best for Mass, and lack of catechizing the faithful on what the Eucharist truly is. | Reverence, Attire, Catechesis |
| 2846 | Lack of leadership by Pope Francis. Lack of conviction by bishops and priests. | Leadership |
| 2847 | Needing to dress reverently and truly in your Sunday best when attending Mass specifically on Sundays and Holydays of obligation out of reverence for the Sacrifice of the Mass. | Attire |
| 2848 | priests never talk about sin in homilies. | Homilies, Sin |
| 2849 | The many scandals of the Pope Francis pontificate, the widespread Modernist Heresy that has taken over the Church over the past 60 years — i.e.: creation of a "new" 2.0 Catholicism that is anthropocentric, Persecution of faithful Catholics from within the Church, the pervasive influence of Homosexuality in the clergy — and MOST of all, the systematic desacrilization of the Church in worship, devotional life, physically in our Churches, catechesis, seminary training, etc. And synodality, which is a fraud and a con job. | Devotions, Priestly Formation, LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals, Leadership, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 2850 | Return to the Traditional Latin Mass and sacraments - make priests accountable for their own actions instead of parishioners paying for them and closing churches . | Closures, TLM |
| 2851 | Catholic school religion/theology classes as well as catechism classes, and confirmation preparations don't go over this in detail! . | Schools, Catechesis |
| 2852 | Reminding the faithful of to present themselves to Christ the King in modest, respectful, and appropriate attire. | Attire |
| 2853 | obtaining God's grace through the beautiful gift of the Sacrament of Reconciliation on a regular basis to be fully prepared, therefore allowing to be immersed in the sacrifice of the Holy Mass. | Confession |
| 2854 | Lack of good religious education for our children; its become more of a social hour than teaching the tenants of the faith. Traditional Latin Mass not available in my area. | Catechesis |
| 2855 | Church’s involvement in politics and anti-gay condemnation. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Politics |
| 2856 | Communion in the hand vs tongue . | Eucharist Reception |
| 2857 | Priests not bowing before the tabernacle, priests having a lazy attitude toward the sacraments, 1 hour long confession time when the line clearly calls for longer times, priests expected to run all clerical duties in the office while being an effective spiritual leader. | Confession, Priestly Duties, Availability/Access, Leadership, Reverence |
| 2858 | The lack of courage/sacrifice on behalf of the Priest to speak up and defend these TRUTHS and TRADITIONS/APOSTOLIC. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 2859 | Breakdown of family and especially example of father (absentee fathers) as a believing and practicing Christian devoted to Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist. Manifest and conspicuous public weakness of bishops and clergy in witnessing to Our Lord in His Holy Catholic Church truly present in the Holy Eucharist. | Family, Leadership |
| 2860 | Women deacons. Will not attend a mass where women deacons are permitted in any way or form. | Role of Women |
| 2861 | Priests and leaders need to emphasize the importance of respectful reception of Holy Communion, such as dressing appropriately, strictly observing the fast, not chewing gum in church. And I feel something simple but impactful is to always refer to HOLY Communion, not just Communion. | Attire, Leadership, Reverence, Fasting |
| 2862 | Related to Item #7 under #3 Clergy: failure to remind Catholics that Jesus's body, blood, soul, and divinity are present in the host and wine after the consecration. Perhaps such phrasing should be more explicitly added to the liturgy. I do not know how much more explicit than "This is My body " and "This is MY blood" the Church can be, but these words by themselves are not convincing a whole lot of nominal Catholics. . | Catechesis |
| 2863 | The lack of understanding keeps Catholics from experiencing the joy and depth of faith that would result in sharing their faith . | Catechesis |
| 2864 | Bishops who have not publicly refused communion to politicians that are pro-death, and punishing priests who do their duty and refuse to let said politicians commit sacrilege. Also emphasizing the four last things and that the harsher messages are for the salvation of their souls. | Canon 915, Leadership |
| 2865 | Catechesis of young Catholics and red tape surrounding the sacraments including communion. I believe the long requirements for communion negatively impact children's joy over anticipating the reception. This leaves a lasting mark on people's attitudes towards what should be our greatest source of joy and hope in this life!. | Catechesis |
| 2866 | Correct Dress at the Holy Mass. | Attire |
| 2867 | More teaching on the Bible, God's Word. | Catechesis |
| 2868 | The faithful, Catholic laity, who truly believe in the true presence of the Eucharist, are discriminating and dehumanizing those who don't follow the rules of the Catholic faith. These actions drive good people, strong people, and worst of all, people in pain who are struggling with the mere idea of their own identity, further away from the Catholic Church. These actions prevent people from seeking the answers they need, and instead of giving these poor souls hope and comfort, the faithful, Catholic laity shows them disdain, disgust, and harsh criticism for actions that they don't even know are wrong. | Judgmental |
| 2869 | There are some priests who don't believe in real presence themselves. | Lack of Faith |
| 2870 | Failure to support and encourage consecrated virgins (brides of Christ) as a part of Catholic community life. | Vocations |
| 2871 | I can’t respond to questions about how others feel about some of the issues. There needs to be more options as to how to properly answer a few of the questions. | Other |
| 2872 | A heretic Pope and heretical magisterium. | Leadership |
| 2873 | Failure of clergy to speak the dogma of Council of Trent “Outside the Church there is NO Salvation!”. | Catechesis |
| 2874 | The NO Mass dilutes the Sacrifice with lack of reverence for the Eucharist. Clergy often neglect their duty to educate the faithful for fear of not being liked. Traditional Latin Masses attract faithful of all ages, especially young adults who seek truth, tradition, reverence. Pope Paul VI is to blame for inviting input from six Protestant ministers in shaping the "New Mass". Where were the Cardinals and Bishops to stop this disgrace? Protestants do not request Catholic input in their services. Duh!!!. | TLM, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership, Reverence |
| 2875 | This was probably covered under one of the categories, but the disrespectful way people dress for Mass. The worst part is the priests and bishops say nothing. | Attire, Leadership |
| 2876 | The faithful need proper and continuous catechesis on the real presence. Tabernacles must be brought back to the center of the altar and beautified. Priests must set the standard for the reverence, which the laity are expected to show. | Liturgical Practice, Reverence, Catechesis |
| 2877 | Inappropriate/casual attire and attitudes within a church. Aspects of the mass the take the focus away from Christ and the Eucharist (announcements in mass, presence of screens and projectors during the mass, etc.) New trend of not kneeling during the concentration. | Silence/Distractions, Attire, Eucharist Reception, Reverence |
| 2878 | The TLM is more than the Mass in Latin. I feel as though I have been robbed of faith until I found the remaining Latin Mass within 300 miles. | TLM |
| 2879 | People being sacramentalized but not properly catechized. Not fully understanding what mass is fully about, therefore not believing in the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. . | Catechesis |
| 2880 | The pope has let the US laity receive communion in too many ways that the real presence has been whitewashed. Also with a troop of extraordinary ministers handling God in this species, how can anyone believe and be reverent. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 2881 | We allow other denominations , not the true Church founded by Jesus to frame our faith. We need to be full of zeal preaching the Truth. | Catechesis |
| 2882 | You mentioned faith vs science, which is important, but there’s also symbolism vs realism, which Protestants overuse and Cartesian dualism amplifies. Catechesis on the body/soul composite is sorely lacking, making most laity presume they’re “really” matter but only “symbolically” spiritual. It’s hard to believe in transubstantiation while stuck under that worldview. | Modernism |
| 2883 | The Church's current war on the Latin Mass, while still not condemning the Eucharist of the Latin Mass as invalid, tells me that the Church leadership is in disobedience of the command "Do not call unclean what God has called clean", and has disordered priorities from the top... One or two James Martins can be overlooked, when the Chair of Peter is in living violation of a command given directly to Peter and, in so doing, isolates a growing category of faithful Catholics, we have an issue. | TLM, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 2884 | Immodest dress. | Attire |
| 2885 | The impact of the LGBTQ movement throughout the church regarding our acceptance of it in some churches. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 2886 | Ongoing and Extensive education on the Eucharist including catechism and specific church teachings geared to increasing knowledge and devotion. Do not “water it down”. | Catechesis |
| 2887 | Improper and immodest attire. | Attire |
| 2888 | Infrequent use of chapel veils, and general lax dress code standards in church, improper catechesis on when to genuflect (to the tabernacle or monstrance) and when to bow (to the altar). | Reverence, Attire, Catechesis |
| 2889 | Replacing the genuflection with a bow when passing the tabernacle shows disrespect for the real presence. | Reverence |
| 2890 | Teachings regarding the way we must dress for mass and for going to church, and the way we must behave at church. | Reverence, Attire |
| 2891 | How the majority of folks at Mass receive the Eucharist in light of the lack of importance placed on going to Confession. Folks talking after they receive the Eucharist and folks chewing the host. We were taught that is dissolves naturally in our mouths. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 2892 | Too many parents do not personally know Jesus. That means they are incapable of nurturing this beautiful way of living to their children. If you don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus the Eucharist means nothing. Your faith is dead! However if you have faith, it’s everything! I believe Jesus instituted this sacrament with apostles at the last supper. I believe the Catholic Church is first church and the true church. I trust the teachings of our church to be true. People do not believe the truth! It’s their truth! We are all sinners and many mistakes have been made by our clergy. However the Holy Spirit has preserved the faith and moral teachings. I know this in my heart! I pray that others would know and love the Catholic Faith. It’s the fullness of truth, goodness and beauty. This sacramental life is a blessing! . | Lack of Faith, Family, Relationship with Jesus |
| 2893 | Education for the laity as to why receiving while not in a state of grace is dangerous and harmful to the individual. | Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 2894 | Not offering confession before mass. Also that is was OK to ship mass during lockdown . | Confession, COVID |
| 2895 | Although it was already mentioned here, communion in the hand has been a catastrophe. It goes against all tradition. We were gaslight on the changes made in 1969 and Told that these things were more authentic because they were taking place in the very early church. This was frequently just plain not true and it was a logical step that was already condemned by Pope Pius the 12th, that is to say, ancient practices, especially those which were quickly replaced by centuries of tradition are not necessarily more authentic. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2896 | Eucharistic Revivals should happen ALL THE TIME. Creating a space for Real Presence encounters with our youth NOW in parish and Diocesan settings is necessary for the next generation to carry our Eucharistic faith. Strengthening our domestic church is also a great way to create a unity in family's Eucharistic faith. Eucharistic faith formation should begin from young couples coming in for their children's baptism. | Catechesis |
| 2897 | 1. My childhood "hippie Masses" with barefoot liturgical dancers at W Lafayette IN - St Toms. I am so surprised I stayed in the church (out .of sheer habit only) . 2. JPII making McCarrick a cardinal. 3. JPII and the scandal of Assisi. 4. Benedict and the scandal of Assisi. 5. Sex cover ups still happening - even at the Vatican! 6. Confession not offered before Mass! 7. Communion Rails being torn out at used for making furniture in recent years - St John the Evangelist downtown. 8. Young devout Catholics being told to stop kneeling for communion - St John the Evangelist downtown. 9. Being yelled at by 70-80 year old priests for confessing my interior problems with Francis. 10. Never being taught there was such a thing as an act of contrition! Never even heard of it until I was in my thirties - a cradle Catholic! I truly felt like my life had been a lie and that I was actually raised in the church to be a Protestant. 11. Realizing in my 50s after seeing a full NO Mass and a full Latin Mass written side by side (w English translation) that there were HUGE differences and realizing that every single year helping w RCIA at St Johns downtown that we were actually LYING to perspective Catholics when they were taught that the Mass is the same over the thousands of years and Jesus would recognize it....but never showing them side by side comparisons that proved otherwise. 12. Allowing cohabitating couples to get married in the church. 13. Never hearing the truth about contraception from the ONLY entity that could combat it, falling into sin because of it, and watching family leave the church because of it. 14. Catholic schools accepting government money and teaching secular lies. 15. Face to face confession taught since I was 4 years old (they allowed me to have 1st communion at 4). There is ZERO sense of God being involved when its just the priest's face - just like facing the congregation at Mass - Priest becomes the focus, not God. As a child I didn't even understand why I would ever confess at all to a "stranger", the priest. 16. No Holy Days, No teaching of indulgences, history being erased 17. The "Hard" readings being replaced in Mass with the "soft" readings for the Novus Ordo. 18. Holy Eucharist being handed along to others for Masses at St Peters in Rome. 19. Colts Vestments....seriously Indianapolis Colts "vestments" on big game day at Holy Spirit at Geist. 20. The worst ever training for Confirmation is still happening - lets tie-dye a t-shirt, lets have teen time in the lounge with a cozy couch, lets use the especially poor Catechism for Adults (red book) 21. The USCCB spending MILLIONS of our dollars for very expensive to attend Eucharistic congress, when a free edict to kneel at Communion would do more to change hearts. 22. Knowing I could be refused communion if I kneel at a Novus Ordo Mass - I do it anyway, but because the Priests have dropped the ball in teaching, I feel like the maverick...pathetic. 23 The hippie nuns who like to hide in public wearing street clothes and sing songs and offer anti Catholic retreats of Taize prayer and Centering Prayer and Labyrinth prayer! 24. The Charismatic movement that lured so many of my friends into crazy babbling anti Catholic teaching. 25. No catechesis teaching the real presence - didn't hear it until I was in my 30s! I'm a cradle catholic. 26. Thinking Latin Mass is almost not Catholic since it was so foreign. No church Latin is taught in chutripping all riches. 27. Stripping all religious art from churches. 28. Long line of Indiana bishops who never teach church history. 29. RCIA is laughable in many parishes - if Rome wanted to teach the real faith there would be a standard to follow everywhere. 30. Just like studying church fathers and church history brings people into the church< the same studying leads one to discover the truth of the Latin Mass. 31. people constantly defending Vatican II...open your eyes! the fruit is rotten, the church has been gutted. 32. Francis being the obvious choice of the Great Reset Pope...Novus Ordo...New Order....New World Order. 33. The shepherds cannot be trusted - in the confessional would it be wrong for me to demand to know if my confessor is homosexual BEFORE I confess? 34. Never hearing a Rosary prayed until I was in my mid thirties at a grandparent's funeral - "what in the world are they saying?" The Real Presence is Christ himself. EVERY DETAIL impacts the belief in the Real Presence. Every scandal impacts the belief in the Real Presence. My Goodness, I could go on and on. 58 years of being mislead and having to scratch and claw my way toward truth alone. It's a crime and its being perpetrated on us by the "church" herself. Determining safe sources and sheep from wolves is a real challenge. | Confession, Devotions, TLM, Liturgical Practice, Ecumenism, Modernism, Scandals, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Attire, Leadership, Sin |
| 2898 | People receiving and leaving church, not returning to pew or staying to end of Mass. | Reverence |
| 2899 | Understanding the continuity of sacrifice from Adam through Jewish people to present day in the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 2900 | Communion railings so we can receive kneeling. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2901 | Scandalous clergy not professing the truth of Jesus by their actions and speech. | Leadership |
| 2902 | No counter comments when secular media gives their spin on “miracles”…. | Leadership |
| 2903 | Lack of ongoing teaching on the Eucharistic. Closing of so many churches. By the way, many of our Priests come from these small churches where families are larger and closer. | Catechesis |
| 2904 | I think it would be helpful for the clergy, before Communion, to remind the laity of the Real Presence of The Lord - to remind them of His desire to be present with them, like a Father with His child. I think reminding the laity to use the time after communion to pray and thank The Lord, and to have a real interaction with Him would be helpful. | Leadership |
| 2905 | The word SIN is never mentioned, nor is the word mortal. Talking in Church is similar to a basketball game. The subject of abortion has not been mentioned in at least two year.. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness, Sin |
| 2906 | I teach confirmation and the most important factor I know is personal joy and lack of being judgmental. The teachings and citations in Scripture are there to support this most sublime gift we could ever receive on Earth. Materialism, preoccupation with politics, and selfishness obscures the truth. Joy and compassion, humility and reverence reveal the Truth of Jesus in the Blessed Sacra. ent. When Carlos Acutis, blessed, is canonized, there should be a huge celebration of his Posters proclaiming the various Eucharistic Miracles. What a beautiful time to celebrate this greatest gift. | Judgmental |
| 2907 | In regards to acknowledging the 10 Commandments and why they must be kept. If we honor them we will honor the one who gave them to us. It is not a matter of picking or choosing what fits are life style. | Catechesis |
| 2908 | Lack of quality formation about real presence for laity at all ages and continuing in homilies . | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 2909 | Discouragement and prohibition of the traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 2910 | Failure to teach and insist on the rules to stay in union with Rome. | Division |
| 2911 | Regular re-emphasis on the Real Presence and the Creed in homilies. | Homilies |
| 2912 | When Vatican II transformed the liturgy to make it more accessible to the faithful (in that it would be in their own language), formation was needed to go alongside this new liturgical experience - as Sacrosanctum Concilium, no. 11 says, "in order that the liturgy may be able to produce its full effects, it is necessary that the faithful come to it with proper dispositions, that their minds should be attuned to their voices..." There was an entire generation of lay Catholics who were raised and formed by the Latin liturgy. They were unequipped to form and education their children on an English liturgy, so that their children might have their "minds attuned to their voices." So many Catholics of the generations that have followed have become habituated to going through the motions of the Mass, unaware of the God who waits for them on the altar, and wants a relationship with them; unaware of the meaning of the words He is saying to them in the priest, and the words they are reciting back. Catechesis, by the priests, by the sacramental prep teachers, by the bishops and pope, and by parents, is crucial for opening the faithful's eyes to the presence of Christ and the grace available through relationship with him in the Eucharist. | Vatican II, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 2913 | Failure to respect the tabernacle when present on the altar, including the priest. All when passing the tabernacle show no sign of respect or humility. No bow of the head, no bent of the knee, not even crossing oneself. If I was passing pass you to get to another place, I would apologize as I did so out of curiosity or general respect. Or the covering one one's head (woman) . | Reverence |
| 2914 | Loss of the tradition of the laity and alter boys to kiss the sacred hand of a priest. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2915 | Lack of teaching the faith. Formal religious education is inadequate and parents who are not well catechized cannot pass down the Faith. | Catechesis |
| 2916 | Support of families remaining in tact, staying together. Divorce is passed to easily with annulments. We need to support unity and healing in broken families. Jesus was born into a family. Self sacrifice, and self control needs to be encouraged. | Family |
| 2917 | Receiving the Eucharist on the tongue must be emphasized. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2918 | Failure to connect the real presence to the scripture regarding it. | Catechesis |
| 2919 | Failure to catechize children in the TRUTH. | Catechesis |
| 2920 | Sermons by the priests should bring positive ideas to the laity. Too much emphasis is placed on the negativity happening in the world not offering hope and a faith we need to reach out to God to strengthen us through our challenges. Please offer us the love Jesus . | Homilies |
| 2921 | Families are not catechizing their children, and going to Sunday Mass. | Family, Catechesis |
| 2922 | Weakness and lack of zeal in both the common man and priests, lack of focus on spiritual warfare as well. | Leadership |
| 2923 | The lack of setting rules at the onset of mass such as cell phone use and volume, arriving late and leaving early. Also praying the Rosary prior to mass is I believe so important. Similarly saying the Michael, the arch angel prayer following mass. Finally, there is a huge lack of confession times offered prior to mass and throughout the week. That right there is one of the biggest issues in both the traditional and Novus Ordo mass although I will give a NO close to me some credit and that is that they offer confession quite often throughout the week and weekend. Regrettably their mass is not holy or reverent and watered down, but their confession times are excellent. | Confession, Devotions, TLM, Silence/Distractions, Liturgical Practice, Reverence |
| 2924 | Failure of US bishops to call out politicians who openly promote abortion, homosexuality, gender change surgery for children, drag shows for children, and to openly address pedophilia in the church. No wonder so many have left!!!! Also failure to admit that Catholic organizations are assisting in the invasion of illegals in the US. Most of my Catholic friends no longer attend! Nor do my family members who were raised in Catholic schools. | Leadership, Abortion, Modernism, Canon 915 |
| 2925 | How they allow people to dress immodest to receive or hand out the blessed sacrament. | Reverence |
| 2926 | Failure to ask for modesty at Holy Mass. Failure to offer TLM. | TLM, Attire, Leadership |
| 2927 | There must be a greater emphasis on restoring the family unit AND reminding parents to actively explain the faith. Too many parents leave it completely up to the church. | Family |
| 2928 | Lack of reverence to the Holy Sacrament of the altar, and to educate people coming to church with a more respected attire. | Reverence, Attire |
| 2929 | Encouragement of a much longer prayer time at church after receiving communion; also encouragement of laity to receive communion much more frequently than just on Sundays. | Reverence |
| 2930 | Lack of proper catechesis. The faithful are completely ignorant of their faith because formation has been a failure for decades. | Catechesis |
| 2931 | The closing of churches during Covid . It also seems that external signs of reverence during communion such as kneeling or receiving on the tongue or from a priest or Deacon, are frowned upon. | COVID |
| 2932 | Not only the lack of catechesis in Catholic schools, but also the attitude of authority figures within MANY Catholic schools toward the Church undermines the faith of children in some ways even more so than public school can. When authority figures within the schools treat Catholicism as an eye roll-worthy chore, it makes children think that not even the people in charge believe it. Bishops need to implement stricter standards for who is employed at Catholic schools as well as the rigor of the theology curriculum. Kids are capable of much more than they are currently being asked to do. | Leadership, Schools, Catechesis |
| 2933 | Bowing instead of genuflecting during mass. | Reverence |
| 2934 | Allowing Deacons to do everything after communion is served as far as cleaning the chalice . | Liturgical Practice |
| 2935 | There is a great lack of proper philosophical and theological formation of priests to truly understand the fullness of Church teaching, which results in their failure to properly pass Church teaching on to the faithful. There is also a lack of correction of these errors by the bishops. This trickles down to the laity and results in far worse problems than just the ignorance of the individual priest. It has implications in the moral life of the faithful and can quite easily cause them to carelessly fall into unrepentant mortal sin, as I have seen in the lives of many people I know personally. People in these situations seem to be in a frightening majority in our modern western culture. | Priestly Formation, Sin, Leadership |
| 2936 | I think it's important to teach people that if they don't believe, they should ask the Holy Spirit to open their hearts to accept the gift of belief. And I think having more homilies focused on the trueness of the presence of our Lord in the Eucharist is needed - explaining that it is really hard to understand and that it is a mystery not to be understood but to be accepting of as truth - but only via a gift from the Holy Spirit. This is deep, but I've been reading and meditating on a book called "The Secret of Mary" Saint Louis de Montfort from America Needs Fatima and it has transformed me to have a deeper level of love and awe of the Holy Eucharist. Perhaps some things in that little book can help. I'm really trying to think here; my husband does not believe and I've been praying for many, many years that the Lord will bless him with the faith of the true presence of our Lord. And I'm trying to figure out what would touch him. I've come to the conclusion that it has to come from the Holy Spirit in His time. | Revelation, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 2937 | 1. Acceptance of it as a MYSTERY of our faith.....once it's understood it's a mystery and requires faith, those that debate it vs science have little to stand on. 2. In this day and age of electronic communications and social media, I think it's imperative that our youth and others who use such media to have access to age appropriate and understandable (non-esoteric) explanations of the Eucharist and transubstantiation and how integral it is to our faith journey and salvation. Thank you for your survey. | Catechesis |
| 2938 | you touched on it in 4. regarding the clergy: being in a state of grace before receiving the Eucharist. Regular/frequent catechesis from priests and bishops on availing oneself to the sacraments such as frequent Confession after regular examinations of conscience, behind a screen as opposed to "in person" face to face with the priest. | Confession, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 2939 | Standing for Christ in the public square, especially having to do with sinful and perverse relationships, and not discipline those, within the church, that condone it. If you deny Me before men, I will deny you before my heavenly Father. That doesn't mean we bash, but it does mean we speak the truth, always and everywhere. If we do not stand for and with Christ, then who will believe the rest?. | Public Witness |
| 2940 | Poor catechesis and lack of support for families brining young children to church as well as in the formation of their homes as domestic churches. | Family, Catechesis |
| 2941 | The time for receiving the Eucharist goes really quickly. It takes about 5 minutes in my parish to provide Communion to the entire church. Before I converted to Catholicism, the Oriental Orthodox denomination I belonged to would have altar rails and no EMs, so Communion would take about 15 minutes. I love these things, and I think they really do help with reverence. But I think the most important factor is that we have too little time to savor the mystery of the Eucharist. We just rush through it, and it almost feels like we need to get through it to get back to the prayer parts when the priest says stuff rather than being an opportunity for divine intimacy. When it takes me more time to fill out this survey than for an entire parish to receive Communion, I fear we are doing something wrong. | Extraordinary Ministers, Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 2942 | It ties in with reception on the hand and removal of communion rails, but to put it in a direct way would be the lack of reception of Holy Communion while kneeling, which affects the humility and reverence in the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2943 | In general, our pope and his closest advisors are a turnoff and are driving faithful Catholics away from the church. Most Catholics I know do not like or trust this pope and him to resign. His excommunication of Vigano is very upsetting. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 2944 | The mass is different on how it is offered church to church. Meaning some churches show more reverence some priests are very vague and sometimes look down on being traditional in practice. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2945 | The current "pope" and his fellow cardinals and bishops who habitually (and deliberately) trample the major tenets of our faith in ways that no Catholic can miss. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 2946 | the way the people attending mass should act and dress. | Attire |
| 2947 | Priests not informing people how to dress for Mass and being in Church in general. | Attire |
| 2948 | Failure to communicate to all attendants of mass that the reception of communion is only for practicing members of the church who have been properly initiated. If we allow visitors to casually receive without real knowledge or preparation it undermines the belief that God truly is present in the host. | Worthy Reception |
| 2949 | We need the Latin Mass only. | TLM |
| 2950 | Closure of Catholic schools, poor religious education of youth in parish, lack of discussion of the faith and the Eucharist in the home, lack of Catholic community and involvement with parish events and organizations. I believe these issues have the most severe impact on the faith of the youth. No Eucharistic revival can replace the religious instruction taught in Catholic schools, or the reinforcement of beliefs by a strong a loving family and active, engaged, and welcoming Catholic community. | Closures, Family, Catechesis, Welcoming, Community |
| 2951 | Bishops not protecting the faith. | Leadership |
| 2952 | The Catholic Church seems to make too many of their rules that have nothing to do with the Bible . | Other |
| 2953 | 1/the relativity of ecumenism. Our faith is the one true faith and only way to God. 2/the current constant changes and threatened changes. This is as sure as the sun rises the markings of a man centered religion. 3/the overall piss poor catechesis. This touched upon in your survey. As a hospital based physician I need 100 continuing education credits for the state and 100 hours in addition for the hospital. Yet as Catholics we have no requirement at all to educate ourselves. This to me is crazy. It should be at least offered, if not mandated. 4/ like my first point but expanded from Christianity. God does not will other religions. He didn’t send His Son to suffer and die so we can be Muslims. He desires all to be Catholics. I’m sure there’s more. Thank you. | Ecumenism, Catechesis |
| 2954 | Lack of genuine reverence before the Holy Sacrament such as kneeling while receiving communion and genuflecting entering your pew or passing the tabernacle with the Holy Eucharist present. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 2955 | Some of our separated brethren claim to believe in the Real Presence but not transubstantiation. The doctrinal distinctions between Holy Mother Church and our separated brethren are weedy and confusing, making it easy to believe that some other church's Eucharistic theology is substantially the same as our own. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 2956 | The lack of authority in the clergy. In some of the churches, the priests are not the heads of their church, but merely come in to administer the sacraments (while others run the church in ways that the priests should ). | Leadership |
| 2957 | I would say that a lack of lay education in basic theology of the body and how it relates to Holy Communion is part of it, since people don’t know WHY they are receiving the Eucharist, even if they know the biblical/historical apologetics for it. | Catechesis |
| 2958 | Lack of religious education in public schooling. | Catechesis |
| 2959 | Radical traditionalists that have a pharisaical outlook on or practice of the Faith and put the Lord in a box. As Saint Athanasius said, “God became man so that man might become God.” God is not scandalized by our sin nor limited by His sacraments. Yes, we should do all we can to give the Eucharist, “the source and summit of our Faith,” the utmost reverence, but we should not forget that faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is spread not by proselytizing but by attraction. Eucharist means thanksgiving. Let’s be a people of joy and celebration about what we have and perhaps more will want to become children of God, too. | Other |
| 2960 | Receiving communion in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 2961 | Talking in Church before, during, and after the Holy Sacrifice. | Silence/Distractions |
| 2962 | The increased secularization of our culture. | Modernism |
| 2963 | Sanctity of Gods House: when we enter, we need to remember who is silently with us and begin our worship as soon as we enter. Visiting with one another should be outside of the Church and reverent silence should begin when we enter. We also need to be reminded of the proper afire to be worn to Mass in light of our status as guests in the Lord’s House. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 2964 | Failure to offer confessions to laity, and to guide them to make good confessions. Confession lines should be longer and the clergy need to be aware of this issue. Many approach the altar rail in states of mortal sin simply because of a failure to educate and offer the sacrament of penance. | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 2965 | Lack of consistent teaching about the Eucharist by priests and bishops. | Leadership |
| 2966 | The Novus Ordo/Mass of Paul VI gives too many variations of the mass. One can be reverent, while another pariah you might not even recognize the mass e.g., St Sabina Chicago. | Liturgical Practice |
| 2967 | How people dress while attending Mass. It is so casual, distracting at times, no respect that we are actually giving thanks and adoring our Lord. | Attire |
| 2968 | Emphasis on dressing appropriately and decently for Mass. | Attire |
| 2969 | Surveys like yours that have a prearranged and biasedness of questions. Not one option of how people do not understand that the Holy Eucharist is Jesus’s Ultimate Gift to the Church. Carlos Acutis the Eucharist is the highway to Heaven. | Other |
| 2970 | People don’t care about Gods commandments and feel that if they say they love God, that is enough. I can pray anywhere, I don’t need church to do that. | Catechesis |
| 2971 | The teaching of the catechism is inadequate. Why and how it is true is never explained plus it is let slide after confirmation and only taught on Sundays in YFF. Many parents do not reinforce what is taught. The children are never taught how to defend their beliefs and never challenged by those who teach them to stand for their beliefs. Further, reverence in receiving holy communion is not encouraged. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 2972 | The priest don't know what reverence is many horrors just going through motions very blase' or corruption effeminate men more hung up on idiotic showmanship trying to be to relevant to secular culture see this at mass all ages celebrant very off putting Go along to get along care more about $ than souls. | Reverence, Fear/Cowardness |
| 2973 | -Lack of teaching on the scriptural roots of the Eucharist -Lack of teaching on Protestant denial of Real Presence and how they broke off from original Christian teaching -The seeming unimportance of presence at Mass and physical reception of the Eucharist spurred by ‘online/streamed’ Masses. | Catechesis |
| 2974 | Catholics not dressing up for Mass and women veiling. | Attire |
| 2975 | Unwillingness of priests to call out poor behavior (e.g. talking in church prior to Mass as though it's an audience at an entertainment event.). | Fear/Cowardness |
| 2976 | Relativism. | Modernism |
| 2977 | evangelization of catechesis, homilies by clergy who have strong believe in the real presence, people required to dress appropriately, teaching on the saints including examination of conscience for ongoing conversion, on-going in-parish teaching, more works of mercy, do not combine mass and devotionals with English and Spanish. Involve all parishioners in ministries as a community, not just assigned leaders. 24 hour adoration should be available to all parishioners as well as confession many times a week if not daily. More devotion to Our Blessed Mother in all parishes. | Devotions, Homilies, Catechesis, Evangelization, Community |
| 2978 | The handling of SACRED VESSELS AS WELL AS THE HOLY EUCHARIST IN AN INADEQUATE MANNER. (I.E. sloppy movement, quick elevation as well as quick mass release with no THANKSGIVING AFTER MASS FOR RECEIVING JESUS IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST. ??????. | Reverence |
| 2979 | Please talk more about murder of the innocent babies, healing for post abortive men and women, speak of the sin of homosexuality acts also, cohabitation and hell heaven and purgatory. Have a kneeler to receive a Jesus kneeling on the tongue. I have a sweet lady at Mass who carries Jesus to her pew, I mentioned it to our Parish admin, nothing done. Is this acceptable? More Scripture studies. Thank you, in the Love of our Lady , yes more of Mary and the Saints too! In the love of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 2980 | Teaching and modeling to people how to properly refer to the Eucharist in speech. The Eucharist is NOT bread and wine. It IS the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. The Eucharist is NOT an it or a thing. The Eucharist IS the person of Jesus, the Word made flesh. HE IS in Eucharistic form. | Catechesis |
| 2981 | Protestant influence/lack of education on how we differ from Protestantism. | Ecumenism |
| 2982 | Lack of promotion or hostility towards the "private" devotion of Eucharistic adoration. The implied authority of the pulpit is major, positively or negatively. | Devotions |
| 2983 | War against Sacred Tradition, the deposit of Faith and those who hold it dear and the refusal to acknowledge that The Mass is not about We it is about He. | TLM |
| 2984 | I think missing mass has become more acceptable over the years, about half or so of Catholics I know outside of my family don’t go to mass. I think there isn’t enough emphasis ont the importance of mass and It being a time to receive the Eucharist and praise God. | Catechesis |
| 2985 | Catechesis on the nature of sin and the need for confession. | Confession, Sin |
| 2986 | The following may seem unrelated but bear with me. There is a spiritual paradigm shift taking place across the globe because science and religion are bumping heads in unexpected ways and finding common ground. God is perfectly aware of this. We have an old view of the Community of Saints , God may be allowing souls to witness them firsthand in Heaven and live to tell about it. Here goes. There is great interest in Near Death Experiences ( NDE’s) these days. This is an area of study where science and faith/ religion meet. Science and medicine are finally taking those experiences seriously. Faith leaders are starting to pay attention but so far they only latch on to the ideas that jive with what they already believe or they attribute all the experiences to the devil. They ignore experiences and ideas that reflect concepts that lye outside the bounds of orthodox Christianity. There is no endorsement from traditional Christianity when NDRers return to life speaking of the eternal pre-existence of their souls or they are shown previous past lives in conjunction with current life reviews. People who experience NDE’s are changed completely. Often their NDE does not relate to the after death expectations taught in traditional Christianity. Jesus, angels and/or spiritual mentors figure in some experiences but not all. NDEer’s come back to life having lost their fear of death. They see God infused in all of life and creation. They discover and are assured that life is eternal. They discover a whole new existence beyond the physical body. They discover that their true spiritual identity is individual and communal at the same time. They discover their eternal connection to the Source of life. They come back with a new appreciation of life and a fresh focus on love of others and a new mindfulness of their personal intentions in all their thoughts, words and deeds. The new emphasis stems from life reviews often experienced during their NDE. Many NDEer’s no longer find organized religion meaningful because their experiences on the other side involve concepts and experiences that go beyond traditional Christianity, the Christian view of God is too small. We now have world wide instant communication, language is no longer a barrier and we have a growing catalog of these experiences in the form of personal collected experiences and legit medical studies of them. In the past these experiences were considered isolated and would have been written off as crazy. There are now too many to ignore with our new life saving medical technological abilities. NDEers still claim spirituality and belief in God/ Creator/ Source . Former lifelong atheist NDEers come to belief in a Creator/ Source. A few have a hell like experience and come back thankful and changed ready to live their lives anew with a focus on practicing self and communal love with the goal of mending broken relationships. They lose their fear of life and death and come back knowing they are loved always. This has a huge effect on others who knew them both before and after. Science is being forced to face the fact that the brain and consciousness may be totally separate. NDEer’s often come back with spiritual/ supernatural gifts that are new or amplified. Coming back to life with a renewed sense of living and first hand experience with spiritual guides on the other side may overshadow their past organized religious experiences including communion. They would come back seeing every meal as communion and sacred. They don’t want or need their religious experiences brokered by organized religion and or clergy. They come back to life with a full big picture of life and it’s purpose. They might return to church for fellowship and friendship but not for the organizational / theological concepts, especially if they contradict their lived near death experience. People want to believe and they listen when they witness real change in the lives of people they know. It inspires faith and hope. . | Other |
| 2987 | Lack of proper guidance from the Bishops and the Vatican. | Leadership |
| 2988 | Rejection by bishops of the Deposit of Faith and focus on social/political controversies instead of saving souls. An abandonment of teaching on judgement/hell. | Modernism, Politics, Leadership |
| 2989 | The sacrament of reconciliation (confession of sins) before receiving the Eucharist. | Confession |
| 2990 | We need to know we are in sacred space, be quiet, dress appropriately...have humility before Christ. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Reverence, Attire |
| 2991 | The witness (or lack thereof) of parents at home to their children, as it relates to their belief in the true presence, ripples outward not only through generations, but through age groups. If you put a focus on catechizing adults with children, you will plant the seeds of change for the future. As for the present, the priest should make it a frequent and straightforward point to talk about the true presence, And gently remind his flock (almost constantly) to behave in a respectful manner in the sanctuary. | Family, Catechesis |
| 2992 | Clergy make it all about themselves and not about Christ and evangelization. | Evangelization, Leadership |
| 2993 | Failure for priest to come early for mass and prepare prayerfully . Laity need to witness this. | Public Witness, Leadership |
| 2994 | Clerical Abuses. | Scandals |
| 2995 | “ all things new. “ instead of doing whatever it takes to spread the Word and Eucharist they are closing churches and schools. We should be going the extra mile to keep them open. | Closures |
| 2996 | Women wearing head coverings in the Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. | Attire |
| 2997 | Education is lacking, but understanding even more so. You can understand the real presence without the education. None of this matters without the gifts of knowledge and understanding. Education from that point is great, but superfluous without the underlying gifts. So, we need to support the reception of graces and gifts. Our culture does not support a state of grace, so we must teach our Body's members how to amid life. To live a life focused on God. | Catechesis |
| 2998 | As belief in the Real Presence has dwindled, many Catholics have grown up in an environment where it is regular to disregard the reality of the Eucharist. Respect for the Presence requires a culture of respect within the church. Any one element isn't enough - it needs to flow from community life. Seeing your friends, family, parishioners respecting the Eucharist fully inculcates a similar respect in anyone seeking to grow their faith. | Reverence, Community |
| 2999 | How catholic are treated in public . | Other |
| 3000 | Failure to teach both youth and adults that the Eucharist is in fact the body of Christ, and that it is not symbolic. Failure to properly catechize the laity is a huge problem and , in our secular society has let to the belief that the transubstantiation is not a real thing. Also, failure to emphasize that the communicant must be in a state of grace to receive leads people to receive while not in a state of grace, this committing even more sins. Confession is not optional. It is required in order to receive the body and blood of Jesus. | Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 3001 | Failure to demand proper attire and etiquette in church, especially during Mass. communion in the hand must be abolished. Use of patens during Holy Communion. Properly attired altar boys, no sloppy undergarments or shoes. All must present itself according to the truth that we are in the presence of The King. | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 3002 | Emphasis on appropriate dress when attending Mass. | Attire |
| 3003 | Seminary formation, pope and bishops persecution of traditional priests and their failure to sanction pro-abortion, pro-homosexual clerics and politicians, etc. Cancelling Masses, demanding masks, vaccinations, distancing, Communion in the hand during Covid hysteria. | Persecuted Clergy, Priestly Formation, LGBTQ+ Issues, COVID, Leadership, Abortion, Canon 915 |
| 3004 | More confession days needs to be added during the week. Only priest needs to give the Holy Eucharist to the laity. Holy Eucharist needs to be given in the mouth and in your knees only. Education in theology of the body Priest need to speak up more and stand firm against issues like: Abortion, transgender, Gays, and. immodesty, marriage, and many more topics that are happening in the world today. More education on the sacraments and why they are important, and educate the laity on the importance of the mass. . | Confession, Availability/Access, Catechesis, Abortion, Sacraments, Modernism, Sin |
| 3005 | The importance of examination of conscience for mortal and venial sins. Having hard copies of sins against each commandment available to people while waiting on the confessional line would be beneficial. Many people don’t realize that things that they do or fail to do are against God’s law. Catholics are not being catechized even in Catholic schools. Go after the children the way the far left does but with the truth about our holy Catholic faith. Bishops and pastors can send evangelizing materials in the mail to parishioners regularly. Remind people how they should receive Holy Communion. Bow their heads . Genuflect! . | Confession, Worthy Reception, Leadership, Evangelization, Sin |
| 3006 | A wholly inadequate attitude towards what the Second Vatican Council calls for in Sacrosanctum Concilium, in regards to making the liturgy “the source and summit” of the faith. | Vatican II |
| 3007 | Lack of Adoration, especially PERPETUAL ADORATION, and the loss of emphasis on CONFESSION! Really?! Saturdays only for 45 minutes?!. | Confession, Availability/Access, Devotions |
| 3008 | Sign of peace. The raising of hands. Greeting people while in line, to receive the Eucharist. Schedule more time for reconciliation. | Confession, Availability/Access, Sign of Peace |
| 3009 | Lack of teaching/understanding of the liturgical calendar and seasons, how different solemnities, feasts and fasts emphasize the impact of a Eucharistic life. | Liturgical Calendar, Fasting |
| 3010 | Lack of hard hitting, liturgical teaching to address catechism/sinful errors during Mass. | Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 3011 | Reception under both kinds—there aren’t enough precautions made to ensure that the Precious Blood doesn’t drip onto either the floor or the communicant’s clothing. Oftentimes there is a lack of care in cleaning the Blood when It does drip, and this represents a particular difficulty in carpet-floored churches. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3012 | Not being offered to kneel down as like at the railing or kneeler before the Eucharist. Explaining the benefits of receiving on the tongue. How receiving in the hand even came about in the United States. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3013 | Many Catholics continue to watch the Mass on TV as they did during Covid. They are sacrificing so much in not receiving the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. | COVID |
| 3014 | That a personal relationship with Jesus is required for salvation and the Eucharist provides that intimacy like nothing else. That all Christians once believed in the True Presence and their worship looked like ours and only fairly recently that has changed. Explain that the devil Is real and doesn’t want us to be Catholic and receive the Sacraments! Teach people what sanctifying grace is and how the Sacraments give us that gift!. | Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 3015 | Shutting down church during COVID. Not reinstating the distribution of the Precious Blood. | COVID |
| 3016 | Several Priests do not show reverence during the Sacrifice of the Mass as an example for the faithful. During the consecration/Transubstantiation several Priests ask the faithful to raise their hands and participate with them. People raise their hands during other parts of the Sacrifice of the Mass. Priests Fail to Inform the Laity that the Mass is a Representation of Calvary which was a bloody Sacrifice of the Mass and now is not bloody However still is A Representation of the Sacrifice of the Mass. Priests who do not give a Homily. Priests who during a Homily talk about themselves, or do not refer to the liturgy of the Bible, for the Homily. Also priests who do not wear the habit, instead they wear street clothes, with absence of a sense oh always being on duty. Priests who do not offer instruction on the necessity of Confession at least twice a month, being in the state of Grace and be a Catholic to receive Communion. The priests are not available or approachable, they use the receptionist or secretary who mostly says the pastor is not available. All of this is the Priests duty to the faithful. | Reverence, Attire |
| 3017 | Failure in teaching in the catholic schools and catechism the real presence of the Eucharist. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3018 | The parents are not as involved in teaching their children about the faith, probably because they were not taught as well. Maybe have more family functions where everyone can learn about the faith. | Family |
| 3019 | Latin mass is crucial to save our church! Proper attire and reverence inside a church. Thank you for bringing this awareness God love this ministry. Sign me up!. | TLM, Attire |
| 3020 | Kneeling to receive Him!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3021 | Laity not being properly dressed for Mass. | Attire |
| 3022 | Vast majority of US bishops going along with the world and the US government (especially the Democratic political party) in order to receive government funds. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 3023 | Adequately explaining the difference between the Catholic Eucharist, and all the other various Protestant celebrations. | Catechesis |
| 3024 | The allowance of casual attire inside church, especially during Mass. What happened to showing respect to God and other parishioners by wearing one's "Sunday best"? Gives the impression that nothing special is happening inside. The use, even through glances, of cell phones inside church. Why is it brought in at all? Gives the impression that Mass is no different than any other event. Failure to pay attention at Mass, especially during the consecration, and the failure of parents to require their children to ay attention during Mass, especially during the consecration. Gives the impression that just "showing up" is good enough. Getting up or walking around during Mass, especially during the reading of the scriptures and the consecration. Gives the impression that nothing special is occurring. NO MEN IN KEY POSITIONS! Religion is often thought of as a "woman's thing". The lack of men solidifies the belief and gives the impression that it's not that important in life unless one needs emotional support. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 3025 | I believe the entirety of the education plan of CCD needs to be overhauled. Children are simply NOT learning The Faith. Parents should be more involved in CCD as well - they should be the primary educators of The Faith! . | Family, Catechesis |
| 3026 | TLM only; get rid of the lectors; get rid of the Novus Ordo; confession available before and during mass; restore all the traditional sacramental rites!!!; educate women on the beauty and justice of veiling; exhort laity on *staying put* until last verse of recessional sung, then kneeling and giving thanks. Catechesis/elevator pitch on the REALITY OF SIN, THE NEED FOR SALVATION, AND GOD’s PLAN FOR THE PERFECT SACRIFICE FOR SALVATION AND THE OHCA CHURCH TO OFFER THAT SACRIFICE. There IS no Plan B!!!. | Confession, TLM, Liturgical Practice, Catechesis, Sin |
| 3027 | It was sort of mentioned but ... sacred silence in the church (not just during Mass but at all times) is very important, which must include instruction on why this is important. Also instruction on appropriate dress in the presence of the Lord, especially at the sacrifice of the Mass. | Silence/Distractions, Attire, Catechesis |
| 3028 | Many people attend Holy Mass scantily clad. | Attire |
| 3029 | Lack of adequate times for Confession and lack of emphasis on Confession. By downplaying Confession, they also downplay the Eucharist. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 3030 | Failure to teach the faith in detail beyond the homily. | Catechesis |
| 3031 | The laity’s lack of love and poor faith If we really love the Lord present in the Holy Eucharist we can find many options and now with technology to catechize ourselves if only if we love the Eucharist . | Catechesis |
| 3032 | References to the Holy Eucharist as "crackers and juice" especially by persons who should know better. | Reverence |
| 3033 | Failure to have teachings once confirmed. Only teaching received is at Mass which are mostly happy, feel good sermons. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3034 | Female altar servers. | Role of Women |
| 3035 | -Laity need to arrive early at Church to prepare for Mass: to foster prayerful silence, and faithful realization in the reality of the Eucharist, rather than greet, “check in” with others, look around and “space out”. - Some priests speak of the Eucharist as a “meal” rather than as a “sacrifice”. Emphasize the latter. - Reverence!. | Meal vs Sacrifice, Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 3036 | Due to the scandal of Clergy abuse and cover up, people are not going to Mass anymore. In order to address all the answers to previous questions, you must get people back to church. The Clergy, church have to come clean of their sins and only then will people come back. I believe we have not lost our faith in God but in the Pope, and priests. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 3037 | Sermons are too concerned with social issues . | Homilies |
| 3038 | I think belief in the real presence is less of a problem of belief in the intellectual sense but in faith as an outcropping of authentic and trusting relationship with God. What could this be a factor of? If the Eucharist is the source and summit of faith, and we believe the Eucharist impacts family via the transformation of the soul; then, it is reasonable to assume internal family relationships lacking trust create an environment in which despair and disbelief run rampant . | Relationship with Jesus |
| 3039 | Not pushing parents being the primary educators of the faith as saint john Paul the 2nd quoted. It has to start in the home if the clergy could pus that people may actually stay catholic not putting so many lay people in charge because then it gets political over what's right in the eyes of the church . | Family |
| 3040 | a congregation that is secular and modern can not adequately help those new to the faith. inability of secular congregations to receive the truth clergy participating in gossip and slander of parishioners!!. | Modernism |
| 3041 | Things that happen within the church and/or Mass, such as irreverent social events, dancing, lack of sufficient times of confession all contribute to a lack of belief in the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist and the honor and reverence due to Him . | Confession, Reverence, Availability/Access |
| 3042 | In the past, priests not presiding at Mass would come out and distribute Holy Eucharist. Never, now. Also, at times, the Presider will remain seated and let Eucharistic Ministers distribute Eucharist. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 3043 | Failure of men to lead their households in the faith. Most families attend mass because of the women which has caused Catholicism to take on a feminized identity for the laity. | Family |
| 3044 | general secularization/corruption of society at large and the Church's acceptance of that trend has broadly undermined the foundation of faith among the laity and created a more casual relationship vis a vis the sacraments. | Modernism |
| 3045 | The problem is more than a failure to catechize on transubstantiation. We are failing to catechize parishioners at the most fundamental level. Start with the Incarnation. What was the Incarnation? Who, then, really was Jesus? What were the Incarnation's (many) consequences? When too many Catholics are not even properly catechized that Jesus was God (not just a good man and great teacher), how can those same Catholics hold a properly sacramental view of the Eucharist? Pew Research (August 5, 2019) stated that 69% of Catholics say that the bread and wine are only symbols. My sense of what has happened thought lack of systematic teaching is that historical events (the Incarnation, for the purpose of this discussion) have become abstractions. Once the events of sacred history are viewed as abstractions, the next step is to subtraction. We subtract from the Faith until we have hollowed-out the substance (take the words in both senses, conceptual substance, as well as Substance—the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist), and we are left with almost 7 in 10 Catholics holding a protestant view of the Eucharist. Protestantism, of course, was a subtractive process. Too many well meaning but uninstructed Catholics have adopted the same view. . | Catechesis |
| 3046 | The formation of modern priest ( bad & horrid quality of candidates to religious life ) over all dioceses folding because of funding going along to get along trying to be secular And to much emphasis on right to life No resolving other issues homelessness, Catholic hospitals, etc. why people are leaving no leadership from all men across the board cowards just dead words on radio TV pulpit. | Fear/Cowardness, Priestly Formation |
| 3047 | Discussing sin and the devil in the homilies by the clergy and emphasizing the sacrament of penance to the laities before receiving the Eucharist. | Confession, Homilies, Sin |
| 3048 | Homilies only based on scripture and not usually mentioning the past where we get tradition!! Saints lives, examples of usage of sacramentals and such in ones lives and homes!! No talk on the power of the Rosary or importance of it and sacraments!! . | Homilies |
| 3049 | No Altar Girls No Eucharistic ministers No women on the Altar and reading. | Extraordinary Ministers, Role of Women |
| 3050 | Society's push to totally remove God or even the mere idea of God from every aspect of daily life. | Modernism |
| 3051 | Lack of communal activities. This shows that the faith it worth living for! One summer camp and a few barbecues don't seem to be enough. I think this is of much lesser importance than what was listed, but it is a disconnect in our lives. It would be really wonderful to have a place to go, perhaps separate from the church, but where parishioners are welcome. What comes to mind to me personally is a prayer garden. Where families can pray together. Where homeschooling moms can meet for play dates and co-ops during the week. Where we can have parish picnics and other events. | Welcoming, Community |
| 3052 | Clergy has not taught about he sacrifice of the Mass…that the Mass allows us to Participate by being right there at the last Supper and on Calvary with Jesus…suffering with Him, ministering to Him with love, and thanking Him for offering himself…his body and blood for us to consume…be filled with. The importance of reverence in thought, actions and dress. That when attending the Mass, we are not seeing a show at a venue…we are in God’s Presence. People do not understand this…shown in disrespectful dress and talking and laughing before, and during Mass. it is sad and disgraceful. | Silence/Distractions, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 3053 | The church’s years of ecumenism. This has lowered our own standards. | Ecumenism |
| 3054 | Vatican II has greatly affected my own personal family. We are now a Latin Mass family, and everyone who attends has a great respect for the Mass more than I have ever seen. Several family members raised in the English Mass have fallen away, its so sad, and I attribute it to taking the TLM away. Our Church has fallen apart and it seems, just like how our cites are not taken care of, as though those in leadership of the Church do not care for the souls or even the Eucharist as they should. | Vatican II, TLM |
| 3055 | Communion in the hand. A child asked me when she could get that “cookie. I filled her in what that precious bread was and I emphasizes that with her and the others in my catechesis if the Good Shepherd group. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3056 | Overall lack of education about the meaning and purpose of the mass being a sacrifice. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 3057 | The priest are not having you say the act of contrition in confession before they absolve you. They are talking about how the Muslims pray instead of the saints. They don’t listen to the parishioners. They pray for the popes intentions instead of his conversion. Let’s be honest and real. They talk about the science instead of having faith in GOD. Closing the church during covid. | Confession, COVID, Leadership, Modernism |
| 3058 | incense on holy days is not done anymore in a lot of Churches. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3059 | Extremely progressive bishops and encouraging entertainment within the Mass with clowns, blessing people with a guitar, dancing in the aisle, check out Cupich/Chicago. Disgusting!. | Liturgical Practice, Leadership |
| 3060 | The casual and immodest way that women (and men) dress when attending Mass. | Attire |
| 3061 | Vailing and the total loss of modesty in dress. | Attire |
| 3062 | Cowardly clergy. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 3063 | The on going confusion the pope causes by the lack of clarity in mortal sins and need for confession. | Confession, Leadership, Confusion, Sin |
| 3064 | Failure to use communion patens and a general problem with clergy not acting toward the Sacrament that communicates that they believe this is something extraordinary -- the physical presence of God!. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 3065 | Traditionis custodes!!!. | TLM |
| 3066 | Telling the lay people that mass is for worship of God. Your best attire should be worn to mass. Telling the laypeople that quiet and reverence should be the norm at mass. Chit chat and such should take place outside of the church. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 3067 | Loss of the sense of sin, priests preaching/teaching the 10 commandments and repentance and providing many confession hours. Emphasizing being in a state of grace to receive Jesus and what that means. | Confession, Sin, Availability/Access, Worthy Reception |
| 3068 | To casual about communion. Priest not being an example to the lay. | Reverence, Leadership |
| 3069 | I believe each Catholic Church should have an adoration chapel (room, cove, etc.) that is available to all parishioners and non-parishioners. The holy Eucharist needs to be displayed, worshiped, and glorified. | Devotions |
| 3070 | Novus Ordo. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3071 | Confession for just 30 minutes before Mass. Priest exits, points to his watch and smiles. . | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 3072 | Paten should always be used during Holy Communion . | Eucharist Reception |
| 3073 | We have stopped saying the Saint Michael prayer after the mass. | Devotions |
| 3074 | Make the TLM available to everyone everywhere without limitations. | TLM |
| 3075 | Communion in the hand . | Eucharist Reception |
| 3076 | Observe the precepts . | Living the Faith |
| 3077 | Clergy should remind people, often, of the gravity of receiving the Eucharist while in a state of mortal sin, i.e. divorced and remarried Catholics. | Worthy Reception |
| 3078 | The church and laity have allowed worldliness into our liturgy and daily lives. Mass has been reduced to another social event on a busy calendar, rather than the most important thing we can possibly do. | Modernism |
| 3079 | Talking before mass. not letting children be taught to be quiet. | Silence/Distractions |
| 3080 | Clergy not encouraging parishioners to go to regular confessions. In fact, I know of some parishes where confession is only by appointment. This completely discourages someone to go to confession. There should be longer confession times. In my experience, when a priest encourages confession in a parish and gives ample opportunity for parishioners to go, the people will go. They will want to go!. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 3081 | Removal of altar rails, non use of patens, joking around during mass by the priest, Modernism, lack of catechesis during homilies, lack of Gregorian Chant, Protestant music, ad libbing the Mass, omitting the Confiteor for no good reason. | Music, Liturgical Practice, Homilies, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 3082 | An overall culture of casualness that has infiltrated the Catholic Church that takes so lightly the Sacred. | Reverence |
| 3083 | One of the biggest scandals, having grave impact inside and outside the Church, is the lack of a father in the home. This started with birth control, which priests privately condoned, which gave men a freedom to have sex with no responsibilities. At the same time Manhood, Fatherhood, masculinity have been denigrated in the media. In short, men have FLED the Church. It is an entangled web, and Satan's nasty plan, to destroy the church by attacking families. | Family |
| 3084 | The Catholic church interprets Jesus's words about the Eucharist in such ways that are either blatantly false (the Eucharist IS FLESH and IS NOT BREAD) or in ways that create contradictions within the belief itself (the Eucharist has all physical attributes of bread but IS NOT BREAD). Any interpretation that could be true is flat out rejected by the church (the Eucharist IS PHYSICALLY BREAD, but IS ALSO "flesh" on some deeper level that we are not capable of observing unless God wills it.) As a result, Catholics that claim to believe in the church's teaching on the Eucharist either believe something that is blatantly false, or something that lacks any meaning due to contradictory definitions. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 3085 | Priest need to speak the truth to parishioners. Talk about sin and hell. | Homilies, Sin |
| 3086 | Understanding the Real Presence in relation to salvation history. There is a need in most Catholic Churches for catechesis. Very poor instruction about the Catholic Faith in most Catholic Churches. | Catechesis |
| 3087 | Having a sign of peace shortly before communion. Disrupts the sacredness we are entering into and turns into a hello how are you. Also after receiving communion we have no silent time to worship and commune with God Instead we have disruptive music. | Sign of Peace, Silence/Distractions, Music |
| 3088 | The failure of post-conciliar apologists to acknowledge obvious inconsistencies between pre- and post-conciliar magisterium and practices projects cult-like behavior. This lack of intellectual honesty and integrity and disconnect from reality reduces authentic cooperation with Grace in the Body of Christ to membership of a nauseatingly shallow, happy feelings, spirituality of the lukewarm, church of "nice" cult. | Vatican II, Lack of Faith, Lukewarmness |
| 3089 | Lack of silence during holy communion; irreverent music (i.e. modern), playing during and after receiving. No silence to ponder or pray. | Music, Silence/Distractions |
| 3090 | Loss of a sense of mystery around the sacraments. This is western way of trying to study and explain the unexplainable. So this loss of belief happened a long time ago- with Protestants. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 3091 | I know you brought up sexual abuse but priests need to call those back that have left. They need to reach out to these people They could do that by asking the faithful if they know of anyone & relay the contact if & maybe write or call the person(s). I realize it’s a huge task but hell is forever. They need to come back!. | Scandals |
| 3092 | Erosion of the meaning and purpose of the priesthood . | Other |
| 3093 | Casual and immodest dress at Mass. | Attire |
| 3094 | 1.) Failure to put more time and effort into guiding the youth (the Church’s future) to Jesus and not helping them enough to understand why they need God in their life, leading them to instead slowly be taught by the people and things of this world when trying to find an explanation for things they cannot understand. 2.) Lack of parish activities that allow youth to spend time with other kids where, at a young age, they can start to create friendships and grow in faith together, which could lead them to have the desire to come to church because they have something to look forward to rather then being forced to come. | Catechesis |
| 3095 | Allowing the choir to sing during the Exposition of our Lord. Not educating people on proper dress before every mass. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 3096 | Dress appropriately. Make a different in what we were to go to the beach, park, store, etc.. To church we are going to receive the body and blood of Christ, be in his presence. | Attire |
| 3097 | Prejudice in the general culture, attacking and mocking Catholicism. | Modernism |
| 3098 | Deacons, Priests and Bishops leading by example and making their own Holy Hour. We know the ones who do because a few of us “catch them.” More than that, it changes their way of being with us. We can tell the ones who skip it. | Public Witness, Leadership |
| 3099 | The importance of going to Sunday Mass is not emphasized. It is a mortal sin. People do not know what is a sin anymore. | Sin |
| 3100 | And understanding of Catholics taking roles of leadership . | Leadership |
| 3101 | Dressing respectfully in the presence of the Holy Eucharist, as in coming to church wearing shorts and sandals but going to a party dress very nice. If one is going to see The Lord God, then they should dress like they are going to be attending an audience with a True King, God the Heavenly Father should has this respect. When the church dress code was lost, so was the respect for our Lord. Orthodox churches insist people come to the church dressed respectfully. Roman Catholic should bring this back too. But I feel nothing is said so not to "offend " anyone. For fear they'll stop coming to church. | Reverence, Fear/Cowardness, Attire |
| 3102 | My parish has Adoration on Fridays but our pastor regularly changes the times or cancels without notice. We now have E priests and 3 deacons and an adult formation leader. | Devotions, Availability/Access |
| 3103 | The attitude and actions from the pope and many of the hierarchy, including many bishops, regarding the preservation of the doctrines of the Catholic Faith and the Mass of the Ages has been extremely destructive to the faith of the faithful. There has been a wholesale loss of the sense of the sacred and the primacy of the Catholic Faith since the "leaders" have tinkered with nearly everything we Catholics hold to be sacred and dear beginning with the order of the Mass. What was once sacred is still sacred except, it seems, to the pope and the hierarchy and the new "democratic" process of the synods. Subversives and enemies of the Faith are invited to participate and shape an ever more progressive and modernist heterodoxy that is critically harming the Church. In response, so many of the faithful (many of whom have been poorly catechized in the last two-plus generations) are left perplexed and confused as to just what the Truths of the Faith actually are. Those who still give their full assent to the perennial truths of the Faith, and hold traditional worship to be sacred still, are labeled "subversive" and "backward" and worse; they are persecuted, marginalized and cancelled. Add to all of this the debauchery of so many of the hierarchy which has come to light in the last many years and it is no wonder that so many have suffered severe disillusionment and the loss of faith. When Rome stops experimenting with the Faith and the Faithful we may see a return to belief in the truths of the faith including an unshakeable faith in the Divine Presence in the Holy Eucharist. May it please God to provide for us. | Persecuted Clergy, Loss Sense of the Sacred, Leadership, Modernism |
| 3104 | While the faith has become sentimentalized, spirituality is focused on self-centered experience, nauseatingly lukewarm, and is inordinately adverse to the cross and suffering. The once great Catholic Church is beleaguered by effeminacy at every level rotting Her foundations. Within Her ranks, it's miracle anyone believes even a fraction of what saints of the past gave their lives for. . | Lack of Faith, Lukewarmness, Leadership |
| 3105 | The failure of priests celebrating the liturgy as given to us, but rather re-inventing the liturgy or parts of the liturgy as their own (re: "say the black, do the red"). | Liturgical Practice |
| 3106 | Lack emphasis on the sacrament of reconciliation. | Confession |
| 3107 | Deacons, women, Altar Servers receiving on the hand in front of all on the altar! It starts up on the altar! . | Eucharist Reception |
| 3108 | Taking out communion rails. Communion in the hand. Everyone sitting during communion. We used to stay kneeling till everyone received communion and sacred species back in tabernacle. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3109 | Inadequate catechism classes . | Catechesis |
| 3110 | Poor catechesis in general. The de-emphasis of regular, more than twice per year, confession. A de-emphasis of receiving in a state of grace. Few priests speaking about sin. | Confession, Sin, Catechesis, Worthy Reception |
| 3111 | Lack of strong male leadership . | Leadership |
| 3112 | The lack of model and spiritual development from a mother, father and peers. | Family |
| 3113 | Lack of reverence on parishioners and Clerics towards Holy Eucharist, lack of the clerics being present on adoration chapels and selling food or religious items on Sundays. Becoming like a market place. Also having charismatic prayer meetings inside the Church and dancing jumping clapping to a loud voices even on the next to the altar and in front of Holy Tabernacles., there is so much disrespect towards our Lord., clearly that says “ people and Priests no longer believe in The Real Presence of Jesus. | Lack of Faith, Reverence, Applause |
| 3114 | The Communion Rail, The Platen beneath the tongue to catch crumbs of The Holy Eucharist. Eucharistic ministers…. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 3115 | 1) The lack of faith displayed by the bishops and priests during the pandemic in shutting down churches and denying the faithful the sacraments. 2) Telling the faithful it was OK to watch Mass on TV and say the Spiritual Communion prayer while they were afraid to be exposed. 3) Once the fear of the bishops and priests subsided enough that they reopened the churches and ordered people back to Mass, it all smacked of hypocrisy. 4) They STILL have not restored access to the Precious Blood in our diocese. Where is their faith? In abortion-tainted vaccines? What about having faith in the Precious Body and Blood of our Lord? All of the above has driven away someone I love, and he still thinks is OK to just watch Mass on TV. | Fear/Cowardness, Liturgical Practice, COVID, Leadership, Abortion |
| 3116 | Failure to advise participants of the requirements to receive without sacrilege. i.e.: be Catholic, in a state of grace, fasted, have belief in the real presence. | Fasting, Worthy Reception |
| 3117 | Lack of Adult faith formation. | Catechesis |
| 3118 | young Catholics are just indifferent to the faith . | Lack of Faith |
| 3119 | Reception in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3120 | The way the priest says the Mass- how he comports himself - how he prays, genuflects, purifies the vessels, etc. Also training the altar servers how they comport themselves when they are in the sanctuary. The sanctuary MUST be restored as something so holy - it’s the Holy of Holies. I see too many people in the sanctuary and they walk around the altar and tabernacle way too casually. Another thing is dress codes need to be enforced (must be dressed modestly and decently). | Reverence |
| 3121 | A proper teaching on why we should make the effort to attend Mass in our Sunday best (on Sundays) and appropriate dress for all Masses. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 3122 | fewer Catholic schools and attendance, poor parenting in regards religion and morals. | Family, Schools |
| 3123 | Children are taught different teachings in high school in catholic schools making them not serious with their Catholic faith. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3124 | Emphasizing that confession is needed to be in a state of grace to receive the Eucharist. Few going to confession correlates to a lack of reverence and understanding of the Eucharist. | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 3125 | 1. Insufficient emphasis during biblical teaching on the sacredness of scripture, re: " This is my body ... " 2. Humility in the knowledge of the limits of the human mind to understand the mind of God and inability to comprehend the extent of God's power to convert the essence of a material substance to the body and blood, soul and divinity of the Christ. | Catechesis |
| 3126 | No longer using incense and candles. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3127 | Limited times for adoration. It’s hard when you work and only have one, 2 hour window a week (middle of the day) for adoration. | Availability/Access, Devotions |
| 3128 | The Novus Ordo mass, even the correct celebration of it, does not reflect a belief in the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. We worship as we believe. | Liturgical Practice, Lex Orandi/Lex Credendi |
| 3129 | The laity need to be catechized I grew up in the church and Vatican 2 is all we had taught to us. My first holy Communion was in the hand standing. The laity want the truth that Vatican 2 was meant to be so much more than what we received . | Vatican II, Catechesis |
| 3130 | It needs to start from top. Pope shows no reverence or protection of the Holy Eucharist. ALLOWING Gay Masses by the priest and Bishops. DISRESPECT AND BLASPHEMY ON THE ALTAR . | LGBTQ+ Issues, Reverence, Leadership |
| 3131 | Failure to educate the laity on the masculinity of the Three Persons of the Trinity. God provides the seed "Eternal Word)"(masculine). Holy Mother Church (feminine) receives the seed, plants it around the world, and cultivates it. GOD is masculine. | Catechesis |
| 3132 | Proper dress for ushers and extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist should be required. No shorts, t-shirts, no jeans or revealing clothes and “flip flop” shower sandals . | Attire |
| 3133 | the church is exceedingly making too many changes to make Protestants feel more welcome. May I dare say the church is looking a little like Bud Light going after market share. | Modernism, Welcoming |
| 3134 | The absence of fathers at Holy Mass with their families, or the attitude of the fathers while there (aloof, in a hurry to get Mass over with, etc.). | Family |
| 3135 | Receiving on the hand and standing to receive. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3136 | Priest should show or teach the Lay people to be reverent to the Eucharist when receiving the body and also to show reverence to the tabernacle when walking in front of it. | Reverence |
| 3137 | Lack of solid catholic teaching from the bishops. Bishops tolerating malfeasance among their priests' while canceling good priests. Lack of piety of priests. Lack of faithful teaching of the catholic faith by priests. Weak priests who Lack faith and commitment to stand up to a secular world. . | Persecuted Clergy, Fear/Cowardness, Lack of Faith, Leadership, Catechesis, Lack of Discipline |
| 3138 | Priests handling the Eucharist like Ritz crackers. | Reverence |
| 3139 | Communion in the hand, the loss of respect for the priesthood rampant in the NO (no kissing the priest's hand, lifting the priest's vestments, bowing when the priest passes, calling priests by their first names, etc.). | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 3140 | The prohibition of public mass during the pandemic. | COVID |
| 3141 | People who receive the Eucharist while in a state of sin and lack of teaching of the holy Eucharist. | Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 3142 | Online Mass', Shutting down the Churches in the year without an Easter, A.D. 2021, An emphasis on action and a diminishing of quiet pious devotion. | COVID |
| 3143 | Failure to raise the bar and how people dress for mass. When people come dressed like they’re going to a picnic or to work out. It shows no respect for Our Lord. | Attire |
| 3144 | Additional issues include bishops looking down on those who do still believe in the real presence to include those who choose to attend the traditional mass. This extends to the papacy as well but in regards to the laity in America our Bishops are the real sources of lack of belief. Additional issues definitely impact the this issue but at the end of the day the bishops need to stop allowing the abuses to the liturgy and to the sacred host that priests, especially in predominantly liberal areas, have preformed. | Leadership |
| 3145 | people are not taught this, children in catholic schools are not taught, or if they are, it was never "reinforced" by reminders. Since the 1970s Catholics don't know their faith because they are not being taught. My HS religion teacher was a lesbian, she didn't teach us, she played secular music & we watched films of documentaries on other religions. That was in 1987, 88, 89. When 911 happened in USA, Fr. John Corapi became popular because he would tell us "Catholics don't know their faith". I started picking up a bible & catechism teachings because of this faithful priest. Learned it all because of his witness. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3146 | Too many clergy no longer have supernatural faith. They want the world to live the Church, that will and should never happen. We are in the world but not of it. | Lack of Faith |
| 3147 | While parents do have a responsibility of educating their children spiritually sometimes the parents themselves were not educated correctly. Catechism is the key. | Catechesis |
| 3148 | The placement of the sign of peace in the mass. Having it right before Holy Communion feel disruptive. This is a time when we are preparing to receive Christ and it is distracting to go from preparing to receive the Eucharist to "showing peace" to our neighbor and then back to preparing to receive the Eucharist. I think this is not a major contributor but certainly a minor one. | Sign of Peace |
| 3149 | Dress in Church. Security and Safety in Church. Early Church closing-time. Fewer Masses. Priests with dyed hair, wigs, tweezed eye-brows, etc. Priests with cats and fans of Bette Davis movies. | Attire |
| 3150 | Failure to catechize, not just on transubstantiation, but on the Holy Eucharist more generally. | Catechesis |
| 3151 | Bishop denounces homeschooling . | Leadership |
| 3152 | We do not hear about the graces received from frequent reception of the Eucharist & Confession; shaking hands or offering peace is distracting . | Catechesis |
| 3153 | Bring back kneeing and altar railings. Don't march up and get a "cookie." While you are walking up the aisle, you are looking around to see what is happening in the church. . | Eucharist Reception |
| 3154 | Improper / incomplete catechesis, failure to preach on truths of the church’s teaching in many aspects including transubstantiation, lack of family life and evangelization by the parish community. Our parishes are often more like ‘social clubs’ as opposed to the center of life, which I feel causes people to see it as more of a recreational pastime. | Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 3155 | BRING BACK AND DO NOT GET RID OF TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS. Novus ordo looks more protestant than catholic . | TLM |
| 3156 | The undermining of Jesus’ miracles in the New Testament, saying they are just stories. | Modernism |
| 3157 | Poor catechesis (because the catechists are poorly catechized). | Catechesis |
| 3158 | The idea of lay participation through verbal response and the dissection of the consecration prayer to have the laity say “ the mystery of faith” rather than the priest. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3159 | Infighting and intrachurch politics vs. An emphasis on personally encountering Jesus in the Eucharist. | Division |
| 3160 | The fact that most Christians (Protestants) are believers who don't have the Eucharist and that the CCC and the Catholic Church has relaxed their position on them being saved. | Catechesis |
| 3161 | Role of the family/parents in instilling it in children. | Family |
| 3162 | The arrogance and lack of charity among those who think that they are perfect Catholics, particularly mean-spirited condemnation of communion in the hand, female altar servers, and other normal aspects of Catholicism. | Judgmental |
| 3163 | The single greatest thing that I believe impacts a person's belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is that far too many Catholics do not cooperate with the grace they receive in the Eucharist such that they grow in their love of God and their neighbor. Instead, they adore God with their lips but reject Him in their attitudes towards those who disagree with their preferred Mass and in how they treat those who Jesus calls "the least of these." People see this and it causes them to believe that Jesus cannot be truly present in the Eucharist, for if He was, surely those who receive Him would be transformed to be more like Him. If we are not transformed by the Eucharist and our hearts do not grow in genuine love for *everyone* we meet, then none of the Latin, traditional music, beautiful churches, or any of the rest of the things you asked about matters one whit. It just doesn't. | Lack of Faith |
| 3164 | Failure of parents' modeling of appropriate behavior in the presence of the Eucharist and in teaching their children. | Family |
| 3165 | Lack of real relationship and personal meditative prayer among the faithful. The closer they come to God in relationship the more He can lead them to the truth of the real presence. No one can believe and have faith without God granting them this grace. So people need to grow in relationship with God through prayer and silence so God can better speak to them and work in their lives. This more than anything else suggested in the survey is the root cause of the issue. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 3166 | Distrust in church hierarchy. Hypocrites in the church. Not feeling welcome in their catholic communities. | Welcoming, Community, Leadership |
| 3167 | Our Holy Father Pope Francis is asking us to go out to the peripheries. Has anyone reached out to those persons, and there are many, who are unable to go to Mass due to compromised health or immunity? . | Social Justice |
| 3168 | Catechism classes are horrible, need to go back to the Baltimore style of catechism . | Catechesis |
| 3169 | Hypocrisy coming from the church as far as caring for the sick, poor, and disenfranchised. | Social Justice |
| 3170 | Hardness of heart and lack of charity from those who insist that forms matter more than acting like a humble child of God. | Other |
| 3171 | Failure to effectively raise individuals with a personal and authentic love and relationship with Christ that finds its union in reception of the Eucharist. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 3172 | The fact that our pope not only abandoned Catholics during the pandemic but condoned putting a sinful substance into our bodies. And then refusing to offer letters to support traditional Catholics that chose to follow their conscience . | TLM, COVID, Leadership |
| 3173 | Catholicism as externalities only without genuine conversion of heart, prayer, and love of God. | Lack of Faith |
| 3174 | The church is seen as so exclusionary and as a haven for hypocrites and holier-than-thou jerks. It is no longer seen as a “hospital for sinners.” The impact of the sexual abuse scandals and the complicity of the hierarchy cannot be overstated. | Judgmental |
| 3175 | Politicization of the church, worldwide cover up of sexual abuse. Many of us, myself included, have a hard time trusting priests, and don't feel safe in an all-male led environment. You can't separate the church's teachings on the Eucharist from the priesthood, and I think the lady's ability to trust the clergy is irreparably broken. | Scandals, Politics |
| 3176 | The lack of faith in the real presence is symptomatic of a larger lack of relevance that the Church has to issues directly facing the laity, exacerbated by a clergy that is persistently out-of-touch with lay issues. Much, much greater effort on the part of the Catholic Church to truly understand and address the issues and stresses facing her members is necessary to bring her back into relevance and centrality in lay Catholics' lives. | Leadership |
| 3177 | Priests making overtly anti science and politicized homilies. | Homilies, Politics |
| 3178 | Allow faithful to receive Holy Communion on the hands without kneeling down. Allow lay people to bring Holy Communion to the sick at home or in the hospital. Allow lay people to distribute the Host and Precious Blood and handle and purify the sacred vessels casually. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3179 | Greatest issue is that Catholics don’t live out the Gospel is their daily lives. How can we expect others, even other members of the church, to believe that we receive the actual Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ when we treat others so horribly? We must be a welcoming community to show Christ’s love and truth. This has nothing to do with language or music (though I prefer a good chant and the propers any day) those are incidental in comparison to showing love for others. | Living the Faith, Welcoming, Community |
| 3180 | The Real Presence is more than many of the superficial items listed previously. It is something that should inform the hearts and souls of Church leaders and should be the heart of the church, through which love and acceptance flows. | Leadership |
| 3181 | Lack of catechesis, unaffordable Catholic schools, encouraging frequent reception of the Eucharist . | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3182 | Poor catechesis. I have personally had to correct religious education teachers when, as an aide, the teacher told the children that the Eucharist was "a symbol" of Jesus. Neither this teacher nor the children she was responsible for educating knew that the Eucharist is truly Jesus-- Body, soul, mind and divinity. | Catechesis |
| 3183 | Sedevacantism and anti pope usurpers undermining the Pope and Church teachings Priests who use their position in the church to make a political stance and rather than spread the Gospel and love of Christ . | Other |
| 3184 | Catholics who use the faith as a bludgeon against others rather than focusing on the plank in their own eye. | Judgmental |
| 3185 | Priests, Bishops, clergy, do not teach traditional Catechism. The Baltimore Catechism should be taught. It needs to be done from the pulpit. Priest also need to teach and speak about the subject of hell, and instill the fear of God. Vs. going to hell, because many faithful do not even believe in Hell. Yet, most believe they are going to heaven. Same goes for many clergy. They don’t believe in the real presence of the Eucharist, nor in hell. The leaders of our churches are failing themselves and us, the laity. Also, priests need to talk abortion at the pulpit. Explain that it is evil & wrong. But mums the word. if we don’t follow God’s commandments. Which (the commandments), need to be publicly dissected, explained thoroughly. Also, there should be NO women lectors, altar girls, dances, women collecting tithing at church. It has to be only priests touching the Eucharist. Thus, giving it out to the faithful. Explain to the laity that there is no reverence receiving communion in the hand. Explain the truth, why this was reversed in the 60’s. Out of selfish, ulterior motives, to show disrespect to our Lord, started by German bishops & priests, who ended up getting their way. No one put a stop to it. Weak Popes have followed. Lastly, the Catholic Church has been hiring too many feminist & feminist men & made them priest. This has been done on purpose, so that the “boys club” can have their way with each other and unfortunately, with children & the laity. Many of these men signed-up to become a priest, because they know what shenanigans go on in the seminaries & elsewhere. Easy prey for sickly, disordered passions. They didn’t really sign-up to be “men who serve God.” It’s more about serving themselves. So much evil in our churches. Yet, the good priests are cancelled. We all take notice what your doing to our faith & churches. For there is no “mercy” from God, without true repentance. All this evil doing has to stop today! Because we do have a real God (his name is Jesus), & He is coming soon to judge the living and the dead. And yes, Bishop Barron. There is a hell. The clergy will be judged harder than any other groups of people. Repent before the wrath of God comes. | Lack of Faith, Leadership, Abortion, Catechesis, Modernism, Sin |
| 3186 | Leniency from Pope’s attitude about sin and cancelling priests and Latin Mass . | Persecuted Clergy, TLM, Leadership, Lack of Discipline |
| 3187 | Hypocrites who claim to believe in the Eucharist but bear no fruit and, in fact, scandalize with their cruel, loveless, unChristlike behaviors. | Living the Faith |
| 3188 | Failure to discuss and take responsibility for sex abuse scandals and still continuing to cover them up. | Scandals |
| 3189 | Less people receive Holy Communion without properly examining their conscience / practicing frequent Confession as well. | Worthy Reception |
| 3190 | The bishops who easily closed our churches during the so-called pandemic sent the message that mass and the sacraments were not important to our salvation. Many, scared to lose priests to the “illness” discouraged priests from administrating the Anointing of the Sick. Others declined to sign religious waivers for those refusing to take the experimental Covid shots. As a result they were not supporting Church teaching on not being forced to take experimental treatments/shots. Some Catholics lost their jobs as a result of this decision. Some showed their utter disregard for science when they not only forced Catholic school children and staff to wear masks, but continued this after the state allowed children and staff to not have to wear them. One of our priests died of pneumonia at the rectory where he lived alone. I had noticed he had a severe cold and told him to go to the doctor. The emergency room doctors sent him home with an oxygen tank and told him to call if he felt worse. The day he died(the next day) he called for help. They told him to call 911 or to get “someone to bring him in”. He didn’t want to “bother” anyone, so he didn’t, and died. He was found to have COVID and that was what was spread throughout our only diocese in our state. He died of pneumonia WITH COVID. He was the only priest I know of in the diocese who was offering two masses M-F, the regular 3 masses on weekends, and confession M-Saturday, when churches were opened with many restrictions. I despised my bishop for his decisions during the Covid panic until a thought came to me last month to do a holy hour just for him. I am more at peace now. Our priest refuses to use our confessional, because he thinks that the air circulation is poor and he could catch Covid or something else. He has confession in a classroom face to face. My husband and I go elsewhere for this sacrament. | COVID, Leadership |
| 3191 | Not being able to trust your spiritual leaders with “simple” things like the safety of your children makes it difficult for many members of the laity to trust spiritual leaders in other areas, including the teaching of the Real Presence. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 3192 | The churches are too big with limited mass schedules....confessions are not offered enough. Merging the churches in my area has been a disaster. Building these big open cold churches to add the most people in in the shortest amount of time has really turned me off. I no longer feel I am at mass but at a production to get as many people in and out as fast as you can. | Confession, Availability/Access, Beauty |
| 3193 | The refusal of the Church to adequately address the rampant and ongoing sexual abuse of children by clergy makes it incredibly hard to believe that the Church is guided and protected by God. This forces me to wonder if the Church is trustworthy on any subject. | Scandals |
| 3194 | The obsession of the most conservative Catholics with the Latin mass as being the right/only way. The ridiculous amount of pride and meanness related to politics. | Judgmental, Politics |
| 3195 | Addressing attire of the laity during Mass. Stressing they should dress in the best attire they cab afford. | Attire |
| 3196 | I think there is a real lack of understanding of the Mass sections and their role in the presentation of Christ in each mass. Many Catholics have never really been taught the purpose of each part of the Mass and how the parts of the Liturgy of the Word prepares us by confessing our sin and weakness, praying for each other, and hearing the word of God that sets the stage for the holy and sacred conversion of bread, as in the Last Supper to the body and blood of Christ. There are some very good videos that should be shown and shared to help folks learn about the Mass. | Catechesis |
| 3197 | Catholics who believe their version of the Mass is superior to all others and use it to look down on others . | Judgmental |
| 3198 | Cancellation of priests and bishops who defend the traditional faith. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 3199 | We no longer focus on welcoming others into our daily lives as Catholics. So many Catholics look down on their fellow baptized Catholics for not being "Catholic enough" because they might prefer a Novus Ordo Mass, have jobs outside the house as a wife and mother, take their COVID vaccines and other vaccines, care for their neighbors by wearing masks, welcome those in the LGBTQIA community as friends, care about the poor, advocate for social justice issues, have piercings and tattoos, dye their hair, etc. If we had a welcoming community, people would believe that Christ in the Eucharist is transforming hearts and minds. Instead, so many Catholics have been closed off from their community by choosing not to meet people as they are, and choosing not to care for neighbors by selfishly refusing to vaccinate or wear masks, by referring to the LGBTQIA community with derogatory names, participating in racist language, and other such unwelcoming behavior. | LGBTQ+ Issues, COVID, Judgmental, Social Justice, Welcoming, Community |
| 3200 | Catholics being focused on social issues (books in school, politics, opinions about clergy leadership, LGBT debated etc.) more than making prayer / adoration / mass more accessible. Catholics should be known for loving Jesus and the Real Presence more than being hateful or judgmental towards others regarding the Eucharist: low-sensory masses, disability-friendly masses, liturgical resources free for families, kid-friendly adoration, more emphasis on the Eucharist being brought to the sick / home-bound. | Devotions, Catechesis |
| 3201 | Where is Sin? Scandal, homosexual priests, lax rules. Who cares. Will you fix this with more rules? The Confetior has been removed from the prayers at the foot(also removed) and before communion. You only mention the sins of others. You do not speak of your own sins. Without sin we have no need of a redeemer. Unlike Adam and eve, we are not naked and hungry, but wealthy, fat and happy, like the fat men who demanded meat in the desert(who God struck down dead, while the meat was still on their mouths as they sat leisurely in front of their tents). The cardinals and bishops excuse sin in others because they excuse sin in themselves. Men who forgive themselves their own sins, do not fear God. The decline in the use of Latin has caused the understanding of sin to be lost in translation, our connection to the saints to be severed, our understanding of that which is sacred to be vulgarity, and the arduous climb to sanctity easy. The bishops and cardinals present the wide road instead of the narrow one. Repent of your sins, declare a fast and lead the sheep back to God. God desires humbled, broken hearts who desire Him and Him alone. The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It appears the bishops cardinals and pope fear men more than God. | Liturgical Practice, Scandals, Leadership, Fasting, Sin |
| 3202 | -Lack of dignified dress at Mass, the Wedding feast. -Vocation shortage leads to less available of sacraments and Eucharistic expositions to laity. (Also my family has been personally blessed with a friendship with holy priest who we see in real life the example of their devotion. This is not always the case for families as priests are stretched so thin) -Lack of emphasis on the rubrics of the liturgy leads to a nonchalant approach and that communicates negatively towards the laity. -The movement towards eliminating the Traditional Latin Mass in all of its reverence is counterproductive . | TLM, Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 3203 | No. | Other |
| 3204 | Encouraging Eucharistic adoration would help enormously. | Devotions |
| 3205 | Surveys like this, with belligerent answers and obviously slanted questions, will NEVER be the solution to the problems in Holy Mother Church today. This survey was rigged from the very start and I sincerely doubt that it was even written by Catholics. | Other |
| 3206 | People seeing Mass attendance as optional. | Lack of Faith |
| 3207 | 1. Priest socializing with church members in the pews before Mass starts. 2. Immodest, sloppy or too casual dress by church goers and liturgical readers. 3. Just too much visiting with your neighbors in the pew before and directly after Mass. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 3208 | Receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation in 11th grade, or around 16-17 years old. I think we are passing up a critical age we can reach our younger children! I am unsure of what age most others typically receive the sacrament, but I believe Confirmation should be offered at a younger age! Possibly 11-12 years old, or before high school! Our children need the Holy Spirit more than ever! Also, the use of kneelers!!! Our priest brought back kneelers in the last 3 years, and now I cannot imagine receiving our Lord any other way than kneeling and on the tongue!! . | Sacraments, Eucharist Reception |
| 3209 | Laity: A loss of understanding that grace is necessary for salvation. You can't just be a 'good person'. | Catechesis |
| 3210 | 1. The question asked in the original survey was flawed. 2/3 of Catholics believe in the real presence. See https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/what-do-catholics-really-know-and-believe-about-the-eucharist/ 2. There is a gap between what people believe and what people know the Church teaches. There has been a lack of Catechesis for all ages that must be recovered. 3. How Church going, Eucharist receiving Catholics treat the least of these. There are Catholic Pharisees and Sadducees, and it makes it harder for people to believe that the Eucharist is imparting graces when the fruits people see are judgement, condemnation, holier than thou, nastiness. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 3211 | In general, there seems to be a lack of reverence and awe for the Most Holy Eucharist on the part of some clergy and most laity. Distribution many times can feel like a race to get it done. Slow down. Show respect. Bring back the use of the paten. etc. etc. Bring back Awe! . | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 3212 | Many of the (extremely biased) scenarios outlined in the survey are not the root cause but the symptoms of a lack of respect for the Eucharistic. And many of these are merely personal preference and have to bearing whatsoever. Treating symptoms will not cure the illness. The lack of belief in the real presence largely comes back to the focus on exterior ritual and how others perceive us vs our interior state before God and love of neighbor. The Church's continued unwillingness to be completely transparent about sexual abuse scandals and other misconduct in the church at the fear of losing members is another huge factor. | Fear/Cowardness, Relationship with Jesus, Scandals, Leadership |
| 3213 | Lack of kindness, humility, and charity among Catholics has made us all look like raging hypocrites and divided the Church. | Welcoming |
| 3214 | You did not give enough attention to support for family education in the faith. The catechesis question should have involved more. Your questions were skewed to just the Mass. What about education in the whole of the Faith?. | Family, Catechesis |
| 3215 | -Holding hands during the Our Father prayer /people holding hands up during the prayer. -nobody praying after Mass after receiving Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist -priests being cowardly about Covid-19 - they refuse people to receive on the tongue and or while kneeling (which breaks GIRM and The Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum) -priests telling people in the Confessional that their sins are nor worthy of confessing / priests telling others not to make a habit of going to confession because it becomes a vicious cycle of sin -priests alps being cowardly to Covid-19 and still having separated pews with ropes -the sign of peace at Mass which is most definitely not needed - how priests/churches don't speak out against the evils of today such as abortion in Mass Homilies or otherwise - scandalous practices allowed to continue throughout the Vatican and allowing scandal such as priests promoting homosexuality without correction or defrocking -lack of serious excommunication of "Catholics in name only" such as politicians who vehemently promote abortion, homosexuality, forcing gene-therapy, etc. all while publicly calling themselves Catholic- and yes to add to your point earlier that they are not denied Communion either - lay people being allowed to wear scandalous/not appropriate Mass attire such as shorts for Men, short skirts /shorts for women -priests who have MASSIVE parishes but only offer Confession 1 hour only on Saturdays. | Confession, Fear/Cowardness, Sin, Sign of Peace, COVID, Scandals, Availability/Access, Abortion, Canon 915 |
| 3216 | Education of every adult in the pews. Most have never learned their faith as adults. Please educate the laity in the pews!. | Catechesis |
| 3217 | As soon as they took the Precious Blood away from the church it has hurt the amount of attendees. If Priests had more of a backbone and stood-up against real issues it would help our Church. If Priests laid hands on the their flock and asked Jesus to work through them and anoint parishioners it would infuse the Holy Spirit. We need the priests to use the gifts of the Holy Spirit teach heal cast out demons in Jesus name!. | Leadership |
| 3218 | Society’s pressure on people to think science is the answer to all that we question. Our Catholic schools need nuns to teach our children. Transubstantiation must be taught early and consistently. Our priest should stop using the homily to talk about political issues such as environmental concerns. | Politics, Homilies, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 3219 | Speaking the truth about Jesus’ words about the Eucharist/the Real Presence and its reception as being necessary for salvation. This should be done at every Mass every day from the pulpit. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3220 | The rejection of the sacrament to the faithful during COVID, projected a very un-Catholic, very loud voice, that shouted, God is strong but COVID is stronger - no Sacraments for you. Sadly, actions spoke more loudly than words and so many have not returned. May God have mercy on the souls of so many in the hierarchy. Thank God in our long true, good, and beautiful tradition where so many ordinary men, along with extraordinary saints and indeed martyrs did not cower in fear during a myriad of prior crises. Over that Church the gates of hell will not prevail. For what has survived of any underlying church of fear I have less hope. | COVID |
| 3221 | From the second you step foot in the Church, you are in the presence of God! Dress and act accordingly. | Reverence, Attire |
| 3222 | The absolutely insane statements and deeds of the current Pope Francis, including active worship of false gods (Pachamama), joining by him in their worship on public display. Additionally: Pope Francis treatment of whistleblowers among the clergy (off the ship deck treatment) and the apparent advancement/protection of homosexual mafia in his direct administration! . | Modernism, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 3223 | Poor catechesis in Catholic schools. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3224 | A large factor is the destruction of the family. Healthy family life is the context in which we first learn of God's love, opening us up to a life of faith. Faith in turn fosters humility and holiness, making us supple to the acceptance of the real presence. The destruction of the family with the subsequent embrace of secularism and moral relativism leaves no room for the mystery of the Eucharist. | Family, Holiness |
| 3225 | Suppression of Tradition. | TLM |
| 3226 | Attempting to remove the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 3227 | It is helpful to keep perspective on this issue being unique to the Western World. The Faith continues to grow in Asia and Africa. This fact provides all of us, both religious and laymen, consolation and hope! Western Religious need to be more visible examples of how the virtue of joy (that the HS as given to us by Jesus Christ in perfect obedience toward Our Father) brings enrichment to our lives, strengths us in temptation, and protects us when suffering oppression and outright attacks from evil. Fr. Robert Spitzer's work on Eucharistic Miracles is an excellent resource on inspiring, evangelizing, and educating Catholics and others. | Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 3228 | Access to free or affordable catechesis so that the interested lay people can grow in their knowledge. | Catechesis |
| 3229 | The discouragement and banning of the traditional Latin mass . | TLM |
| 3230 | Catholics not really aware of what is truly going on during the sacrifice of the Mass. Too much music, not enough time to silently pray before & after receiving holy communion. The true presence of Christ, Mary, angels on the alter. Educating Catholics about devotions, first Fri., first sat., rosary, chaplets, adoration, fasting, daily personal prayer. | Devotions, Music, Catechesis, Silence/Distractions, Fasting |
| 3231 | Religious education is a joke in the Novus Ordo Homilies that are watered down versions of a readers digest magazine do not save souls. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3232 | Laity's use of the inner church area (sanctuary) as an auditorium. | Reverence |
| 3233 | General attitude of diffidence and fecklessness among many many priests, nuns and bishops. Bowing to secular norms by not fighting for Catholic ethics in Schools, Colleges, Hospitals, adoption settings, etc. Cowardly! Failure to call out public officials who are CINO and flaunt their support of Trag issues and "celebrate " abortion. Biden and Hochul are just 2 who come to mind. Biden panders in black churches instead of attending Mass. Both should be excommunicated. The pope and bishops say NOTHING ! Our Marxist pope who routinely insults Americans and traditional Catholics and the Latin Mass. He is a snarly, petty and vindictive man. I often wonder at the cabal that took out Benedict and installed this horrible Marxist, globalist RESET pope. He is offensive. Benedict was ill we were told, yet he lived another 10 years after he was deposed. The utter viciousness of the abortion industry and those who blithely support free lance abortion on demand at any stage need to be called out in explicit language for their cruelty and extremism - and we get CRICKETS! Our "Catholic" schools are a mess and never was there more need of a legit and faithful Catholic education and edification. I could go on forever. Thank you. | Fear/Cowardness, Schools, Lukewarmness, Leadership, Abortion, Modernism |
| 3234 | Canon Law protects perpetrators by giving them fraternal correction instead of punishment. This means the local priest is often a recently transferred perpetrator. Half the people that leave the Church attribute it to this cause. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 3235 | The loss of faith by the heretical and/or cowardly bishops. | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 3236 | Socializing in the sanctuary when the Real Presrncebis in the tabernacle . | Silence/Distractions |
| 3237 | Casual and immodest dress especially among women; shorts, bare shoulders, yoga pants, t shirts, etc. | Attire |
| 3238 | Lack of quality Catechesis. Lack of empowering parents to be first catechist. Priests assuming they are the only ones who can teach/catechize effectively. | Catechesis |
| 3239 | It’s been addressed, but I think it needs to be emphasized the surgical abuse and lack of response by leaders and the continual abuse and lack of response by leaders, I believe, has hurt the church and the belief in transubstantiation the greatest! If those who have the Power can lack such morality, especially those who have not stood up and condemned, sexual abuse openly and loudly, then how can we believe in the true presence? . | Scandals, Leadership |
| 3240 | Patents under the chin, incense, Eucharistic processions, priest's vestments, honor for the priest and their vocation, honor for the offices such as bishops, cardinals, and popes. Linking John 6 to the real presence. Why can't we do the traditional Latin mass but in English? There is so much reverence in the TLM. I like the Latin, but the TLM in English would be much better than the NO mass in terms of reverence. And I like the NO mass as well, but it's nothing like the TLM. | Devotions, TLM, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 3241 | Obvious failure of Bishops and clergy to believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Otherwise none of the above would be a problem . | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 3242 | 1. Lack of parental guidance in our youth, laziness 2. Refusal to ascent to authority (Pope) 3. Influence by social media/secular news. | Modernism, Family, Leadership |
| 3243 | -failure to daily remind people that Christ loves them as they are and that He is a source of mercy and healing to all. | Catechesis |
| 3244 | Clergy not inputting themselves into the lives of families at church. When priests are active in the lives of children and parents together, it helps form a bond that brings everyone closer to God. | Leadership |
| 3245 | Too many cults and so much peer pressure. Good is now considered BAD and bad is now considered the goo's. It's the norm . | Modernism |
| 3246 | I don't believe the church spends enough time teaching people how to read the bible. It is not taught from the pulpit. Protestants do an excellent job of explaining the different styles of each book and the different methods of reading and interpreting (understanding) scripture. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3247 | Kneeling and receiving on the tongue really helps… I am not able to kneel at my church to receive. I would need a kneeler so that I could get back up :-). | Eucharist Reception |
| 3248 | Using the monetary donations tithed to the church to pay off priest abuse victims. Also, relocating priests who have been accused of sexual abuse. | Scandals |
| 3249 | Laissez-faire attitude of the priest and of teaching church teachings. I know it is a balance of pastoral guidance and speaking the truth/teachings. The priest need support to speak truth from the pulpit and not water it down because of politics it great of losing parishioners. Need moral courage. Will lose some but gain more faithful. | Homilies, Fear/Cowardness, Lukewarmness |
| 3250 | Can we have a dress chart like they do at the Vatican? It is a distraction from Mass participation when people aren't properly covered. Even though I am female, I prefer men to read rather than women or children. I also prefer male altar servers. There is way too much talking after Mass. One cannot pray well because of the noise level. | Silence/Distractions, Role of Women, Attire |
| 3251 | Removal of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 3252 | The lack of the option of education of God in behavior health facilities and . | Catechesis |
| 3253 | There are so many parishes that don’t have Bible study anymore. There are many that the masses are super quick, but the most important thing Is they don’t really explain that Jesus is in the host coming into you. Most people I talk to think it’s just a tradition not that Jesus is truly present. | Lack of Faith |
| 3254 | There is a loss of community and family in churches and diocese. | Community |
| 3255 | The respect that should be when in church . Somehow many feel as though it is ok to chat in church , ignoring the Real Presence of Christ on the altar or in the tabernacle. It seems sad to have to silence parents when First Communicants are in church for first Reconciliation and the parents are talking out loud visiting with others . It makes the whole process seem trivial to the kids. Church has always been a place of reverence . How can you expect the kids to reverence Christ in church if the parents don’t?. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 3256 | Lack of education. Real presence is not talked about enough. Difficult to understand and accept even early followers had trouble accepting. Need more discussion of bringing the actual presence of Jesus into our innermost being and trusting in him to nourish our needs and direct our hearts and minds. | Catechesis |
| 3257 | Parents having the knowledge and ability to teach their children by example, reverence, arriving early for Mass, being dressed appropriately etc.… Also, not allowing sports or other activities to be scheduled on Sunday which emphasizes the importance of attending Mass. | Family |
| 3258 | The CRUCIAL importance of demanding that parents raise their children properly both by example and by catechizing them in the home. | Family |
| 3259 | Hypocrisy from Catholics. “Holier than though” mentality, rejection/ snubbing/public shaming of anyone seen as “other” - rampant sexism, covering up priest’s crimes instead of publicly renouncing their behavior and removing them from service, church funds going towards touching up the gold leaf in the sanctuary instead of benefiting the poor and sick… advocating for political candidates despite that being illegal for tax except churches to do in the USA… Catholicism has become infinitely more focused on how many “holy points” one has, and how much better of a Catholic they are than their neighbor, how much more Latin they know, etc., instead of actually following Jesus’ teachings. Catholic Churches are the most unwelcome and judgmental spaces I’ve ever been to - and I grew up in the Catholic Church. I don’t mean judgmental in the sense that they disagree with me… I mean the nasty looks, comments, etc. My life has been infinitely happier, peaceful, and fruitful since I’ve left the church, I’ll never return. I’m only filling this survey out as a favor to my mother. | Scandals, Judgmental, Social Justice |
| 3260 | Poor instruction on all aspects of the faith. | Catechesis |
| 3261 | Being treated as inferior due to not having the same practices/habits. Unnecessary drama as families from the church thought that it were inappropriate for my adult girlfriend and my adult self to sit on a bench together, regardless of the fact that it were in plain view of the public and that I had a broken leg. | Welcoming |
| 3262 | mandates negating the celebrating of the Tridentine Mass. | TLM |
| 3263 | Failure to ask for parishioners to dress appropriately with modesty to church. | Attire |
| 3264 | All should be welcome. I don’t think Jesus was against homosexuals or divorced people. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Welcoming |
| 3265 | Communion in hand . | Eucharist Reception |
| 3266 | Lack of emphasis on being in state of grace to receive, lack of kneeling/humility while in presence, expectation for frequent confession . | Confession, Reverence, Worthy Reception |
| 3267 | Receiving Christ under both Species. Is receiving the Divinity of Christ in form of bread is sufficient. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3268 | How people dress. Electronics during Mass. Covid restrictions. | COVID, Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 3269 | The misunderstanding of the role of a Eucharistic minister by the laity and the lax standards applied to them for dress on the altar. The “cheapness “ in which the Eucharist is handled by people who visit hospitals and homes for the aged. No preparation can be made by the elderly, little interest is shown in the elderly receiving Holy Communion and there are no prayers prayed together. Priests that give Holy Communion to the whole bus of seniors who come to Mass whether they are Catholic or not. People have forgotten to keep their eyes down after Communion to focus on Jesus’s presence and - instead - look all over Church, flash the peace sign to their friends, etc. The “need for speed” by the clergy who give us but a second or two to gaze on the Eucharist during transubstantiation rather than letting us whisper our own little prayers. The lack of kneelers for those who want to receive Jesus on their knees in an act of humility. People not knowing what to call the Precious Blood and call it wine. | Extraordinary Ministers, Sign of Peace, Attire, Eucharist Reception, Reverence, Worthy Reception |
| 3270 | Dressing modestly to attend Mass. It’s a picnic we’re attending. | Attire |
| 3271 | More talking and discussion on the Eucharist needed. | Catechesis |
| 3272 | Priests are not convincing that THEY believe in the real presence. It is very evident that many do not believe in the real presence, based on their body language, lazy speech during consecration, and greater concern for keeping peace rather than conveying hard truths. | Lack of Faith, Reverence |
| 3273 | The lack of promoting and spreading the Sainthood causes of those on the process of Sainthood or being open to having more holy men and women to have their cause open for Sainthood in the US. | Holiness |
| 3274 | Suppression of the traditional Roman Rites as celebrated using the 1962 and older missals is the root cause of the crisis. | TLM |
| 3275 | Failure to educate the laity on proper etiquette in the presence of the Lord. | Catechesis |
| 3276 | Because the lack of tradition, modesty, and reverence from clergy . | Reverence |
| 3277 | Lack of true and comprehensive study of apologetics including for the priests. | Catechesis |
| 3278 | The institution of a new mass lost millions of souls to hell. The abuses beginning with Vatican Two must be reversed by returning to the liturgy of our grandparents, not the liturgy of faithless boomers and homosexuals. | TLM, Liturgical Practice, LGBTQ+ Issues, Vatican II, Modernism |
| 3279 | The sign of peace in the Novus ordo is ludicrous. People have played Lucy goosey with that and it is embarrassing to say the least. Also prayers at the foot of the altar that have been eliminated in the Novus ordo clearly show a lack of reverence. Communion in the hand, and receiving the sacred blood, especially from an extraordinary minister, shows the lack of importance and reverence. All that is needed for a Eucharistic Revival is for the communion rails to be installed in every Church, communion to be received kneeling and on the tongue. | Extraordinary Ministers, Sign of Peace, Eucharist Reception, Reverence |
| 3280 | We must reinstall altar rails and have everyone kneel and receive the Blessed Sacrament in addition to eliminating communion in the hand!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3281 | Having women lectors and ushers. . | Role of Women |
| 3282 | Failure on most parents today to bring their children to church as if most parents today just don't care . | Family, Lukewarmness |
| 3283 | The attack on the Latin mass offends me. I am not even able to go to a Latin mass in my Parish. I'm going to the Novus order and trying to be as reverent as I can because I love our holy priests and bishops. I'm also struggling with the fact that those that try to improve this get canceled . | TLM, Leadership |
| 3284 | Lack of the practice of genuflection before the Blessed Sacrament. Women's head covering. Modesty in attire needs to be mentioned at times. | Reverence |
| 3285 | At weddings and funerals there are a lot of lapsed Catholics who show up, and feel they can simply receive holy Communion. Is there a tactful way to have the priest announce to these visitors that you're not welcome to receive communion if you've broken the precepts of the church recently and haven't repented. | Worthy Reception |
| 3286 | Failure to instruct CCD, parents & young adults that Jesus 1st Consecrated the Eucharistic at the last supper & said to do this in remembrance of Me which has been carried down since by ordained priests in persona Christi by invoking the Holy Spirit which has been proven by many scientists numerous times that the Host is tissue of a human heart that has been traumatized & the blood is type AB with 23 chromosomes from The Virgin Mother Mary & the Y chromosome determined it a male & blood type matches the Shroud of Turin which has been scientifically proven numerous times!! This information must be taught all the time & to the public as well!! . | Catechesis |
| 3287 | The entirety of the Novus ordo. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3288 | Ecumenism, in the sense such has been used since Vatican II, with Protestants. | Vatican II, Ecumenism |
| 3289 | Failure of parents to have their children catechized about the Real Presence, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity in the Eucharist. Parents should be the first teachers and witnesses of the Faith. Too many Catholics are cultural Catholics or Catholics in Name Only. They fail to take their children to Mass on Sundays and only show up for Christmas and maybe Easter. It must be emphasized that Parents have an Obligation to be the first teachers to their children about the Faith. | Family, Catechesis |
| 3290 | Dress code. | Attire |
| 3291 | The Eucharist is often seen as a ritual or an argument about the Bible, etc., rather than the ultimate expression of self giving love. People don’t understand how the body and blood language relates to OT sacrifice and what that means to us as we participate. We often don’t see our worship as relating to our choice to give ourselves to God and others after the model of Jesus. | Catechesis |
| 3292 | Very poor catechesis after Vatican II. Also little to no catechesis after children are Confirmed. | Vatican II, Catechesis |
| 3293 | Removal of the TLM. | TLM |
| 3294 | The overall reverence of the clergy and congregation at parishes is a big problem. I have been to multiple where it feels like they are doing a comedy sketch or the music director keeps interrupting the Liturgy to tell you the page number. I also find the unity of the parishes within the United States has also planned a huge factor. Some Dioceses celebrate Ascension on the appropriate Thursday while others move it to the following Sunday. Some Dioceses have people stand after the Our Father and remain standing while other Dioceses you are kneeling during that time. How can we as the laity keep our sights on Christ in the Eucharist when you never know what you are going to get when you walk through a particular parish doors? Novus Ordo is so beautiful but so many people have problems with it because of the lack of unity and irreverence of the clergy, especially here in the States. | Liturgical Calendar, Confusion, Leadership, Reverence |
| 3295 | Homilies that teach the real presence since the 70's and poor teaching material for children with less importance of dress and celebration until more recent return to bridal attire. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 3296 | Lack of belief in the Real Presence is a direct result of the Novus ordo Mass introduced following Vatican II. As long as Catholics attend the new Mass, instead of the Traditional Latin Mass, belief in the Real Presence will remain low. | Vatican II, TLM, Liturgical Practice |
| 3297 | i believe, though i could be mistaken, that most if the data is looked at holistically and not specifically looked at in the sub data set of those who attend Mass regularly and not just sometimes on occasion. My guess is that those who go to Mass and Confession often are those who believe in the Real Presence. Therefore, i believe there is a general lack of belief in and lack of regard for religion itself, and the Catholic Church’s authority as being the Church founded by Christ. This more general lack of belief i think is a previous cause of the lack of Eucharistic belief. In addition, i also think that children and teenagers catechetics in general has been approached in an ineffective manner, as is also evident from the stats. i highly recommend the philosophy curriculum set written by Sr Terese Auer OP of the Nashville Dominicans entitled “Called to Happiness” and “The Human Person” respectively. we need to teach young people the meaning of life, of happiness, of truth, of morality, of goodness, and of reason, so that religion becomes more credible in their eyes. there are reasons for everything we believe and this use of reason is too seldom communicated or known by the catechists in our parishes around the world. also, i do not just blame societal lack of regard for religion, the insufficient curriculums of the classrooms, and the lack of knowledge of our teachers— i also want to point out the lack of regard for the Eucharist in the context of family. Culture and values are first built and established in the home. many many many parents do not value the Eucharist or the faith but bring their children to religious education classes. this is not effective parenting or good role modeling. To be truly cultured to value truth, goodness, and beauty, and so the families who have the richest family cultures are those that cultivate within their homes and social circles true devotion and celebration of catholic history and reality. I know one parish that makes the parents teach their own children the required religious education before the sacraments and where the children only attend classes at the parish once a month. While of course there are other models to be offered, this one places important emphasis on the need for parents to believe and be devoted to the reality of the Real Presence before dropping their kid off at the parish for a class they themselves wouldn't want to attend. In summary, the issues are lack of philosophical groundings and education, lack of knowledge of these things and so a lack of respect for belief in general, lack of parental formation and home sprung culture and values. surely there are more causes as well. thank you for your time. | Lack of Faith, Family, Catechesis |
| 3298 | Social decline of family Busyness Lacking quiet in daily life thus choosing no to go to adoration or mass Loosing family meal in place of activity this loosing desire for community connection this mo desire to say no to activities and attend the holy mass Parents and role models example of busyness and individualism and self. Reliance over in person interpersonal relationships sharing prayer and stopping busyness to enter into the mystery of the mass and adoration and pray before the tabernacle. Then there is the discount of And music and entertainment in mass and daily life from Jesus…. | Family, Living the Faith, Community |
| 3299 | Teaching mental prayer to all the faithful. | Catechesis |
| 3300 | communion in the hand instead of in the tongue and kneeling. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3301 | Pope Francis: “there is an air of faggotry” in Catholic seminaries!!!. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 3302 | Allowing anyone to walk through the sanctuary for any reason, even if "helping" before or after Mass. Allowing Laity to open the tabernacle. Having sacristans do things that should be reserved for the priests. Not using patens (goes with showing reverence and protecting every last particle of Our Lord). Priests not being really careful with corporal and not using burse. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3303 | Locked churches. Fear not faith during Covid. Our churches should have been an example . | COVID, Leadership |
| 3304 | Lack of the Sacrament of Confession. 30 minutes before Holy Mass is NOT sufficient. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 3305 | Catechism for adults in general. For example, a lack of education on the Old Testament, and the traditions of Judaism from which so many Catholic beliefs flow. I find many adults are very poorly catechized, compared to adults who go thru OCIA for example. | Catechesis |
| 3306 | Lack of use of patens. Laity access to the sacristy and tabernacle. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 3307 | There needs to be more openness of how the Eucharist has an affect on possessed people. The miracles that the Eucharist have and will do. | Catechesis |
| 3308 | No talk of sin. | Sin |
| 3309 | I heard from many wayward Catholics that no longer come to church that it’s the cruelty Lay Catholics show towards marginalized groups. No one is perfect and I think my fellow Catholics act high and mighty just because they have the fullness of truth. Well let’s be clear, Jesus loves everyone and through his church anyone can come closer to salvation. | Welcoming |
| 3310 | There is an overall lack of solid catechism for the laity, and laity are being allowed to do things that only priests should do as sacristans. | Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 3311 | Proper faith formation of our youth. The lack of proper teaching of our faith in our Catholic schools. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3312 | Lack of an emphasis on a shared faith in family life. | Family |
| 3313 | We need more teaching during the homily. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3314 | Poor quality of homilies that seem to lack that reflects the lack of a prayer life of a priest. The sense of a sacredness of the place of worship reflected in clapping and conversations before & after Mass by both community and the priests. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Homilies, Applause, Silence/Distractions |
| 3315 | Not catechizing, starting with teaching the children making their 1st Holy Communion. In some cases, not catechizing altar servers and lay ministers. Also, some Priests rushing through a Mass. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 3316 | I believe that losing the Traditional Latin Mass has affected many as the Novus Ordo at times seems more like a social event than a mysterious, solemn mass in which Jesus Christ is laid on the altar for us to consume. Also, the deconstruction of beliefs in the sacredness of marriage by the blessing of homosexual unions, adoration of the Pachamama, gay pride masses, and the abomination of what occurred at St. Patrick's Cathedral during the funeral "mass" for a transgender man when the clergy there probably knew beforehand whom they were allowing to be brought into the church. The lack of piety by some priests who seem to just want to get the mass over with. also, we used to genuflect during the Nicene Creed at the words "and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary and became man". Now, most people don't even bow. Ever since Vatican II, there has been a decline in the entirety of the faith and practice of the clergy. | TLM, Vatican II, Modernism, Reverence |
| 3317 | Absence of True Doctrinal Catholic Teachings/Prayers/Customs during RCIA/Faith Formation. | Catechesis |
| 3318 | The loss of nuns who taught the Faith to our children. I know it is the parents first responsibility but the nuns by their lives and teaching reinforced the teachings. | Schools |
| 3319 | Failure to stress the importance of proper attire in Church. | Attire |
| 3320 | Worship at church is simply more than receiving communion. Otherwise, brownie point Catholics come for communion and then leave, never ingesting the words of God. Also explain the issues the church professes that are NOT bible based. | Catechesis |
| 3321 | Parents allowing their children’s misbehavior ESPECIALLY during the homily & Consecration!!. | Family, Silence/Distractions |
| 3322 | Lack of Catholic schools with nuns or solid teachers…. | Schools |
| 3323 | Taking communion in the hand. Laypeople handing out communion. Pope Francis' saying Klaus Schwan's is more important than Jesus. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 3324 | Failure to emphasize wearing modest clothing in church, especially when receiving Holy Communion. | Attire |
| 3325 | If God is in us & God is everywhere how is God “more” in the Eucharist ?. | Catechesis |
| 3326 | The inconsistencies of the Vatican and betrayal of the pope to the faith . | Confusion, Leadership |
| 3327 | Catechism needs to stress the real presence. | Catechesis |
| 3328 | Excessive push on participation/involvement of the laity as an essential to our salvation. | Modernism |
| 3329 | Lack of teaching on being in a state of grace--regular confessions. | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 3330 | Paying constant reverence via our actions to the Eucharist whenever and wherever He is present to us. | Reverence |
| 3331 | IT all began in the Garden of Eden how Adam was made. Lucifer is behind theistic evolution, it makes Our Blessed Virgin Mary a liar at Lourdes, and the reason that Pope Pius XII will never be a saint because he opened the door to evolution without closing it. THIS needs to be publicly debated, please help me I have been trying for 11 years, please help me. Diane Siereveld Hamilton, Ohio (513)205-8120 THIS TOPIC NEEDS TO BE DEBATED.....PLEASE READ http://godwillbeheard.blogspot.com/ "THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE "THE GOLDEN CALF, SCIENTISM" Viva Cristo Rey!. | Revelation |
| 3332 | Allowing the priest at the ambo to preach heaven and hell. Mortal sin and Venial sin. Allowing the priest to preach the TRUTH without fear of being laicized. Catechizing the willfully ignorant. Humility, modesty and SILENCE upon entering the nave. Kneeling upon receiving our Lord's body. If. We truly believed in the real presence, we would prostrate ourselves upon receiving communion. | Homilies, Eucharist Reception, Silence/Distractions, Sin |
| 3333 | Not living in keeping with commandments, not attending Mass regularly, so minimizing offense to God. | Living the Faith |
| 3334 | It starts with the pope. He needs to be removed from Rome. His connections to WEF is very bad for the Catholic Church. His political views are very communistic, and his views are destructive to the church. He’s very evil. I will not go back to the church until he is removed. Satan has taken over our church. | Leadership |
| 3335 | The use of married deacons. This blurs the line between clergy and laity, allows for married men to have their feet in both camps. This allows for the use of lay Eucharistic ministers to be rationalized. Most importantly, their hands are not consecrated. | Other |
| 3336 | People aren't taught about proven miracles of the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 3337 | accepting of LGBTQ as ok. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 3338 | Importance of confession, Lack of teaching on faith and morals from the pulpit. | Confession, Homilies |
| 3339 | Loss of Catholic schools and Catholic education. Loss of stable families. Each generation is less catechized. Quality of seminary education. Priestly formation was clearly lacking in the 50s to 90s. It’s not just about Latin. It’s about the education in the Faith that bishops were not providing. | Priestly Formation, Schools, Leadership |
| 3340 | Pope Francis has done serious harm the Church by not following scripture but rather the wishes of man. IE: Blessings of homosexual unions. Bless sin? Really? I am now reunited with the Byzantine church of my birth as the Metropolitan has stated we will not bless sin. We are under the rule of Rome so I expect problems in the future. If the stance of the Byzantine church changes to allow sin blessings and scripture relegated to the dust bin I will separate from there too. While still attending the Roman Church there was an absence of fire and brimstone preaching, redirecting us to the path of righteousness. Neither hot nor cold but lukewarm. Catholic Charities contributing to the invasion of the United States is the reason I stopped giving to the Hope Appeal. Other Catholic groups are assisting LGBT groups or endorsing them. This travesty is not of God. | Politics, LGBTQ+ Issues, Lukewarmness, Leadership, Modernism |
| 3341 | The lack of education to our youth. Most religious ed books are just the latest publications of watered down revisions of church history, the sacrament, the Mass and church teaching. Most of the students I have taught have little to no fear of the consequence of mortal sin. | Sin, Catechesis |
| 3342 | PEOPLE'S ATTIRE, THE HORRIBLY DISRUPTIVE SIGN OF PEACE, giving communion to non believers at funerals, etc., removal of the silent canon. Priests not speaking the truth for fear of offending someone or being silenced by the bishop. Lack of catechesis. It is difficult for someone to believe in the real presence if they don't know their faith. I know that people should learn the faith on their own but most don't know what they don't know. Also there is a lack of training and reverence with altar servers. | Fear/Cowardness, Sign of Peace, Attire, Leadership, Catechesis, Reverence, Worthy Reception |
| 3343 | lack of availability for confession. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 3344 | The increasingly common practice of pre-First Communion children and non-Eucharist receiving adults in the Communion line asking for some type of blessing. Blessings are lovely, but are not appropriate during Eucharist. The line is not for everyone; it is for those Catholics who are in the proper state intent on partaking of the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. I have even been to Masses (often funerals/weddings/graduations/ etc.) in which the priest actually encourages this practice. This trivializes the Communion time and line into just another misguided attempt at "welcoming" versus Catechizing. | Welcoming, Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 3345 | teaching on morality, teaching on proper attire for mass, lack of teaching on transubstantiation, preaching on sin, all of this affects our Faith. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 3346 | Liturgical music that speaks incorrectly about the Eucharist Lack of charity among Christians. | Music |
| 3347 | Being a revert to the Church after 50 years, I was stunned by the lack of reverence given to the Eucharist and the apparent lack of teaching the concepts to the young through faith formation. The use of Eucharistic ministers, the slap dash actions of the officiating priest, the disappearance of kneeling when receiving the host, the tabernacle's existence situated away from the sanctuary and unrecognized by most (hence, no genuflecting) clapping after Mass, using the sanctuary as a social gathering place, the noticeable lack of the term "sin" in homilies and refusal to visit the issue of abortion head on, the replacement of sacrifice with celebration in describing the rituals of Mass, the fact that my grandchildren think nothing of receiving communion while supporting sinful cultural behaviors and inviting non-Catholics to receive with them, floored me. I have no doubt that all of it is due to the changes of Vatican II allowing liberal interpretations of nearly all doctrine. After many conversations with my children, expressing that we aren't at church for a show or entertainment, but rather, worship, they have returned with me to a Catholic parish in the neighboring diocese that retains many of TLM Mass rituals, including Latin prayers. We consider ourselves "traddies", with hope that we won't be squished like bugs by our bishop. One of my daughters attends a full traditional Mass in another diocese weekly. She is also reading as much as possible about Church history. My mind was blown when she asked who the saints were on the altar of our 125-year-old "traditional" church. The concepts missing from their catechesis were historical relevance, "reverence for the real presence" and accepting the very Protestant belief that all Christians are saved no matter what. Their Novus Ordo parish even removed its pro-life materials and sent the bishop's representative to meet with a group of pro-lifers (including my daughter) who objected to the removal. I can't forgive myself enough for removing myself from the modernization, but am grateful that I've lived long enough to re-acquaint my children with the beauty and reverence of the past. And I struggle daily with what Mother Church has become thanks to the Vatican. | Eucharist Reception, Leadership, Abortion, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 3348 | Proper, modest attire at Mass. | Attire |
| 3349 | Heretical song lyrics Bishops not shepherding well regarding Eucharistic living . | Music, Leadership |
| 3350 | Failure to remind parishioners not to wear flip-flops and tank tops to church. Women should wear head coverings. | Attire |
| 3351 | Flowers in front of the altar are decorations for the faithful. Flowers BESIDE the Tabernacle show they’re for Jesus in the Tabernacle. NOT the same!. | Other |
| 3352 | The rupture of tradition in the liturgy and the sacraments. The lack of training the clergy receive in seminary. God has instructed us in how he wants to be worshipped. He wants us to know, love and serve Him with all of our being, not just what and when it is convenient for us. | Liturgical Practice, Priestly Formation |
| 3353 | The lack of use of the Paten to catch any Host that may accidentally fall. The transferring of Consecrated Hosts from one Sacred Vessel to another must be done reverently and is many times just grabbed by the fistful. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 3354 | The 50+ years of confusion resulting from what was agreed to in Vatican II and what was implemented; the still present attempts to eradicate the Latin Mass; the Protestantization of the Catholic Church; the watered down Novus Ordo Mass...I could go on and on. . | TLM, Vatican II, Confusion, Leadership |
| 3355 | Time priest spends holding host and then chalice up during consecration; how high the host and chalice are held up; use of chapel veils by women; attire at Mass especially immodest or shorts: T-shirts; parents not taking crying kids out; lack of setting expectations for and disciplining kids during Mass; people not having a personal relationship with Jesus, focus of parish being on social vs spiritual activities; priests not encouraging daily Mass, lack of understanding of graces that come with reception of the Our Lord in the Eucharist. | Relationship with Jesus, Reverence, Attire |
| 3356 | Clergy who do not themselves believe in the Real Presence. | Lack of Faith |
| 3357 | Unavailable opportunities to talk with a clergy member or our local bishop. They cut you off before hearing your issues.....so unfriendly and cold. No Christ-like attitudes !!!. | Leadership |
| 3358 | The lay people acting disrespectfully, casually, or indifferent in front of the Eucharist or at Mass. | Reverence |
| 3359 | There is a lack of guidance by those in authority to adhere to the true Church’s teachings, especially in regard to the liturgy. We now have many Catholic Churches that don’t resemble Catholicism, with unknown liturgy’s or made up parts of the Mass, and no one with authority bats an eye or attempts to set them on the path of what the true Church actually teaches about how the Mass should be, how formation should be taught, or how one should act as a Catholic in the world. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 3360 | Lack of clergy educating laity on the importance of fundamental beliefs of Catholicism, and lack of addressing the direction the Church is taking. | Catechesis |
| 3361 | The priest's own obvious lack of respect for the Blessed Sacrament. | Reverence |
| 3362 | Failure of the clergy to educate/remind the faithful about issues such as proper dress, behavior at Mass such as silence before and after while in church, reminding the faithful that artificial contraception is still wrong. I understand that clergy are human and want to be liked, but they are responsible for souls and are derelict in their duty to lead their congregations to God by not leading their people properly. | Attire, Leadership, Catechesis, Silence/Distractions |
| 3363 | Lack of respect and reverence for the Eucharist from the clergy. Teach laity the importance of believing in the real presence. | Reverence |
| 3364 | Both my and my children's catechism was far too much "God is Love", Worship can be cool, just try to be a good person and very liberal priests. We never really learned true reverence and the truth that the Eucharist is God and should be treated as such. Kids also need to learn about frequent confession and forget about this once-a-year idea or Easter Duty. There is no real connection to God in my opinion without frequent confession. We need to push monthly confession and increase the hours confession is available. We also need to make sure Catholic schools are teaching Catholic beliefs!!!! Teachers should not be promoting anti Catholic ideas. High school students should be taught about the Early Church Fathers. Kids and adults need to understand WHY they need to be Catholic and not just "spiritual" or non-denominational. Need more nuns in the classroom!! . | Confession, Catechesis |
| 3365 | In the Novus Ordo, there seems a great lack of respect for the Presence. I am a Traditional Roman Catholic, the New Order was and is disgusting. There goes the belief in the Real Presence. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 3366 | It's called, reverence of the whole church. This building is Gods' building not individuals. Reverence. | Reverence |
| 3367 | Cancellation of priests but not of McCarrick and elevation of his protégés to Cardinals. Why not cancel those who covered for McCarrick? The frequent need to clarify the Pope’s statements. | Leadership, Persecuted Clergy, Confusion |
| 3368 | The notion that nearly all of us will be saved and the overwhelming emphasis on God’s love and mercy vs. His Justice and the consequences of sin. Also the notion that all religions are essentially equivalent. These factors result in a casual attitude towards the sacred, and an overall loss of Faith. Why bother attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist if it doesn’t really matter?. | Modernism |
| 3369 | In my opinion the homosexual men Pope Francis has elevated to the dignity of Cardinal in the United States and abroad. These queer men in turn promote other queers to top spots. This behavior is turning the priesthood into a gay/queer mans profession. The coercive network of homosexualization that has gained so much power within the Catholic Church hierarchy that heterosexual men are quickly dismissed from the Priesthood and seminaries. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Vocations, Leadership |
| 3370 | Traditional Latin Mass has been forbidden in many parishes... We should restore having the Traditional Latin Mass in every parish every day... More opportunities for daily Mass at parishes... | TLM |
| 3371 | Many priests do NOT believe in the Real Presence. I corrected one after Mass telling him it’s not an “it” but a “Him.” Give Bishops this survey. | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 3372 | Any repugnance, disrespect or defensiveness shown by a Priest against the Traditional Latin Mass demonstrates a lack of faith in the real presence of Christ in the Most Holy Eucharist since the Usus Antiquior can be traced back to Jesus through His Apostles through the ages. Protestantizing the Church and the faith over more than the last 60 years has produced the rotten fruit we experience today in regards to loss of faith in the true presence of Christ Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist! I deeply and truly desire to see a grand return of the Sacred, the beautiful, the reverence brought back in full into each and every one of our Churches and in the liturgy and in the music. Please, by the grace of God, I beg you all to restore it!!!. | TLM, Leadership |
| 3373 | Divorce / annulment - I am Catholic. My X was not but participated in the pre marital requirements to be married in the Catholic Church in the 80's. I am a US Marine & while fighting in IQ my X became "monogamously challenged"...resulting in her divorcing me & marrying him...both protestants. We had 3 minor children together ranging in age from 2 - 12. I have been denied confession & communion since. I'll likely be denied last rights for NOT denying my children via annulment. I am not alone in this "divorce" situation among Catholic Parishioners. My X doesn't care about the Catholic Church, her vows or her infidelities...Divorcees need a way back to the church & annulment isn't getting it done. | Other |
| 3374 | The Sign of Peace where people socialize like they are in an auditorium or a bingo hall while Christ is present on the altar Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. | Sign of Peace |
| 3375 | Catholics have a decent K-12 school system available in the United States. Because this school system has not operated as a truly Catholic immersion, it has contributed to the loss of faith for many of the students. | Schools |
| 3376 | Lack of addressing the faithful on a dress code and modesty. | Attire |
| 3377 | Seems ignorant to have a "Eucharistic Revival" when it seems many priests and bishops don't believe. If they did Biden would be excommunicated by now. | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 3378 | The negativity of some priests, Bishops and most of all the Pope towards the Traditional Latin Mass, where you always find the proper disposition toward the Blessed Eucharist. | TLM, Leadership |
| 3379 | Priests who patronize whom they think or know who are wealthy at the expense of their regular parishioners. | Other |
| 3380 | Stressing the importance of Confessions routinely before Receiving our Lord in the Blessed sacrament . | Confession |
| 3381 | Parents failure to catechize their children, and/ror their own irreverence in attitude, attire inappropriate for Mass and failure to genuflect when entering the church or the pew. | Family, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 3382 | Encourage adults to be active in educating themselves about their faith offer more adult education on the Presence and the Mass . | Catechesis |
| 3383 | People do not understand why the Eucharist is closed to practicing Christians from other denominations. | Catechesis |
| 3384 | The Pope's suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass Of Trente . | TLM, Leadership |
| 3385 | La of catechesis The liberal priests don’t remind people of the need of conversion. Priests and bishops telling the faithful that every body goes to heaven. Not teaching about hell and sin. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 3386 | Not including the TLM in every parish. | TLM |
| 3387 | Very poor education/RCIA from childhood up: Strengthening Your Catholic Faith: A Guide to Spiritual Growth and Faith Formation Daily Prayer and Reflection. Building a strong connection with God starts with prayer and reflection... Attend Mass Regularly... Study the Bible... Engage in Faith Formation Programs... Read Catholic Literature... Seek Spiritual Guidance. | Catechesis |
| 3388 | The Hierarchy's failure to be Shepherds. | Leadership |
| 3389 | Traditions of the Faith, such as observance of Holy Days of Obligation, Friday fast from meat, Latin rites, altar rails, wearing of veils for women, etc. are frowned upon by our Shepherds at the highest levels. Faithful Catholics should be outraged (like Christ in the temple with money changers) at the blatant blasphemies & heresies of clergy who oppose church teachings on marriage between 1 msn & 1 woman. Where are our holy bishops and pope? Why are they not defending what is good & true as Christ has taught? . | Devotions, Leadership, Modernism, Living the Faith |
| 3390 | In 2020 when the church collapsed like a deck of cards and locked it's doors, what message do you think that gave the laity regarding the clergy's belief in the Real Presence? I'll tell you; the message was load and clear that the bishops and pastors had NO real faith, and NO belief in the Real Presence. | COVID, Leadership |
| 3391 | Receiving the Eucharist from non-ordained, in the hand, while standing is the greatest problem in the Church. I have seen priests refuse to give communion to people on the tongue and kneeling. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 3392 | The way people dress so casually. Receiving our Lord with dirty hands. | Attire |
| 3393 | Clergy not stressing importance of proper attire!. | Attire |
| 3394 | Fostering an extraordinary sense of reverence to the point where the clergy and laity would be willing to die for the Eucharist as the early disciples did. Also teaching a history of why we believe in the true presence. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 3395 | Poor catechesis in childhood . | Catechesis |
| 3396 | Greatest concern over finances/fundraising; public bickering, refusal, and public acts of disobedience against Pope Francis and his commands. | Other |
| 3397 | Confusion and Scandal in the church by the hierarchy doing and saying things that are confusing to the laity. | Confusion, Scandals, Leadership |
| 3398 | Lack of kneelers to receive communion from. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3399 | So many of the priests, even those who are well catechized themselves, do not live a life marked by perseverance, humility, and holiness. They do not engage in education, stand their ground with problematic parish workers, throw the dispensable laity under the bus when convenient. It is like many of them never grew up and don’t want to get their hands dirty. As a director of religious ed and Catholic school employee, I have been greatly disheartened by the weakness and self centeredness of many clergy, especially those touted as sound. This, at the very intersection of people’s faith and life, when really needed, is beyond devastating as an example. | Living the Faith, Public Witness, Holiness |
| 3400 | Failure to allow quite time for Thanksgiving after reception of Holy Communion . Music is very loud and not worthy to be used at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. | Music, Silence/Distractions |
| 3401 | The USCCB failed to defend Eucharistic worship as essential during the COVID crisis. Furthermore, the priests and bishops neglected to find creative solutions to a fearful flock in need of sacramental grace. Parishes could have held holy hours of adoration through the church window with adorets kneeling outside six feet apart. The could have held Eucharistic processions through the streets to show the hundreds of shut-ins that God was still with us. They could have handed out small bottles of holy water for families to bless their homes during the lockdown. Instead the shepherds hid and barred the flock from Christ, even to the point of cancelling Easter ceremonies! If the Church had been more present and courageous we would have an explosion of religious vocations right now. These efforts to restore belief in the Real Presence are admirable. However it's better to do right the first time than apologize after inflicting the damage. | COVID, Leadership |
| 3402 | Catechesis of youth, teens and young adults. I also add lack of "continuing education of adults" in our Catholic faith. | Catechesis |
| 3403 | Better formation in Catholic schools and PSR. BRING STUDENTS TO ADORATION! More devotions to Our Blessed Mother. Study the saints. Confirmation programs are not teaching what they should. Also review RCIA programs as well. Just need better formation all around and return to traditional teaching. | Devotions, Catechesis, Schools |
| 3404 | Teaching in Catholic schools . | Schools |
| 3405 | Need to receive Holy Communion on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3406 | I have been saddened and negatively impacted by the practice of our relatively new pastor who seems to put himself in a position of importance over other clergy and lay leaders. It’s not about him; it is about our Lord. For example: we have a Deacon as well as one recently appointed priest who are NEVER allowed to present the homily even though both are dynamic speakers. The rector evidently believes he MUST be center front for the 10 AM service, our main Mass. | Leadership |
| 3407 | Elimination of kneeling to receive the Eucharist was a big mistake as it eliminated the act of reverence. Receiving God deserves bowing down, kneeling and prostrating. Not a casual walk to get a wafer, a symbol etc. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3408 | Poor catechesis and Tradition in Catholic schools . | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3409 | The general lack of religious education and logic training in Catholic schools and Catechetical programs. The religious education being put forth in most parishes is at best watered down, with some being heretical. We are greatly lacking the presence of religious women and priests being more involved with the youth programs so they can witness first hand their love for the Eucharist and the example of self sacrifice. There is a great need for more support of homeschool families who are working hard to educate their families in the fullness of our Catholic traditions!. | Catechesis |
| 3410 | General lack of catechesis in the sermons. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3411 | Lack of genuine catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 3412 | Priests tiptoeing around issues like abortion and hell. People want and NEED the correct direction from our Shepherds. Be kind of blunt and tell us what we need to do in this world today to get to Heaven. Priests also need to be on the same page with Church teachings. To much contradicting is going on. If I ask about a certain Commandment I should get a similar response from every priest. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness |
| 3413 | The current distortion of the aim of our Catholic Faith from our sole purpose to love and serve God in this life and to be with Him in the next, into liberation theology, modernist secular “concern” for the poor, for peace without recurring to God as our King and our Good Shepherd. | Modernism |
| 3414 | Lack of adult catechesis by priest in homilies. Lack of teaching the meaning of Jesus Incarnation resulting in God calling us body and soul to worship & serve him, a teaching which makes so many odd things the Catholic Church expects and believes make sense :-). | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3415 | Reminding people that it is a MORTAL sin to receive Holy Communion if you are not in a state of Grace. | Worthy Reception |
| 3416 | A Novus ordo said in Latin Ad Orientem using Eucharistic prayer one is still not the Latin mass, disrespect for what has been given us by the Apostles and the earliest popes and the medieval and preconciliar church lessens the Faith of the laity in the fact that the Holy Spirit guides the Church and has guided her throughout her history. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3417 | Lack of education Poor catechism Children's programs and VBS lack of Catholic identity Trying to change to adapt to the world. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 3418 | Clergy not addressing issues that impact the Church, lay people’s salvation, and disrespect to the Eucharist. Clergy members should ALWAYS be up front and clear on sins during homilies. I’ve met countless lay people who don’t know certain sins and still receive communion. | Homilies, Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 3419 | The New Age teachings that are creeping into Catholicism--such as Richard Rohr saying "I'm not trying to make you a Christian" or "forgive yourself, you don't need someone else to forgive you.". | Modernism |
| 3420 | Lack of belief of major teachings of the Church overall by many clergy and nuns. | Lack of Faith |
| 3421 | Most Priests are inept in communicating & adapting Gospel & Readings’ messages to the flock. Confessions times are down to 15 minutes before beginning of Holy Mass in Sundays. Yet, EVERYONE receives Holy Communion!!! How does THAT make sense? I’m sure we’re not that holy!!. | Confession, Homilies, Worthy Reception |
| 3422 | Preaching Christian Nationalism and allowing politics into homilies. Specifically, rabid conservative politics containing distain for people of color, the poor and marginalized, and the environment and our impact on it. | Politics |
| 3423 | Understanding the words of the Last Supper and Jesus’s words: "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink of his blood you will not have life within you!”,etc. | Catechesis |
| 3424 | Not allowing reception kneeling and on the tongue. Also the general impression in N.O. that mass is about man, not God. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 3425 | 1. The Novus ordo erasure of the Asperges and kneeling at the Kyrie & the Agnus Dei 2. The ENGINEERED priest shortage!. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3426 | Appearing in casual attires instead of formal attires. Women in immodest dresses, and/or cross dressing in men's pants. | Attire |
| 3427 | That anyone can walk in the sacred space where the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass takes place and anyone can open the tabernacle, take Jesus to people outside of Mass and anyone can put Jesus in the monstrance . | Liturgical Practice |
| 3428 | Downgrading feast days; example moving Ascension Thursday to the following Sunday downgrades the importance of that feast day. Not talking about abstinence and fasting. Elimination rogation and ember days. | Liturgical Calendar, Fasting |
| 3429 | Support of acts of False Mercy the Church supporting Catholic Charities as they assisting in delivering vulnerable children and illegal aliens into the US without proper investigation and concerns regarding the human trafficking, sex trafficking and organ harvesting that is happening. | Modernism |
| 3430 | I certainly won't forget the global news headline "One-word gaffe invalidates thousands of US baptisms". It was in my Diocese of Phoenix that Reverend Arango recited words used for baptisms incorrectly until 17 June 2021. Far worse than a "gaffe" to invalidate a holy sacrament, I view an alarming number of Clergy as unworthy, inauthentic and incapable of representing Catholic teaching let alone preside over Sacraments. The focus of your survey should seek the criteria whereby Clergy are viewed as unworthy or illegit frauds like Jorge Bergoglio that have self excommunicated themselves rendering them incapable to preside over holy sacraments, especially in the Eucharistic manifestation of the True Presence of Christ. Survey Q4.7 "Scandal created by offering Holy Eucharist to those that obstinately reject Catholic teaching" is the only question that vaguely scratches the surface. It's primarily about Clergy offering Holy Eucharist to those endorsing abortion which ALL ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS teach is rejecting God's Commandment 'Thou Shall Not kill'. As if this isn't grave enough, the Gospels teach us that God’s anger burns hottest against those who harm children because children are the most helpless and impressionable members of society. The remaining scandals that undermine the Family follow. It is telling that the Vatican and Bishops are not leading this effort, but rather laity along with Clergy loyal to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò whom I believe remains the highest true authority in the Catholic Church even after Bergoglio claims to have excommunicated him. The Church has been deeply compromised with many Clergy unfit to perform their duty including the Sacraments and explains the necessity of the schism in the Church today. | Abortion, Liturgical Practice, Leadership |
| 3431 | I think many of the additional "issues" can find their origin in too much laity involvement in the Mass, especially women, no matter how reverent or holy they may be (and I am a woman writing this). This has contributed immensely to the downgrading of the reverence and infinite importance of the Mass Itself and the Eucharist specifically. The laity does not need to feel wanted or needed on the altar for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The laity needs to be taught how to get to Heaven, not given a "turn" to read the Epistle, or have a woman (or girl) serve at the altar. Jesus was a man, and He chose Peter to be the rock upon which He would build His church, and He ordained the apostles (who were men) as His ministerial priests during the Last Supper when He commanded them to "Do this in remembrance of Me." If Jesus did not pick His own Holy and Immaculate Mother to serve at the altar, what reasoning is there in the "modern church" to feel that women must be given a role in the Mass. The Virgin Mary herself was not included! A priest is an "alter Christus," meaning another Christ. I will conclude with one more “dumbing down of the faith” issue that occurs when the priest repeatedly refers to the altar as a ‘table.” It is commonplace for the vast majority of us to eat our meals at a table whether in our home or at a restaurant, etc., for students to do their homework at one, etc. An altar, however, is where a sacrifice takes place. They may be shaped the same, and even look the same, but there is a huge difference between an altar and a table. Hearing the altar called the “table of the Lord” repeatedly makes one forget the sacrifice that took place to prepare this “meal.” . | Liturgical Practice, Role of Women |
| 3432 | Occasionally, there should be a regular homily on our basic beliefs and practices. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3433 | Major confusion caused by Pope Francis and introduction of pagan idols and ceremonies. This is Christs church, not Francis’. Christ is the same today as always. The 10 Commandments are not irrelevant. Bishops need to stand up for the truth and stop silencing faithful priests. | Persecuted Clergy, Confusion, Leadership, Sin |
| 3434 | the laity should be reminded that the house of God is Sacred. They should wear proper attire for Mass. The laity should be reminded that Holy days of obligation should be observed and it not, they need not receive Jesus. Reminders should be constant. Most of the laity do not know much re the Church teachings. Education is key. The Latin Mass should not only come back but should replace the Novus Ordo. | TLM, Loss Sense of the Sacred, Attire, Catechesis |
| 3435 | The children are not being taught about the real Presence because some catechism teachers filter the teachings according to their own beliefs . | Catechesis |
| 3436 | We never hear about Hell or grave sins like abortion from the pulpit. The blessed Virgin and her powerful role in the salvation of souls in not tales about. The 10 commandments should be better taught by all of us. Jesus 2nd coming is rarely mentioned or talked by priest, greater emphasis on purgatory and prayers for them & it’s similarly in suffering is like hell. Keeping the Sabbath Holy is rarely mentioned by priests. Receiving Christ kneeling & on the tongue is never encouraged & since COVID almost frowned upon by some priests. We cannot accept sin. Love the sinner, detest the sin, God’s holy Bible does not lie why are we entertaining such evil, it’s leading many poor naive souls astray. CCC- Sodomy is a grave intrinsic moral evil! . | COVID, Leadership, Abortion, Catechesis, Sin |
| 3437 | Lack of catechizing by priests in their homilies about the True Presence on a regular basis to counter the 70% lack of belief. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3438 | The Pope's hostility towards United States Catholics and their Bishops. The Pope's excommunication of a leading American Bishop was a direct attack on the American Catholics and the Cardinals should challenge the Pope on this action. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 3439 | Those who are supposed to be the shepherds of the church are actually ravenous wolves: they are unbelievers themselves, sexual perverts, political power players, cynics, deviants, cowards, and subversives who actually want to destroy the Church. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 3440 | I have seen my whole life, how Protestant disbelief of the real presence has creeped into the Catholic Church, our Bishops Priests and catechism teachers need to stand firm in the teachings of church We need to teach our children this. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 3441 | Catechism programs are weak, students should be taught to receive kneeling and by tongue and from the priest or deacon only. | Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 3442 | Casual response to the Eucharistic presence . | Reverence |
| 3443 | Casual attire among both men and women at Mass and at times extremely revealing clothing worn by women. Using gender neutral terms in prayers and in Scripture. It has numbed our sense of the mysterious presence and the necessary reverence due to Our Lord Jesus Christ. We have become conditioned to regard Him merely as a friend, not as God. Poor catechesis regarding the huge number of people who weekly receive the Holy Eucharist and rarely receive the Sacrament of Confession, if at all. Gum chewing in the Communion procession. Lay people opening the side-dwelling Tabernacle and removing the Ciborium to bring it to the altar for Communion. Lay people handling the sacred vessels before and after the distribution of Holy Communion. Women lectors reading the Epistles and Psalms. Lectors in general improperly prepared in pronunciation and clarity; casually attired, shorts, tank tops, sandals both men and women. Lay people irreverently walking into the sanctuary, forgetting to genuflect. Most Sunday Masses feel and perform like Protestant services. The priest or deacon telling us to give a sign of Peace shortly after the Transubstantiation breaks all sense of wonder, awe, and reverence. These issues never or rarely take place within the Traditional Latin Mass celebrations. The celebrant priest hurriedly and irreverently giving Holy Communion just to keep the long line moving. “The Body of Christ” words being said without meaning. The Latin words, Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiam animam tuam in vitam aeternam. Amen, have such great meaning and the people never hear them at the Novus Ordo. | Liturgical Practice, Attire, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 3444 | Nobody goes to confession anymore! There is no clarity from the priests on how vital this is for salvation, how to recognize mortal sins that society teaches isn't wrong anymore, nor availability in confessional times/opportunities, some churches still not catechizing for confession until 4th grade or later, and never clarifying (vagueness of mortal sin vs venial) by catechesis, even to catechists. | Confession, Sin |
| 3445 | Lack of reverence in the sanctuary by priests and laity and the disappearance of the sacramentals such as incense bells servers vestments and liturgical abuses and not following the tubrics. | Reverence |
| 3446 | The Church is ran by men who refuse to listen to parishioners. In the US the influence of Christian nationalism over the teachings of Jesus has me doubting the presence. When leaders lie about most things when can I believe them?. | Leadership |
| 3447 | Several of my friends have left the Catholic Church to my utter disappointment. Their reason? They have attended Bible Classes given by the Baptist Church. When St. Jerome said, " Ignorance of the Holy Scriptures [ the Bible] is ignorance of Jesus" is a fact he totally understood and observed. The Catholic Church has been negligent in teaching the Bible as the holiest of Books, and that the inspired BOOKS should be studied thoroughly because the words of God are the same yesterday, today, and forever. Listening to Bible readings at mass is insufficient, and at the same time our children and our youth are not catechized enough to really understand and know their Catholic beliefs. Are we then surprised if so many of our Catholic brothers and sisters when presented the study of the Bible by Protestants start becoming Protestants? Obviously, the pulpit of the Protestants and Evangelicals who actually present sin as abhorrent to God, instead of just celebrating the Mass without proper understanding of the Mass and the actual Presence of God in the Holy Eucharist are determiners in keeping the faith. Knowing the History and development of the Church that Jesus founded is an important aspect in the understanding of why the Catholic Church is the true Church. This aspect of religious education is missing in our schools and the training we give to our children. They then become blind followers, and when approached by a Bible wielding Protestant, do we wonder why so many former Catholics are in Protestant Churches today? The ignorance of the Vatican II teachings have created chaos within the Catholic Church, too ! Didn't God say, "by their fruits you shall know them?" What fruit has the mishandling and misunderstanding of Vatican II produced? Our Seminarians are not being catechized properly, too. We are producing liberal, and secularized new priests who do not understand how to properly boost up the daily life of a good Catholic. Since when are they afraid to point out the real meanings of the ten commandments? Why are they afraid to point out the sins that separate a human being from God's heart? Why do they preach only ways to feel good as a Catholic, that are too general, but not emphasizing what displeases God and cause us to love Him less? Where is the emphasis of the holiness and sacredness of the Lord's Day? Finally, we need to train real Catholic lay teachers who know the Bible, can sincerely, objectively, and with knowledge be able to impart Biblical virtues and morals as the Bible requires!!! And we should emphasize reading God's Words. . | Fear/Cowardness, Catechesis |
| 3448 | People do not have reverence towards Mass and don't teach their children how to behave properly at Mass. | Family, Reverence |
| 3449 | For the Vatican to address important issues in a joking manner, and to be integrated in matters of world politics like a politician. | Leadership |
| 3450 | i. people not warned to dress so casually ii. people not discouraged to talking w/in the sanctuary iii. shenanigans and what i call 'parishism'. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 3451 | Many Catholic Schools do not foster an understanding of the importance of the faith. It is not emphasized as a way of life. If you are Catholic, it is so much more than attending Mass once a week. It is a way of life. | Schools |
| 3452 | Catholics living with a lack of charity, hypocrisy, more concern over Church politics than works of mercy and charity. | Living the Faith |
| 3453 | The Pope and the inner Vatican circle. How can they allow McCarrick to continue on as nothing has happened with his pedophilia yet excommunicate Vigano or Strickland for standing up for true Catholic teachings. In addition, the church taking money from Communist China and the pope supporting Klaus Straub and the communist one world order that eliminates GOD altogether. I stand with Vigano and Strickland and share my disgust with the pope a true POS!. | Persecuted Clergy, Scandals, Leadership |
| 3454 | Few give witness at Holy Communion and afterwards that they are receiving God Himself. Many dress immodestly and very casually, too, to receive the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. If this is God, we should give signs of this belief in how we receive, on the tongue and kneeling, being appropriately dressed and thanking Him for at least 15 minutes. | Reverence, Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 3455 | Silence of the Bishops and even priests to discuss this. | Leadership |
| 3456 | The reaction of the Priest, Bishop, or Cardinal not observing a period of silence post distribution. Failure of the Clergy to show respect for his position as Christs' representative. Observing the solemnity of this holy time. | Silence/Distractions, Leadership |
| 3457 | Priests are dropping the ball regarding educating the laity in the real presence. Also the lackadaisical attitude toward adoration... no personal commitment to an hour in parish with perpetual adoration. Hypocrisy. | Devotions, Lack of Faith, Catechesis |
| 3458 | The Priest's tone/demeanor during consecration, and lack of presentation of Our Lord. | Reverence |
| 3459 | Eucharistic ministers staff cleaners etc. handling the host and tabernacle. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 3460 | The complete breakdown of the Magisterium. The horrible decisions and leadership of the Pope and Bishops like Cupich, Macintyre, Gregory, Tobin etc. The Popes support of James Martin and attack on Bishop Strickland. | Leadership |
| 3461 | Respectful and decent clothing attire. | Attire |
| 3462 | Marxism among Church leaders. So-called Social Gospel. That most political positions of bishops seem like right out of the democrat party playbook. Guitar masses with bad, 1969s music. | Music, Politics, Leadership, Modernism |
| 3463 | Lack of strong and correct teaching of the faith to children and teens. 50 years of failure in this category. We have lost at least 2 generations and in the process of losing the next. . | Catechesis |
| 3464 | People not genuflecting before our dear Lord,+JMJ+. | Reverence |
| 3465 | Clear and concise church teaching from the pulpit. Too often our clergy try to avoid offending people instead of challenging us to live as Jesus taught. We yearn for Truth, not Entertainment. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3466 | Changing the Mass like turning it into a meal and removing many parts of the Mass that were oriented toward worship and adoration. Not having confessions available before Mass makes it seem like its ok to receive while in a state of mortal sin. Allowing the substitute of having a blessing in the communion line makes it also appear as if its fine to continue to be in a state of mortal sin AND it turns the Mass into an opportunity for a blessing instead of its primary function of giving God the worship he is due. They also don't show reverence or care for particles of the Eucharist that fall or are on the hands of the priest or EEMs. | Confession, Extraordinary Ministers, Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception, Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 3467 | * Inconsistency of church attendance * Failure of parents to make weekly Mass a priority over extracurricular activities * General limited/lack of ongoing adult catechesis for cradle Catholics * the regular “anything goes” attire * Getting and keeping our youth engaged in practicing our faith - shift the attitude from “I have to” to “I get to” . | Family, Attire, Catechesis |
| 3468 | Failure to link scripture to our beliefs in the real presence. | Catechesis |
| 3469 | Eucharist ministers destroy the importance and image by not receiving from a priest. Also, I know boys who have quit serving because they won’t serve with girls. Isn’t serving a first step towards the priesthood?. | Extraordinary Ministers, Role of Women, Vocations |
| 3470 | Catholic unity through Friday abstinence . | Living the Faith |
| 3471 | Sermons are not connected to what the general public needs to hear. They are too theoretical and not grounded in challenges we deal with on a regular basis. The lack if women in the priesthood and in leadership positions further disconnects the service and messages from my perspective. | Homilies, Role of Women |
| 3472 | Need for religious instruction beyond youth. For 4 years our parish participated in Denver Biblical School transforming my knowledge and depth of faith. As a cradle Catholic I continued practicing out of habit. Now at 65 i have learned the true Apostolic faith through scripture and tradition. We must be Holy as God is Holy - in dress, music, actions and participation in mass, adoration and sacraments. God is just and more emphasis needs to be on the curses for not adhering to God. He is not evil or vengeful. We deserve what we suffer. Practicing our Catholic faith is HARD! Don't hold hands singing sweet songs of love and acceptance without making real the army of demons in our world today. Idolatry is alive in the inordinate use of iphones, sports, busyness, ambition. We must sacrifice and make time for God. | Devotions, Catechesis, Modernism, Living the Faith |
| 3473 | Breakdown of family life. In every aspect; poor examples from parents. Use of our Lords name in vein- God- Jesus. The way we dress- basic lack of respect for our Lord and others =abortion, euthanasia. Too much to list. | Family, Attire, Abortion, Modernism, Reverence |
| 3474 | i have a gluten intolerance.. People who have gluten intolerances often have difficulty (esp. during travel to other Churches) in receiving Holy Communion. I recently visited a different Diocese that did not let me receive just the Precious Blood, and when they offered me a Consecrated low gluten Host, they insisted that I serve myself the Host, which I found to be scandalous. I needed to talk to a good Priest to explain to me that we believe (as Catholics) that the substance of wheat and wine remain, despite the fact that they become Christ's Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. The Faithful need guidance on this as this was just one scandal that the devil tried to create in me....I went through Spiritual Warfare and thank God for the Priests who helped me through it!. | Other |
| 3475 | The Pope. | Leadership |
| 3476 | Lack-luster preaching that addresses nothing and only affirms people that God loves them without any examination of the self. Catholics (the ones I know) seem to care not that the church is corrupted, the want and love the image of the church, not the purity of the church. Most of the time, I don't even think my fellow Catholics (a huge chunk of them) are even followers of Christ. | Homilies, Leadership |
| 3477 | Scandal-plagued Vatican, 3rd Secret of Fatima not being revealed as our Lady instructed, subordination of papal authority to UN, Free-masons, evil influence of St. Galen Mafia, changes in request for sainthood, irregular papal elections, mysterious deaths of Pope John Paul I, Cardinal Pell and journalist George Neumayr, forcing Pope Benedict out, Pachamama, Western Grandmother, Abu Dabi sacrileges buildings, changes in Pre-1955 Good Friday liturgy, failure to punish sexual abusers, ex-communication Archbishops Lefebre and Vigano, agreement with CCP, laicization of Cardinal McCarrick to avoid exposing complicity of others in ignoring his abuses and evil influence, USCCB non-religious work for US Government, CATHOLIC CHARITIES and all the other evil charities promoting human trafficking and other mortal sins. Just to name a few. Praying for the purification of Holy Mother church!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. | Lack of Discipline, Revelation, Liturgical Practice, Scandals, Leadership, Modernism |
| 3478 | Using responses and songs about bread, wine, and cup rather than Body and Blood. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3479 | Toleration of generally casual and lax attitudes toward Mass - including inappropriate clothing, talking, etc. contributes to the degradation of the sacrifice of the Mass as anything more than another social event or form of entertainment - certainly nothing special. | Reverence, Attire |
| 3480 | There is a lack of importance signifying that each individual person ought to take the time to pray/read Sacred Scriptures on their own (outside of Holy Mass where it is being read to you). Although in the last couple of years, there has been an improvement in “getting this message out”. There is a lack of catechesis; parents ought to be the first and main teachers……however parents haven’t been “taught” so how are they expected to “teach” (yes, they should be hungry to learn and take action to learn…..although it seems most don’t have the “time” to “learn” and may find it “too difficult” and not know where to go to learn). This lack of catechesis can be found in RCIA/OCIA; which is exactly where it is crucial! Having been chosen as both a Godparent for a Catechumen and a Sponsor for a Candidate, and attending each and every class the Catechumens/Candidates attended, I learned first-hand how poorly catechized many of the catechists seemed to be (at a diocesan parish in Seattle in 2007, as well as the Cathedral in midtown Manhattan in 2015). The students in both classes were hungry to learn (that is why they were there), yet their simple questions were never answered (sometimes the students were too afraid to ask and/or didn’t know how/what to ask from their unsettled internal feelings). Some questions being so basic/simple as; what is the Sign Of The Cross? Why do Catholics do it? HOW do you do it? Students in turn, instead of asking the catechists questions, questions were being asked to me……..after the classes. In some cases, the catechists/volunteers can’t be blamed for this as they may not be aware and the church is lucky to even find a volunteer. When the floor was open for the students to “ask” questions, after periods of silence and no questions being asked, I then acted like a “student” and asked these questions (with compassion and love). And now, even currently in my own diocesan parish in the Archdiocese of Chicago (suburb), the catechists learned that the first question asked of the adults is “have you been married civilly or in a religious institution, on a beach, even for a short length of time, etc.”? This was due to and RCIA class which took place during the first year of Covid, all but one student was able to enter fully into the Church! The class was 90% completed and it was at that point realized that one adult had been married (their current Catholic spouse was aware) and a different student had also been married (their current Catholic spouse was not aware as it was many years prior which ended in divorce shortly thereafter); after some time, with Annulment/Lack of Form, all students were fully received in the Catholic Church with Convalidation Ceremony taking place with their marriages. This was a real witness of the Holy Spirit at work with the desire to become Catholic in all its Glory! (And a testament of how catechists learn). The lack of leadership within the church hierarchy is also to reason for lack of the Real Presence. When you can find one priest who tells you one thing, a different priest tells you something different and you go on the internet and find many different responses to the same “Catholic” question……all the way up to Bishops’ responses and even to the Pope’s! We are claimed to be, One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church……..however it seems that one can get an array of answers to the same “Catholic” question. You only need to know “what you want your answer to be” (which sin do you not want to deal with) and then go to the priest that will give you the answer your looking for (having no guilt with your sinful choice). As Catholics, we seem to be far away from “One”; the division seems great and the Truth seems impossible to find. The hierarchy needs to be “One”, which follows Truth and only Truth; no compromises, regardless of manner and tone, as Eternal Life of ones soul is what is at risk. Other actions/re-actions of poor catechesis may also include: awareness of mortal sins (even knowing WHAT a mortal sin is); not attending Holy Mass every Holy Day of Obligation (and knowing that EVERY Sunday is an “Obligation” however ought to be treated as a fortunate opportunity one GET’S TO GO to Holy Mass)! The lack of being taught how to “prepare” for Holy Mass; arriving early, being properly dressed (people attend Holy Mass wearing attire not even fit for the beach and how this can lead others to the sin of the flesh). Holy Mass is attended in pajamas and slippers, ripped jeans, hoodie sweatshirts and baseball caps. If one was catechized on what is taking place and why at Holy Mass, one could not, in good conscience, be able to improperly dress for God (of course, age, ailments and other circumstances may not always allow the proper attire one may want to wear). Poor catechism has led to a failed moral compass and ill-formed consciences. And unfortunately those good shepherds___30 who are currently catechizing, properly, are being condemned, silenced and “removed” by the Catholic church. | Persecuted Clergy, Family, Confusion, Attire, Catechesis, Leadership |
| 3481 | The adoption of Vatican II, I believe, was a slap to our faces, to force us to Believe in a different way, and simply dump the traditional Church. It invalidated the Real Presence and invalidated the whole new mass as today presented. We desire and need to return to Traditionalism in Mass, as celebrated before the Vatican II changes. Latin is not so difficult, but what is difficult is believing that the monumental change provided by Vatican II can ever replace the centuries of Tradition provided by our spiritual ancestors in Christ. | Vatican II |
| 3482 | It's impossible to defend the Real Presence in my personal life. It seems insane. So there is a dichotomy between religious and professional life. It might be peer pressure. | Modernism |
| 3483 | silence or music without words, as Holy Communion is received and until prayer by the priest begins. | Silence/Distractions |
| 3484 | 1) Failure to have continuous education of the catholic faith to parishioners after their first communion, confirmation, etc. 2) Failure of the clergy to preach from the pulpit on the uncomfortable topics of the catholic faith that are the truth (abortion, gay marriage, etc.). | Fear/Cowardness, Homilies, Catechesis, Abortion |
| 3485 | Inadequate catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 3486 | Failure of clergy to offer instruction and reminders in their homilies. Failure of clergy to only use extraordinary Eucharist ministers when there is no priest present - according to the original documents of Vatican II. | Extraordinary Ministers, Homilies, Vatican II, Catechesis |
| 3487 | Homilies that talk about the Power of Prayer and the Eucharist. Homilies that talk about SIN is real! And that Satan is REAL. | Sin, Homilies |
| 3488 | The Peronist pope. | Leadership |
| 3489 | The lack of regularly emphasizing the Holy Scripture:...unless you eat my body and drink my blood.... | Catechesis |
| 3490 | Catholics don't understand the reality of the supernatural. Not just about the Trinity, Saints and the Angels. Catholics also don't believe in the reality of Hell and the demons. Some Catholics believe people don't do the hell. | Catechesis |
| 3491 | Gay bishops Loss of the sense of the sacred. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Loss Sense of the Sacred, Leadership |
| 3492 | Education of the laity-faithful-church goers of the Tenant's of the Catholic faith . | Catechesis |
| 3493 | Music should be worshiping the Lord and not the people. Music should be reverent and not raucous, loud, party like. | Music |
| 3494 | It must be EMPHASIZED that public sinners, who promote abortion and homosexual “marriage” are NOT worthy to receive the Eucharist, because they are in a state of MORTAL SIN! . | Abortion, Canon 915 |
| 3495 | The Missalettes were removed from the pews. This helps us to keep our focus. Big red books w Contemporary music, and the Mass but the words are not the same. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3496 | Lack of teaching and exercising of the Spiritual gifts. 7/14/24 Gospel reading of casting out demons worked in early church, but not today. People take no account of the gifts of healing, prophesying, discernment, soaking in tongues and interpretations, all of which Jesus conferred upon us. But to first do these, a commitment to prayer must be pursued, but people don't want to do that. And why not? Because Satan has successfully put the Laity AND THE CLERGY to sleep in this area, so of course, the gifts cannot be manifested if there is no prayer behind them. Oh, and one hour at Adoration will not supplant this. So the Church has become the "lukewarm" church as recorded by St John in Revelation. If the Lord returned today he would "spit" the Catholic Church out of His mouth, just as He says he will do. "Better to have millstone tied around your neck and thrown into the sea, than to be lukewarm. I believe God is going to clean house in the Catholic Church and get rid of the homosexual clergy and pedophiles before He "fixes" the matter of Transubstantiation belief issue. Satan has deeply infiltrated the Church through clergy, years ago, as our Blessed Mother is well aware and has prophesied of the consequences and this has to be resolved first. I predict whole parishes will soon be closing over this major issue, as we are already observing in other countries, and we will be returning to "home" churches, just to survive and begin anew. The "first" believers did, so may we have to, also. They definitely are in China, Iran, and Iraq at great risk of losing their lives. We have it too cushie here in the U.S. We will be put to the test, too. Is the Laity ready? Are the good and upright Clergy not walking with Satan, but laying down their lives for the sheep, ready? We shall soon find out. | Devotions, Lukewarmness, Catechesis |
| 3497 | Too many options in Novus Ordo Mass. Placing two rites Vetus Ordo with Novus Ordo side by side: comparing different rites with actual prayers and focus within Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3498 | Failure to acknowledge to serious of sin. | Sin |
| 3499 | The origin comes from the Enlightenment/secularization of society. The Church didn’t cause that but rather fails to adequately respond to the crisis of our age. | Modernism |
| 3500 | People should be reminded how to present themselves to come to Altar to receive the body and blood of Christ. Some come waving to their friends, chewing gum, hands at their side, etc.. | Reverence |
| 3501 | We have an environment of comfort and casualness in the Novus Ordo. And a dangerous inversion whereby the things holy are treated as common ( the Blessed Sacrament of our Lord)and many common things are treated as holy. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3502 | Sex abuse. | Scandals |
| 3503 | Educate the people on the mass and our actions during the mass . | Catechesis |
| 3504 | Weak formation of children. Lack of proper catechesis and giving children sacraments based on age/grade, not understanding of the sacrament. | Catechesis |
| 3505 | Change in the liturgy, removing and or changing words in the liturgy after Vat II. | Vatican II, Liturgical Practice |
| 3506 | Scandalous behaviors in the Vatican and persecution of good priests and bishops. | Persecuted Clergy, Scandals, Leadership |
| 3507 | The lack of knowledge of the history of our Catholic faith and traditions. Overall modernism in the church by those who promote change in the church to fit man instead of teaching man to change to fit into obedience of God’s laws and the teachings of His son Jesus Christ through scripture, dogmas , tradition and the deposit of faith. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 3508 | Using the Sacraments as a grade obtained rite of passage. | Scandals |
| 3509 | Lack of education of the mass. The different postures that people do or don’t do during the mass. | Catechesis |
| 3510 | Lack of public/regular apologetic teaching (whether in Mass or elsewhere) directly refuting Protestant/non-Catholic beliefs/claims that the Eucharist isn’t Christ. | Catechesis |
| 3511 | That families need to pray, go to mass and receive the Eucharist together . | Family |
| 3512 | Not enough protection of the Eucharist from those who would deliberately seek to desecrate Our Lord. Satanists do attend services just to get their hands on a consecrated host, to use in a Black Mass. | Reverence |
| 3513 | The priests to talk from pulpit about the way you should dress to go to the Holy Mass. | Homilies |
| 3514 | Inability for people to enter into mass because of constant over stimulation with tech Belief that emotions are more important than truth/object reality Not understanding how the Eucharist can help in moments of suffering Lack of understanding that keeping the Eucharist sacred is not the same as being exclusive . | Modernism |
| 3515 | Catechesis to the youth, the foundation of faith. | Catechesis |
| 3516 | The "campy", early 1970's kumbaya teachings of Catechism in classes to children. They don't want "cheesy", they want realness; to be taught factually how to be reverent and the reasons we should be solemn and Holy. They want to know about the Holy Spirit and Mary and the saints. They need to know how to act and treat our faith ...so they can. | Catechesis |
| 3517 | A lack of interest in the liturgical calendar with its feast days and church seasons. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 3518 | Lack of leadership by "progressive" bishops, who are more concerned more with politics than Sacraments. All of this could be summed up as modernism, the synthesis of all heresies per Pope St. Pius X. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 3519 | Catholic schools do not always hire catholic teachers. Sometimes is a great percentage of the school teachers who are not Catholic. How about excommunicating Priests who espouse homosexuality actually flaunt homosexuality. Why are serious homosexuals appointed to be Presidents of Catholic colleges? They make serious policies which affect students that do not follow Catholic beliefs. | Schools |
| 3520 | The priest needs to be a leader of men, and push for his parishioners to take on their true roles as man and women. Men need to lead. | Leadership |
| 3521 | Many priest rush through many parts of the mass, some even rush through Eucharistic prayers, consecration and Communion rites. I think priests need to ensure the entire mass is prayed with reverence. The congregation needs to be reminded of the real presence. Greater emphasis put on the elevation of the host and the prayers immediately after. | Reverence |
| 3522 | I think the lack of tradition in Church is a problem. And the churches failure to see that the youth want these traditional things! (Like the Latin Mass.) . | TLM |
| 3523 | Laity Posture during Mass and attire for Mass During homily priests could explain parts of Mass and where it comes from in the Bible. Personal relationship with Jesus Altar Servers should use patens. . | Relationship with Jesus, Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 3524 | Clergy and others speaking to the congregation with their backs to the tabernacle. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3525 | There is a need to be aligned with the evidence that sound psychology brings and a need to be Trauma Informed. Every Catholic child should know what their ACE score is and we need to learn a great deal more about Dissociation when our children face horror so that the Church Community can fully support those who are traumatized by Catholic teaching and the horror of human sacrifice. | Other |
| 3526 | Priests have no real fervor for the presence of the body and blood of our Lord during the Eucharistic period of mass. I find them always rushing through it and giving no thought to it. Hold the Eucharist up. Show the masses WHO this is. Give real honor to this part of the mass again. They give more importance to the homily than the actual embodiment of Christ. Its sad. | Reverence |
| 3527 | In the last 50 years, there has been a lot of preaching about other modes of Eucharistic presence (in the Mystical Body, in the Word) but there has not been a lot of preaching about the balance. | Homilies |
| 3528 | Proper dress attire for mass attendance. | Attire |
| 3529 | Formation within the church PSR and in Catholic schools. Requiring all staff/teachers to be practicing Catholics at Catholic schools and to teach PSR. All staff for both PSR and Catholic schools to complete Virtues training no matter what their position is at the school/church. For Love and Mercy to be taught to our youth! (This means for them to be given Love and Mercy and for them to learn to give it to others). Many people I come across that leave the church have said it is because of lack of this! (If we have a better formation and are shown by example how to live as Christ calls us to live, then I feel the real presence would be accepted better by Catholics). Everyone needs a Eucharistic retreat! Bring a retreat to all Catholic schools and Catholic Churches. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3530 | Belief that the Scriptures are true! . | Lack of Faith |
| 3531 | The lack of faith from Rome . | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 3532 | The Church has FAILED to teach us our authority in Christ which directly stems from the sacrifice on the Cross. Jesus won that authority back for us and receiving HIS Body and Blood in the Eucharist enable us to wield that authority over demonic forces in our daily lives. I am SO TIRED of the weak, feckless teachings of the Church. | Catechesis |
| 3533 | Pope Francis heretical teachings and silence in response to the dubia; also his mistreatment of faithful Catholics by canceling his "opponents", rather than humbly receiving their fraternal love and correction. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 3534 | Not preaching against birth control. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 3535 | I think there are two other issues. By using Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and the laity receiving Jesus in the hand, I think people can lose a sense that what they are receiving IS Jesus. Lay people do not have consecrated hands whereas priests do, so the fact that priests AND lay people can hold and touch Jesus with their hands does not seem right to me. How can one with unconsecrated hands be allowed to hold and touch God?. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 3536 | manners of dress at mass. | Attire |
| 3537 | Clergy and laity pushing the temptation to look at The Church's history with remorse, and change everything for the sake of change due to that reason. (Pope Pius XII). | Other |
| 3538 | Some priests are not knowledgeable enough in the dangers of New Age, Yoga, santeria, and other evil things, therefore they tend to be very casual in these matters. Also, some priests tend to be to politically correct and makes it difficult for us to understand what the Church is trying to teach us. Thanks!. | Modernism, Priestly Formation |
| 3539 | "Do as a say not as I do" attitude from many priests and the good canceled priests who were removed for defending truth. Even today, they have not been reinstated which means that the bishop doesn't forgive so how can he expect me to? Many priests and bishops are laser focused on raising money and not on evangelizing to bring the faithful (including my family) back to Mass. I am a Catholic teacher but the priest rarely visit our school to help evangelize although we have asked repeatedly. | Persecuted Clergy, Evangelization, Leadership |
| 3540 | The changing of the mass to resemble the non-Catholic service. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3541 | Distraction from the Eucharist, the Sacraments, the Mass, the Church as the center of community life... due to the out-pacing development of technology (from the sewing of fig leaves to the television, the internet, and social media...). The tree of Techne keeps distracting us into feeling like we will be like God (without the need of God). Sacrificial living can point us and maybe others back to the Eucharist. | Living the Faith, Silence/Distractions, Community |
| 3542 | The change to the Liturgy from the Traditional Mass pre-55 to the current new Mass. The prayer of the church into many languages separating the faithful into groups where “their” language Mass can be celebrated. This divides the church. We need to return to the Traditional Mass of the Apostles. | TLM |
| 3543 | Overall societal pressure for people to leave the faith. Discrimination based on faith in every day life. It is easier to not believe. | Modernism |
| 3544 | People’s obsession with social media, parents not teaching Catholic “ rules” and love of God at home, family time saying rosary / prayers. | Family, Catechesis, Devotions |
| 3545 | The abandoning of the Traditional Latin Mass for the Novus Ordo. | TLM |
| 3546 | Priests do not educate nor speak to parishioners ref how awful it is to receive the Holy Eucharist in the hand. | Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 3547 | Timeliness in parish office returning calls for requests made for the Eucharist being brought to homebound. | Other |
| 3548 | Irreverence shown to symbols of the church i.e.: using the Holy Water font as an umbrella stand. (I tried to send a picture and I have mentioned it to a Deacon.). | Reverence |
| 3549 | catechesis lacking on basic fundamentals of the Catholic Faith a crisis! ongoing catechesis must be rigorous, required and lifelong!. | Catechesis |
| 3550 | GENERAL LACK of REVERENCE in CHURCH!! CASUAL DEMEANOR OF PRIESTS and PEOPLE! NO LONGER SACRED!. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Reverence |
| 3551 | Shaking hands just prior to receiving Eucharist. Pope Francis's Blessing Homosexual Sodomites 1 week prior to Christmas. Allowing people Married to someone else to receive communion. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Sign of Peace, Modernism, Worthy Reception |
| 3552 | The way our Priest have not called out politicians for their support of abortion, and allowing them to receive the Eucharist. I also worry about where our pope is leading the Church. | Abortion, Canon 915, Leadership |
| 3553 | The radical and quick reform of the Roman Missal and the other rites and prayers of the Church. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3554 | 1- not teaching & insisting that people dress appropriately for a sacred time & space. Allowing IMMODEST dress during service. Especially at a weddings -- what the bride & bridesmaids wear - too much skin, too tight. - Also have a dress code for those serving as lectors, giving communion, etc. 2 - insisting that people be very quiet in church - esp. for those of us who come early to prepare -- & then having to hear people have all kinds of loud socializing. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 3555 | Lay people leaving before Mass is over and lay people arriving late to Mass by more than a few minutes. | Reverence |
| 3556 | They excommunicate Vigano, but not Pelosi, Biden, or a single Kennedy? I doubt the Church believes its own teaching. | Leadership |
| 3557 | 1. Priests blessing (with the host. Jesus) those coming up on the communion line not receiving but asking for blessing 2. Accessibility of priests to questions, conversations after Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3558 | Conservative Catholics creating division in the church. Lack of public commitment to social justice, Lack of public commitment to the poor, Lack of public commitment to LGBTQ+ and Lack of public commitment to inclusion of women and minorities in the life of the church. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Social Justice, Role of Women |
| 3559 | There are more issues with the Novus Ordo Missal/rubrics than just the absence of Latin and Eucharistic prayer 1, etc. Several parts of the Mass are now completely missing. Heresy from the hierarchy is another huge issue, and the general state of confusion. Laxity about immodesty (failure, for instance, to publish the papal bull on Marian modesty to guide women). | Liturgical Practice |
| 3560 | The utter confusion and attempt by leadership to conflate church teachings with modernist ideologies coupled with absolute weakness amongst many of the Bishops. Turning the other cheek does not mean turning away from Christ, but it appears that many of the Bishops have chosen to use “obedience” as cover. They seem to have confused “obedience” to the Mother Church and to Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior with “Obedience” to the world. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 3561 | Priests not keeping their fingers together that have touched the sacred hosts as much as possible until the Ablutions. If the priest uses something like hand sanitizer before washing his fingers off this is also quite jarring to the faithful. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3562 | A personal pet peeve is the casual dress (shorts, sandals/flip-flops, sport jerseys and not dressing modestly) in church especially during mass. Reminding parishioners of walking down the aisles or in the pews as the Priest is processing to celebrate the mass, and racing the Priest out of church. Emphasize the True Presence of Christ in the Mass during the sermons. | Homilies, Reverence, Attire |
| 3563 | Lack of catechesis or poor catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 3564 | Abandonment and criminalization of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 3565 | How we should conduct ourselves in His presence. Not even many know about the red candle that says Jesus is present in the Tabernacle. Not kneeling to take Jesus in. | Reverence |
| 3566 | Availability of the Sacrament of Confession prior to Sunday Masses, much less weekday Masses… The lack of homiletics on the 4 Last Ends. The decentralization of the Priest’s role in offering the Holy Sacrifice and the verticality being replaced with the horizontal rite changes post Vatican 2. | Confession, Vatican II, Homilies |
| 3567 | Pope and hierarchs giving confusing messages contradicting Catholic teaching. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 3568 | Lack of encouragement of many traditional devotions: Stations of the cross . | Devotions |
| 3569 | Lack of Eucharistic prayer #2 and #3 from the Traditional Canon O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who, according to the will of Thy Father, with the cooperation of the Holy Ghost, hast by Thy death given life to the world; deliver me by this Thy most sacred Body and Blood, from all my iniquities and from all evils; and make me always cleave to Thy commandments, and suffer me never to be separated from Thee, Who livest and reignest, with the same God the Father and the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen. Let not the partaking of Thy Body, O Lord, Jesus Christ, which I, though unworthy, presume to receive, turn to my judgment and condemnation; but let it, through Thy mercy, become a safeguard and remedy, both for soul and body; Who with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen. A change from 3 “Dómine, non sum dignus”’s to 1. Decline of the use of Veils for Woman. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3570 | People no longer attend Mass. So even if you resolved all the other issues, you still will have many people not knowing that these issues have been resolved. We need to be more public in our faith. | Lack of Faith |
| 3571 | Clergy fear to address inappropriate clothing at Mass: short skirts, shorts, revealing sun dresses, women's tight leggings. Children bringing food into church (except for bottles). Too much conversing before Mass. Pray rosary together instead. And the worst for me: PLEASE, abolish the "sign of peace" which does absolutely NOTHING to enhance the sacred mystery of the Mass. Save the communal fellowship for AFTER mass, not during. We're there to PRAISE GOD in thanksgiving, keep the focus off of each other and on God and the priest who is the mediator offering up our prayers. Lastly: parents failing to educate their children in the home about the faith, they themselves who may not practice the faith. Lest we forget, families are Satan's prime target, as is marriage. One good thing: the year of the Eucharist is encouraging more Adoration. The times we live in indicate we're entering the Last Days (the end of this ERA of sin). It appears the pope(s) is being (divinely) prompted to designate "special devotions" to each year that passes. The ship may flounder, but the Holy Spirit will not let Her sink! Praise God, for He is always faithful (though we are not) and abundantly generous to us. | Family, Fear/Cowardness, Sign of Peace, Attire |
| 3572 | The requirements (or lack there of) placed on parents for their children to receive first holy communion. This is the greatest opportunity to remind/re-educated parents of the value of the Eucharist while also educating the children who are first time recipients and it is something I often see not well approached by parishes. I could go on for pages on the variations of the education I have witnessed with my nieces and God children and how they have been received and I would like to help and be part of the solution. I think there is a failure of recognition on how cover changed how parents view education of children at home or online I think there is a lack of respect for the time required to properly educated these children by the parents and the parish sometimes it's too much sometimes it's strictly a check box exercise with no educational oversight and it's going to be different at each parish and within each diocese but I think this is where there is a clear disconnect between the priests and the bishops on who has the best ideas for how to implement this education. I also think it's worth a discussion on are we doing first holy communion to young (ages 5-6 in general) that they don't always have the maturity level to appreciate what they're being taught these days and maybe 7-8 would be a better age group. All this to say I think this is one of the biggest areas not addressed. | Leadership, Family, Catechesis |
| 3573 | Protestant churches that have attracted many Catholics especially young adults raising children and single adults inform people that this is not truth. | Other |
| 3574 | I would like to say at the outset: 1) I am a baptized, practicing Catholic, who believes without reserve that the Eucharist is truly Jesus Christ, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, made present in the unbloody continuance of His sacrifice on the Cross, the Mass. 2) It seems to me that designers of this survey have an agenda that I don't share and while I would HOPE they would honestly share the results of this survey, I'm not holding my breath. Many of the "issues" in this survey are based on false premises - e.g. changes to the liturgy are not in se destructive and there is no dichotomy between "sacred" and "contemporary" music as these words do not describe the same category of characteristic. I haven't perceived any "loss of emphasis *on* the Mass a sacrifice" nor have I seen a widespread "casual attitude towards the Eucharist" among the clergy. I think emphasizing faith in the Real Presence in isolation is counterproductive because the idea that one could believe Jesus is present in the Eucharist in isolation from following His teachings (see Matthew 25:31) is false. If Catholics are to believe in the Real Presence, they must first hear Jesus' teaching on salvation and attempt to conform their lives to it. Similarly, if all the trappings, glitter, and ceremony that those who prefer the EF of the Mass were the standard in the US, with the liturgy the main focus of the clergy and no other changes are made, I think belief in the Real Presence will further decline. The glitz of "traditional" liturgy will only make the contrast between the Church's liturgical actions, the moral failures of the hierarchy greater. Hence some of the "issues" in this survey are just absurd - such clergy wearing clerical attire in public or not using Eucharistic Prayer 1. If we want grace and belief among Catholics, we had better seek holiness. That means that we love God and love others. If what we call love doesn't conform to 1 Corinthians 13:4 and doesn't address Matthew 25:31, then we are not following Jesus' teaching and we cannot expect to see His grace acting among us. This is why the only issue this survey has correctly identified is the cover-up and excusal and defense of abuse by members of the clergy. Lastly, I don't think "Eucharistic events" is helpful for deepening belief at all, but marked the question as having a "minor negative impact" to indicate that an increase in the availability of Perpetual Adoration chapels would be helpful. . | Devotions, Holiness, Lukewarmness, Leadership, Living the Faith |
| 3575 | Scandalous behavior at the Vatican. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 3576 | People not dressing appropriately in church. People not acting appropriately, talking to one another, drinking water, looking at the cellphones. Letting their children run around the church during Mass as if the church is a playground. Lack of consideration for people who are there to pray and WORSHIP. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 3577 | The eradication of the traditional Latin Mass, which served the Church for almost two millennia. It's pretty obvious that the Novus Ordo fails to transmit the Faith -- not that it is the only problem (major failure of catechesis, the eradication of the beautiful, the effects of secular culture, etc. are all bad influences). Get females out of the sanctuary and let the chips fall where they may with regard to feminist fallout. Bring back the cassock. Bring back Gregorian chant and traditional hymns. Make our churches beautiful again. Traditionalists have the right ideas. | Liturgical Practice, TLM |
| 3578 | There are consecrated man and women that refuse to use the word "abortion", one must use that word. Abortion is a great sin, educate this humanity. When you use the word unborn, it doesn't specify abortion. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness |
| 3579 | Maybe it wasn't missed in the survey. However, catechization is the most important thing in my opinion. I was educated in a Catholic school for 8 years and transubstantiation was not emphasized in a way that a child can understand, and certainly its importance above all other things about the faith was not conveyed. It has taken most of my life to realize what was not provided, and I am just now catching up. Having been a Catholic elementary school student in the 1970s I now realize that this omission must have been due to the fallout of Vatican II. I hope we can do better in presenting this to small children when this may be the only time that this is ever presented to them. | Catechesis |
| 3580 | Failure of our schools to impress upon our young our catechism, heaven and hell, the true gravity of sin. The overwhelming negate impact of social media and the constant bombardment of our young with a "me" attitude even to the extent of using violence to put down ideas that they don't agree with. Too many pundits who espouse that science is the answer to everything and because they have a degree and say so. The utter managerial incompetence of the hierarchy and turmoil in Rome. The most fundamental question is what do Catholics believe their religion is about? Is it superstition? A social club? What my parents did? Something to put down on a job application?. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3581 | Lack of promotion of adoration of Eucharist. Very short period of silence after communion b4 end of Mass for contemplative prayer. Some priests rush thru Mass- “get her done” impression. | Silence/Distractions, Devotions |
| 3582 | total lack of respect for the Host. | Reverence |
| 3583 | Our Sacraments: Reconciliation and we are all sinful people. | Confession, Sacraments |
| 3584 | The pedophile scandals and Church closures during COVID have rocked the church. If this is the real presence of Christ, we need more of HIM, not to be locked away. He gave HIS life for us and we can't risk a flu virus to receive Him?. | Scandals, COVID, Leadership |
| 3585 | Not educating the faithful that worthy reception of the Eucharist strengthens our faith. | Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 3586 | Treatment of divorced people and homosexuals. | Welcoming |
| 3587 | clergy saying in homilies that communism is a way to raise your children, while quoting from Karl Marx. | Modernism, Homilies |
| 3588 | Bible studies help to develop relationships with the Blessed Trinity and with the Saints. Priests could help the people to know the Catholic faith with a 5 min. teaching lesson right before the final blessing--the commandments , the 4 Marks of the Church, Sainthood, the Bible, Salvation history, etc. | Catechesis |
| 3589 | Bishops support of left-wing ideals which are synonymous with communist strategy for the destruction of America including normalization of homosexuality and open borders. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 3590 | Extremely poor religious education of Catholic children, converts and probably much of the clergy. | Catechesis |
| 3591 | All the more reason the Traditional Latin Mass needs to be restored back into our FAITHFUL COMMUNITY known as the ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITHFUL CHURCH...... | TLM |
| 3592 | The contradictory and conflicting statements coming from the Vatican on established doctrine. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 3593 | Reminding their flock to go to confession often. | Confession |
| 3594 | The refusal of the USCCB and local bishops to insist that priest address current moral issues and explain the Catholic stance is clear and concise language...rather than ignoring them, which leads people to follow what the culture believes. | Leadership |
| 3595 | Helping people LISTEN and get into their 'heads' into the right place to internalize each word being said or sung during the mass. It's hard to block out distractions. My favorite trick before going into each mass is to briefly meditate on the thought, "This is my FIRST mass; This is my ONLY mass; and This is LAST mass". Holding this thought in the forefront of my mind rivets my hearing and internalization of thought to the words being spoken. | Silence/Distractions |
| 3596 | Eucharist in the hand is not honorific. Need kneelers for reception of Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3597 | Our church has adoration during week days. Lay people repose Jesus at the end of the day. Sometimes Lay people are doing benediction and I don't think they should be doing it. They have good intentions but not really properly trained. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3598 | Not enough time to adore the Real Presence at the time during Consecration when bread and wine have been changed into the Body and Blood of Jesus (when bread and wine are raised by the Priest). | Devotions |
| 3599 | The bishops have done a poor job of leading and catechizing. It is all about money money money. And protecting perpetrators while silencing the good and holy priests. | Catechesis, Leadership |
| 3600 | The idea that all ways lead to God, false ecumenism, that Catholicism has become like Protestantism, the divisiveness of Pope Francis and all the evil running rampant in the Vatican, clown and pride Masses, a transgender monk!??? 50+ years of terrible catechesis, the Catholic Church being complicit in the government's Fascist agenda, especially the use of Catholic Charities to promote and foster illegal immigration, the repression of the Tridentine Mass...this should never have happened...the murder of Cardinal Pell....the infiltration of the Masons, priests and bishops cancelled for speaking the truth...Pachamama, Rupnik and his art...I could go on and on... | TLM, Ecumenism, Scandals, Leadership, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 3601 | The lack a visible holiness in the Clergy (orthodoxy, prayer and fasting). | Public Witness, Holiness, Leadership, Fasting |
| 3602 | Lack of reverence toward the priesthood Lack of instruction on importance and necessity of receiving the Sacrament of Confession on a regular basis We absolutely NEED catechesis from the pulpit. There is so much about the faith that people don’t know! Our priests need to stop trying to make us like Protestants in our churches and our beliefs. | Confession, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3603 | Adult catechesis, silence before Mass in preparation for the Sacrifice instead of the Rosary and other prayers, silence after Holy Communion for prayer and thanksgiving instead of music throughout the reception of the Eucharist . | Silence/Distractions, Catechesis |
| 3604 | Children being taught the Faith in Catholic schools and CCD classes. The Teachers do not know their religion. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3605 | Denying communion to public figures who obstinately support evils such as abortion and homosexuality. | Abortion, Canon 915 |
| 3606 | Failure to explain mortal sin, its effects not only on eternity, but on moral blindness, bad judgment it causes and necessity for confessing mortal sin before receiving communion. Failure to catechize/live REAL CATHOLIC FAITH. That's the reason. People in grace believe. All the rest you mention here are consequences, not causes. | Confession, Sin, Catechesis |
| 3607 | People not wear proper attire when attending Mass and in church. | Attire |
| 3608 | Cessation of incensing the Altar. Cessation of Confiteor . | Liturgical Practice |
| 3609 | Pastors must emphasize the importance of frequent confession and obligatory assistance at Mass on Sundays and especially Holy Days of obligation. | Confession |
| 3610 | Silence before Mass entering church & silence leaving Mass & church. & No sign of peace. It’s like a show with hippy style signs. Not just person on each side of one. Distracts from solemnity of Mass. Dress properly Christ is our Lord and King. Thank you for opportunity to take my heartfelt thoughts for more love of our Mass. Maybe our Priest in homilies could start instruction with #1 book of. Old Baltimore Catechism, & each week add another question & answer. If all haven’t a clue about hour faith. It’s a great start. Have 10-15 minutes of silence, with no music or singers, after receiving Holy Communion, after kneeling at Altar rail and receiving on the tongue. Just some hints without hitting the children of God. | Homilies, Sign of Peace, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Silence/Distractions |
| 3611 | More homily’s with reminding people of Satan and hell, they are real and we need to have our armor on always to resist him. | Homilies |
| 3612 | Failure to catechize the faithful on the daily need for prayer and meditation on the four last things. | Catechesis |
| 3613 | Catechizing the young people to the True Presence. | Catechesis |
| 3614 | Appropriate dress and decorum in church . | Attire |
| 3615 | The hierarchy bears a good chunk as they keep diluting and downplaying the significance of the Eucharist, the Mass itself and as a sacrifice, homilies that start with jokes and do not cover the essentials and the things that people may not like such as dress, conduct, abortion, coming late to Mass and departing after receiving. Many amongst them have list the faith and that’s what people see. Add to that balloon and bubble masses. But iI would amiss if i don’t mention that Christians are obsessed with self idolatry and focusing on the natural instead of the supernatural. Catholic schools and schools in general as well as the home have all contributed to poor focus on God and lack of catechesis . | Schools, Leadership, Abortion, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 3616 | What Francis is doing and saying in the Vatican, i.e. Blessing same sex couples, not condemning abortion, Buddhist monks in Catholic Churches, messing with demonic Pachamama idols and other blasphemy, above all NO ONE REMOVING HIM. This must be addressed. Bishops and priests who lean left ideologically were there’s no room for Leftism in the true Catholic Church. My religion teacher in Catholic school doesn’t even know it’s a mortal sin to leave the Catholic Church (I’m still in touch with her). No one is catechized properly, they’ve dropped the ball big time! My daughter tells me its fine she lives with her fiancé because she’s never heard it elsewhere nor that she must go to confession before receiving communion if she has mortal sin. It’s all so depressing! . | Leadership, Abortion, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 3617 | Failure to maintain essential nature of Mass and the Eucharist during Covid pandemic . | COVID, Leadership |
| 3618 | Friday fast sets stage for faith in general and Eucharist secondary to that. | Living the Faith |
| 3619 | History of the Eucharist. Study of OT and NT and teachings of God and Jesus. | Catechesis |
| 3620 | Failure to actively disciple adults both in church and in extra lessons. Emphasis is on doing...bingo, festivals, raffles, mission as opposed to being.....bible study, Small groups, Holy Spirit gifts ,lectio devina , book studies etc. Make us holy! Baptism in the Spirit! Milk drinkers instead of meat eaters. Alone in community! . | Lack of Discipline, Community, Catechesis |
| 3621 | failure to emphasize the True Presence of the Lord beginning with the youngest children and frequent reminders to those "Boomers" and their children who were so poorly catechised since the 1960s to the present. I speak of my younger siblings and their progeny--and mine who required intensive teaching from their Mother. | Catechesis |
| 3622 | Receiving kneeling, on the tounge, by a Priest (consecrated hands) ONLY. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3623 | The loss of the faith, thinking, and understanding of our early church fathers. I think there is a lost of the communion of saints (church victorious) with the laity (church militant). I think there is too many changes that have lead to the rupture with the our ancestors and the present body of Christ. A good example is mental prayer since it was not a product of the church but a external practice that was brought into the church. An example would be the changing of the church governing structure. With every change, there has been unintended consequences that we must 1) admit to ourselves, 2) have the courage to return to Holy Tradition (which was originally defined as the "interworking of the Holy Spirit within the church"), 3) regain what has been lost: the thinking of the Holy Apostles in terms of defining the faith, the nature and preservation of the Spiritual life, and preparation for our own judgement before the Holy Throne of Christ on judgment day. | Lack of Faith, Liturgical Practice, Leadership |
| 3624 | Emphasis should be on receiving Holy Communion on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3625 | Not just the sexual abuse scandal, but the terrible example of many bishops, the Lavender Mafia included, and the continued refusal to address sexual misconduct. I was sexually assaulted by priest Fr Thomas Wyrsch in 2021 in St Louis under Archbishop Rozanski and Wyrsch was simply moved to another parish in the archdiocese. I was treated very badly by the archdiocese. I have remained a faithful Catholic but am terribly saddened by the church hierarchy, it disgusts me and I fear for continued victims of sexual abuse by Fr Wyrsch and others, will this never end???? God help us. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals, Leadership, Lack of Discipline |
| 3626 | At least in most NO massed the total lack of sacred silence before, during and after mass in the body of the church's. The waving of hello all over at the sign of peace. And the refusal of pastors to place the option of kneelers in some locations for the elderly to receive on their knees. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Silence/Distractions, Eucharist Reception |
| 3627 | Masonry in the church hierarchy and the fact that one(Bughnini) was tasked with creating the Novus Ordo Mass back in late 60s. | Modernism |
| 3628 | Females on the altar. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3629 | Only Priest and deacon should present the blood and body of Christ to the faithful and on the tongue. Reverence has been lost. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 3630 | Laity should not only be kneeling at an altar rail when receiving Our Lord, but ALSO should be receiving on the tongue. NEVER in the hand!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3631 | The Novus Order form of the Mass has had major negative impact in belief in the true presence. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3632 | It needs to be emphasized in homilies regularly relative to daily mass readings and the gospels. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3633 | Very poor religious education classes. Need religion teachers who are on fire for their Catholic faith. | Catechesis |
| 3634 | Failure to correct Pope Francis when he speaks in error or for lack of clarity Failure to remove pagan statues from the Altar of St Peter. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 3635 | Lack of catechism, distrust of priests, bishops, cardinals, pope….covering for sexual predators and allowing homosexuality in the priesthood……why would anyone believe our leaders about anything when they’re so inauthentic to the actual problems in the Church, and the lack of correctional action. The payout of sexual abuse victims and losing our beautiful parishes due to their hiding of abusive priests. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 3636 | Gender identity is being ushered in on the heels of homosexuality. This must be confronted head on before more (like myself) loose loved ones to a medical scandal based on the nature of man as male and female. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 3637 | Not recognizing that every particle of the bread and wine is the Sacred Body and Sacred Blood of our Everlasting Father. Failure to purify fingers, chalices and ciboriums in the proper way. | Reverence |
| 3638 | Bringing the bells back to every Parish during the consecration. Also making sure the catechist teach correctly and the teachers, finally courageous teaching Homilies from our Priests . | Liturgical Practice, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3639 | Vatican 2 is man centered. It is not God centered Vatican 2 is heresy. | Vatican II |
| 3640 | Failure of clergy to emphasize importance of proper attire for their parishioners at the Mass!. | Attire |
| 3641 | The new rite of Mass. Yes, I'm one of "those" people. Change the rite to look protestant and people become protestant. We are our rites, this isn't rocket science. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3642 | The modern church architecture. We need more elaborate churches like old. A bare space looks like any other place, not the house of God! Stained glass window should tell bible stories not just pretty colored glass of meaningless design or design we must guess at. Bring back the smells and bells. A church should be different than the rest of our world. More Eucharistic adoration and more processions. Be seen and heard! Do not be afraid to tell people what is true and beautiful. Preach what is right in church. Abortion, homosexuality, should be talked about and not hidden away! Educate people about what sin is, how to overcome, and how to get to heaven!. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness, Devotions |
| 3643 | Holding in reverence the name of Jesus at mass by bowing one's head. Striking the breast at the consecration and saying "mia culpa" Bowing towards tabernacle in parts of Gloria and Profession of Faith. | Liturgical Practice, Reverence |
| 3644 | put a stop to clowns juggling during the reception of Holy Communion; stop gay parades inside the church; stop downplaying the Mass so children can understand it. Treat the Mass as the sacred worship it is supposed to be. Children don't learn respect or holiness from clowns or parading gays. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Loss Sense of the Sacred, Liturgical Practice |
| 3645 | What is missing in many parishes that are struggling? #1 Encourage Catholics to read the Bible every day because it is God, Jesus speaking to each one of us individually. As a cradle Catholic who attended Catholic schools for my first 13 educated years, I was never encouraged to read the Bible, except for religion class assignments, nor was I told what an impact Reading the Bible daily would have on my life. #2 A Perpetual Adoration chapel WITH parish priest encouraging parishioners to spend time with Jesus in silent adoration individually and as a family. #3 Encourage everyone to attend daily mass, monthly confession (provide opportunities for confession more than once a week), adoration(again, because the Eucharist is so important-Jesus is present speaking to us individually and personally in our silence), Family prayer-like praying Rosary together especially for personal peace and peace in the world, reading Bible passages together every day, praying a blessing before meals even when eating out at restaurants and with friends, nightly examination of conscience, blessing each other as we leave the home or go to bed and teaching the importance of these things, not only in our Catholic schools, but also in PSR and RCIA classes, and before, during and after Masses. Promoting Bible studies like Walking With Purpose, Eucharistic miracles, Books of the Bible, Discernment of Spirits, Examination of Conscience, Who Mary is and why Catholics believe she is so important (i.e.: 33 Days to Morning Glory), difference between praying to Saints for their intercessory prayers & why we have their statues, and worshiping God and why we have statues representing Him, Apologetics because most Catholics have no ammunition-no idea how to defend themselves in battle against non-Catholics who are educated to target Catholics and undo their tie to the Catholic Church. | Confession, Devotions, Family, Schools, Catechesis |
| 3646 | Minimize clergy's outward involvement in political matters and issues. | Politics |
| 3647 | World is moving toward science rather than beliefs. Church is locked in the past. | Modernism |
| 3648 | 1. People's lack of focus and reverence during the Liturgy of the Eucharist. 2. Laity's approach & attitude before and when queuing up for Communion & during the receiving of the Holy Eucharist & afterwards when returning to seat. There appears to be little or no reverence or a lack of preparation (prayer, position of hands, kneeling, sign of cross, glancing at others such as those queuing to & from Communion.). 3. Laity's form of dress being too casual or revealing (e.g. men wearing shorts, women wearing gym pants, sleeveless, showing too much flesh). | Reverence, Attire |
| 3649 | Receiving the Body of Christ on the knees . | Eucharist Reception |
| 3650 | I believe you hit the major points, but I believe the clergy, in general, has been responsible for watering down the liturgy because there seemed to be the belief that if we were more like the Protestant faiths, more people would participate in the Catholic faith. That presumption has been disavowed by the witness of younger generations who attend the Traditional Latin Mass. There is an appreciation of the formality and reverence when the priest and altar servers express a posture that can only proved the importance of the Eucharistic celebration. We are different. We are members of the One True Church that Jesus founded. The seminaries need to do a better job in preparing the future clergy. I live in Illinois. Though not in the Chicago Archdiocese, I am well aware of all the abuses committed by gay and liberal priests. The Cardinal applies no correction or punishment to those priests, yet disparages the Latin Mass. The Cardinal is just one example of clergy who have done damage to the faith. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 3651 | Returning to the prayers, gestures, calendar, and devotions associated with the Traditional Latin Mass. | Devotions, TLM, Liturgical Calendar |
| 3652 | Inadequate catechesis on confession in general and lack of availability of confession - all education oriented towards children expecting them to teach parents . | Confession, Catechesis |
| 3653 | Catechesis around the sacrament of penance. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 3654 | Priests play no interactive part in individual salvation. They look at priesthood as a job to retire from. No personal visiting of the sick or lost. No reaching out to widows or widowers. Not leaving the 99 to help the one. | Leadership |
| 3655 | Faithful with gluten allergies are told that they can receive a host made without wheat. Isn’t that constubstantsiaton?. | Other |
| 3656 | Very little availability of Eucharistic Adoration in my parish and many parishes. | Devotions, Availability/Access |
| 3657 | Failure to teach the faith with conviction and clarity. No trying to be nice and not hurt anyone’s feelings. They are helping to send souls to hell by their neglect of truth. People have a right to know the truth, they also can elect to not heed it, by priests have duty to teach it. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 3658 | Failure to teach the requirement of the Sacrament of Confession, to be in the state of Grace when receiving our Lord. Further, short shorts and low cut shirts/dresses indicate a lack of respect. | Confession, Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 3659 | Gay priests. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 3660 | Such a fast paced life in the U.S with so many things demanding our attention. Don't know how to address this. | Modernism |
| 3661 | 1. Failure to catechize the faithful about mortal vs. venial sin, repentance of sin, the importance of confession in preparation for receiving the Eucharist, the sacrilege of receiving communion in a state of mortal sin, and the theology/reasons behind the need to be in a state of grace when receiving the Eucharist 2. Failure of the majority of bishops and clergy to speak out against public officials and personalities who receive communion despite openly living in a state of sin; and the same bishops and clergy giving communion to these public officials and personalities 3. Church leaders and clergy downplaying mortal sin, and promoting moral relativism 4. Failure to define and promote a life of sanctity and holiness for the faithful. | Confession, Holiness, Worthy Reception, Leadership, Catechesis, Modernism, Living the Faith, Canon 915, Sin |
| 3662 | After a 55 yr. hiatus from attending Mass and living as a Catholic, I am back and very fragile in my faith. I left because of alter boy sex abuse in the late 1960's. Things done to my brothers classmates, altar boys, by an obviously gay, young priest who was eventually moved and started all over again. But those boys, now in their early 70's are still suffering. I am not a fan of our current Pope and I'm sickened by the perpetuation of abuse, and the lack of severe consequences to those priests promoting a homosexual, not celibate secret lifestyle. I am disgusted with the mosaic art being seen at our holy shrines. When priests don't truly live with Catholic virtues, it makes everything feel fake. I miss the Latin Mass. The whole "transgender hermit thing" is pathetic and dark. The current Catholic Church is weak from the top down with many complicit priests doing evil things, and wonderful, brave and virtuous priest being cancelled. I had always revered our Pope's but this one has set a very poor example and is very compromised. I have no faith in Catholic Charities..... they are a corrupt organization. | TLM, LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals, Leadership, Lack of Discipline |
| 3663 | Inappropriate attire at Mass. | Attire |
| 3664 | Using a paten at Communion time. Kneeling when receiving the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3665 | Removal of Holy Priests, and Bishops. Elevating unworthy clergy, i.e., Gregory and McElroy. | Persecuted Clergy, Lack of Discipline, Leadership |
| 3666 | This may seem like it's not connected, but it is ..the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony is rarely if ever spoken about in homilies. Rarely does anyone understand, that just as the Holy Spirit comes down at Mass to turn regular bread & wine into the body & blood of Christ, that same Holy Spirit joins the souls of a husband & wife, and makes them one until death. I've been shocked that even daily Mass goers often do not grasp that a civil divorce cannot break that Sacramental bond. | Catechesis |
| 3667 | Appropriate and Modest Dress. Importance of the Gestures at each appropriate time of the Mass Importance, especially of the Sign of the Cross & the Power of Holy Water Encouragement of Singing & entering into the Mystery . | Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 3668 | Terrible arrogance on the part of the clergy. They mostly seem to loathe the laypeople. They locked us out of the Churches. They hate us. May God correct them. | Leadership |
| 3669 | Teaching the youth the faith, the REAL presence, transubstantiation, the reverence and respect due the Holy Eucharist, teaching reception of Jesus in the state of grace, kneeling & on the tongue with Thanksgiving afterwards. And teaching a personal relationship with Jesus in the Eucharist. Sermons on the true presence. | Relationship with Jesus, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Worthy Reception |
| 3670 | Ignoring the Eucharistic prayers written by St Thomas Aquinas, with their beautiful chant settings. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3671 | Education around how the church from the very beginning recognized the real presence-spoken often in homilies etc. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3672 | Full explanation of what Annibale Bugnini and Bieachis’ roles were in this destruction of our church and acknowledgement that they were free masons. | Vatican II |
| 3673 | KNEELING WHILE RECEIVING JESUS NO COMMUNION IN THE HAND RECEIVE OUR LORD ONLY ON THE TONGUE. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3674 | A general consensus among the public that God is not active in our daily lives, that miracles don't often happen. | Lack of Faith |
| 3675 | Failure to instruct laity on proper dress code when attending Holy Mass. As well as for brides attire. We are in God’s house and he is due respect and honor. | Attire |
| 3676 | Lack of continuing education and Bible study through adulthood. Also, some terms used are very high Catholic and places Catholics with less experience to understand the questions being asked. Use proper terminology, but also couch questions that everyone can understand. | Catechesis |
| 3677 | Preaching John 6 regularly. Memorizing it. Displaying it in every church. Learning it in Catholic schools, PSR, and RCIA. | Catechesis |
| 3678 | Bishops’ failure to uphold Christ’s teachings & the Church’s doctrines & the Magisterium. Bishops acting like hired hands instead of the shepherds they are called on to be. Clergy unfaithful to their vows, Jesus Christ, Our Lady, the Church, her teachings, Magisterium & Morality, Truth. | Leadership |
| 3679 | The silence of the bishops on universal Catholic teaching. | Leadership |
| 3680 | the "synodal church" -seems like a different church - the "ape" of the church -not Catholic but a terrible, evil substitute- please make it stop!!!. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 3681 | In appropriate way some people come dressed to Mass. low necklines on females, too short or tight skirts, backless dresses, midriff tops, especially short skirts on the women lectors, cantors, choir members, etc. Men in shorts, flip flops, t-shirts with wording , advertising or decals. Too many young girls and teenagers + are wearing mini skirts, short shorts, tight jeans. | Attire |
| 3682 | After the consecration one of the memorial acclamations negates the consecration: When we eat this bread (it’s no longer bread but the body of Jesus) and drink this cup (you can’t drink a cup. You drink what is in the cup which is the Precious Blood.). We proclaim your death, O Lord, until you come again. This last part doesn’t even make sense but seems to be the favorite memorial acclamation of priests. It seems heretical to me. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3683 | Monitor and expect attendance at Mass for students preparing for reception of sacraments. Create greater expectations of parents in that regard too, perhaps even classes for them. | Family, Catechesis |
| 3684 | Failure to educate people that when receiving communion in the hand, they are responsible for looking for “visible” Eucharistic particles remaining in their hand, and if there are, they must be consumed. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3685 | Catechesis!. | Catechesis |
| 3686 | Stopping the chalice with the blood of Christ Priests that do not speak well English or Spanish in what they say and how they pronounce it The priests are few and we need them to be better and more Get inspired by Bishop Robert Barron, Father Michael O'Connor (at our lady of the gulf in bay at Louis) - two examples of strong homilies and messages that make not excuses and are true to Catholicism. . | Homilies, Liturgical Practice, Leadership |
| 3687 | 1) Deacon/Priest not holding up the Eucharist/Chalice with BOTH hands. 2) Purifying the vessels in front of the laity. Some churches have a table on the side, where the “extraordinary ministers“ set the chalice/ciborium place them. I have seen where that is the place the deacon will purify the vessels. 2) Wear suitable Sunday clothing and shoes especially for those serving. People have loss of sacredness in our churches. Just recently I was praying after Mass, giving thanksgiving. People stopped right next to me, talking about whatever it was, as if they were outside. I placed my finger to my ear so I can block out the conversation. I had a veil on, I did not realize that the lady could see that. She then told her friend let us move she is trying to pray. We have lost the sacredness in our Churches. Father Mike ( Mary, Queen of Peace in Danville, Indiana will often mention that there is plenty of space in the narthex to socialize, make sure that you close the doors because there are people praying after Mass or ( before ). I apologize for this lengthy issue. I do often attend the Latin Mass when I can. I have also attend N. O . Mass at a Carmelite Shrine, there they offer Mass reverently. They also offer on Thursday all day, Eucharist Adoration and confession from 9 am - 6 pm also Confessions on Sundays before Mass. It is such a blessing to see there is a line for confessions. Thank you . | Liturgical Practice, Availability/Access, Attire, Silence/Distractions |
| 3688 | Extremely casual dress...both men and women but especially women. | Attire |
| 3689 | Priests who put themselves ahead of laity in the Church and treat laity like shit. TOO MANY ACTIVE HOMOSEXUAL BISHOPS AND PRIESTS. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 3690 | After Vatican II, the media seized on "the changes" & misled people who depended on the news for most of their information. I distinctly remember this & was confused when I read articles that the Eucharist was merely symbolic. This misinformation has trickled down to the present time & taught to subsequent generations in ignorance. | Vatican II |
| 3691 | Priest accessibility for guidance. | Availability/Access |
| 3692 | Failure of the laity to take responsibility and ownership of the faith. | Living the Faith |
| 3693 | Our attire needs to be more reverence. | Attire |
| 3694 | Abortion issue should be addressed. My priest did not want to talk about abortion because he didn’t want to offend anyone. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness |
| 3695 | Receiving Holy Eucharist on the tongue only. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3696 | When the Pope and Bishops denied us the Eucharist during Covid it demonstrated their lack of need to feed the flock work Jesus - the churches should have remained opened . | COVID, Leadership |
| 3697 | Failure to behave like the priesthood is a fulfilling vocation. | Public Witness |
| 3698 | Cessation of public worship of God during the COVID lockdown, with the attendant message that the Third Commandment is not “essential” or not “as essential” as other things that were allowed during the lockdown (e.g. shopping at Target). | COVID, Leadership |
| 3699 | In some diocese priest have been asking people to stand during the consecration and I believe that has a huge impact on belief. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 3700 | Lack of catechesis for those of us in Catholic schools from '63 to '74. | Catechesis |
| 3701 | Masses that do not seem very reverent. | Reverence |
| 3702 | Keeping Christ locked inside churches with the people prevented from visiting during the day. | Availability/Access |
| 3703 | Lack of stressing the connection between the Eucharist and social justice. The "restoration movement has distorted the theology of the Eucharist. | Social Justice, Catechesis |
| 3704 | I don't see use of chalice veils or priests folding up a corporal after purifying the vessels. It comes across as them not believing that particles are the Real Presence of Christ. And priests making up their own words to the Mass or changing words they don't like does not show obedience or humility. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 3705 | Family and teaching of the young from their early childhood. | Family |
| 3706 | The mass is not a meal but a sacrifice . Our Father says give us this day our daily bread. Food for our bodies, we need the word and Holy communion for our souls, to give us our spiritual food, need it daily, Bring back the bells to remind people to pay attention what is happening. Have sermons to remind people what it is all about, and that we need Jesus who told us to eat and drink his body and blood that you may have life everlasting which is what we are all striving for. It is Jesus who comes to us and we need him. | Meal vs Sacrifice, Liturgical Practice, Homilies |
| 3707 | Priests allowing non-Catholics to receive Holy Communion. | Scandals, Eucharist Reception |
| 3708 | I think the biggest issue is education. I went to Catholic Grade School (years ago) and didn't know about the Real Presence until a Lutheran friend told me about it in High School. It either wasn't taught, or I wasn't paying attention. It needs to be told early (first Holy Communion) and reinforced constantly for all ages. The Eucharistic Congress is a big deal and, though we promoted it across our media channels, it wasn't mentioned (at least not that I caught) in priest Homilies. It was mentioned very few times in Priest/Deacon homilies. Our parish didn't organize a group to go on the procession or attend the Congress this week. We dropped the ball, in my opinion. Also, kids in our school should be encouraged to ask their parents about Real Presence to see if they know what it is. Sometimes the tail needs to wag the dog. Any education needs to meet parishioners where they live (common man language - not like a theology 301-level course). It needs to be practical and presented in a way that reaches people. Dropping Latin-bombs will only turn the disengaged, and even some of the mildly engaged Catholics off. Example... More Father Mike Schmitz, less Bishop Robert Barron. I would think that Bishop Barron followers already know what Real Presence is. Save the 301-level-speak for those that already did the 101 and 201-level courses. How about a "Family Workshop" to bring families together in a fun, meaningful, educational way? Families that learn/pray/attend mass together stay together. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 3709 | Failure to name the practice of receiving Communion in the hand as a Eucharistic abuse and failure to call out this abuse and other grave abuses, and stop them in the Mass. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3710 | Reverence of the priest, and maintaining a reverent atmosphere in the church. | Reverence |
| 3711 | More adoration at churches, and it seems priests and bishops have let relativism creep into the Church. Go back to teaching the basic of the Church! . | Devotions, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 3712 | I find it deeply disrespectful to see females (pre-teen to retired ages) attending Mass wearing off-the-shoulder tops, halters, very short shorts, and flip-flops, as if they were going to the beach. It troubles me that parents allow their teenage daughters to wear such skimpy and inappropriate attire to Mass. Respectful and modest attire does not seem to be important any longer and as I notice those walking to receive the Eucharist, in the hands, the lack of reverence seems to have diminished and it makes me incredibly sad. Occasionally the Pastor will lightly mention the importance of attire for Mass, I believe this issue should be addressed more thoroughly and seriously to convey its significance in possibly a way where it will register. Thank you for allowing me to express this. | Attire |
| 3713 | Among the general congregation, there is a lack of profound belief that Jesus is alive and able to still give us the miracle of His presence in the bread and wine when consecrated. We need more education and preaching on this!. | Lack of Faith |
| 3714 | Catholic schools do not prepare children adequately or educate them sufficiently about the Eucharist. | Schools |
| 3715 | The traditional Catholic Mass, true 7 Sacraments, true Catholic Faith, Doctrines of Jesus Christ . | TLM |
| 3716 | Priest being seen adoring the Lord along with lay people. | Public Witness, Leadership |
| 3717 | Priests rushing through consecration. | Reverence |
| 3718 | Impact of protestant apologetics. | Ecumenism |
| 3719 | The congregation needs to be reminded of the reverence the Eucharist deserves and therefore refrain from chatting after or before Mass in the church. | Reverence |
| 3720 | We a return to TRADITION and the Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 3721 | People dress like their going to the beach or workout gym. Women dress like they are hookers on main street on a Saturday night. It's God's house...dress respectfully. | Attire |
| 3722 | Communion kneeling and on the tongue Teaching on Only priest anointed hands touch the Eucharist Stop concelebrations Teaching on Icons. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 3723 | Need to withhold communion from obstinate public sinners per canon law(915). | Canon 915 |
| 3724 | the arbitrariness of Holy Days. They either or, or are not. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 3725 | Priests no longer take the Eucharist to the hospitals and the sick. They used to have altar servers with them and ring a bell as they walked down the Catholic hospital hallways. I was never fortunate enough to witness this. As a layperson, I have taken communion to the sick and hospitalized because the priests were playing golf! I beg forgiveness from Our Lord for doing this, but out of charity I felt I had to. Most of our priests are lost souls with little reverence and no love of the Blessed Mother. Our deacons are worse! And I am from the Rome of the West (St. Louis). Honestly, God must act soon or will there be any faith left on earth?. | Public Witness, Leadership |
| 3726 | Hypocrisy of the priests Priests lack of humility. | Leadership |
| 3727 | Limiting of the Latin Mass. Casual dress of laity within the church or attending mass. Lack of encouraging the use of the sacrament of confession FREQUENTLY and especially before mass. lack of veiling and education on the purpose of veiling. Watering down Eucharistic catechesis for young children. Holding or raising hands during the Our Father, as if the laity are the ones performing blessings. Lack of teaching about saints and their experience with the Eucharist! . | Confession, TLM, Attire, Catechesis |
| 3728 | Limiting the Latin Mass. Casual/inappropriate dress in the church. Lack of education on pious gestures (including genuflecting, bowing head after the consecration, blessing oneself when you pass a church etc.) which acknowledge that Christ is present. Lack of veiling. Lack of availability of confession before Mass. Catechesis being primarily taught by unqualified lay people (volunteers) and not priests and religious or those educated in theology. . | Confession, Availability/Access, Attire, Reverence |
| 3729 | casual dress at Mass such as shorts. low cut blouses, etc. Mini skirts. | Attire |
| 3730 | Offering food and drinks after Mass as if Communion wasn't just received. Denial of Eucharist during COVID. When allowed, denial on tongue. | COVID, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 3731 | Women and children dressing inappropriately. Men, women and children not properly dressed to receive communion. People leaving church with the Eucharist in their mouth. Not often but it occurs. A Hispanic woman who volunteered at St John the apostle, Ft Worth has been seen taking handful of the secret host home with them. That happened a while back. Somehow they had entry to get the keys. They also steal the wine often. That is what the priest of that parish told me. Eucharist ministers sometimes carry the secret host in their bags or purse for periods of time. Catechist were not trained to teach in the past. I don't know about now. A lot of the Hispanics have authority to most areas of the church. Things end up missing. A priest once told me. NOT to say that its ONLY the Hispanics. They are in the majority. There is no order in the management of volunteers. . | Extraordinary Ministers, Reverence, Attire |
| 3732 | Perhaps it's due to lack of Priests; but Priests not being visible within the community and not building community especially for young children and young adults. | Community, Leadership |
| 3733 | Failure to financially compensate faithfully Catholic faculty to populate the Catholic schools. If there isn't a way to provide for a family, then devout Catholics can't reasonably be expected to work at a Catholic school. | Schools |
| 3734 | Poor catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 3735 | Sometimes, it’s not that people aren’t catechized, but that they’re catechized poorly. | Catechesis |
| 3736 | The suppression of the Tridentine Rite by the Holy See and certain American bishops. | TLM, Leadership |
| 3737 | Vatican II has been a disaster. Same for Pope Francis. The silencing of the TLM. | Vatican II, TLM, Leadership |
| 3738 | The issues with priest who are liberal. The issue with Bergolio obeying the Deep State (Rothschild's) due to the church debt. The Vatican is not faithful to God anymore. They are faithful to people to receive more money. The big issue that the Catholic Church has been infiltrated by demoniac monsters. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 3739 | The continued ignoring of abuse from higher ups in the faith. Also, the continued conflation of the Catholic faith and church with American politics (especially with members of religious orders speaking at political conventions on behalf of the Church). | Politics, Leadership |
| 3740 | "That the only coherent interpretation of Genesis 1-11 is the one adopted by all of the Fathers, Doctors, Popes and Council Fathers in their authoritative teaching—one that accepts the literal and obvious sense of all of the statements made by Moses in the 'sacred history of Genesis' regarding the fiat creation of all things by God, for man, in the beginning of time, the cosmic catastrophe of the Fall, and the subsequent divine judgment upon the world at the time of the universal Flood. " https://kolbecenter.org/scoffers-will-arise-in-the-last-days-a-reply-to-fr-paul-robinson-fsspx-2/ For, as Jesus said, "If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?” (John 5:46-47)...about eating My Flesh and drinking My Blood. (John 6:50-58). | Other |
| 3741 | People need to fall in love with the Eucharist, which starts with their priests. Emotional love for the Eucharist is a wonderful foundation for a deeper more contemplative love later. | Relationship with Jesus, Leadership |
| 3742 | Failure to catechize the youth from 1970 to the present day. | Catechesis |
| 3743 | Removal of The Roman Rite of Mass from the faithful as a whole. (commonly called Traditional Latin Mass) I have seen a deep reverence for the Eucharist Increase Greatly by those who have come from Novus Ordo to the TLM . | TLM, Reverence |
| 3744 | Homosexual celebrations in church, and lack of punishment of priests and bishops who’ve abused seminarians and sisters. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Lack of Discipline, Leadership |
| 3745 | Administrative red tape surrounding sacraments in parishes; Failed approaches to catechetic, either an overemphasis on rote memorization or intellectual knowledge (leaving behind entirely the affective/relational realities of sacramental life), or worse, sentimentality without knowledge or affective conviction. Lack of solemnity & reverence (whether in Tridentine or Novus ordo liturgies). Church bureaucracy. Recently, Covid closures showing clearly that mass is “nonessential”. | Sacraments, Liturgical Practice, COVID, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 3746 | Catholics want the Catholic Church to conform to world and all it's errors. | Modernism |
| 3747 | Bad catechesis and first Communion preparation. Most kids who receive for the first time have no clue the Eucharist is really Jesus, so why would they grow up to believe it if they weren't taught when it's easiest to learn?. | Catechesis |
| 3748 | Lack of faith and adherence in the dogmas of the Catholic Church. | Lack of Faith |
| 3749 | Flippancy during the offertory and when cleaning after communion. Fast Consecration that results in a lack of perceived faith of the priest . | Liturgical Practice |
| 3750 | Lack of solid teachings on the real presence of our Lord in the Eucharist, both at Catholic schools and religious Ed classes for our kids. | Catechesis |
| 3751 | The pope's insistence on blessing same sex unions, the closing of traditional churches, the archbishop hiding the biggest sex abuser in priest housing after being defrocked by the pope, no accountability of the archbishops and pope, leaders of the Catholic church. | Lack of Discipline, LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals, Leadership, Modernism |
| 3752 | Covid rules/division within the church caused many to leave and closing the doors during the most holiest week of our faith. | COVID, Leadership |
| 3753 | Proper Catholic teaching and liberalism. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 3754 | Failure of catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 3755 | Reverence for the Eucharist is inherent in the rubrics and gestures of the Traditional Latin Mass. Those who assist regularly at this form of the Mass consistently poll as believing in the Real Presence. The way a priest carries himself and offers the Mass of Paul VI has a tremendous effect on the faithful. Does he act like he believes and references Jesus? Or is the attitude casual and directed at the people and not at God? Where does the priest lead your attention? To God or to Himself? Many priests take advantage of the options in the new Missal to throw in commentary and asides that take the focus off of worship and put it on the priest and the people. The more the priest focuses solely on God the more he will lead to people's focus to God. | Liturgical Practice, TLM, Reverence |
| 3756 | Lack of parishioner participation in church committees and educators. Lack of discipline in church attire. Since when was it ok to wear shorty shorts to church especially while receiving communion? Even the diaconate wore shorts as an altar server. No wonder the Catholic faith has become watered down and just another denomination of believers . | Attire |
| 3757 | Keep the TLM at all costs for that is where we see the most reverence for the Eucharist and most growth in young families and parishes. Go back to teaching the catechism to young children so their consciences can be fully formed instead of having to learn and catch-up in adulthood like I had to do. Stop trying to entertain the laity at Mass. Focus on worshipping God and speaking Truth from the pulpit. The incredibly reverent and knowledgeable priests in my area have increased my faith 1000%. They take their vocation seriously and the fruits are apparent. Return to reverence (holy priests, sacred liturgy and music, appropriate dress and decorum, beautiful churches, and return to the belief in the supernatural power of God), our Catholic community will grow and God will be glorified. | TLM, Reverence, Catechesis |
| 3758 | We need to teach our children and adults to seek truth and understand that it is by faith we believe and faith we are saved. So many just believe that it is a symbol like Protestants. | Catechesis |
| 3759 | St. Louis archbishop untrustworthy. Does not make decisions in the best interest of the people. Lives in luxury while demanding/assessing monies from poor parishes. | Leadership |
| 3760 | Receiving our Lord standing, Lack of retreats in the parishes that teach us about how important the Eucharist is. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3761 | REAL PRESENCE? There are few traditional holy family values passed on from one generation to the next. No marriages & out of wedlock babies. Children w/o fathers present in their lives. No respect for church or each other. Submission and worship the secular society. Some people not even believing in GOD. Deliberate liars in every phase of life without accountability. What to believe or NOT believe? . | Lack of Faith |
| 3762 | The lack of uniformity of the Mass from parish to parish or across the United States. Some priest are very devout and others appear to be putting on a show. With the Latin Rite there was a set way of saying Mass which in one sense enforced the idea of how important and sacred the Mass is. The Novus Ordo appears to be very loose. The fact that the Latin Mass is basically prohibited in the United States just stinks of corruption in the Church. You have to ask yourself, why would the church limit a rite that exudes sacredness and promotes the glory of God?. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3763 | I believe Catholics have become numb to the horrors of abortion with some believing it is a matter of choice. | Abortion, Sin |
| 3764 | Lack of true catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 3765 | Bad teaching, sexual revolution, social issues not being addressed, homilies that have no relevance to our daily struggles, no emphasis on the Eucharist helping us in issues of purity. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3766 | Sacred Holy Scripture clearly documents during 6 thousand years of history that Thee Most Holy Trinity warns us wretched and heathen souls of punishments if we don't repent or convert. We stiff necked people refuse to hear the Shepard calling his sheep. Medjugorje is real. The Bible says that we will know a good tree by its fruits. There are over 600 persons worldwide that have left the dark side of the son of perdition and took vows to become priests, monks, brother and nuns. We souls during this time of the great apostasy are in spiritual trenches trying to stay Holy. Jesus has clearly asked his Mother to please go into the highways and byways and to invite whomsoever to convert. I left the Catholic Church when I went to one of the most liberal colleges on the globe at Kent State University. I became a born again Christian Bible only. On March 25th 1987 my two Aunts that are Sisters in the Cleveland Dioceses Ursuline Order gave my parents a VHS video made by and distributed by Franciscan University of Steubenville on Medjugorje. It literally scared the hell out of me. I went to Holy Confession that week fearing that if I were to die a sudden death that I was going to go to Hell for all of eternity. I returned to the Universal Apostolic Holy Roman Catholic Church. Our Blessed Mother the Queen of Peace invited me to re-learn my Catholic Faith and live the 5 stones that the Church has always taught. She taught me that her son only started one Church his Bride. | Revelation |
| 3767 | Lack of clarity on almost all issues from Pope Francis. | Confession, Leadership |
| 3768 | Bishops, priests, and ordinary Catholics need to take all of Jesus' teachings seriously. We need better overall catechesis. Bishops and priests should try to get to know the people in their diocese or parish and preach for those people. Priests need to be less overburdened. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 3769 | - Removal of additional genuflections, etc. from the Mass - Not using patens - Casual dress at Mass - Mass, adoration, etc. on TV, as though that is the same as in person. | Attire, Eucharist Reception, Devotions |
| 3770 | Letting people, especially Eucharistic ministers, wear shorts and tank tops to Mass. | Attire |
| 3771 | 1. Attacking the Latin Mass. 2. Assuring women that if they were to consecrate the host, Jesus would refuse to transubstantiate. | TLM |
| 3772 | No paten when administering Eucharist on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3773 | Pope and Priests blessing homosexual couples. | Modernism, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 3774 | No time after communion to give thanks and reflect. | Devotions |
| 3775 | Tabernacles off to the side of the main altar. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3776 | Closing and consolidating parishes for questionable reasons and encouraging priest to retire early when they want to continue in their ministry. also, in light of this, the archdiocese claims that we have a priest shortage and yet we are encouraging priest to retire early. It makes one feel as though they want to create a crisis in vocations. | Closures, Vocations |
| 3777 | When our Lord, in the Eucharist, falls to the ground, everything should stop and there should be reverent retrieval! This does not happen, heart-breakingly. | Reverence |
| 3778 | Lack of apology, restitution, and public penance by the USCCB, religious orders, and others who have hidden or downplayed abuse of all kinds and involvement in historic wrongs (To name just a few: Sexual abuse, both of minors and adults; racism and bigotry in the Church; Native boarding schools.) and lack of embracing a truly consistent life ethic which acknowledges the worth of all human life from womb to tomb (Again, to name a few: Speaking against violence against women, for workers, for immigrants and migrants, for paid family leave, for universal healthcare, for the rights of prisoners and loudly against the death penalty.), resulting in a Church which is inconsistent and not in a position of moral authority. These are the primary reasons why laity are lax or leave the faith. Belief in the Real Presence is critical, but doctrine CANNOT be addressed until the Church has redeemed itself. No one I know who has left the faith did so because of lack of faith in the Real Presence, but because of the issues named above. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 3779 | How carefully and reverently the priest speaks and moves his hands, arms and body at when consecrating the host and chalice. | Reverence |
| 3780 | Active promotion on the part of some Catholic leadership (bishops, priests) that the Eucharist is not a reward for good behavior and that admitting practicing homosexuals and the divorced and remarried receiving the Eucharist without Reconciliation is a matter of 'Equity' (i.e. DEI); Also, lack of promotion of Reconciliation and teaching about the economy of grace. | Confession, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Worthy Reception |
| 3781 | Parishioners need to dress properly and modestly when attending mass, should also arrive early enough to spiritually prepare for mass. | Attire |
| 3782 | church closing . | Closures |
| 3783 | Closing churches unnecessarily- All things new is a terrible program that hasn't been shown to benefit a diocese. | Closures |
| 3784 | We need teachings. Ten minute homily is not enough to feed our souls. | Catechesis |
| 3785 | Constantly telling the congregation that they’re being persecuted and that the dev*l is out to get them. | Other |
| 3786 | The cultural idea of casual - beachwear, sport clothes and skimpy sexually revealing clothing as a norm has spread over into Mass. It is rampant. Appropriate church apparel - Sunday best is seldom seen. And modern clothing is short term toxic synthetic material that is made to be worn short term. Anything goes and no one dares speak up about it. The cultural norm of evil wokeness of kindness trumps the truth of Holiness. As soon as Mass is ended everyone erupts into loud talk instead of waiting until they are out of the church proper. Only an ogre would dare to complain. The sense of Devine. The sense as in the Our Father “Hallowed be thy name” as the church being hollowed ground is completely absent. There is no sense of the sacrosanct, inviolable, consecrated, revered, sacred, honored, or beatified. Seems like only the old with memories of respect remember what it was like and they are dying off. To sum up Lack of reverence Lack of rebuke What would happen if corrected? Everyone would leave and the church would be empty? Or would the core of people left bring in a wellspring of dedicated people? . | Holiness, Attire, Leadership, Reverence |
| 3787 | Cultural apathy towards the faith. Not all of this lies at the feet of the clergy/Vatican II. A lot of it is due to families prioritizing other things every week, Mass is often an afterthought to everything else on Sundays (sports, social gatherings, shopping, etc.). | Modernism, Lack of Faith |
| 3788 | The dilution of the term "real presence" by turning it into a euphemism for making God present in the lives of others through spiritual or even temporal acts of charity - which is a euphemism for "reaching out" to those who are "marginalized", which is a euphemism for being patronizing or deferential to racial or sexual minorities or even bowing in some abstract or practical way to the agendas and movements that patronize and exploit minorities to undermine the European majority culture which is really just Christian culture. "Real Presence" has become a name for total capitulation of Christianity to the powers that rule the world. The individuals who occupy positions of authority within the Church are going to promote the pet agendas they believe in, but they should be forbidden to apply labels that belong to other theological realities because this terminology is established and all Catechesis depends on it as our ability to think and know is based on our ability to name things. We know the Church hierarchy neither believes in nor values the Eucharist - 2020 is proof. How many souls went to hell because they were prevented from the graces of the Sacraments in that year when everyone was exposed to what could kill the body? Second, the abuse of the liturgy and its distortion by ad-libbing priests and loosened rubrics in the GIRM, and a liturgical form that not only has no real roots in the liturgical development that began at the Last Supper, but was a deliberate humanistic redesign by reformists, challenges people to believe in its validity. Finally, the efforts to gradually ban a perfectly legitimate form of liturgy that not only produced many saints over the centuries, but was established as a conditional for anathema to any clerics who sought to ban it - they are not only noticed, they are oppressive, and smack of hatred of those who attend them and of persecution. And it implies that the new liturgy is something substantially different to the old liturgy. It implies they are incompatible. We know that what began with Christ is legitimate, so anything that is incompatible with what we know to be legitimate is by definition, illegitimate. Those who subscribe to the reforms in the Church today are far less likely to believe in transubstantiation than those who adhere doggedly to Tradition - SACRED TRADITION - from which we receive the teaching and the belief that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist. So I'm not sure what the Eucharistic Congress or Revival are about, but I am pretty sure they are NOT about the Eucharist. | TLM, Leadership |
| 3789 | The way the pope and Bishops use their ability to cancel priests that are not to their liking. There does not seem to be any continuity amongst Bishops in various diocese. Priests seem to be mere pons that are expendable. When I think of Bishops I think of tyrants. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 3790 | We need more events focused on younger kids involved and having fun. | Other |
| 3791 | 1. Failure to emphasize the need for regular (monthly or bimonthly) reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession by everyone 2. Failure of Catholic bishops to publicly participate in Eucharistic Processions, host outdoor public gatherings with Confession and Mass, host outdoor summer youth gatherings centered on Confession and the Eucharist. 3. Failure of Catholic bishops to publicly confess the guilt of local dioceses in the sexual abuse scandal, and to promise not just the oft-repeated "help and healing", but real JUSTICE for the victims, and to ASK FORGIVENESS from the victims and their families. | Leadership, Public Witness, Devotions |
| 3792 | The US Bishops' willingness to encourage & facilitate continued online Mass "attendance". It was nothing short of disturbing to see parishioners sitting in their cars, listening to Mass on the radio & then receiving The Eucharist as if at a fast food drive through window was disgraceful during the pandemic and their continued allowance of such participation is certainly not promoting faithful devotion to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. | COVID, Leadership |
| 3793 | Holding hands or imitating the priest in hold his hands up, cheapens the priesthood and therefore we aren’t respecting priests as much which have an affect on Eucharistic acceptance . | Other |
| 3794 | Children not learning about God and putting God first in everything. | Catechesis |
| 3795 | The destruction of the family especially through stupid Catholic schools which encourage and even insist on a worship of sports, and the immodesty. | Family, Schools |
| 3796 | Discontinuation of TLM. | TLM |
| 3797 | Ooops …. | Other |
| 3798 | The next and the next generation who did not hear the truth from parents . | Family |
| 3799 | Laity involved with liturgy Members dress casual and immodestly Disrespect for the priests as the mediators with God. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 3800 | Failure to properly indoctrinate youth and new catechumen. | Catechesis |
| 3801 | Poor catechesis in school and in CCD classes . | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3802 | As I grew up, 100% of laity believed in the real presence. Return to what produced that belief. Priests must enforce silence after mass! God does not leave because mass is over! Provide kneelers for those who want to receive kneeling on the tongue. Use a paten to collect particles of the host. Only consecrated hands should handle the host. Cease teaching 1st communicants to receive in their hands!. | Liturgical Practice, Silence/Distractions, Eucharist Reception |
| 3803 | Black masses in the Vatican. Also putting idols on the altar. | Other |
| 3804 | Reviving Holy Communion on hand and standing from lay people. Priest should be more vocal what is proper way not what is allowed. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3805 | Lack of reverence for the Holy Eucharist and the mass itself by clergy, mostly priests who entered the seminary in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. The younger priests seem to be more traditional and reverent. | Reverence, Priestly Formation |
| 3806 | yeasted, sourdough and gluten-free breads served as Holy Communion instead of round flat wafers. | Other |
| 3807 | Catechesis of young, or new Catholics. There needs to be a major effort in teaching new, or young Catholics spiritual, mental and physical reverence for the Blessed Sacrament. | Catechesis |
| 3808 | Appropriate dress for Mass. | Attire |
| 3809 | False notion/practice of ecumenism. | Ecumenism |
| 3810 | Allowing acceptance of Lgbtq services and blessings Allowing church teachings to be "softened" so feelings won't get hurt Allowing the liturgy to be changed to accommodate pagan beliefs Forbidding the Latin Mass. | Modernism, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 3811 | Priests refusing to offer Eucharistic Adoration regularly. | Devotions |
| 3812 | Failures in early Catholic education to stress & teach the New Testament as well as the entire Bible. | Catechesis |
| 3813 | A friend of mine had been away from the Church for over 40 years. When she started going back to Church the first thing she said to me was, "Where's the reverence?" For example, inappropriate attire at Mass; clap-happy congregations; too much singing (both prayers and hymns) and not enough silence; lack of teaching of basic Catholic prayers to schoolchildren (Our Father, Hail Mary, Gloria, etc.). | Reverence, Music, Silence/Distractions |
| 3814 | Almost no churches with exposed Blessed Sacrament or perpetual Adoration. No Eucharistic Processions even on the most Holy Feast Days. Priests completely silent for decades now about the Real Presence of Our Lord and NEVER correcting or teaching anyone about the proper disposition before the Lord. Everyone is doing whatever they want and the priests are pretending they don’t see nor hear anything. | Devotions |
| 3815 | The Eucharist should be received kneeling and on the tongue only. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3816 | 1. Not addressing the belief that all religions are the same. 2.Allowing non-Catholics to receive Holy Communion at funerals and weddings. | Ecumenism, Worthy Reception |
| 3817 | In the Novus Ordo, after the proclamation, "The Mystery of Faith," we are constantly being led, musically or in speech, "When we eat this (b)Bread, and drink this cup...! This response should be absolutely stricken from ALL Masses! I know it's just another symptom, but I shudder every time we response with this statement!. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3818 | Lack of instruction in virtue and parenting. | Catechesis |
| 3819 | The usually forgettable nearly always gutless homilies that most priests give. They are unwillingness to talk openly about the evils of the day causes tremendous lack of respect among the laity . | Homilies, Fear/Cowardness |
| 3820 | I strongly believe that Catholics went from brimstone and hell to God is so merciful that I can do anything and I will be forgiven if I just believe in Jesus. If God's mercy is so great, there is no need to attend Church. Also, the fact that the Catholic Church shut down during Covid gave the impression that the Eucharist was not as important. | Modernism, COVID, Leadership |
| 3821 | Attire of the laity. | Attire |
| 3822 | Traditional mass must be offered as a alternative. | TLM |
| 3823 | Very poor or NO catechesis of children and people wanting to convert to the Faith. We have also failed to emphasize that the Catholic Church is the ONE and only true Church, and the only (human) means to get to Heaven/Eternal Life. God is, of course, free to save anyone He wishes, whether that person is a baptized Catholic or not. | Catechesis |
| 3824 | Failure to study the Holy Bible and how the Jewish faith (I.e. slaughtering of a perfect lamb as atonement for sin) points to the Lamb of God -Jesus; and his sacrifice on the cross for our sins). Many Catholics haven’t continued to study their faith. Most children, young adults, adults stop learning about their Catholic Faith after they receive Holy Communion, Confession, Confirmation. Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Jesus Christ. | Catechesis |
| 3825 | Poor catechesis of the laity both adult and adolescents. Too much emphasis on 'community' and not enough focus on worship & sacrifice of the Mass. | Meal vs Sacrifice, Community, Catechesis |
| 3826 | The Bishops are by and large either cowards, compromised or faithless hirelings because they refuse to loudly condemn ANY Catholic politician who supports intrinsic evils. They refuse to enforce anon 915 That alone tells the world the Eucharist is of so little importance they would rather offend God than the demon crat party. Quietly acquiescing to sacrilegious Communion is the same thing as standing by and watching your wife being raped. The contempt I have for American Bishops (with a few notable exceptions) is beyond my ability to articulate. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership, Canon 915, Worthy Reception |
| 3827 | Catholics are not taught how to pray and/or why we pray. The importance of daily prayer is causing a critical loss of the faith. | Devotions |
| 3828 | Diminish the importance of confession. | Confession |
| 3829 | Appropriate attire for attending Mass. What ever happened to Sunday best? Shorts/t-shirts are NOT appropriate . | Attire |
| 3830 | We miss the Pre-Vatican Extraordinary form of Latin Mass. Bring it back and you will have everyone returning to Mass and believing in the true presence of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass!. | TLM |
| 3831 | Having no patens to catch any fallen particle or Host. Priest not encouraging the faithful to stay for a few minutes after mass for Act of Thanksgiving or Gratitude. Double genuflection (for those who are able) when Our Lord is exposed in Adoration is lost. Using the Cantus Select over contemporary Eucharistic hymns in Adoration and Benediction. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception, Devotions |
| 3832 | People receiving Jesus in the hand while standing, instead of kneeling and on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3833 | Observing reverent silence in the Church. All talking and visiting should be done in the Narthex or outside not in inside the church. Teach the people to genuflect (if they are able) when entering church and when getting in the pew. Priests should be more strict about reminding their parishioners to be reverent in the presence of God. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 3834 | Canceling good priests and bishops for being true to the faith. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 3835 | The removal of the beautiful paintings and statues that helped to feel that we were in a sacred presence. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Beauty |
| 3836 | The degree of reverence that the priest has …. Especially at the Consecration…. The newly ordained priests are much more reverent than the older priests, who are much quicker and less reverent!. | Reverence |
| 3837 | Receiving in the hand, like a piece of candy, standing, gives the communicant no sense of sacred or Who they are receiving. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3838 | Restore the Traditional Latin Mass. I agree STOP that stupid music being sung all the time. Restore Gregorian Chant and no more stupid singing throughout the Protestant-Catholic Mass. | TLM, Music |
| 3839 | Biblical proficiency or literacy! Knowing, loving, and serving Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior through Sacred Scripture and allowing Him to transform and lead our hearts instead of blindly and unbiblical following priests and other clergy who we defer to as the experts without anyway to know or discern if they are being unfaithful to the Lord in things that they say and/or do (e.g. to hold them accountable, like we're all supposed to do with everyone - 1 Corinthians 5). If people read the entire Bible, and also had the proper tools (like a lexicon) and basic training to do so well, instead of just taking in the truncated lectionary that we've been given to water down and change our perception of who the Lord is in many ways (with the less than 70% of the entire Bible it/they give us in any cycle), then not only would everyone be better equipped to know far better what Jesus wants for us and from us all, we would also be far more likely to have the desire to protect and participate properly in the Eucharistic meal that came about through Christ's sacrifice on the cross - it (the Last Supper/New Covenant in the Eucharist) is finished. Good teachers know that good students take ownership of what he or she is learning, and the clergy don't empower the laity to do that. They are not good teachers in that regard and many others as a whole, and that includes those who have the proper knowledge in their heads but not in their hearts to live it out with their lips and their hands and feet everyday - orthopraxy (right belief with right action). They hardly ever apologize for theological mistakes, or correct them when they do, and they are almost entirely resistant and standoffish towards any and all such correction from the laity. Too many clerics don't truly believe in and faithfully follow Jesus as the (only) way, truth, and life, nor do they fully respect and honor His living word in Scripture (in the literal sense) and all He has revealed to us in it. The dumb sheep follow them instead of the Lord because they don't know any better due to their biblical illiteracy and their constant conditioning against using the brains the Lord gave them to 'take and read' like St. Augustine. Many things are quite straight forward and don't take a theologian or an ordained priest with years of seminary to explain, and its certainly not helpful for priests to psychologize and modernize the faith away in their faithless attempts to improve on Scripture like it's not enough by itself with the Lord. However, no one can give what they don't have, and that goes for all the priests level who haven't fully, freely, and faithfully given their lives to Jesus and believe in the inerrancy of His revelations in Scripture. If we want this problem to stop then the 'priestly class' needs to stop being clerics and start having a saving faith with Christ Jesus through Scripture that they are more than willing and able to pass onto anyone. That's not hard, but it will be unwelcome and uncomfortable due to its faithful (biblical) shift in mindset and practice for those who haven't been doing so already! Either repent and resolve that, or go away (until it is)! In Christ, Andrew . | Catechesis |
| 3840 | That the Priest after the homily clearly states that we are now entering in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, please if not properly prepared and not worthy with mortal sin on your Soul do not come up to receive the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist... Please see me after Holy Mass for a time for Confession if so needed... | Worthy Reception |
| 3841 | Nothing mentioned about sin, repent, sacrament of confession. | Confession, Sin |
| 3842 | The word "mass" is a negative word usually. Why don't we see the need to at least say "Holy Mass". A mass of people will accept a world church. Recently I saw a sentence in which all the proper nouns were capitalized except the word god. Often we see the word "god "not capitalized when it should be. Words have meaning and is it just a typo when our awesome God has lost His capital letter?. | Other |
| 3843 | New mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3844 | Teaching a biblical explanation, so others can defend it biblically and with the early church fathers. | Catechesis |
| 3845 | taking in hand rather than tongue; lack of Communion Services in parishes; lack of Sacrament of Confession PRIOR to Mass; lack of priest bringing weekly Communion to hospitalized and homebound. | Availability/Access, Eucharist Reception |
| 3846 | Reception of communion in the hand while standing. Failure to have properly vested altar servers hold patens under each recipient's chin to prevent desecration. The liturgy of the Novus Ordo itself. The very fact that using "Eucharistic Prayer I (The Roman Canon" is merely optional communicates that the Catholic faith and everything that goes with it - including the Eucharist - is "optional" and personal preference, that one religion is as good as another. The Roman Canon is the liturgy that the Roman Catholic Church has used for centuries. Why use one scribbled on a napkin at a coffee shop in Rome or one used by Protestants? . | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 3847 | When a Priest or Bishop of great faith are banned or removed for sharing that faith, especially when it is noticed that many people are beginning to follow them. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 3848 | Latin mass has real reverence, mystery, chanting, silence, oblation by laity and priest together. The whole rite of the Latin mass but in vernacular. Laity needs to know and understand what they are praying. Proper catechism would instill the understanding and reverence needed to receive communion - to be Holy as Jesus is Holy. | TLM, Holiness |
| 3849 | The greatest factor negatively impacting belief in the True Presence is the celebration of the Novus Ordo Mass instead of the Latin Tridentine Mass. The reverence which the TLM naturally incurs towards the Blessed Sacrament, stems from not only the rubrics associated with it, but particularly from the manner in which Holy Communion is received; kneeling and on the tongue. | TLM, Eucharist Reception |
| 3850 | The quickness which some priests rush through the raising of the body and blood after consecration, and don't allow a longer moment for the laity to contemplate and adore Him . | Reverence |
| 3851 | The lack of love of God. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 3852 | 1. The emphasis on the Clergy to perform works which would be associated with “social justice” in direct opposition to their primary role of prayer (all of the hours, meditation, etc.), offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, administering the Sacraments. 2. The expansion of the roles of the laity which are primarily sacerdotal. Lack of emphasis and catechesis on the role of the laity in the prayer life of the Church. 3. Too much emphasis and involvement of the Bishops (and the Vatican) in politics which belongs to the state. They need to learn that patriotism is a virtue and not an evil. Perhaps it is time for them to revisit Aquinas. 4. I not sure how to say this, but, no country or kingdom can survive without its borders, language and culture. The borders of the Church have been blurred. The wall that once existed to keep out sin and falsehoods have been blurred and breached. We now have confusion and division. We no longer have a common language, Latin - at the very least amongst all the clergy and theologians, and, in the Mass and the Sacraments. We now have built a “Tower of Babel” in the heart of the Church. So we have confusion and disunity. Our culture perhaps exists very few places. What is Catholic Culture? All culture are based in their Traditions, History, and Love of their King, each other, and those that have gone on before. Who are we? . | Division, Leadership, Modernism, Social Justice |
| 3853 | A big issue seems to be the importance of never offending anyone over offending God. Also the continued distortion of accepting of bad behaviors by seeing the face of Jesus . | Modernism, Fear/Cowardness |
| 3854 | I believe that with the number of foreign priests there is a language problem in understanding the priest. | Other |
| 3855 | The emphasis on ecumenism without stressing the necessity of conversion to the one true Catholic Faith. | Ecumenism |
| 3856 | KNEELING to receive our Lord JESUS in The Holy Eucharist. Not praying aloud the "Soul of Christ" prayer after receiving JESUS. Not praying The St. Michael prayer after every single Holy Mass. | Eucharist Reception, Devotions |
| 3857 | Lack of respectful attire of participants. | Attire |
| 3858 | To dress properly in church respecting the presence of Our Lord in the Tabernacle. | Attire |
| 3859 | The lack of women veiling. | Attire |
| 3860 | Kneeling at the Communion rail and the immodesty of dress in Church. | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 3861 | UGLY Architecture in Church Buildings (they reek of protestant ilk) Priests are not holy enough anymore. NOT having a serious daily prayer time or Adoration time. DAILY!! One hears in a homily the discussion of sin/sins so rarely that it could be imagined that sin exists no longer. For instance, I learned from a Holy Priest that getting drunk or drinking too much alcohol was a sin. NEVER heard this from any pulpit in my 73 years! One priest I know travels everywhere (almost) with his golf clubs! Too many Priests have the idea that once a Priest, that's it, they're the king. No other study, reflection or prayer is necessary. Priests need a CONSTRUCTIVE evaluation yearly by their congregation Priests (EVERYONE) need to keep in mind that others don't know what THEY KNOW. I had a priest snap at me verbally for asking a simple question. I did not know the answer, yet he berated me in a fashion as if I was trying to undermine church law. Why would I go back to him and ask a question?. | Lack of Faith, Sin, Beauty |
| 3862 | Lack of catechesis of adults since the beginning of Vatican II. | Vatican II, Catechesis |
| 3863 | Certain Bishops’ admonition of those refusing to receive Covid injections and dismissing that aborted fetuses were used in research and/or development. Also, claiming that refusing to partake in these injections was selfish and unethical. I speak personally of Bishop Kevin Vann from my diocese. | Abortion, COVID, Leadership |
| 3864 | So many boring , pointless sermons. Greeters at mass, causing laughing and talking before mass. Not using organ. Using electronic instruments instead. | Homilies, Music, Silence/Distractions |
| 3865 | Many parents spoil their children by accident, sometimes because that's how they were raised, or because they want their kids to have a better life than they did growing up. What happens, though, is their kids live lives of such pleasure that they easily get addicted to it. I think many Catholics who grow up with everything secretly want the Church's claims to be "proven" false so they have an excuse to indulge themselves without reservations. Spending of all their passions on, essentially, hedonism leaves them with no time to even think about Jesus' presence in the Eucharist, the truth of which slowly starves inside them from lack of attention and reflection. Many know it's true but just don't care, which is all the more terrifying. | Family, Living the Faith, Lukewarmness |
| 3866 | Gladly giving the Eucharist to pro-abortion politicians. Pope Francis' promotion of homosexuals in the Vatican and priesthood, Francis' ignoring the first commandment with Pachamama on the altar, Francis saying he is not a Vicar of Christ, Francis giving away our faith so that he can be popular around the world, Francis hobnobbing with the elites who we all know are demonically influenced, Francis US Bishops kowtowing to the Vatican instead of Jesus (very bad examples for Catholics to follow), Vatican pushing of lethal injections falsely labeled as Covid-19 vaccinations, Vatican scandals, Modernism, Ecumenism, irreverent pastors. | COVID, Leadership, Abortion, Modernism, Canon 915 |
| 3867 | Theological concepts, not given clearly. | Catechesis |
| 3868 | priest/catholic school teachers- not teaching/or miracles about the real Presence of Our Lord in the Eucharist. Having/allowing homosexual priest in our priesthood. Not teaching early on regarding abortion with pictures. Good priest/etc. Being ex communicated/laicized. | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Catechesis |
| 3869 | Not promoting Confession from the pulpit. | Confession |
| 3870 | The knowledge that the Bishop’s Fund has been going to groups who defy Catholic teaching. | Modernism |
| 3871 | A more reverent attitude during mass and in church buildings. | Reverence |
| 3872 | I feel that dressing appropriately to receive the king of kings is necessary. | Attire |
| 3873 | Teaching the children about the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist in school and in church often during the year. Every year. And also in the homilies. So it is learned by everyone, often, and understood. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3874 | We need to go back to receiving by mouth only. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3875 | Lax seminary education. Promotion of heresy in the clergy, for example father Martin. | Modernism, Priestly Formation |
| 3876 | Kneeling should be a requirement to receive the Eucharist on the tongue, with the exception for those whose cannot physically kneel. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3877 | Why. Can't we call the Precious Body and Blood of the Lord rather than using other terms which can water down the reality. | Other |
| 3878 | Making the 1st Confiteor a public, perfunctory act/chant then completely removing it prior to the "ecce agnus Dei...". | Liturgical Practice |
| 3879 | Loss of the beautiful prayers of the 1962 missal, even if said in vernacular, could have deeply grounded the faithful. | Liturgical Practice, Beauty |
| 3880 | Having children participate in Eucharistic Adoration. Having Eucharistic Adoration every week in parishes in every diocese s on weekly basis. | Devotions |
| 3881 | Interrupting mass with “sign of peace” takes our eyes off of Christ and placed on neighbor. | Sign of Peace |
| 3882 | De-emphasis on weekly or at least monthly confession and the lack of availability of confessions prior to Masses. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 3883 | Moving holy days of obligation to Sunday. | Liturgical Calendar |
| 3884 | Preaching on the Real Presence. Clergy need to explain transubstantiation not dumb it down. | Catechesis |
| 3885 | Making Jesus too folksy to be relatable. Jesus is God, not a folksy person. | Other |
| 3886 | Poor preparation of Catchecists and Priests Fire begets fire. Love and excitement for Christ is catching but usually lacking, especially on the Altar. More emphasis on how to follow Jesus personally, thru prayer(both speaking and listening) and reading his Word. We must KNOW that Jesus is our source of life. There is a contemporary song “Breathe” that says it all by for all! you are the air I Breathe, your very presence living in me…. You are my daily bread, your very Word spoken to me”. It’s realizing and entering into the relationship that Christ has called us into with him. It is the love for Christ that must come from the Pope down! . | Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 3887 | Novus Ordo liturgical abuses. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3888 | Most people believe the "church" is wealthy. They don't understand where the money goes, how it is spent. I believe the leadership has to be more transparent when it comes to their finances. First that is addressed, I believe parishes will begin to understand what tithing is. We don't teach tithing enough... but first we have to be transparent with what we do with the money given to the parish. | Other |
| 3889 | Referring the Mass as a banquet instead of Unbloody Sacrifice of Our Lord. Referring to Eucharist as a Meal!. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 3890 | Taking away of the Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 3891 | Failure to talk about the evil of abortion at homilies, especially from the Archbishop. | Abortion, Homilies, Leadership |
| 3892 | Scriptural catholicity; huge example is ignoring the Gospel of John 6 which was Aquinas’ basis for his teaching Transubstantiation not CON…!. | Catechesis |
| 3893 | Well intentioned school teachers need to be catechized before their students. Rarely does catechesis occur during Mass. | Schools |
| 3894 | Proper Catechesis not being taught. In the Catholic Schools or in the RCIA Programs used. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 3895 | Perhaps I can’t recall if these were mentioned in the survey, but ugly art & architecture, shabby vessels, and kitschy vestments. Also, the disruption caused by the totalizing liturgical reform created a lot of confusion about what we believe and whether it is still what we believed before Vatican II. | Liturgical Practice, Beauty |
| 3896 | Communion in hand and priests rarely providing homily or teaching about what a mortal sin consists of prior to communion. The flock needs to hear about the most common mortal sins being committed that have been 'accepted' by society and reminded that they are not OK and confession is necessary before receiving the Eucharist. Priests have failed to call out sins, and those that have tried, have been silenced by superiors. Bishops and hierarchy are a HUGE part of the problems as they too are denying the truth and leading the people to damnation instead of salvation. Being popular and receiving money is more important than saving souls. Hierarchy affiliated with freemasonry is destroying the church from within. If the leaders are corrupt sinners, why would the laity think they need to be any different? . | Lack of Faith, Eucharist Reception, Leadership, Worthy Reception |
| 3897 | Synodal noise and distributional behavior. | Silence/Distractions |
| 3898 | There should be NO women on the altar. Period. Not for any reason. Keep the lay people off of the altar as well. That is a Sacred place just for the priests and altar BOY servers. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3899 | The lack of Sunday best clothing. Dressing for a cocktail party or the beach comes to mind. | Attire |
| 3900 | There are no standards on receiving Holy Communion. In my town, there is a church where the Eucharist is distributed facing the back of the church, another church has begun distributing the Eucharist at an alter rail, and we can kneel and receive on the tongue-but only at daily Mass, not on Sundays. And in the other 5 or 6 churches it is all variable--lay ministers in tank tops and shorts, in sun dresses, etc. No priest will talk about modesty, no one reminds us that we cannot receive if we have committed a mortal sin, and some churches here are "in the round" and require a traffic usher to get you into the correct line to receive. The Mass has become too noisy, busy and back-slapping. | Liturgical Practice, Silence/Distractions |
| 3901 | Parents not attending Sunday Mass and not receiving the Sacraments. | Family |
| 3902 | We should kneel at the altar rail when we receive Our Lord. The humble will kneel, but the proud will not. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3903 | Protestant bashing of the Teal Presence as pagan and cannibalism . | Other |
| 3904 | The casual nature of priest/deacons/ EMC’s transporting the Eucharist to give to the sick/infirm. I knew a priest who kept Jesus in a tissue in his trunk while he ate lunch. | Reverence |
| 3905 | Lack of frequent Adoration!. | Devotions |
| 3906 | The priests and bishops, cardinals and other prelates have mislead Catholics not to believe in sin. If they believe there is no sin how can they believe in the Eucharist. | Modernism, Sin, Leadership |
| 3907 | The pope and some of the bishops are too liberal in their actions. They propose that as Christian’s we provide shelter for the illegals who have broken our laws by coming into the country. If we break laws as Catholics it’s a sin which requires confession etc. so why are we condoning the illegals who are breaking the law? Also, why should our money be used to feed and shelter lawbreakers? This is a complete turnoff to me. | Modernism, Politics, Leadership |
| 3908 | Lack of clear distinction between Catholicism and Protestant denominations in Catholic education. I spent years in Catholic schools when I was young, but by my teens, I didn't see a clear distinction and was not at all catechized. All i had been exposed to was lukewarm Catholicism. I spent a decade away from the church as a result. Catholic schools should have more focus on Catholicism . | Ecumenism, Lukewarmness, Catechesis |
| 3909 | Diabolical Disorientation in the Vatican. | Leadership |
| 3910 | define what is a Catholic: not enough said in homilies about heaven & hell: expand on commandments, beatitudes, virtues in homilies in homily. talk about contrition. be tougher with Catholics regarding: lifestyle in these times---sometimes you have to tell it like it is ¬ be political or "you will lose them"--they will reject God anyway to pursue their wicked ways. | Homilies |
| 3911 | Liturgies are too closely modeled after Protestant worship services. American Catholics have comes to want or accept a more Protestant experience. Protestantizing the Mass has not drawn more people. It’s been the opposite. | Modernism, Liturgical Practice |
| 3912 | The failure to educate children and young adults in the precepts of the Church, leading to marriage outside of the Church, no children baptized, and the continued belief that they are “Catholic” even if they don’t go to mass or believe what the Church teaches. “Cultural Catholicism” . | Catechesis |
| 3913 | Using a Protestant Cramner table instead of the high altar. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3914 | Lack of teachings plus political and social condemnation. | Politics, Catechesis |
| 3915 | Lack of true catechesis for high school age children. We lose them in middle and high school years. Focusing on skirting issues in homilies and instead filling us with history and high theological facts. | Catechesis |
| 3916 | I receive communion in the hand. Because clergy do not use paten at Mass to protect the host from dropping to the floor. And when that does happen the laity should be instructed in the response by a priest. Communion rails should be mandatory as well as use of paten. If physically able people should kneel . That puts the priest at a greater advantage when placing the host on the tongue. Instruction in praying before and after reception is important. Reinforce the body is a temple the ark of the covenant and the tongue should be used in praise of our Lord. | Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 3917 | The simplified vestments of priest. The weight of the old vestments reminded priest of the mantle they were called to take up. The old vestments were also a means of drawing the senses into the transcendental nature of the mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3918 | Priests are Human, do not cover up the issue bring it out and tell the faithful EVERYTHING!. | Scandals |
| 3919 | Most people have not been catechized correctly. I grew up as a practicing Catholic. However, it wasn't until I was an adult well into my twenties that I actually started really learning my Catholic faith. I believe it was Vatican 2 that caused total confusion in the church and it appears to me that was a negative turning point on the faith of Catholics. We need more good religious education for people of all ages and true faith community. Our church should help us grow in faith and love for each other. I personally believe that the hierarchy of the church has been greatly corrupted by the culture and the love of money, immorality, and power. There are many faithful laity and clergy and they must hold the bishops, cardinals, and Pope accountable. There is definitely something very EVIL in the church, when good priests, bishops, cardinals, and laity are being cancelled for proclaiming the teachings of Christ and calling out the sexual abuse and depravity within the church. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership, Catechesis, Community |
| 3920 | Pope Francis and the Lavender Mafia who reward the gay priests and bishops and punish those who speak out against the homosexuals. Only five Bishops from the United States have been elevated to the dignity of Cardinal by Pope Francis. In my opinion and that of many others, all five of them are queer. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 3921 | Some times the clothes (or lack of them) on Lay Ministers & Lectors/Commentators ! In my Church a few years ago a female Reader got up bowed before the Alter and the congregation could see her panties both going up to read and after reading - her dress was so short!!! I was so very embarrassed! I am 83 years old!. | Attire |
| 3922 | Perpetual Adoration should be part of every parish and possibly contributes to lack of faith. | Devotions |
| 3923 | Sacrament of Confirmation early to help young people with grace to live Catholic. Teach the need to develop their spiritual growth as much as bodily growth ... if not more. Teach the importance of grace ... Life of God within us. | Sacraments |
| 3924 | From cardinals down too bishops, priests and other religious calling for or promoting changes to the fundamental teachings of the church to align with society today. For example: women priests and deacons, gay marriage or allowing the laity to be involved with making decisions within the hierarchy of the church. This might lead to having lay people to have a vote in the college of cardinals. When our religious and priests are calling for these types of changes it undermines the entire deposit of faith and we become a "denomination" like all the rest of the protestants instead of being Christ's true church. If the church is willing to accommodate the latest whims of society and their social engineering why should we believe anything the church says. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 3925 | Ornate vestments and incense. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3926 | Referring to the Eucharist more as a “Thing” than as a “Person.” . | Other |
| 3927 | Bowing to the government instead of what is right. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 3928 | We almost never hear our priests say that missing Mass on Sunday is a sin. Going to weekly Mass is a serious obligation! They seldom categorize the seriousness of many sins, such as cohabitation, sex outside of marriage, remarriage without annulling a previous marriage, contraception. Saying the "hard teachings" doesn't happen because of fear of offending or losing the few who remain. Thank you and God bless!. | Modernism, Fear/Cowardness, Sin |
| 3929 | Dressing Modestly (men and women); veiling; Would we be invited into the Wedding Banquet if we were not wearing the approved wedding garment? NO. We are in the presence of the Kings of Kings the entire time we are in a Catholic Church, especially in Eucharistic Adoration. The laity needs to be catechized about appropriate dress. | Attire |
| 3930 | I am a great-grandmother of 5 and had a wonderful Catholic education. Married in the '50's when things were mostly good. Watched Archbishop Sheen and began to see his remarkable way of keeping Catholics aware. We have never seen anyone like him now. I remember him saying as the 60's and 70's began their culture changes saying: "No Matter What Happens the Church Will Rise Again." I kind of wonder today and pray so because of what is happening under Pope Francis and his chosen Cardinals who ignore speaking about sin and the Commandments are modernizing the Church in a terrible way. Since Vatican II things began to change and now under Pope Francis the things that he is saying, allowing and writing are responsible to continue the goal of Vatican II to modernize the Church and destroy its 2000 years successful history from within. The weakening of the Church has caused less vocations of priests and sisters that doesn't help. And there were many who left the priesthoods more than likely seeing what was coming from Rome was against their ordination vows. And that is something the Vatican should be concerned about. What the cover-up over priests that has been hiding for decades and not done well for the Church's character they failed us. Then these days lawsuits causing parishes and schools closing hurts the Church reputation. The sad things like Father Altman and canceled priests and bishops is another example of the failing reputation. It is so sad that the good priests have no way to speak out without being removed from their Church causing parishioners to lose the Sunday Mas, confessions and Holy Communion due to Pope Francis. All of this has had an influence on the Holy Eucharist. To me the fault is Pope Francis and the Vatican because the Cardinals have not stopped all of this and there are older Cardinals but they are the minority. Our Holy Mother Church and the American loving people are seeing the terrible attempts by Satan to destroy those that believe in God and country. The Church itself failed us by not fighting back. . | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership, Modernism |
| 3931 | Allowing casual dress in church such as shorts, tank tops, and tee shirts with messages on them. | Attire |
| 3932 | Failure to publicly acknowledge the "automatic" excommunication of prominent self acknowledged Catholics by their Bishops (Biden). | Canon 915, Leadership |
| 3933 | The Eucharistic is a gift from the Lord to be present to us His legacy. The Mass is where heaven and earth meet. Complete unity. | Other |
| 3934 | Joking during sacred parts of the mass . | Reverence |
| 3935 | Poor catechesis. Priests should more regularly preach about sin, Reconciliation and the Real Presence . | Confession, Catechesis |
| 3936 | Lead by Example Bishops and Priests should be found in Eucharistic Adoration regularly. | Devotions, Attire, Leadership |
| 3937 | Church’s concern that the Church is not keeping up with society beliefs. Priests worldliness over sanctity. | Modernism |
| 3938 | The order of the Latin mass and Novus Ordo mass, folk hippie music, Spanish adoration during Halloween of Mortos desecration of blessed mother. Cartels influence in Spanish mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3939 | Failure of Roman bishops to excommunicate career politicians who advocate and fund the slaughter of unborn babies, birth control, divorce, homosexuality and IVF. | Canon 915, Leadership |
| 3940 | I have seen very holy priest at the time of consecration raise the blessed sacrament in his hand upward and speak out loud “ my Lord, my God”……if anyone is paying attention they will know it has changed to the body and blood of our Lord…. | Reverence |
| 3941 | The Novus Order mass removed the general absolution before communion. With that, it's rare to find an NO priest that is a confessor, stressing the need and fruit of confession and spending much time in the confessional (although I think they are starting to come back.). I can't imagine how many unworthy receptions of Our Blessed Lord I must have had for the first 44 years of my life before I experienced a reawakening. I am very sad for most NO Catholics who have no idea how necessary confession is to be in the state of grace in order to receive Our Blessed Lord. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have Mercy on Us!!. | Liturgical Practice, Worthy Reception |
| 3942 | Failure of priests to teach the laity about the importance of modest and respectful dress for men and women in front of the Blessed Sacrament, and covering women's hair. | Attire |
| 3943 | The Priest showing his reverence and how he truly believes while consecrating. A.K.A rushing through the Mass. | Reverence |
| 3944 | The bishops, cardinals and the current pope have been the greatest detriment to the disgraceful irreverent attitude towards Our Lord. They are for the most part at fault for what is happening in the Church. | Reverence, Leadership |
| 3945 | Priest allowing immodest dress by laity in Churches. | Attire |
| 3946 | Televising Mass virtually as though it were presently being celebrated. TV presentation live, not emphasizing that you are not present at mass, so no Eucharist received. You can't make up your own real presence; only the priest can do that, and he does not authorize anyone else do so at home. | Modernism |
| 3947 | Lack of urgency in teaching the need for frequent, regular Confession. | Confession |
| 3948 | It's a matter of FAITH. Either you believe or you don't. I pray for ALL those who don't believe for they are missing out on the healing and true presence of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. | Lack of Faith |
| 3949 | the Novus Ordo Mass itself is a detriment, return to the Mass of all Ages approved and promulgated by Pius V. | TLM, Liturgical Practice |
| 3950 | During Covid the Bishops listened to the government and shut down the churches- people could not receive the Holy Eucharist. People were denied the sacrament of the sick when they were dying in hospitals. These decisions certainly impacted the supernatural His real presence in the Eucharist and otherwise. Receiving Him was not important in achieving Salvation. | COVID, Leadership |
| 3951 | Trying to copy Protestant Assemblies in a try to the make the mass “fun”. | Modernism |
| 3952 | in some parishes Mass has become entertainment with the music, large screens with videos. It is difficult to differentiate between the Sacrifice of the Mass and a non-denominational church. Also, holding hands to recite the Our Father distracts from the preparation to receive the Eucharist. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3953 | Failure to discipline heretical clergy at all levels. | Lack of Discipline |
| 3954 | The laity are being starved of true catechism. We are being taught that our faith amounts to little more than "Jesus is our friend and we should be kind to everyone." This must be addressed. Also, the protestants believe that Christ died once and for all and that we Catholics wrongly consider the Mass to be the re-creation of Christ's sacrifice on Calvary. We do believe that the Mass is the re-creation of Christ's sacrifice, although non-bloody. Many Catholics believe in the protestant version; this must be corrected and in an on-going manner. | Catechesis |
| 3955 | The fact that people are not asked to dress modestly at Mass. Also, that parents let their children misbehave at Mass without correction. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 3956 | The use and meaning of sacramentals Daily prayer time and the study and reading of scripture . | Catechesis |
| 3957 | Many believe there is corruption in the Vatican!!!. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 3958 | The words used in prayer, song and homilies/conversation that do not point to the sacred reality of the Real Presence. Eg: “Eucharist” instead of “the Blessed Sacrament”, saying “Mass” instead of “Holy Mass” or “the holy sacrifice of the Mass”; referring to the sacred elements as “Bread” or “Cup” instead of the “most precious Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ”. These are a few examples of how our language forms our thinking and beliefs. We should be deliberate in changing our language to reflect the reality of what is happening. | Music |
| 3959 | Stopping the reverent acts of kneeling & receiving on the tongue .. Stopping the reverent act of women wearing veils ... Stopping dress codes for women and men to show respect & reverence . | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 3960 | Defending the Eucharist around the world and protecting it like we would protect Jesus. | Living the Faith |
| 3961 | Failure to teach the laity that Jesus is God. | Catechesis |
| 3962 | “Kiss of Peace”?! Major commotion. Removal of Kneelers in churches. | Sign of Peace |
| 3963 | The Church running and hiding during Covid. The actions said don’t put your faith in God to protect you, put it in the government. Taking part in Eucharist wasn’t important. We would find salvation by wearing a mask and social distancing . | COVID, Leadership |
| 3964 | With what reverence a priest says the entire mass; giving parishioners the ability to kneel for communion . | Eucharist Reception |
| 3965 | We believe because we have faith. We gain faith through catechesis and that begins and ends with our priests and bishops speaking truth which they seem to have lost. The laity can do this but we need leaders. | Catechesis, Leadership |
| 3966 | Pope Frances presents a horrid example of what should be the leading Catholic in the world. He refuses to adhere to catholic doctrine; he ignores the 10 commandments (idolatry - Pachamama); he fires clergy who don't agree with his satanic views and promotes those who do. | Persecuted Clergy, Modernism, Leadership |
| 3967 | I think the #1 reason for loss of belief in the True Presence is receiving communion in mortal sin. Highly theological sermons that do not instruct the laity on the basics of our faith so they don't even realize they are adding sin on sin, hardening their hearts causing erosion of faith. I have never heard a sermon on birth control being a sin yet I know it is widely practiced by communion receiving Catholics. Your survey misses the biggest cause. | Worthy Reception, Fear/Cowardness, Sin |
| 3968 | Failure of priests to believe in the Real Presence themselves! We can tell!. | Lack of Faith |
| 3969 | The Novus Ordo in general. | Liturgical Practice |
| 3970 | After First Communion children do not get enough education on the Real Presence. The teachers must have a deep and intimate relationship with Jesus so they can reflect that to the children. More emphasis should be on developing a personal relationship with Jesus. | Catechesis |
| 3971 | Replacement of the liturgy of the Church with a banal substitution (Pope Benedict XVI words). | Liturgical Practice |
| 3972 | Need better training of youth and possibly young parents (because they weren't well trained). | Catechesis |
| 3973 | Immodest dress by daughters and their mothers; men and boys dressing in athletic clothing or clothing that looks as though the person is going to the beach or to a picnic. | Attire |
| 3974 | Lack of faith from the clergy. | Lack of Faith |
| 3975 | Although I went to a Catholic grammar school and has sisters, it was not until I homeschooled my three children that I actually learned my faith! I am 60 and have practiced for my entire life but am scandalized by what I’d did not know and am still trying to learn. I release that we learn for our entire lives but so much time was wasted and all but one of my siblings practice. There are 6 of us. | Catechesis |
| 3976 | not forcefully taking a stand against sectarian issues. speaking out against political parties that lead people to sin. basic Catechizes of parishioners from pulpit. Baltimore catechism should be taught in lieu of homily. Most church goers don't know what's expected of them. go along to get along mentality of parishes. it may cost the parishes donations, no NGO money(Bishops) all tough things. It's not easy to be a Roman Catholic. | Leadership, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 3977 | Moving daily Mass to times where people who work aren't able to attend. | Availability/Access |
| 3978 | The casual attitude toward the Mass in general and required attendance at Mass at least 1 x per week and on Holy Days. | Reverence, Lukewarmness |
| 3979 | The use of the words "our spiritual drink". Jesus was specific. He said the consecrated wine was "My blood". Were the words above used to appease the Protestants and make it more acceptable to them in a spirit of ecumenism? It seems to me that we ought to use Christ's words no matter who may be offended by them. | Catechesis |
| 3980 | Our children need to be educated in our Catholic Schools as to the reality of Jesus Christ present in the Eucharist and therefore present in the Tabernacle. Our schools are failing in the formation of our children in the faith. There is too much emphasis on social teaching rather than Catholic Doctrine. Also, they should be attending Mass at least, and preferably more than, once a week. Every parish should be REQUIRED to have an Adoration Chapel, open at least all day, if not 24-7. | Catechesis, Schools, Devotions |
| 3981 | We are poorly catechized The Real Presence is scriptural and I doubt that many people are capable of defending the Real Presence. | Catechesis |
| 3982 | Suppression and abandonment of catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 3983 | Poorly prepared homilies. | Homilies |
| 3984 | Failure to remind the laity that how one dresses might reflect one’s belief or lack of belief in the Real Presence. Shorts and plunging necklines are terribly disrespectful. | Attire |
| 3985 | Changing the Mass from the Traditional Latin Mass to the Novus Ordo. Refusal or downplaying the social Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. | TLM |
| 3986 | Most of Our Bishops are Politicians, Anti 2nd Amendment, Wal Mart open but Church CLOSED!! Blessing of Homosexual SODOMITES. Pope that is Not CATHOLIC!!. | Politics, LGBTQ+ Issues, COVID, Leadership |
| 3987 | Improper dress especially in summer. | Attire |
| 3988 | Not teaching the importance of being in a state of grace when receiving the Eucharist. | Worthy Reception |
| 3989 | being in "lock-step" with THE STATE when the state declared Churches were to be closed during a fake pandemic, and holy water removed - the scales fell away from my eyes when this happened - I could no longer distinguish where the Church ended and the State began. | COVID |
| 3990 | There doesn’t seem to be a feeling that we are in a sacred place, and the Mass doesn’t feel like anything special, which it used to, it just feels like a casual prayer group. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 3991 | That those in the state of sin or not adhering to church teaching should go to confession before going to communion. Also they should no to do so in the state of sin mortal ( as like not going to church on Sunday) as it is a mortal sin and a mortal state n means you could die in such a state and go to Hell. The Eucharistic is heaven and a mortal sin is Hell. | Confession, Worthy Reception, Sin |
| 3992 | The Faithful should only receive Jesus on the tongue from a priest, while kneeling in Adoration of Our Lord, as a sign of great reverence and love. | Eucharist Reception |
| 3993 | Priests are far too often casually celebrating the mass. They don’t demonstrate reverence for the gravity of what is taking place in the mass. For these parishes, the laity just follow suit (so to speak). The priest must demonstrate due reverence and not allow behavior by the laity to devalue or cheapen the beautiful celebration taking place. We need strong, reverent leaders in our priests. At this point, I also think the laity needs a re-education of sorts on how to conduct yourself at mass. It’s no wonder belief in the true presence has degraded. Many parish priest just don’t act like they believe either. They need to set the example and demand the laity present respect our Lord. | Leadership, Reverence, Catechesis |
| 3994 | Weak catechetical lessons. | Catechesis |
| 3995 | Never speaking from the pulpit about the importance of purity nor explaining the disaster of contraception and it’s effects has made people feel that in fact nothing matters too much and, so, by association, nothing is transcendent, all that our religion concerns is being “nice” and being “happy”. | Homilies, Fear/Cowardness |
| 3996 | Lack of affordable Catholic education for families to avoid the anti Catholic messaging in public education. Smaller family size leads to fewer vocations. Families with two working parents may find it difficult to create the domestic church necessary to optimize faith growth. | Vocations, Schools |
| 3997 | There should be no Protestant praise and worship music played during mass. Only sacred hymns played on an organ. Also communion rails should be installed, the traditional Latin Mass should be offered at every Parish Church on Sunday, the priest should be facing odd Oriental only, no alter girls only men and boys . Also weekly offerings should not be collected during mass , but attended to by the ushers at exits following the end of mass. There should be no extraordinary ministers, communion distributed only by the priest and deacons. | TLM, Music, Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 3998 | Preaching repentance and need for confession before receiving holy communion . | Confession, Homilies |
| 3999 | Priest(s) not attending adoration WITH the people. One of Bendict XVI final acts at a world youth day was to have public adoration where he knelt before a monstrance and adored along with youth in the background. Tremendous impactful statement! Also the use of Latin benediction hymns, Tantum Ergo, Salutaris Hostea, etc. Also in parishes with a school, children and teens are not indoctrinated nor attend benediction. Also there is a tremendous lack of advertising. | Leadership |
| 4000 | People dressing disrespectfully; terrible music; talking in Church; Not tracing about Fatima & Lourdes; notating Rosary;,. | Music, Revelation, Attire, Catechesis |
| 4001 | Hiring divorced and remarried individuals to receive the Eucharist for pastoral reasons; hiring these same people to work in the diocese, especially as DRE’s, 1st Communion CCD teachers Lack of perpetual adoration. Priests not adoring daily . | Sin, Devotions |
| 4002 | Lack of genuflection or disrespectful/incomplete genuflection. Disrespectful attire Talking in church Bringing drinks into church. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 4003 | Women not veiling their heads in the Lord's house . | Attire |
| 4004 | 1. generally dumbed-down Catholic catechesis since impact of Vat 11. 2 at Mass, the Communion Rite has become impoverished, for example: (a) is treated as a process to be discharged as quickly as possible; (b) Priests not providing time and context to enhance reverence and gratitude for the Supreme Presence and Gift received; (c) theologically shallow songs used to entertain the assembly rather than to support such a precious time and opportunity for focused prayer, devotion and reflection; (c) able-bodied ordained clergy seated while lay ministers distribute the Sacred Eucharist; over-use of lay ministers for distribution; (d) absence of proper etiquette and behaviors on approach (walk-up) to receiving Holy Communion. (e) our places of worship now operate as places of entertainment and socializing instead of being the throne room and cenacle of our Lord and Master. 3. little reference to the example provided by the saints and Catholic heroes & heroines of the Church in homilies and other opportunities to enrich Catholic culture (e.g. parish notices). | Liturgical Practice |
| 4005 | Many bishops have not been good bishops and stood with the teachings of the one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church. As a result of their lack of courage to shepherd their people and their lack of faith in the Truth(who is Jesus Christ), they have succumbed to the world and so have their people!! God have mercy on us all. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4006 | Women on the altar. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4007 | Lack of modesty in dressing at Mass & in front of holy hours. | Attire |
| 4008 | Lack of a lot of priests not doing their job, they are too busy with travel & vacations etc. to due their jobs, which is save souls. | Priestly Duties |
| 4009 | The importance of Confession as a means to being in the state of sanctifying grace before receiving Communion. Some are so uncatechized they may not know how to accomplish a "state of grace". | Confession, Worthy Reception |
| 4010 | Failure to accurately address worthiness to receive communion. Detrimental changes to the Lectionary that mute the hard teaching such as un worthy communicants eat and drink their own damnation. | Worthy Reception |
| 4011 | Latin mass restrictions. | TLM |
| 4012 | General lack of catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 4013 | Abandonment of Latin in the mass, lack of daily mass options for working people, lack of availability of the sacrament of confession. | Liturgical Practice, Availability/Access |
| 4014 | Failure of the clergy to dedicate a firm schedule to hear confessions before EVERY Mass. I think use of Confessionals only, not face to face, would also help to bring more parishioners back to the Sacrament of Penance. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 4015 | Attempting to eliminate "Catholicity" by making it resemble Protestantism. Altering the time for that horror, The Sign of Peace. . | Ecumenism, Sign of Peace |
| 4016 | The Novus Ordo form has been corrupted not only from the beginning but continuing. On a number of occasions, I have read that the validity of the Sacraments , such as baptism, Matrimony and communion has been rendered invalid because of the failure to have priests properly. trained and ordained, Rome wants to become more like protestants then remaining Catholics. I went to St. Augustine's in Culver City, CA two Rosary's blessed, I asked for holy water and oil, the priest said. it was not necessary, He was wrong, his record for that simple request expressed his own lack of belief as a priest. | Liturgical Practice, Priestly Formation |
| 4017 | Communion in the hand . Not kneeling when receiving. Women not covering their heads in church. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4018 | Lack of courage on the part of clergy to speak the truth; clergy's obligation to be obedient to wayward bishops. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 4019 | Communion in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4020 | The pitch for Vatican II was to remove perceived barriers to the accessibility of our Faith. The subsequent results have been a clear and steady destruction of the integrity of The Catholic Faith. It has served to accomplish only internal division send to humiliate & parody The Roman Catholic Church. The Jesuits, once the very bastion of The Bride of Christ, have become the very instrument opposing her as a wolf in the fold. | Vatican II, Modernism |
| 4021 | The risen of Atheism and Modernism is the church is destroying the faith. | Modernism |
| 4022 | The aberration of "festive" Masses that allow cultural events into the sanctuary (i.e. clowns, storybook characters, dancing, etc.) . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4023 | Correcting the congregation on holding hands during the Our Father Education on proper attire for mass. Especially as Eucharistic ministers. | Extraordinary Ministers, Attire, Catechesis |
| 4024 | lack of confession. My parish offers confession once a week, Thursdays @4pm, thereby excluding anybody from attending who has a full-time job. When I want to attend confession, I have to go to a different parish. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 4025 | Receiving the Eucharist in the hand while standing as my little boy thought all but him was getting a cookie..! . | Eucharist Reception |
| 4026 | I think that there are many Novus Ordo Catholics who believe in the real presence with female altar servers, Eucharistic ministers etc. and without the rails, and the Latin Mass. And suggesting these things are the reason for the disbelief may be found offensive to many Novus Ordo Catholics, those who believe or don’t believe in the real presence and this might slant your results. And your respondents may not include as many Novus order Catholics. That said… I do believe that those things have a minor to moderate effect on The belief. The major and greatest reasons however, I find to be in the catechesis, both in childhood and adults. The reminders from the pulpit for fasting and reverence, the instruction of the Bible versus and their true meaning, sharing of Eucharistic miracles, bells at consecration and silence after communion. These words and actions of our priests and leaders lead by example and educate the people. We cannot also forget the influence of our culture on the beliefs of our people. The is a push in our culture to say that religion is for weak minded followers and Catholicism is an antiquated religion that is irrelevant today. The mysteries of faith cannot be understood with human reason and our culture also pushes that reason is the ultimate source of learning. Our culture also denies truth for what feels good to the individual and Catholicism contradicts that belief system. . | Liturgical Practice, Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception, Leadership, Modernism, Fasting |
| 4027 | Overall loss of faith when young people go off to college-need to have a more robust campus ministry with social events so like minded students fine support and companionship exercising their faith. | Lack of Faith |
| 4028 | The celebrant, himself, often does not lead in example, those moments of reverence which would convince the faithful of the sacred nature of that which he does. | Reverence, Leadership |
| 4029 | The changing of the liturgy during the offertory. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4030 | Lack of supernatural faith by the clergy. | Lack of Faith, Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 4031 | 1. The removal of the prayer to St Michael the Archangel after Mass. WHY??? 2.Our Pastor during the prayers for the people EXCLUDED on Sunday after former Pres. Trump was shot DID NOT include HIM in the Prayers. WHY????? . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4032 | Mass needs to be more engaging and fun. | Other |
| 4033 | Short and sometimes no homilies at all! No challenge from the priest during the teaching of the Gospel. | Homilies |
| 4034 | Failure to have silence in church to properly prepare for the Mass. | Silence/Distractions |
| 4035 | Children have not been properly catechized. Diocese supporting the Pride agenda. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Catechesis |
| 4036 | Reminding the parishioners and non parishioners at each Mass, especially weddings and funeral where there is sure to be lapsed Catholics and non Catholics that only Catholics in good standing shall receive. | Catechesis |
| 4037 | Adding hand shake of peace right before communion. Very distracting. If someone out there thinks its needed put it early in the mass, at the beginning when we are sorry for our sins. Best to eliminate it altogether. | Sign of Peace |
| 4038 | The political correctness of siding with climate change and other contemporary fads. | Modernism |
| 4039 | I believe that the Religious Education programs have been very lac king in the past years about teaching the True Presence and basic stress on reverence in the Sanctuary at ALL times, and also treating the Priests with extreme respect. I remember the children standing when a Priest entered the classroom, or anywhere they were when a Priest entered. Not being taught about proper respect shown after receiving the Blessed Sacrament. Examples: sitting down after receiving, improper dress for Mass (revealing attire, and shorts of any kind. | Reverence, Attire, Catechesis |
| 4040 | The purchase of illegal aliens into US by Catholic Charities to undermine the rule of law in a sovereign republic declared upon a covenant of prayer and humility and gratefulness by Founders while church uses hard working parishioners funds to enrich Vatican and globalists while furthering liberation theology instead of church doctrine. If the US disappears the God given rights do as well. 1000 years of darkness. | Modernism |
| 4041 | The laity lacks the training or the reverence. The laity does not understand their impact of the perception, like they are doing a favor distributing our Lord. One example is if they drop a consecrated host, typically, they casually pick it up with their hands. Do they not understand that this is the body of Christ?! I had a friend recently mention that about 60+ years ago, (she was 4 years old!) she was in line for communion and the person who had just received our Lord was sick and threw up. The priest reverently stooped down and consumed all of the vomit since our Lord was there. I don't see that level of reverence, education or understanding. | Catechesis |
| 4042 | I think the secularization and modernization of the country is the biggest problem. Science has become religion to a lot of people, and if Catholics can’t find a scientific proof or reason for transubstantiation, they might have a hard time believing in the Real Presence. | Modernism |
| 4043 | To teach, specifically, sins related to the Real Presence. Especially, receiving the Eucharist while in a state of mortal sin, that is, not going to Confession often enough. The Priest Host, when broken has many particles on it which end up on the floor. | Confession, Eucharist Reception, Sin |
| 4044 | Popes attitude toward traditional mass, priests, and bishops. Too much singing during mass and no time for quiet reflection and prayer, especially before, during, and immediately after communion. | TLM, Silence/Distractions, Leadership |
| 4045 | Churches that fail to offer adoration on a regular basis and promote it. | Devotions |
| 4046 | Removing required dress for entering church, meaning covered bodies, in most churches people dress as if they are at the beach, also no head coverings for ladies, that improves modesty. Also no : silence please signs, people talk before and after Mass as if the are in town without regard that they are in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Also when guests are in church that ate there for repairs they should be reminded the clothing and language must be respectful, I have been at adoration and seen workers come in and put rock music on as if they were in their own home or cars. Also I have witnessed ladies with small dogs inside a large bag next to them at Mass( they do not want to leave them at home for an hour. Priests of not go and check the church after Mass at all, in one church there are people that talk and socialize at will even for an hour and half afterwards, there are cameras in churches nowadays and no priest says a thing ! Is it possible they do not know what is going on in their church??? Do Bishops ignore the pornographic attire that enter the house of God on some Sundays? V necks that can show almost a belly button or shorts that reveal in the back almost the buttocks? . | Silence/Distractions, Attire, Leadership, Reverence |
| 4047 | Lack of relating the need for confession in reception of the Holy Eucharist. Priests/bishops do not teach about the need for confession almost ever! Great sacrilege is taking place, which greatly reduces reverence for the Holy Eucharist. | Confession, Leadership |
| 4048 | Having women lead/perform a Eucharistic Service instead of a Deacon. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4049 | Pope Francis’ doctrinal changes, supporting McCarrick and homosexual clergy while firing good pastors who are true Pastoral Fathers. | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Modernism |
| 4050 | Weekly Adoration, if not daily. | Devotions |
| 4051 | The abandonment of the TLM, which one it is left alone, always bears great fruit. Church closings, always done to the poor and small parishes. Cowardice of bishops on moral issues, especially abortion. Communion in the hand. This has done nothing but help make people think that communion is merely symbolic Always preaching on the readings turns the mass into a Bible study and it omits countless important points of church doctrine and morality. | TLM, Fear/Cowardness, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 4052 | An alarming rise in Satanism, Luciferanism, and the occult including occurrence within the Catholic population and even within the actual structure of the Church itself. Catholics need to have a better understanding of how satanic forces affect their belief system and can target their understanding of the sacraments and the sanctity of the Church. Please consider the need to teach both clergy and laity the truth about exorcism, deliverance ministries and the power of the Sacraments including the power and need for Confession as well as frequent reception of the Body and Blood of Christ. Without an awareness of the truths of spiritual warfare we are an easy mark for the devil and the ever increasing occultism. Obviously belief in the real presence is foundational. Thank you so much for asking for input!. | Catechesis |
| 4053 | The main issues, I believe, are: 1. The failure to teach/ catechize IN DEPTH on a regular basis. 2. The missed opportunities for both clergy and laity to WITNESS the reason(s) for their belief in the real presence. 3. The failure to be able to live that witness devotionally and liturgically. EVERY parish should have some amount of adoration, holy hours, processions (especially Corpus Christi), and some form of reverential actions during liturgies that point to the reality that the host is NOT just another sacred object, but Jesus Himself, because all of these things are ways to INCARNATE the teachings and witnesses given to Jesus, Who is the Word INCARNATE. 4. The need to teach and witness to others by both clergy and laity how to FIRST worship Jesus in the Eucharist (liturgically or devotionally), and THEN go out to others and share what they have received. Many of us desire to do this but are not sure how or what it looks like. Bishop Cozzens summarized it beautifully at the very end of the National Eucharistic Congress. By examples shared and witnessed REGULARLY by others, the rest of us can begin to see how we can also do the same as we learn and grow. This must be done regularly, because there are constantly new members entering, and along with current members, are growing at different rates both humanly and spiritually. | Leadership, Devotions |
| 4054 | Real catechism on the BLESSED Sacrament, casual dress at MASS especially among lay ministers(lector and EUCHARISTIC ministers in jeans, especially on Sunday). | Extraordinary Ministers, Attire, Catechesis |
| 4055 | There is not enough information or teaching what it means that Jesus is in the presence of the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 4056 | Lack of education, casual attitude toward confession that prepares one to receive Jesus worthily. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 4057 | I left the Church in the late 80's because of a local priest's law-breaking. Only returned in 2020 to my Catholic roots. Pope Benedict's resignation hit me like an assassination! Many do NOT see Francis as a true CATHOLIC Pope--he seems far too "woke" and Marxist. This greatly influences views of the Faith. And, I study the Bible MUCH more with a Messianic Christian- SABBATH-keeping Bible Fellowship congregation. Our Catholic hierarchy needs to establish Saturday SABBATH--clearly commanded by God over 100 times in Scripture. Jesus never changed the command Our Father made very clear--to keep HOLY the Sabbath. The US and the world have strayed too far from this basic tenet; accepting SUN (sun-god-worship?) Day as a replacement is likely displeasing to Our Lord. This may seem unrelated, but it speaks to the LACK of REVERENCE and subsequent loss of strong belief in other matters such as the Eucharist. THANK YOU for putting out this survey!!!It gives me hope. Our young priest Father Seth Keller is heading to the Vatican after his 2 year stint in Marion, Ohio. I pray that he holds on to his awe-inspiring REVERENCE for God and for the Eucharist. | Reverence, Leadership |
| 4058 | Holy communion is to be given to the person keeling , on the tongue and in state of grace. Priests no longer preach the importance of Gods role for men and women. I never hear that abortion is evil. All they talk about is the environment and taking care of Mother Earth. Will worship of the Pachamama be next. | Homilies, Eucharist Reception, Abortion, Modernism |
| 4059 | People need to know the Bible, need to know the catechism, what do the words of the Nicene creed mean. They need to understand their religion, because if they truly understood they would not leave the religion. Our religion has been watered down and even the mass. People don't understand what is going on in the mass. " I'm not getting anything out of it." Catholics need to be taught their religion and why we do what we do and take out things we shouldn't be doing at the mass. Time to stand up and be Catholic and understand what it means to be Catholic ( different from the rest). | Catechesis |
| 4060 | Trying to do away with the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 4061 | By not allowing Latin Mass within a parish. | TLM |
| 4062 | Closing the churches during the pandemic and no Mass during that time or Communion . | COVID |
| 4063 | Priesthood needs to be opened to women and married people. | Other |
| 4064 | The most harmful thing that has happened to affect people’s belief in the real presence was the closing down of our churches during COVID!!!!! Never in history had that ever happened. The deep Church got their way and now the price of “disbelief” is on their hands. Many Catholics have never returned to church for the reason they “guess they really don’t have to go to Church every Sunday”. The Church showed them that…… the Church denied us the Eucharist for weeks on end. The most necessary and needed gift in the world!. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4065 | Cowardly Bishops who do not fight against abortion and sexual misconduct. Pope Francis the woke Marxist communist. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership, Abortion, Modernism |
| 4066 | Our bishops gave in to public pressure to deny us the Eucharist during covid. How much can our shepherds believe in the presence? . | COVID, Leadership |
| 4067 | It is crystal clear to all in my area that the abuse problem by the Clergy safeguarding and hierarchy in the church is the major cause of the hemorrhage of souks. | Scandals |
| 4068 | Clear assertion by clergy and magisterium that the Catholic church is the ONLY church that offers Christ and salvation. | Ecumenism |
| 4069 | The clergy never mention the importance of suffering, mortal sin, purgatory or Hell and damnation. They have accepted the Protestant view we are all going to Heaven as long as we except Jesus as our Lord & Savior . | Homilies |
| 4070 | Because they never had a personal experience of the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. They have to have personal encounter with the Lord. Powerful teaching about the Eucharist will help them understand the truth and also , procession of the blessed sacrament during retreat will help them encounter Jesus and spend time in adoration . I personally experienced Jesus when I did all these things. | Devotions |
| 4071 | The attire of people at mass. Would we dress like this if we’re invited to visit the Queen or President. | Attire |
| 4072 | The failure of clergy to preach on the effects of sin separating us from God and the watering down of what constitutes a mortal sin . Today so much sin is explained away as the result of what others did to me that "made me commit that sin.". | Sin |
| 4073 | Failure of the Church to properly and swiftly respond to heterodox and heretical leftist ideologues, while simultaneously restricting the Latin Mass because of a minority group of loud activists. There needs to be swift justice on both sides, with a focus to bring back the Sacred, and limit idolizing liturgy. The divisions in the U.S. are deeply rooted in Protestant notion of individualism—couple this with the failure of priests and bishops to lead their sheep, instead becoming activists (left and right). . | TLM, Lack of Discipline, Leadership |
| 4074 | The Pastor always out on vacation and always in a hurry to emphasize the importance of the Eucharist. Being so lenient not to ruffle feathers of the congregation because he’s afraid of losing some parishioners. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 4075 | Not stating that this Is the body and blood of Christ and stating it is not a symbol. | Catechesis |
| 4076 | General catechesis about what the Church actually means by "real presence". | Catechesis |
| 4077 | Unknown. | Other |
| 4078 | Talking in church, parishioners not catechized about proper attire. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 4079 | Not kneeling during the Sanctus. Not praying the Anima Christi after receiving the Holy Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4080 | Lack of sound teaching from Pope Francis . | Leadership |
| 4081 | -changing Holy Days observation to Sunday -public processions on Corpus Christi (we need to worship together in public so that we will be ready to stand alone in witness should that become necessary). | Liturgical Calendar |
| 4082 | Catholic Education has been taken over by modernists. This includes Kindergarten to Universities and Colleges and Seminaries. | Modernism, Schools |
| 4083 | People’s attire at mass. Dressing in our Sunday best reminds us weekly that we are going to something important and special. | Attire |
| 4084 | I think that people are distracted in today's world and are not investing their time in learning and growing in the faith. | Silence/Distractions |
| 4085 | Lack of revenant celebration of the Mass since Vatican II and loss of faith by many priests celebrating the New Mass. Too many novel changes that lessened the sacredness of Holy Mass. | Reverence |
| 4086 | promotion of the idea that ALL religions are the same failure to teach on the objective evil of contraception and abortion failure to correct clergy, politicians, prominent people "i.e. Hollywood "stars," in addition to others failure to teach what Catholic marriage entails in its entirety: sacrifice and obedience to Catholic norms giving prominence to "social justice" issues while neglecting to teach about Our Lord, the saints, the beauty and necessity of Catholicism. | Ecumenism, Abortion, Modernism, Social Justice |
| 4087 | 1. This might be covered under Extraordinary ministers or casual attitude of the clergy, but is worth mentioning: The handling of sacred vessels and the monstrance by laity. Priests and laity have the attitude that it is no big deal to have the exposition/reposition of The Blessed Sacrament done by a woman or man. Also, exposing or reposing for any reason at any time. 2. Lack of education about adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, the graces it provides and the comfort it give Jesus. . | Liturgical Practice, Lukewarmness |
| 4088 | Spiritual instruction of the Eucharist, Spiritual worship of God, and silence in the church when others are praying before the Lord. | Silence/Distractions, Catechesis |
| 4089 | 1. Having a pope who wants to change the church radically...he admitted early that he might be the one who caused a great break in the church. 2. Having a majority of Cardinals and Bishops ignore the Pachamama heresy when the pope had people bow down in pagan adoration. 3. Cardinals and Bishops remaining silent when Francis issues damnable proclamations and kicks good clergy out of the church. 4. The USCCB being a completely worthless entity. | Persecuted Clergy, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership, Modernism |
| 4090 | lack of reverence due to the way people dress while attending Mass. such as wearing shorts and blue jeans to Mass. People don't dress up to attend Mass anymore, they think they are going to the movies or shopping!!!!!. | Attire |
| 4091 | Not only the lack of priest saying you must be in a state of Grace, which was mentioned in survey, but speaking firmly of what those sins are today that is seems as “okay” in society. | Sin |
| 4092 | 1) Catechizing the faithful about the reason and necessity to receive the Eucharist kneeling and directly on the tongue. 2) Emphasis on importance of frequent confession and making opportunities for confession more available. 3) Catechizing/sermons on the 4 last things and how frequent reception of the Eucharist in a state of grace is so important to our salvation. 3) Making prie dieus available in newer churches (w/o communion rails) at center front to receive Jesus on our knees. 4) Emphasis on modesty in dress at church when in His presence. | Confession, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 4093 | Loss of a sense of sin. Canonizing everyone who dies, stating they are in heaven at their funeral. | Sin |
| 4094 | Covid canceling mass and continuing with video mass and spiritual holy communion to the current time….therefore the message is going to mass every Sunday is unnecessary. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4095 | Respect in attitude and Dress in the Church. Men wearing Hats and Ladies improperly dressed receiving communion . Talking out loud making t had to pray,. | Attire |
| 4096 | The utter collapse of magisterial and moral teaching. Why in the world would people believe in Jesus' "Real Presence" if the (supposed) pope officially teaches that it's just fine for adulterers to go to communion? What a fraud. So, really, THE issue is the collapse of Catholic doctrinal & moral teaching, including by vast numbers of bishops who are de facto fans of the LGBT+ (the + includes pedophilia, you know) depravity, and even de facto supporters of mass, legalized child murder, via their "seamless garment" Phariseeism on abortion. In such a situation, the issue of the Real Presence is irrelevant, a spiritual hobby horse for the devoted few, since He -- regardless of his Presence in the Eucharist -- is defied, ignored, and betrayed by his bishops on such grave moral and doctrinal matters. Believe and act however you want, you're still Catholic -- that's what the bishops do! So how does his Real Presence make any -- real -- difference?. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Abortion, Modernism, Sin |
| 4097 | Consistent failures to adequately and effectively catechize parents and youth via CCD, PSR and the regular parish schools and high schools. | Catechesis |
| 4098 | Restriction of the traditional Latin Mass--and efforts on the part of some bishops (and the pope) to make people think there's something weird and backward about the traditional Mass. Thank you for doing this survey. Great questions!. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4099 | Lack of unity in the Church: Outspoken traditional priests being laicized while publicly scandalous priests not being addressed (other than child abuse). | Persecuted Clergy, Division |
| 4100 | Priests/EMs refusing to give Holy Communion to communicants who kneel and receive on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4101 | Failure to address immodest clothing at Mass. | Attire |
| 4102 | Lack of reverence degrades the laity's ability to have awe of the Eucharist -- and that ties into the lousy "music", homilies that focus on the priest himself, stunningly ugly churches, flippant liturgies, etc. | Music, Homilies, Beauty, Reverence |
| 4103 | Poor catechesis for decades. People who were students at Catholic schools (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s) are often the least educated on what Catholics actually believe especially in regards to the Eucharist. I was born in the 1980s and none of my friends who was "raised" Catholic and attended Catholic school knows the basic foundations of the Faith. Cultural impacts also play a role as people want to go along with what is "cool" and not standout from the crowd. This is in every age, but we have to teach people that living the Catholic faith is counter-cultural. You are going to be different than other people, including other devout non-Catholic Christians. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 4104 | Not teaching the Laity what is proper clothing to wear in Jesus’ presence. | Attire |
| 4105 | I use to teach CCD. The books used had Heresies in them. Priest not backing you up when you talk to Faith. I was canceled for actually teaching The faith. When I would complain about problems I saw and I was ignored. Sporting events would take precedence over charge CCD everything. The church is very inconsistent consistency teachers faith. There are so many problems I could go on and on., But it will make no difference nobody’s listening even the survey is going nowhere but at least you can’t say you haven’t been told therefore it falls on you for not doing your job. | Catechesis |
| 4106 | Catechesis programs. | Catechesis |
| 4107 | If we believe then we must act like we believe - kneeling as you enter the church, kneeling to receive Jesus if one can, no longer can we act like Protestants in an express line getting our food to go. THANKYOU for this beautiful experience of the encountering of Christ in such a beautiful and well planned gathering with so many believers. May the fruits be plentiful . Donna Bodin . | Living the Faith, Lex Orandi/Lex Credendi |
| 4108 | People no longer being required to receive the Eucharist kneeling and on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4109 | Failure to truthfully address the issues of the following 4 problems: 1. Political and current events that conflict with Church teachings. (i.e. FBI raids on Pro-life families; persecution against the Catholic Church and all faiths in China, Russia, North Korea, etc. 2. Accepting LGBTQXYZ heresy and resigning the truth to teaching the accepting of politically "correct" pronouns in "Catholic" education in our churches and schools so people who are going astray don't get their feelings hurt by telling the truth in faith and charity. 3. Immodest clothing in Church - especially at Mass. (The only priest I ever heard discuss this (and it was quite charitably done) was Abp. Chaput. 4. The wooden Crucifix is mightier than the wooden bat on Sunday mornings. Was it C.S. Lewis or Chesterton who said, "What is not useful eternally is eternally useless." Thank you for taking the time to create this survey. God Bless you for trying to preserve the Faith. Failure to include Baptisms within the context of the Mass while explaining the purpose of each of the sacramental oils and prayers being used and said. Failure to offer more classes after Confirmation to all teenagers as well as more adult education classes. . | Politics, LGBTQ+ Issues, Attire, Living the Faith |
| 4110 | Only Priests should touch the Lord. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4111 | overall societal decline in values, e.g. acceptance of divorce, abortion; media deception. So many principles/values that were formerly believed in have become open to discussion, open to everyone's opinion being valid, disregard of an absolute Truth in favor of truth being what a person wants it to be for himself. | Abortion, Modernism |
| 4112 | When the priest doesn’t allow the congregation to participate in the Liturgy of the Eucharist. “Blessed be God forever “. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4113 | Leaving mass. No respect to the Eucharist. People are socializing before leaving God’s house right in church. | Reverence |
| 4114 | Lower/working classes must work weekends. We must also try to work more hours. Some employers uprate people who work weekends and holidays. This extra $$ can allow the family to buy some nutritious food for the kids. | Other |
| 4115 | Explaining where in the Bible it states Jesus is the Eucharist. That way we as Catholics can understand and explain to others the real presence. | Catechesis |
| 4116 | The Sacrament of the Eucharist goes hand in hand with the Sacrament of Confession. The loss of feeling shame for our sins or recognizing the need for repentance has clouded our ability to see that we NEED the Eucharist and NEED forgiveness. | Confession |
| 4117 | Seeing a priest lack of honor, reverence, humility and love of Jesus in the Eucharist. | Reverence |
| 4118 | Attire at Mass. Bishop more interested in LGBTQRSTUV issues Closing Church during Covid Closing Church during a power outage . | LGBTQ+ Issues, COVID, Attire, Leadership |
| 4119 | No direction from priests concerning sacred silence before Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the tabernacle. Our Lord’s Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. The disastrous indifference to how people come dressed to church. Especially women dressed in clothing that hides nothing and young girls dressed as if they’re at the beach. Not one word. If they are offended that’s just tough for them. Dress modestly and appropriately or stand to be called out. In a general reprimand from the priest celebrating Holy Mass. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 4120 | Public priest refusal or rebuke for those who attempt to receive the Eucharist kneeling and/or on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4121 | Laity lack of knowledge and understanding about the presence of Christ in the Eucharist . | Catechesis |
| 4122 | This truth isn’t being taught . | Catechesis |
| 4123 | Communion rails should be installed in all churches. Traditional Latin Mass should be offered daily and Sunday in all churches. Alter girls should be eliminated in every Church. Extraordinary ministers should be eliminated in every Church. Confessions should be offered prior to the Latin mass in every Church. | Confession, TLM, Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception |
| 4124 | Dull, banal, and frankly ugly priestly vestments. It is not primarily a matter of aesthetics. Priestly vestments reflect the glory of God, especially when they are decorated with traditional Christian symbols: the cruciform pattern on both sides of the chasuble, and/or other prominent and beautiful Christian art. Also, bright liturgical colors instead of dull earth-tone colors, no symbols and those silly big ring-collars. Those wretched post-conciliar vestments tell us that there is nothing special going on at the altar (not the table). WE ARE NOT PROTESTANTS!!!!! Return to the pre-Bugnini Mass! . | Attire |
| 4125 | The scandal of granting thousands of annulments to divorced Catholics on a scale far outweighing the precedents since Canon Law changed in 1983. Giving Communion to Catholics who divorce...not calling Divorce a Sin and a Public Sin at all. The Bishops have betrayed the Catholic family. | Scandals, Sin, Leadership |
| 4126 | Lack of good Catholic schools, absence of Sisters. | Schools |
| 4127 | Accurate and adequate catechesis of children and young people. The faith takes root in the young. It need be provided by the parish and by parents. | Catechesis |
| 4128 | Materialism, enkephalins ideas, self importance, lack of Catholic religious foundation. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 4129 | Immodest attire of laity. Lax catechesis (couples living together before marriage, using contraception, etc.). These topics are never discussed. Clapping before, during or after mass. | Attire, Applause, Catechesis, Sin |
| 4130 | Confession should be offered before EVERY Mass! And bring back CONFESSIONALS which are a VISIBLE reminder of our need to confess regularly, but especially before receiving the Holy Eucharist! And where did all the beautiful statues go? Our Catholic churches look no different than Protestant churches now. | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 4131 | The way a priest treats the Eucharist during the Mass, Holy Hours, etc. matters. The priest's sense of reverence is conveyed to the congregation. | Reverence |
| 4132 | Lack of the use incense. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4133 | Immodest attire in church. | Attire |
| 4134 | Lack of fasting/abstinence on Fridays and lack of emphasis on Sabbath rest. | Living the Faith, Fasting |
| 4135 | People who love and participate in the TLM don't need a Eucharistic Congress. Their worship is perfection, guided by holy and devoted Priests. Bring back the TLM. You are hurting Catholics worldwide. | TLM |
| 4136 | The later removal of several of the original prayers and parts of the Mass that add to its beauty and emphasize the importance of the Mass and reverence for the Holy Eucharist. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4137 | The reverence in music played has been diminished to something you’d hear at a Protestant event or for “entertainment” purposes. This is not a circus or Las Vegas show. Priests are not here to entertain! If we want people to believe in the true presence of Christ then he needs to lead by showing reverence for our Lord. | Reverence, Music |
| 4138 | 24/7 access to almost anything you could do for pleasure. | Modernism |
| 4139 | Female altar servers . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4140 | Lack of biblical education and how the Eucharist is the fullness of the sacrifices in the old testament, and lack of education on the bodily nature of Catholicism (sign if the cross, kneeling, theology if the body, how all we do has an associated action with the body). | Catechesis |
| 4141 | The Novus Ordo Missae, the emphasis on the rights of man without reference to God, and the break with doctrine of pre Vatican II. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4142 | Not enough importance in continuing education to parishioners on the importance of the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 4143 | Poor catechesis and poor policing of religious education . | Catechesis |
| 4144 | The root cause is not mentioned: Satan's infiltration of Holy Mother Church by Freemasons, culminating in the bastardization of the greatest prayer God gave us, and the most efficacious means of our salvation: the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. By gutting the Mass, the enemy has gutted the proper worship of the Creator by the human creature. Moreover, the infiltration of communists and Freemasons in US seminaries has been well documented since the 1960's. As such, the clergy is infested with heretics, sodomites and pedophiles. Removing rails, facing the people, giving Communion in the hand -- these are effects, not causes, of the loss of faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament. | Priestly Formation, LGBTQ+ Issues, Eucharist Reception, Modernism |
| 4145 | communion in the hand, greatest. so much casualness and irreverence, truly an abomination. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4146 | The liturgy itself. It is done so poorly and not in line with Vatican II at all. Also a total lack of genuine beauty in our churches because of our parents and grandparents push towards community above all else. | Liturgical Practice, Community, Beauty |
| 4147 | That the bishops and priests do not actively defend the faith. When the laity wanted the bishops to grant members of the laity letters excusing them on religious grounds exemptions from vaccines regarding the Covid vaccine shots most are "undecided". | COVID, Leadership |
| 4148 | music during the time Holy communion is given, it distracts from ability to converse with God . | Silence/Distractions, Music |
| 4149 | The priests, Nuns, Brothers and Bishops were the ones who kept the Faith and the consequences of sin known to the known to flock in an earlier era. Now the tolerate, or even appreciate, the promotion of mortal sin in society and even during Mass. They just gave up for the 30 pieces of silver that is access to government funds and tax breaks and access to the political class at the expense of souls. It's a harsh assessment for the harsh reality we are in. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4150 | We must kneel and receive on the tongue. Confession offered before mass. | Confession, Eucharist Reception |
| 4151 | Catechesis on heaven and hell, and the sacrament of confession. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 4152 | Feminism in the form of altar girls, "worship leaders", lectors, committee heads, feelings instead of truth, etc., etc. has completely driven young men away from the Church. They don't want to attend a women's club full of ladies and gay men who sing along to "My Little Pony" tunes. It's pathetic. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4153 | Our Pope. | Leadership |
| 4154 | You never, ever admit homosexuals into the seminary to become ordained deacons or priests. NEVER!!!. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 4155 | The laity's lack of reverence to their priests and bishops when in their presence. (Fr. JOE instead of Fr. Smith, no longer kissing Bishop's/Pope's ring. Priest's greeting people in the pews during processional and recessional as well as during the sign of peace. | Sign of Peace, Reverence, Leadership |
| 4156 | The total breakdown of proper teaching of the Catholic faith to the laity. We have a couple of generations of Catholics who do not know the church true teaching, and are cultural Catholics. We must reach these latitude. The internet is helping allot to reach the people. . | Catechesis |
| 4157 | Turning the Mass into a banquet and deemphasizing the Holy Sacrifice. Also using protestant praise and worship music instead of heavenly chant. | Meal vs Sacrifice, Music |
| 4158 | Church being used as a “NGO” in the immigration crises in the USA. This is not charity it is against the will of the population of America. The Church is universal but the USA is not!. | Modernism |
| 4159 | Lack of advertising results of these issues . | Other |
| 4160 | Gregorian music and choir, Prayers of the Mass in Latin, teaching the faith through the sermons, being on time for Mass, teaching you must genuflect towards God in His tabernacle when you enter the pew, silence in Church (no socializing inside), No clapping, more use of Eucharistic Prayer Number 1, ladies' heads covered, appropriate clothing to be worn by all as fit for our King. Reverence, Reverence, Reverence in all we do in the presence of Our Lord. | Silence/Distractions, Homilies, Attire, Applause, Reverence |
| 4161 | Lack of seriousness and reverence in the Novus Ordo, weak homilies ( & priests who start their homilies with jokes). | Homilies, Reverence |
| 4162 | I believe people pushing an agenda on what THEY think is best. The divide is what the devil wants. Unity is what the devil does NOT want! We have to come together and realize that if you receive by hand, tongue, standing or kneeling, if there is female or male servers not of it matters. What matters is that the Eucharist is our Lord! And we have to foster the feeling of what happens when we understand. The more we judge the more we push a personal agenda the more we take away from the alter and the sacrifice of the mass. Unity has to be the answer. Eucharist has to be the focus. As long as someone is in a state of grace (needs to be taught) the priest is following the rubric, and we are aware of the presence then we carry our Lord into the world. | Division, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Worthy Reception |
| 4163 | Keeping the altar sacred. No laity on the altar. Bring back the rails. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 4164 | It was touched on but clearly the handling of our Lord by unconsecrated hands shows a disrespect for our God in the host! As a child I was taught that only the consecrated fingers of a priest could touch the host, and now everyone and anyone has that privilege? Jesus is treated as a cracker!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4165 | Failure to teach more from the pulpit about why the Church teaches what She does regarding the life issues. | Homilies |
| 4166 | The lack of chastising so called Catholic Political leaders who openly support Abortion up to and including the moment of birth. The Pope was in DC during the "March for Life" and did NOT attend. Disgraceful !!. | Abortion, Canon 915, Leadership |
| 4167 | The sense that all religions are equal. Catholics do not understand what makes us different. | Ecumenism |
| 4168 | Ecumenism with other non Catholic Churches, pagans, etc. Clergy who believe" niceness" Trump's truth. Loss of the truth that sin and evil exist in the world. Non Catholic teachings and rituals infiltrating the Church. Pope Francis' Pontificate. | Ecumenism |
| 4169 | Failure on the clergy to frequently include the Eucharist in homilies, stressing that This truly is Jesus Christ. | Homilies |
| 4170 | Lex Orendi, Lex Credendi. | Lex Orandi/Lex Credendi |
| 4171 | Having laity lectors, Eucharistic ministers and allowing anyone up on altar as Sacratists. | Liturgical Practice, Extraordinary Ministers |
| 4172 | Not teaching from the Catechism from the pulpit and watered down sermons because of fear of losing money. | Homilies, Fear/Cowardness |
| 4173 | The church should make sense of the OT in light of historical and archeological discoveries. All the symbols are drawn from the OT including events that never occurred and people who never existed,. | Catechesis |
| 4174 | Lack of Catechesis for the laity. Lack of teaching devotions. Lack of Marian consecration. | Catechesis, Devotions |
| 4175 | Secularization and protestantization of the message of the Church from the hierarchy. The whole "synod on synodality", confusing messages from Francis. A general sense that it doesn't matter which religion you believe in, that everyone basically goes to heaven. | Modernism, Ecumenism, Leadership |
| 4176 | Dressing immodestly, not covering for women’s head, gossiping, eating and looking at cell phones. No silence after Mass gathering outside the church. Priests coming down from the alter and shaking hands and dressing in clown outfits, dancing with Altar Servers at the foot of the altars, putting out rainbow flags in support of sodoming. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Liturgical Practice, Attire, Reverence |
| 4177 | There needs to be an emphasis on Church doctrine and discipline in upholding Catholic Truth. . | Catechesis |
| 4178 | Appropriate clothing attire. Especially that of women dressing inappropriately/immodestly and men wearing t-shirts and shorts. There should be a dress code. | Attire |
| 4179 | Priests behaving like the rest of the world. The Pope's hatred of sacred tradition and the Mass of the ages. Destroying entire faith communities of the most faithful to the magisterium. Bishops behaving as corporate, company men! Closing the Churches during COVID as "non-essential"!!! Bending to the modernists in the pews instead of correcting them in charity! . | Modernism, COVID, Leadership |
| 4180 | The bishops transferring major feasts to Sundays absolving the requirement for Holy Days of Obligation . | Liturgical Calendar, Leadership |
| 4181 | Not chastising/excommunicating public officials who advocate abortion. Synods are ineffective. Being soft on same sex sins. Lack of modesty from both men and women in church. Women no longer covering head with veil, hats. Stop lay people from lifting hands imitating the priest in orans. Stop sign of peace after the Lord’s Prayer. Stop bringing up the offerings. Bring back altar rails. More veneration of the Virgin Mary . Bring back the old church calendar. Observe feast days on their days not the closest Sunday. Offer confession before Masses. My church doesn’t have adequate time for confession. | Liturgical Calendar, Liturgical Practice, Sign of Peace, LGBTQ+ Issues, Abortion, Attire, Catechesis, Availability/Access, Canon 915, Sin |
| 4182 | What is written in the bible that Christ himself said about the his flesh and blood as food. | Catechesis |
| 4183 | The same Marxist ideology that is in the world is in the Church. Climate change and the normalization of homosexuality has replaced getting us to heaven. | Modernism |
| 4184 | This has supposedly been stopped, however, lay woman were making the wafers and during a new parishioner meeting let everyone know they were putting honey in with the wheat and water. I pointed out Matter, Form and Intent and she had no clue. I asked her to speak with the pastor about what she was doing. My sister who lives in another state is tasting what she believes is sugar in the wafers. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4185 | Poor Catechesis of the laity. My husband and I taught pre Cana classes to newly engaged couples. I learned more about what the church taught and why regarding sexuality in this class. If this was taught in high school maybe less young people would be living together in sin. | Sin, Catechesis |
| 4186 | Announcements during and after mass, personal information from priest at end of mass before final blessing, basically many things that take the focus off of Jesus and our participation in His sacrifice at mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4187 | No teaching on Hell and spiritual warfare and the holiness of the altar. | Homilies |
| 4188 | False ecumenism...Pachamama right in front of the so called Pope with clergy present. It is like spitting in Jesus face. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Not P M, not Buddha, not Mohammed, etc. | Modernism, Ecumenism |
| 4189 | A very thorough explanation of the importance for a regular and proper examination of conscience and also the need for regular but not frequent confession to a priest. Preferably from the priest at the pulpit on Sunday. We could then benefit from receiving Our Lord in the Eucharist so much more. | Confession, Sin |
| 4190 | Confession should be offered everyday 15 minutes before mass. Confession must be a priority. Music often is sung when silence and reflection is best after communion. | Confession |
| 4191 | The Church building is NOT a community center to talk about vacations, golf, etc. it seems we are but should not follow the Protestant non-denominational setting. When we had my mother and father’s funerals, the tabernacle was not front center and it made me feel like our Lord was not there. Much like a wedding at the beach. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4192 | Allowing divorced/remarried couples to receive The Most Holy Eucharist. | Sin |
| 4193 | Lack of reverence & a rushed Mass. Prayers said hurriedly without thought of what is being prayed. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4194 | Interior decor, architectural elements not defining the beauty of the liturgy. | Beauty |
| 4195 | False ecumenism and relativism with regards to salvation. | Ecumenism |
| 4196 | Giving the Eucharist to Politicians after their local Bishop has publicly excluded the politician due to official actions taken contrary to Catholic doctrine. | Canon 915, Leadership |
| 4197 | The priest’s own public witness of reverence before the Eucharist is paramount. | Public Witness |
| 4198 | Generally ignoring the transcendent. Two small examples: during the creed, the old mass genuflect at "became man". The new mass is a slight head nod. similarly, in the old right a priestly blessing is received kneeling. In the new right, standing. | Reverence |
| 4199 | Attempted suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 4200 | Children need to learn the faith from The Baltimore Catechism Only! We need exorcisms in the mass. | Catechesis |
| 4201 | Very little focus on the supernatural. Americans tend to be swayed by what they can see or hear. They don’t even consider there is a supernatural because a few priests mention it. I converted in 2005. I didn’t hear about the supernatural until 2018 when a new young priest was installed at my parish. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 4202 | Poor catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 4203 | The importance of the parents to educate their children in the Catholic faith. | Family, Catechesis |
| 4204 | Getting rid of communion rails, kneeling while receiving . | Eucharist Reception |
| 4205 | Sometimes people place too much emphasis on the homily instead of the Eucharist. | Homilies |
| 4206 | Vatican 2 was a separation from the dogmatic teachings of the faith. The Novus Ordo is proximate to heresy in many ways and is a Protestantized rite. | Vatican II, Liturgical Practice |
| 4207 | not offering confession more than once a week. It's one thing to emphasize the importance of being in a state of grace when receiving the Eucharist; but if the sacrament of reconciliation isn't offered with a frequency that emphasizes it's importance, the message is weakened. | Confession, Sin |
| 4208 | Honestly, though the new liturgy is perfectly valid and can still be offered in a manner pleasing to God, it does not have the prayers, the built-in reverence, and the built-in sense of mystery and transcendence of the pre-'69 (or '55 for Holy Week) liturgy, which formed so many saints for over a thousand years. It was a mature, organic development over the course of centuries, and it was replaced in a couple of years by a single committee. Letting priests and congregations return to the old liturgy as they feel the call is key to evangelizing the Catholics in the pews and the people on the streets. | Liturgical Practice, TLM, Evangelization |
| 4209 | Modesty in dress for men and women. | Attire |
| 4210 | General lack of reverence. | Reverence |
| 4211 | Not providing enough time during the week or before mass for confession . | Confession, Availability/Access |
| 4212 | Eucharistic adoration, benediction . | Devotions |
| 4213 | A widespread belief in evolution that makes the fall of man some metaphor maybe taking place at vague some point where monkeys turn into humans and…what, get too smart? What’s the sin exactly? It’s not clear, with no Adam and Eve, no tempter etc. If man and woman were not literally created in an elevated unfallen state, a single man and woman, and then tempted and fell — the rest of salvation history is not that critical, or supernatural. If we are evolutionary accidents, or creation was made by God in a state of violent competition and brutality, then why is man special, and isn’t God the very author of pain and sin? It leads to all sorts of heresy and materialistic mindsets where the Eucharist is another metaphor, the need for the incarnation is unclear, our redemption is not a critical, and the supernatural is an uncomfortable proposition. To sum up - an evolutionary materialistic mindset of modern society destroys belief in the supernatural. | Modernism |
| 4214 | Lack of catechism teaching on the faith. Irreverence during Mass like clapping. Socializing in church before and after Mass. | Silence/Distractions, Applause, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 4215 | Acceptance of poor mass attire. | Attire |
| 4216 | Women doing most of the readings. Eucharist in the hands. Priest not proceeding up the aisle behind the crucifix. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 4217 | Lack of reverence when entering church. Talking and socializing inside should not be ok. People need to be reminded that Jesus is in the tabernacle and should be respected with quiet and prayer. The so called fellowship can be and should be conducted outside of the sanctuary. Sometimes our Catholic Church is very difficult to go and pray in silence anymore with no distractions. It is not an entertainment center. Like Cardinal Sarah says “There is power in silence.”. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 4218 | Clergy endorsing controversial social or political topics in homilies and Mass intentions/prayers of faithful. Endorsing Catholic Social Justice initiatives. Asking for $$ for Bishop’s appeals when we know diocesan tithing in part supports trafficking or international organizations that provide birth control and abortion services. | Scandals, Abortion, Modernism, Social Justice |
| 4219 | The lack of dress code. People feel that they come dressed in any way and there attitude becomes irreverent. | Attire |
| 4220 | Failure to encourage the faithful to receive the Sacrament of Penance regularly. Failure to instill in the faithful a sense of sin. Failure to catechize the faithful on what is gravely sinful. | Confession, Sin, Catechesis |
| 4221 | The failure to address the absurdity of female priests and the support of this idiotic idea among effeminate priests. | Modernism |
| 4222 | Priests and pastors failing to uphold modesty standards of dress in Mass and other sacraments. | Attire |
| 4223 | Failure to properly catechize the faithful and to bring the faith alive through the lives of the saints, devotions to saints, devotion to the immaculate heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus . | Devotions, Catechesis |
| 4224 | Receiving in the hand is irreverent . | Eucharist Reception |
| 4225 | Gregorian music is not played during the Mass. It has been replaced by upbeat contemporary music which seems like one is at a music concert and not at the sacred and holy Mass. | Music |
| 4226 | Restrictions on TLM. | TLM |
| 4227 | Lack of condemnation of so called Catholic sacred music publishing companies who promote composers over the faith. | Music |
| 4228 | Clergy does not speak enough on all the sins that will remove one being in a state of grace. | Homilies, Sin |
| 4229 | Lack of emphasis on Confession . | Confession |
| 4230 | Limited access to the Traditional Catholic Mass. | TLM |
| 4231 | The priests attitude and lack of reverence during the consecration. If they truly believe it is Jesus in the Eucharist, then they would handle the Eucharist with much more care and be an example to the laity on how reverent we need to be. | Lack of Faith, Reverence |
| 4232 | Taking away alter rails and allowing the Eucharist to be given in the hand. It should be banned. Minimizing the use of incense and bells. Not speaking enough about how essential it is to be going to confession regularly so that we may be in the state of grace to receive the Eucharist. Standing during the consecration rather than kneeling. The holding of hands during the Our Father. | Confession, Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 4233 | Restricting the Latin Mass. If the Eucharist in the Latin Mass is Jesus, why restrict it? . | TLM |
| 4234 | The abolition of the Old Rite was a terrible blunder. It made the pre-Vatican 2 church out to be an evil organization. | Vatican II, TLM |
| 4235 | The major changes caused by Vatican II. | Vatican II |
| 4236 | There is a lack of emphasis on the sacred as something set apart. We have assimilated secular culture (ironically in a age where “cultural appropriation/assimilation” is taboo.) and no longer have a place set apart from the world. Instead, the world is ever-present at the Mass. We turn to God not with our best, most beautiful offerings, but with a passing thought at best. There is no more transcendent mystery. Everything is too accessible and too familiar to inspire awe. Instead, we have a mess of poorly dressed, immodest, and uncaring people who long for objective truth and beauty but don’t know what that actually looks like. Sentimentality has replace the true, the good, and the beautiful. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 4237 | No laity on the altar!!. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4238 | Kneeling to receive the Eucharist. Something very reverential in that. ( I was born after V2, so have only experienced that a handful of times, but I think it is better than standing). | Eucharist Reception |
| 4239 | Stopping the use of sacred bells, consecration bells. Attire of lay faithful. | Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 4240 | The total capitulation of Catholic Culture over the last 70 years. | Modernism |
| 4241 | Severe limitation of and, in some dioceses (including mine), almost complete suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 4242 | We need priest and bishop adorers..who live lives of penance and conversion. From deep prayer and worship .. the clergy goes forth to serve in every possible way. There is no genuine community without each believer first committing to relationship with Christ. Community comes from Communion with Jesus. We need to see our priests and shepherds learning Wisdom of the Cross on their knees....then genuinely in the trenches of all in need . They need to be humble and pure. Many need to keep studying good solid theology, the example of the saints, the desire to proclaim Jesus Crucified and Risen and His all giving love. All else will flow from that focus on uniting to the Lord and His Kenosis. Mary must be their model of faith and discipleship and also their Queen and Mother. | Living the Faith, Community, Leadership |
| 4243 | Poor catechism of the youth regarding the blessed sacrament and the sacrifice of the mass. | Catechesis |
| 4244 | Change the liturgy rite of the Mass after VII. | Vatican II, Liturgical Practice |
| 4245 | 1. Lack of ADORATION times 2. Lack of MARIAN Devotions - public rosaries and consecrations 3. Lack of CONFESSION times All three promote an increase in spiritual growth/grace which promotes a greater understanding of the Faith which naturally leads to greater devotion to Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist. | Devotions |
| 4246 | Emphasis on the Mass being a communal meal as opposed to a Sacrifice as the primary purpose of the Mass. A watering down of the content of the prayers that were in the Roman Rite prior to Vatican 2 Council . The removal of the Asperges and Judica Me Psalm 42 Prayers at the Foot of the Altar. | TLM, Liturgical Practice, Vatican II, Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 4247 | In some parishes the time prior to Mass many faithful use it as an opportunity to chat (sometimes loudly) with others. I've done this myself sometimes. Also modest and suitable dress is often lacking. Flip flops on feet, shorts, collarless shirts, sleeveless tops, etc. Pastors should regularly remind Mass-goers of the proper dress and decorum (and why). | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 4248 | Failure to catechize the faithful on the literal meaning of John 6. Reading announcements between the distribution of Holy Communion and the final communion prayer. | Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 4249 | In teaching regarding the Eucharist (catechesis of all types) the Eucharist is "taught" as if it is something to be learned rather than shared as something to be believed. We treat these things as only the objective that we "have to believe" to be Catholic rather than the fact of the matter as well as the fact and that we are blessed, privileged, chosen, and given the opportunity to be able to believe truly and approach our Lord in his Glorious Humility. It's more than just a fact of our faith but a daily Miracle that we take for granted at every turn. (reference St Peter Julian Eymard and his writings on the Eucharistic Lord). | Catechesis |
| 4250 | Poor catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 4251 | Most unaware six Protestants helped form New Mass, and Satan’s divine mercy chaplet & fake image (Mt 24:24) now popular; millions replace for rosary; private revelations not infallible; Crucifix often not centered or even present . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4252 | Lack of truth of the teaching of the gospel. Watering down the teaching of the faith. | Modernism |
| 4253 | Clergy not believing . | Lack of Faith |
| 4254 | Lukewarmness. Failure to catechize children on real presence. Trying to be a feel good church. | Lack of Faith, Lukewarmness, Catechesis |
| 4255 | Both species communication . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4256 | The dearth of Traditional Latin Masses because the TLM is more theocentric than the NO Mass. I find NO Masses with guitars and a groovy vibe particularly Protestant in nature. | TLM, Music |
| 4257 | Pope and Vatican’s attitude, behavior and destruction of the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4258 | preparation for 1st Holy Communion filled with retreats, art projects, crafts, and cartoons instead of cultivating a love for inspiring saints, Adoration, Holy Hours, the Rosary, and holy silence. Children are capable of more love and devotion to God than they are given credit for. | Devotions, Silence/Distractions, Catechesis |
| 4259 | We are not to conform to the ways of the world. We are a peculiar people bound together by our Eucharistic Lord. This is not taught successfully. Many people do not really know Jesus, so the Eucharist means little to them. | Modernism |
| 4260 | An increasingly secular worldview of relativism promoted in our schools, and universities that make the young skeptical of their faith. | Modernism |
| 4261 | • Priests, teachers + personnel should encourage respectful, modest, non-distracting clothes and demeanor in church. • The faithful need to be educated about how to comport themselves in church + during Mass. How to make a complete Sign of the Cross, what postures are proper to priests alone, etc. ^These things are counter-cultural, and priests are often afraid to alienate people, but members of their flock are seeking clear + kind guidance, and church is not like any other place. We can no longer assume that these things are taught in school or even at home. Doing them together creates a sense of community & security. | Fear/Cowardness, Attire, Catechesis, Community |
| 4262 | Treating the Holy Sacrifice as a spectacle. Priests acting like mercenaries when it comes to the sacraments. The lay faithful treating the priests like social workers. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4263 | Few people kneel during the Canon on the hard floor when not provided a kneeler. Perhaps it’s more of a symptom but children see this and don’t see what the big deal is because adults fail to show devotion. | Reverence |
| 4264 | Where the people emulate the priest with their actions instead of keeping their hands folded in prayer. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4265 | Changing the mass in 1970. The new mass has changed most of the prayers in the missal. It has removed important prayers and inserted the Jewish table blessing. They removed important parts of the consecration prayer, making it a narrative. They created the memorial acclamation, Which was never in the old mass. The prayers of the faithful was never in the daily mass or Sunday mass, and should be removed. The people bringing up the gifts is a Vatican 2 invention. Give the power back to the priest, and let the layette stay in the pews and let the laity stay in the pews and pray. Remove the laity from the church councils. Give us BACK our nuns in habits in our schools! Remove the lay teachers from our Catholic schools, and they families will return to Mass!. | Vatican II, TLM |
| 4266 | Distribution of Holy Communion at massive gatherings out of plastic bowls, etc. This should never be allowed. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4267 | Secularization of the clergy Loss of reverence in the liturgy Loss of reverence for saints Loss of sacred iconography Loss of catechesis of children. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 4268 | The increasing difficulty in finding the Traditional Mass. The removal of rubrics, especially holding together thumb and forefinger after Consecration, which show the seriousness of our belief. The abandonment of the paten in most churches. | TLM, Liturgical Practice |
| 4269 | Failure to distinguish ourselves from Protestant denominations. | Ecumenism |
| 4270 | Clergy speeding through the words of consecration. | Reverence |
| 4271 | The abandoning of the traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 4272 | Use of Paten to catch particles of the Eucharist Kneeling while receiving Our Lord Incense during Mass. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 4273 | This was an announced concern right before Covid lock-downs, and rightly so. However: The Church went (in the span of a week) from: "The laity MUST GO TO MASS TO RECEIVE OUR LORD," to: "Never mind! We're locking our doors, and a magical YouTube service is all you need!" It was/is catastrophically counter catechetical...and improperly fed lukewarm Catholics and the faithful alike. I challenge anyone to name one saint that would have locked Church doors or dissuaded the laity from receiving our Lord. | Leadership, COVID, Lukewarmness |
| 4274 | Failure to offer the Latin Mass of St Pius V in parish churches. | TLM |
| 4275 | Restrictions of the Latin Mass in most US Dioceses and Archdioceses. In our local TLM the reverence is what won people over first. Also the attendees of the TLM have a difficult time going back to the Novus Ordo because it absolutely looks like a different religion. I have been to High Church Lutheran and Episcopalian Services that are more reverent than all of my local Novus Ordo’s put together. | TLM |
| 4276 | Lack of instilling proper respect for Jesus’s presence, body, blood, soul and divinity in the Eucharist. His constant presence in the tabernacle. Not teaching the faithful that proper attire and decorum are essential when in church and at holy mass. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 4277 | The behavior of those most prominently associated with the Eucharist belies the real presence more powerfully than any teaching. In local parishes the divisions and lack of outreach preach powerfully and against the real presence. If hearts aren’t changed for service to those we would exclude, where is Jesus . | Liturgical Practice, Reverence |
| 4278 | Lay Eucharist ministers Altar girls People leaving right after communion . | Extraordinary Ministers, Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 4279 | Closure of churches during the pandemic. | COVID |
| 4280 | When a person wants to receive communion and the priest knows they shouldn’t Allow it. Re: Joe Biden who wants to make abortion the law of the land. | Abortion, Canon 915 |
| 4281 | Catholic schools need to be Catholic again The whole of the Catholic faith needs to be taught in order to uphold the doctrine on the Blessed Sacrament . | Schools |
| 4282 | Puplic dismissal of the Latin Mass. It should be allowed as an option. | TLM |
| 4283 | Failure to lead during COVID. While in LA California- We were not able go to communion, Mass, confession. Either we believe in Gods intercession or we don’t . | COVID, Leadership |
| 4284 | No catechizing of all ages esp. the younger. Many do not even understand mortal sin anymore. No strong sermons on right and wrong .Period. No schedule held to for confessions: making an appointment does not work!. | Confession, Homilies, Availability/Access, Catechesis |
| 4285 | Generations of faithful Catholics and saints have come from using the Traditional Latin Mass. That is a fact. The Novus Ordo Mass is the real reason why clergy and laity are having a hard time with all the subjects listed in this survey. | TLM |
| 4286 | It is very obvious that the focus of NO Mass is on the Priest and not the Eucharist as is in the TLM. The faithful should genuflect when the Crucifix passes by on entering and exiting the nave. Saying to yourself the proper responses to the elevation of the Host and the Chalice. Stop the practice of anyone handling the Chalice or Ciborium at NO masses, except the priest. . | Extraordinary Ministers, Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 4287 | Concelebration of mass, multiple Alter Christus celebrating mass; like an absurd sci fi stage play. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4288 | Changing or modernized wording of Baptism and other Sacraments. | Modernism |
| 4289 | The Novus Ordo Mass. It should be abolished. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4290 | Changing to Novus ORDO Mass with focus on the people and much less focus on God. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4291 | Lack of clergy belief in real presence and their behavior towards and around the Eucharist. Lack of kneeling and receiving on the tongue. | Lack of Faith, Eucharist Reception |
| 4292 | Fail to wear proper attire when in Church. | Attire |
| 4293 | Leave priests to do priests things. Lay people to do lay people things. | Priestly Duties |
| 4294 | Lack of houseling cloth over altar rail, and/or Communion plate held beneath chin (or hands). Related: lack of veil over tabernacle and other sacred vessels. Veils reveal. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4295 | Sloppy, casual celebration of the Novus Ordo. Use os Extraordinary Ministers. | Extraordinary Ministers, Attire |
| 4296 | Many churches no longer ring the tabernacle bell so people kneel. Similarly, standing during the Agnus Dei is contrary to the teaching we should kneel when the tabernacle is open. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4297 | Incorrect catechesis by CCD teachers. | Catechesis |
| 4298 | Allowing everyone and anyone to open and close the tabernacle. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4299 | Homilies that are to long and do not relate to the readings. Homilies that are about money donations vs speaking and relating the message of the gospel about Jesus. Lack of feeling like the priest are not spiritual, lack of priest preaching on Eucharist miracles of the past. There should not be preaching in putting money in the basket. Also, updated music is very important to grow the faith of the people, especially young people. Also, music ministers that can actually sing. My parish priest is very spiritual, believes in all miracles of today and in the past. Never passes The money basket In church, and has built a new parish, with an adoration chapel, and now has built a school. Never once asked for money from the pulpit. He trusted it would come. And God provided through faith in trusting that God knew the need of the parish. Prayer! Kids need to go to mass daily, they need to not be off on Holy days, and spiritual development needs to happen for all Catholics. I’m in the Encounter ministry, it is given me a complete understanding of my faith, complete love of Jesus and His sacrifice. And a deeper love of the Eucharist. Catholics should have this teaching vs the CC of the catholic faith. | Homilies |
| 4300 | Lack of confession times. Lack of perpetual adoration chapels. | Confession, Availability/Access, Devotions |
| 4301 | Bad homilies, the clothes women are wearing (not all) are vulgar. Priest are silent. | Homilies, Attire |
| 4302 | Failure on the part of the laity to live out Christ’s mission of charity to all. | Living the Faith |
| 4303 | Confusion around sexuality, Vatican II, uberultramontanism, loss of monasteries and religious. | Modernism |
| 4304 | Failure to teach the Eucharist is actually the body of Christ and literally is our God. | Catechesis |
| 4305 | Baptism during mass. Marriage during mass. Both times people are taking pictures instead of focusing on the mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4306 | The Novus Ordo Mass was designed to destroy the faith. You cannot make reverent an anthropocentric liturgy. They KNOW communion in the hand was designed to destroy specifically the faith in the real presence. The NO mass is illicit. The council of Trent says the Mass is the same sacrifice on Calvary which forgives even heinous sins. Session 22 chapter 2. Aquinas also teaches this, and the introduction in the Fr Lassance Missal makes it clear this is the correct understanding of the Council on the Mass. So when the Church teaches that you must have Confession for Mortal sins because the NO mass does not forgive mortal sins, they are telling the truth. So WHY go to a NO mass AT ALL? the NO mass is the last supper. The last supper did not defeat sin and death. The cross did. And the TLM is the sacrifice of Calvary. The NO MUST be abolished. | Confession, Liturgical Practice |
| 4307 | Lack of proper catechism for children and youth. Waiting until children are 13 or so to be confirmed— it should all happen at first communion when children are open and ready to commit to God. Waiting makes it feel like a box to be checked, . | Catechesis |
| 4308 | I personally think it’s important for all to know Christ and have him in our hearts but I truly think we of course should have the congregation say a repentance prayer before communion with silence. Then ask to come receive communion. I think Jesus would want all of us to receive him and not reject those who didn’t make it to confession. I do think we all can confess directly to God through Jesus forgiveness of sins when he died on the cross. We are all sinners even after we leave the confessional. I also think you Lost many parishioners when you closed the churches for covid…. You taught the people you were afraid to die and never fought back. Many decided if you can watch it on tv for a lockdown than why attend church now. Catholic church Messed up by closing down and mandating mask wearing. Now people don't even want to shake hands. Just my opinion from what I’ve seen and heard. Thank you. | Confession, Fear/Cowardness, COVID, Leadership |
| 4309 | In my archdiocese, we rarely see the chalice veiled. The priests rarely cleanse the vessels at the altar. The remaining particles of the Blessed Sacrament are placed on the credenza table to be cleansed after Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4310 | This may combine a couple of your questions, but singing during the reception of communion and following leaves no opportunity for reflection and thanksgiving prayer. | Silence/Distractions |
| 4311 | ecumenism where teachings of the Church are watered down in order to not offend non Catholics. | Ecumenism |
| 4312 | Lack of education about the Real Presence Lack of religious education on all things Catholic. | Catechesis |
| 4313 | Fathers in the home not making it a priority to educate their children on the real presence in the Eucharist and being the example at mass for complete reverence to the Eucharist . | Family |
| 4314 | No emphasis on beauty in liturgical music or furnishings for the church buildings. Asking people to remain silence when they come into His presence Maybe you did mention these!. | Beauty |
| 4315 | 'Sign of Peace' at NO masses should be removed. | Sign of Peace |
| 4316 | Novus Ordo. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4317 | My firm belief is that once lay Eucharistic ministers were ‘installed,’ the priestly vocation LOST its credibility and significance. When the priest stopped facing the altar as a LEADER of the people who offers the sacrifice—in Persona Christi!, he lost his position of importance again. And lastly, but not least, when lay Catholics were allowed to receive Communion on the hand—when only the priest whose hands are concentrated was allowed to be the only one to touch the Sacred Eucharist!—the Eucharist was diminished to the status of ‘bread at a meal.’. | Meal vs Sacrifice, Extraordinary Ministers, Leadership |
| 4318 | The consecration being done like a narrative leaves a lot to be desired. The gift of the priesthood when done with the full mindset of the Church is a most intimate action of Love that could ever be witnessed with the eyes of our humanity. The gift of the priesthood which brings love to life because that was ordered by Christ Himself! To speak over the host with the most sincerest of hearts calling the very Life of Christ to become our living food! W gift to us that we might not fully grasp but that we witness in the reverence and sincerity of our Priests who act in the person of Christ Himself! True Love does not need many words But it definitely lacks something when there is no belief or sincerity put forth in its desires and actions . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4319 | The Protestant Novus Ordo religion created by Vatican II is not the true faith. None of the clergy installed after the change in Holy Orders and the rite of consecrating a bishop are valid! . | Vatican II, Leadership |
| 4320 | That Jesus is PRESENT during the celebration of the mass, especially during the elevation of the "body and blood" of Jesus being changed from bread and water. | Catechesis |
| 4321 | The Novus Ordo is a failed experiment. We can skirt around the issue by talking about altar rails, use of Latin and reception in the hand and distribution by lay people, but the heart of all of these issues is the change to the Novus Ordo. ALL of these issues go away in the Extraordinary Form. I would also include no longer using incense has had an effect as well. | TLM, Liturgical Practice |
| 4322 | Both men and women wearing shorts to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. I only know of only one parish priest near where I live who has a sign forbidding shorts or jeans with holes in them. | Attire |
| 4323 | General lack of caring about anything that doesn’t directly affect ME NOW. | Modernism |
| 4324 | Becoming a Catholic seven years ago opened my eyes to the essential Tradition (capital T) handed down from the time of the apostles that should be cherished, however the Pope’s open contempt for the people who cherish Tradition to the point of persecution with almost none of the Bishops supporting Tradition has brought me to tears when sacraments were taken away. The old rites are the glory and fullness of the faith, your “new order” experiment has failed and resulted in untold numbers of souls falling into hell, now return to the old rites. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4325 | Distrust of the hierarchy of the church, especially the pope. | Leadership |
| 4326 | Bishops out of touch with the faithful. Heretical bishops. Hatred towards traditional Catholics. Banning the Latin Mass. Persecution of faithful Catholics from the hierarchy. Canceling faithful priests. Promotion of hierarchy who dissent from Catholic teaching. | Persecuted Clergy, TLM, Leadership, Modernism |
| 4327 | At my last parish the Priest would not allow NO on prop one(CA)signs up like surrounding parishes had, too afraid of liberal parishioners. Sometimes too much authority, gives way to their own agenda. No, Divine Image displayed as well. 2. It starts when kids are young and education to parents, I think "The fourth cup" by Dr. Scott Hanh should be mandatory showings at all parishes. | Fear/Cowardness, Catechesis |
| 4328 | Failure to remind laity to go to Confession on a regular basis and to inform them that the prerequisite of being in a State of Grace before receiving Holy Communion means no mortal sins. The priest then needs to state specific examples of mortal sins vs. venial sins. Many occasional Mass-goers have no idea about the seriousness of their sins because in my opinion, we have a pope who seems to agree with the world that Satan does not exist and that God is merciful to the point one can sin all they want and still receive Holy Communion and go to Heaven without contrition and penance. | Confession, Sin |
| 4329 | poor catechesis in schools, watering down the faith. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 4330 | Piety in Priest after Mass, Priest making confession available before and during Mass, the practice of austere and perfection of life vs giving in to food, drinking, secular activities, and worldly entertainment. | Confession, Reverence |
| 4331 | The church has not stayed current with population & people are leaving to receive God in a more relaxed, social environment. | Modernism |
| 4332 | I believe that at EVERY mass or liturgy where the Eucharist is being offered, the priest should have to remind EVERYONE of 1 Corinthians where St. Paul warns if one receives the body and blood unworthily, he eats and drinks condemnation upon himself. Catholics MUST KNOW what is the state of grace and what is not. And we should be reminded at every mass. Not just weddings and funerals when the people in church are not regular mass goers…honestly, I’ve been there when that explanation is completely skipped… Very sad. | Sin |
| 4333 | Teaching on the wisdom of the Holy Spirit and encouraging people to have a relationship with the Holy Spirit so they can encounter God on personal that in result will help people know the power of the true presence . | Catechesis |
| 4334 | Acceptance of inappropriate attire in churches. Ex. Immodest, shorts, and t-shirts, casual etc. | Attire |
| 4335 | Silence from the Vatican and bishops about liturgical abuses. | Leadership |
| 4336 | Silence and socializing was mentioned, but I would add instructing and reminding the congregation of maintaining silence and reverence in the nave. Especially whenever a red candle is lit next to the tabernacle. Also genuflecting before whenever passing the center aisle and entering/leaving the pew. Also no Eucharistic ministers allowed to open the tabernacle. | Silence/Distractions |
| 4337 | Offering a Eucharist Revival at such a high cost with expectation that people will pay the price to see Jesus. Jesus is NOT something that can be bought. The USCCB by promoting such a congress without allowing more people to attend is causing and wreaking havoc. It was beautiful and I watched online, but the cost was astronomical for people with children and those lay faithful who have little to no money. You made it a money thing. Bishops need to be the FIRST to put their money where their mouth is. Also — CSA campaigns. Ludicrous. We all need to be equal. Figure it out and do away with them so your faithful don’t feel so strapped for cash. We know you have the money. Make it available. | Leadership |
| 4338 | Total lack of catechetical direction in religious education. Our own priests don’t believe in the True Presence. | Lack of Faith, Catechesis |
| 4339 | Little to no participation in formation after 1st Holy Communion and confirmation. Many adults have not continued their own growth in Faith either. We are all lacking knowledge and understanding at an adult level of thinking . | Catechesis |
| 4340 | Failure of clergy to condemn improper dress and conduct during the holy Mass. | Attire |
| 4341 | Closing churches for ANY reason! If you believe God is TRULY PRESENT in the tabernacle and Blessed Sacrament that door should never be locked and the church should never be empty. May God have mercy on the souls of ALL who kept HIM from His people who begged for HIM. | COVID |
| 4342 | The attacks on and removals of the Latin Mass. The removal of traditionalist clergy who disagree with decisions coming out of Rome. The "Protestantation" of Masses and churches. | TLM |
| 4343 | Kneeling at the Communion rail is so important. Other countries still do this. The council never said to take the rail away. Also it is very important that ones Pastor believes in the Real Presence. It's also very important to have a Pastor who is a Father to his Parish family. Our diocese is forming Pastorates and has our Priests running two big parishes. Feels like a stepfather. Big error. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4344 | Dressing for God at Mass. You are going to be receiving Him, your Savior, His Body and Blood will enter yours and He will become one with you. How can you come in shorts or a short dress that is a distraction to the miracle that is occurring. | Attire |
| 4345 | Encourage people to attend the Latin Mass, at least occasionally. | TLM |
| 4346 | In the Novus Ordo Mass Scripture is read away from the altar. In the Traditional Mass, Scripture is a part of the sacrifice (offering) on the altar. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4347 | No emphasis on the offertory, no prayers by the priest before the altar at beginning of mass, laity standing during and after consecration . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4348 | frequent reconciliation . | Confession |
| 4349 | Persecuting the TLM in many dioceses and not making it readily available to the faithful. | TLM |
| 4350 | Lessening of rubrics to guard the Eucharist, such as the priest keeping his fingers together from the consecration through the purification of the vessels, and requiring an altar server with a paten during the laity's Communion. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4351 | The silence of bishops regarding every moral failure in society. And the bishops apparent allegiance to the Democrat Party. As well as clamoring to close churches during Covid rather than fighting to keep them open. | COVID, Politics, Leadership |
| 4352 | Lack of reverence during the consecration, rushing through the process. | Reverence |
| 4353 | Restricting the Traditional Latin Mass per Quo Primum. | TLM |
| 4354 | Poor catechesis for adults joining the Church. | Catechesis |
| 4355 | The way bishops handled COVID. Many bishops restricted access to Mass and many of the faithful believed that watching the Mass on TV or listening on the radio was an acceptable substitute. Our bishops accepted the premise that our participation in the Mass was non-essential. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4356 | Lack of proper catechism education from childhood on. Lack of education re reverence when receiving the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 4357 | Lack of a dress code, And its enforcement. People come in very casual, tight and or revealing clothing. Plus it’s distracting. It’s an outward indication of their internal disposition. | Attire |
| 4358 | lay sacristans and children altar servers allowed to touch the sacred vessels. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 4359 | Receiving the consecrated Host in the hands allows for the potential for abuse an d makes it seem a casual almost picnic-style affair rather than the source send summit of our faith! Attire at Mass should be modest, clean and appropriate. The lack of respect in the attire reveals the attitude they may hold toward the serious nature of the Mass. ma y parishes do not offer enough time for confession. It can feel unimportant if it’s only offered once a week or here and there. If the faithful are to be able to regularly go to confession, it needs to be offered frequently and strongly encouraged. This will strengthen the faith in the need to be in a state of grace in order to receive Our Lord. | Confession, Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 4360 | The offertory prayers in the Novus ordo are taken from a Jewish meal prayer and give the impression that we are participating in a communal supper. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 4361 | The casual manner in which priest and extraordinary ministers of communion hand out our Lord. It is as if it is nothing special being handed out. They should take the time to hold the host up in front of the individual and clearly and slowly state "the Body of Christ". | Reverence |
| 4362 | The lack of devout priests. I used to travel for my work and I went to Mass at many Churches from Los Angeles to Manhattan. So many priests try to get a laugh during their homily, at the expense of dispensing good Catholicism. | Leadership |
| 4363 | Restricting the traditional Latin mass. | TLM |
| 4364 | The priest handing out the Eucharist like they are playing cards . | Reverence |
| 4365 | Hierarchy of path to priesthood beginning with male Altar Servers. | Vocations |
| 4366 | The extensive use of Eucharistic ministers and the frequent use of the Blood (wine) during communion. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 4367 | Not kneeling to receive communion has had a negative effect on belief in the real presence. Not receiving on the tongue has a negative effect on belief in the real presence. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4368 | The Host should be administered on the tongue only, not in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4369 | Most of the Catholic hierarchy does not heroically support authentic Catholic doctrine over proper reception of the Holy Eucharist; they are often silent when there are public abuses. | Leadership |
| 4370 | Laity are not catechized. They lack basic knowledge of Catholic doctrine. Even what constitutes a sin or being able to worthily receive Communion. It seems most Catholics stopped studying Catholicism after grade school or high school & have worldly priorities. Second, there is a trend of people leaving Mass early after receiving Communion. They walk right out the door while consuming the host. Half the pews are empty after Communion. It’s been a grave problem. Also, people talk to each other and to other parishioners before & after receiving Communion, in the aisles. I listed socializing in church as a Major issue, and it is. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 4371 | Schismatic Latin Mass people have done a lot of damage, too, and they lack the humility to see their errors. | TLM |
| 4372 | The Consecration in the NO masses is valid, and that makes the media circus during the Consecration and the self-congratulation after the mass blasphemous, In my humble opinion. In the name of authenticity to the original, responsorials are changed without explanation to the laity left stumbling during the mass. I still have to see a parish priest explain why the old form was more damaging than the artificial uncertainty. Also I don't see how some priest are comfortable asking us to not come to the confessional unless we have mortal sins to confess. It comes across as a systematic encouragement to offend the Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. | TLM |
| 4373 | Need to get rid of Vatican II completely. It has ruined and confused many Catholics . | Eucharist Reception |
| 4374 | Low altar that looks like a table, equating other religions with Christianity . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4375 | The black of reverence in church, like improper dress and disrupting Mass with unruly kids and talking during Mass. | Reverence, Attire |
| 4376 | The bishops lack faith (don’t lead pro-life causes, allow inappropriate use of the sanctuary, etc.,) implies that the Eucharist doesn’t have the power to transform people . | Lack of Faith, Leadership |
| 4377 | Lack of quality catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 4378 | There is no reverence whatsoever for the Holy Eucharist, as was displayed by archdiocesan church closures, bizarre liturgical conformities to "COVID" restrictions, and acceptance of inane mask-cult policies within the sanctuary. Any priest who accepted the mRNA injection, and promoted it, can not possibly consecrate the Body and Blood of Christ. In the West Coast dioceses, especially, the priests' compliance to deceptive "health" regulations belied any Catholic theological pedagogy of the Real Presence. The Eucharistic Congress, therefore, seemed more of a teeming convention for bureaucrats, than a affirmation of Truth. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4379 | Not sure if this was actually included or not, but receiving only while kneeling with alter boy/ man holding Communion plate just in case and no reception of Precious Blood for laity. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4380 | The Catholic Church’s ecumenical efforts not being made clear. Some of these efforts may undermine belief in the true presence because it can undermine people’s understanding as the Catholic Church being the one true church. If we are to partake in ecumenical efforts it must be clear that the Catholic Church is the one true faith and not have any ambiguity from Popes, Cardinals or Bishops. | Ecumenism, Leadership |
| 4381 | Communion in hand Never mention tough sayings General lack of reverence in church. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4382 | To whom do we kneel? To Jesus, or the priest? Yet after communion, the faithful continue to kneel after Jesus is in repose, in the tabernacle. Even good priests rarely try to correct this, but it goes to the root of what is the object of our worship. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4383 | The adoption of the Novo Order Mass and abandonment of the Vetis Order Mass. The NO Mass is a disaster. | TLM |
| 4384 | Education re. basis for belief in the real presence. | Catechesis |
| 4385 | Taking the Body of Christy by laity to the sick. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 4386 | Closing the churches during the pandemic. Implies religion and faith are non-essential. | COVID |
| 4387 | The new Mass is the root cause of the lack of faith in the Real Presence. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4388 | importance of confession, and being in the state of grace before receiving the Precious Eucharist. | Confession |
| 4389 | Proper formation in the Seminaries. | Priestly Formation |
| 4390 | Replacement of the Tridentine Mass with the Novus Ordo. | TLM |
| 4391 | The use of sacramentals. | Sacraments |
| 4392 | Alter Girls. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4393 | Lack of teaching proper dress in church . | Attire |
| 4394 | Not ever knowing or experiencing the Traditional Mass. I just turned 80. My whole childhood was enhanced by the Traditional Mass. My children were 5 and 7 years old when one Sunday, the Liturgical Mass was changed forever. I never had the opportunity to go to a Traditional Mass ever again. I remember as a child, I loved the 40 hours Devotion. We went as a family and my sister, and I had our prayer books. It was a peaceful time. The silence is so important. Clergy and the faithful now complain that with Latin you didn't know what was being said. Of course, we did. Our parents bought us Missals, and we prayed with the priest. And I miss the Gospel of St. John at the end of the Mass. That was meaningful. Thank you for taking this survey. It brought memories back to me of my younger years. It's not just being sentimental. It was re-experiencing in my memory, my worship at Mass in my younger years. Through this remembering, possible I can bring back those moments from years ago. If that's being rigid, it's a good thing. I do have my childhood Missal (1955) and a newer Missal (1962) from the Traditional Mass. I love the prayers. Of course, I have a Novus Ordo, quite different! I appreciate this opportunity. Life Site News is my homepage. Faith and Reason is one of my favorite programs. | TLM |
| 4395 | 1. Understanding the nature of Mass (sacrifice, atonement, covenant, supper) from a Jewish Biblical perspective. 2. Making the connection between the 4 cups at the Passover meal, the words Jesus said at the Last Supper instituting the Eucharist, and the 4th cup on the cross connecting his passion and death to the new covenant in His blood. 3. Repeating over and over the Bread of Life discourse and why the Bible can be trusted. . | Catechesis |
| 4396 | This was bound to happen after the hierarchy failed to support Fr. Feeney’s defense of the doctrine on the necessity of water for Baptism and “no salvation outside the Church. To this day, all I hear is that “Fr. Feeney was wrong” without an explanation. Meanwhile, there are mountains of evidence in his defense. | Modernism |
| 4397 | Belief that all religions are equal and God ordains all religions. | Ecumenism |
| 4398 | Loss of the old order - confirmation before communion. It’s a bit of nonsense to be handing out the Eucharist to kids who may or may not decide to get confirmed. | Sacraments |
| 4399 | Abandoning the Traditional Latin Mass and the revolution of Modernism and Progressivism within the Seminaries. | TLM, Modernism, Priestly Formation |
| 4400 | Communion has become a communal banquet for the people, a social gathering rather than the sacrifice to God, leaning more to the protestant religion, music definitely is more protestant, missing the reverence. Attire is terrible, people coming in shorts, mini skirts, no reverence for our Lord. Kneeling shows humility and respect for the Lord and his house. Have seen people taking communion in the hand as though it's just a piece of bread and shoving in in their mouth with no respect, no sign of the cross, walking away while arms swing at their sides, people dropping the host, hence the patent needs to be used. I left the Novus ordo for the extraordinary mass, never regretted that choice!. | Music, Attire, Meal vs Sacrifice, Reverence |
| 4401 | The removal of the Traditional Latin Mass or restriction of them in so many areas has been a detriment. Catholics in the Novus ordo church are not catechized in the faith and in the real presence . | TLM, Catechesis |
| 4402 | Adoration not offered regularly in my parish and many parishes. Many churches do give opportunity for kneeling to receive Jesus. | Devotions |
| 4403 | Talking in Church before and after service. People need to learn to remain in silence in Church. Also people need to learn how to dress to go to Church. The dress needs to be appropriate for Church, sadly for many it is not. | Silence/Distractions |
| 4404 | Failure to educate the people about the role of the Holy Spirit in our faith and salvation. Without understanding the continued presence of the Holy Spirit in our world, the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist is only conceptual. | Catechesis |
| 4405 | Return to dismissing all non-Catholics from Mass after the Credo, as was previously done after the TLM Liturgy of the Catechumens, to protect the Eucharist from being stolen & abused. Then receive on the tongue only at an altar rail. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 4406 | Communion in the hand. Lay women Eucharistic ministers, altar girls. (goodbye good men! Downplay, poor teaching of the Faith, sacredness of the priest, the Eucharistic Presence and NECESSITY of Sacrament of Confession and how to make a good confession. Dissent on contraception and silence from pulpit on contraception. Many souls were told by priests in confession Humane Vitae can change and artificial contraception not a sin. Destruction of the Catholic Marriage and Family, vocations. Radicals in the ranks of the Church and deliberate destruction of the seminaries. ETC..... | Confession, Fear/Cowardness, Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception, Vocations |
| 4407 | So-called reforms implemented since Vatican II. | Vatican II |
| 4408 | failure to emphasize the need for confession and provide frequent routine opportunities for it, as normal preparation for receiving the Eucharist; failure to treat sin as sin and preach honestly about it in homilies and catechism. | Confession, Sin |
| 4409 | Effeminate priests. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 4410 | Poor catechesis has contributed to disinterest the faith in general. Liturgy needs to be improved to be more inspiring. -- more beauty, better music, and more reverence in church would help: socializing and chatter have become the norm. | Liturgical Practice, Silence/Distractions, Catechesis |
| 4411 | It is hard to answer the question about homosexuality. If sexuality is acted upon by the priest or nun then it is a major problem. Someone having attractions that are not acted upon don't. Fixation on labels and sexuality harms. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 4412 | Lack of reverence at Mass. Disrespectful attire. Priests having lost the Faith. Bishops as Administrators. Bishops not Apostles. Homosexual Bishops. Lost trust in the Church!. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Lack of Faith, Attire, Leadership |
| 4413 | The secularization and materialism of our society have . | Modernism |
| 4414 | Confusion caused by ambiguous statements from the church leadership. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 4415 | Holy communion in the hand while standing; removing of altar rails. Lack of genuflecting when in front of the tabernacle. Eucharistic monsters handling the sacred species like potato chips. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 4416 | (1) Lack of available confession. 1 hour a week at an odd time on Saturday or "by appointment" is not enough. It would really help if confession was available immediately before Mass on Sunday (2) Lack of good Catholic families (cohabitation, birth control, divorce are the norm) Catholic parents are the "first teacher," and the home is the "first seminary." (3) Loss of Catholic identity in Catholic schools. Most Catholic school teachers and students are not Catholic. Faithful Catholics in most "Catholic schools" feel they have to hide their Catholic devotions. Catholic schools are more concerned about "justice and inclusion," than in the teaching their students to Love God, and adore Christ in the Eucharist. | Confession, Schools, Catechesis |
| 4417 | No standard, or perhaps, no follow-up on religious education in teaching about the Eucharist. Every church religious Ed doing “their own thing”. I taught religious Ed for many, many years and in different states and different churches. Oh my gosh! Very different practices in what’s important and what’s not. | Catechesis |
| 4418 | Catholic priest & bishops Closing Catholic Churches during covid. Since that was allowed, why go to Mass at all? Shame on them. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4419 | The bishops and priests to a large degree no longer believe in the real presence. The laity will not believe to any degree when the Shepard themselves have no faith to any degree. When the priests and bishops act like circus clown no one will take them seriously. The Novus Ordo Mass may well be the greatest impediment to belief in the real presence of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Sacred Host. Along with the Catholic faith no longer being taught in Catholic Churches or schools. | Lack of Faith, Schools, Leadership |
| 4420 | failure to remind the faithful to go to confession regularly, failure to require the faithful to receive the Eucharist standing and on the tongue. | Confession |
| 4421 | LGBTA+; gay marriages. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 4422 | Most Catholics do not know who their Bishop is and most have never seen or heard from them. | Leadership |
| 4423 | Sermons are lacking in proclaiming what has to be preached. Seminaries are not properly forming priests. Every sermon should be preached in the fullness of the Truth. Why are the sermons so boring? We need to hear what God wishes us to hear so we live lives accordingly. Even if sermons are 'rough' they are to be preached because we need to hear he TRUTH!. | Homilies |
| 4424 | Allowing women on the alter. The sacred space should not be violated by women. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4425 | Poor catechizing of youth. | Catechesis |
| 4426 | That women should cover their heads. https://catholicknight.blogspot.com/2007/12/chapel-veil-veiling-or-head-covering.html?m=1. | Attire |
| 4427 | Gross negligence in religious and philosophical education. | Catechesis |
| 4428 | The lyrics of many hymns/songs at Mass mention bread and wine rather than the Body and Blood of Christ. Many of these songs are written for Protestant use as well. Also, I think Communion in the hand and under both species impedes faith in the physical presence. | Music, Eucharist Reception |
| 4429 | Lack of guidance from the pulpit. People don’t even know what’s a sin anymore. The last two generations have been poorly catechized and don’t understand transubstantiation. | Catechesis |
| 4430 | Failure of Clergy to preach about it and emphasize it. | Homilies |
| 4431 | failure to emphasize proper dress code to contain dignity before the Blessed Sacrament, one must not cause others to sin in thought . | Attire |
| 4432 | Lack of real instruction on Christ’s presence in the Eucharist for children and young people. | Catechesis |
| 4433 | encourage the laity to kneel while receiving Jesus on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4434 | Explanations are weak. From a homeopathic view, the strongest remedy is the one which has been diluted the most. If diluted to greater than 6.02 times ten to the 23rd, there is no actual molecule in the solution. Yet it exists as the strongest remedy. The solution is the host for the original extract. Much like the bread is the host for the Body of Christ. If you’ve experienced the results of a powerful homeopathic remedy, you can’t not believe in the Real Presence. | Catechesis |
| 4435 | Priests seem to worship money and their public influence Likewise the laity Narcissistic culture. | Modernism |
| 4436 | No more profound bowing down on both knees in Humility while making the sign of the cross before the Blessed Sacrament. | Reverence |
| 4437 | Feel good homilies given to the exclusion of what the faithful need to hear homilies. The utter lack of decorum from the churches to how the laity dress for attendance. Bring back suits for men and dresses w/ head coverings for women. | Homilies, Attire |
| 4438 | Loss of tradition after Vatican II and infiltration of the church by those who have the intention of tearing it down. | Vatican II, Modernism |
| 4439 | Scandals caused by the clergy; example: the scandal of the 'trans' funeral in St. Patrick's Cathedral back in February of this year, 2024. Both priests who performed the funeral, did nothing to stop it. | Modernism, Scandals |
| 4440 | Many children attend public schools where religious faith is more than ridiculed. It is ignored as unworthy of mention. | Catechesis |
| 4441 | The need for frequent confession. Teaching on the great gift that the sacrament of confession is! We need it to be worth to receive Holy Communion. | Confession |
| 4442 | The Church Building should provide comfort for the people. Warmth, lighting, sound system, too loud music or difficult in hearing the priest speaking. Dress Code/Behavior of children. Telling the parishioners the Truth about the Vatican and advocating the proper attitude in church. No cell phones. In God's house be reverent. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 4443 | Limited access to reconciliation...when 95% of Mass goers receive the Eucharist each Sunday but there's only scheduled time for 1% of them to go to confession, pastors communicate a false message that there is no need to be in a state of grace to receive the Eucharist. We need more people to skip communion when they haven't been to confession in ages. | Confession |
| 4444 | 1-. Training the TRAINERS! Meaning, Teachers and Volunteer Laity should be thoroughly knowledgeable about the Catholic Religion and be confident and resourceful to instill on children and adults’ mind and soul the Real and Infallible presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist and in the TRUTH that is Jesus Christ. 2-. Show people the way to have an intimate relationship with God and to lead believers in intimate conversations with God. Many believers often say that the don’t know what to do during an hour of Eucharistic Adoration. God is there waiting for us to talk to Him with faith and trust but sometimes it’s difficult to break the ice.... to say in social human terms! Dress appropriately for the occasion. But, we believers need guidance also. This doesn’t mean buying new clothes or so.... just to put in our minds that we’re in front of THE KING of Kings, The Master of the Universe, The ONLY OMNIPOTENT GOD! We try our best to be presentable when invited to a social gathering or a special event where important people will notice us. God has no competitors because He is The Supreme Being! Bear that in mind. May the Holy Spirit posses your soul, mind and intellect to do the mission you want to carry on. Thank You ???? for listening to God’s inspirations. May God Bless all people of good will ???????? . | Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 4445 | Lack of genuflecting by lay people. Lack of respect for the altar area. | Reverence |
| 4446 | Confusion emanating from Rome. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 4447 | Female altar servers and rock music during mass. Also no ringing of bells during mass. | Music, Liturgical Practice |
| 4448 | No time for the sacred. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 4449 | Receiving the Most Holy Eucharist kneeling and on the tongue is of utmost importance. . | Eucharist Reception |
| 4450 | There is a general lack of reverential behavior, dress on the part of priests deacons, EMs , lectors in my judgement. I have seen this across the country in many parishes. There is a fundamental lack of catechesis and understanding of appropriate dress and liturgical posture among those on the other side of the rail. This is a reflection of a general societal lack of formality in formal situations on both sides of the rail. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 4451 | A Byzantine priest commented that their liturgy itself teaches the Real Presence through the prayers, postures and gestures of the priest. Example, the way the priest enters the liturgy, the design of the church, incense, chant. Etc. I thought this was interesting because as a child I didn't understand the real presence, but by attending Benediction, and processions, for example, a sense of something Sacred was instilled in me. I really miss the prayers at the foot of the altar and kneeling at the rail. The way the candles were arranged and lit before Mass helped prepare me. | Devotions |
| 4452 | Proper attire at Mass Weak cowardly Bishops during Covid crisis Bishops funding anti Catholic organizations Bad Pope. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4453 | Teaching and acting that the Eucharist (1) is the actual body of Jesus Christ, and (2) is understood by Protestants as symbolic. | Reverence |
| 4454 | Dress code in how laity present themselves before Our Lord on Sundays. Weekdays should be common sense on attire depending on where the laity comes from. Nursing scrubs okay, construction worker as long as no dirt is tracked, college student attire is fine as long as there are no words that are offensive. Uses of phone should be outside the mass and not inside. Food or drink should be outside of church unless water due to health or medical. Talking to a low voice if necessary such as direction or question. Otherwise conversations not related to instruction or guidance on mass should be discussed outside. . | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 4455 | Lack of teaching on the presence of Jesus - body, blood, soul, divinity in the consecrated host. | Catechesis |
| 4456 | Teaching in the grade schools got very liberal and secular for awhile. Before that the nuns preserved the faith for the next generation. Religion should be taught by a specially appointed person like a deacon or nun if we have one. | Catechesis |
| 4457 | During the 80’s and 90’s Catholic schools did not properly teach the faith to children especially in HS. There were very bad religion teachers!. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 4458 | Sermons have become personal stories, little mention is made on growing in holiness, sin, abortion, hell, lives of Saints, confession. Dancing is done by priests during Mass, jokes told as if the Mass is for entertainment purposes. | Homilies, Holiness, Abortion, Reverence |
| 4459 | Ranking of sins as a rubric as to who is righteous not righteous; continual focusing on particular sins over others has driven lots of people away from the Eucharist. | Sin |
| 4460 | Failure to encourage reverence for Eucharist by dressing modestly and appropriately for Mass. | Reverence, Attire |
| 4461 | Standing after the Agnus Dei. Handshake, hugging, walking around during "The Peace". | Sign of Peace |
| 4462 | The lack of respect for the Eucharist in the way people are dressed. People coming into the Mass dressed for the beach in summer and children's soccer games in the spring, and sporting events in winter and fall. Also receiving in the hand in such a casual way as if they are eating a peace of candy, with no sign of the cross after it is in their mouths. | Reverence, Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 4463 | People should be kneeling receiving the King of Kings and the Lord of lords. It’s awful the way the Eucharist is handled I know it hurts our sweet Jesus!. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 4464 | We need Priests to be BOLD & Unafraid to proclaim the Truth of our Catholic faith. The only true faith of Christ is to be found in the Catholic Church . | Fear/Cowardness |
| 4465 | The laity follow the lead of the Church. The Church is failing its mission in many ways and it is doing so in an eerily similar fashion as the secular world. Sexual perversion is running rampant, avoiding the truth and dodging accountability when guilty of fault. It is difficult to tell whether the previous sentence is describing the cultural world which is being overcome by evil, or the Catholic Church which is also spiraling down by the same evil. The Church needs strong truthful Shepard who are courageous to lead the way. Most all laity are sick of the lies found in modern society, unfortunately they have a hard time turning toward the Church who is almost as bad. People are yearning for something noble and truthful to pursue, the Church just needs to acknowledge the imperfections that the whole world can already see and to show courage in stepping forward to correct the sins of the past and transparently move forward towards The Truth. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4466 | Altar Servers - specifically talking with each other, staring off into the congregation, falling asleep, etc. They are up on the alter for all to see and a distraction. It does not seem that they know that is Jesus Christ in the Consecration. They need education!!! I want to see more reverence by priests, deacons, and ministers. Actually, I want the railing back, communion recieved on knees and on tongue, and ONLY the priest giving communion. 24 hour adoration and benediction. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 4467 | CCD teachings such as God is our mother. Children need to be taught the catechism. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 4468 | Lack of proper vestments for all, both clergy and acolytes. Lack of proper and rigorous training for acolytes. Lack of proper, appropriate and dignified dress for both laity and clergy. Poor, lax seminary preparation in almost every area. | Attire, Priestly Formation |
| 4469 | Changing the ethos of the Mass from God-centered to man-oriented; from the vertical direction toward God to an outward horizontal direction towards man, the congregation. Going from one and the same as the sacrifice of Calvary except in an unbloody manner to a communal meal. The priest going from in persona Christi capitis offering the sacrifice of Christ to the Father to the mere presider of the liturgical assembly. The instrumentalizarían of the Mass for various causes. Giving the impression to the people that missing Sunday Mass is no sin at all. Not communicating to the people that the sacrifice of the Mass/Calvary is what saves us from damnation left to our own devices. | Meal vs Sacrifice, Modernism, Sin |
| 4470 | Poor Education in the Faith. | Catechesis |
| 4471 | People have lost the sense that the natural is a subset of the supernatural and have ceased to pray with all their heart and mind (me included). | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 4472 | Present issue causing resentment, division, confusion caused by series of statements, documents by Pope Francis that contradict the timeless of the Church, and contradicting Jesus, Himself. There are too many to list here. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 4473 | Receiving Jesus on the hand while kneeling if able and not on the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4474 | Each person must be taught to ask God for the gift of faith in the Real Presence. | Catechesis |
| 4475 | Taking time in the consecration instead of just moving quickly through . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4476 | Teach people to receive reverently on their tongue. Use a Communion rail to restore reverence . | Eucharist Reception |
| 4477 | I also believe receiving in the hand is a major contribution to lack of belief in the true presence. I cannot remember if that was an option in the survey. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4478 | Not seeing priests kneeling and praying in or out of Adoration very often. | Leadership |
| 4479 | Priests/bishops no longer give meaningful homilies in most instances. This observation may have been loosely referred to in a previous question, but specifically, priests no longer preach on important subjects, such as the Real Presence. | Homilies, Leadership |
| 4480 | Not seeing priests at Adoration. | Leadership |
| 4481 | The general casualness in receiving the Eucharist is a shame as is the lack of silence after reception. Why does the choir have to sing rather than allowing silence for thanksgiving?. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions, Eucharist Reception |
| 4482 | Failure to explan what is really happening. Jesus is on the altar coming down to each and everyone of us. Nothing compares with that . | Catechesis |
| 4483 | The so-called acclamations after the Consecration which lead Catholics to misunderstand what is "the Mystery of Faith": the Real Presence of Jesus Christ. If you surveyed Catholics about the "Mystery of Faith" a majority would not know the answer. The clown show "liturgists" who claim "nothing essential" was changed are either imbeciles or devils. It seems to me that anything in the Mass that contributed meaningfully to the people's ability to sense our sinfulness, to sense God's Mercy, to sense His love for us, and to contemplate the supreme act of Sacrifice of Christ the Everlasting Passover Lamb - all these are essentials, because once they are stripped away, what remains? People are left with the impression that "if this was all taken away, it must have been all bullshit". | Modernism |
| 4484 | Allowing liberal ideas to be prevalent in the Church. | Modernism |
| 4485 | Poor catechisis in general, especially on how to stay in a state of grace, what sins are mortal, NFP classes, that receiving Communion with mortal sin on your soul is sacrilege, and omitting mortal sin in confession is blasphemy. | Sin, Catechesis |
| 4486 | Not enough instruction on the importance of Eucharistic adoration and encouragement to visit Jesus and limited access to Adoration and to church visits. Some Churches close early and have gates. Church offices open on Sundays and Church cleaning during Sundays and during Adoration times. No mention of respect for silence even in the chapel but there are signs, not to touch the tabernacle. Limited or none evangelizing materials in the chapel and in the back of Church. Elimination of prayer books. Liturgy ( Sunday) is only posted in the Church bulletin and no weekly liturgy to read from unless we bring our own.Eucharistic Ministers and Priests using hand sanitizer before communion! Priest drinking coffee in the confessional. Way too much socializing in Church and especially after Mass because tabernacle is not front and center. Dress Attire of those serving. Receiving Jesus in the hand of almost all ministers and parishioners. Especially never seeing Priests praying with us. Never see them in Chapel or even visible on Church grounds and not wearing clericals.Limited confession times. No mass early in the am or at 12noon so the elderly or moms can attend daily mass. My new pastor reduced Eucharistic Adoration and removed Jesus from the Church. Extremely upsetting! Less silence and more socializing in the Church. Please help! Thankyou. | Devotions, Silence/Distractions, Availability/Access, Attire, Evangelization |
| 4487 | Slowing down the whole Mass. Especially the traditional Latin Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4488 | Poor and weak leadership by our bishops. | Leadership |
| 4489 | Addressing parishioner’s behavior and dress while in church - modesty, veiling, etc. | Attire |
| 4490 | Better teaching on the Real Presence in RCIA. | Catechesis |
| 4491 | Modesty in attire of both men and women and veiling for women. | Attire |
| 4492 | I believe that the different parts of the mass needs to be explained while the mass is being celebrated and that the reverence should be expressed and explained. Most People don’t know what is going on during the mass. | Catechesis |
| 4493 | Eucharistic Miracles. | Catechesis |
| 4494 | Depending on formation, it appears to me that many deacons are unaware of some/many of the above issues. Priests trained after Vatican II have too easily gone along with the changes. I wonder if they are aware of how active the prince of darkness is in their midst. | Priestly Formation |
| 4495 | Not al priests have the bells rung - which announces the miracle and often hold up the Eucharist and Chalice for mere seconds. Not enough focus, reverence . Also not enough teaching in the homilies about attire. We are in Gods house before the King of kings! I also think they need to bring back veiling. There is a reason for it that speaks volumes about humility before Our Lord. Catholics know so little about that. Lack of reverence and lack of knowledge. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 4496 | Lack of Catholic doctrine taught in schools, changing the Holy Day requirements was confusing. People just started skipping them, then skipping Mass when traveling, then Mass seemed optional, like it wasn’t a mortal sin to skip. | Liturgical Calendar, Schools |
| 4497 | More access to confession. Better preparation for the sacraments. Communion in the hand. Respect and reverence to the Eucharist. | Confession, Lack of Faith, Catechesis |
| 4498 | Many people who don't believe who self identify as Catholics are just Catholics in name only to begin with. They are older people who still get social benefit for associating with the Church. If they were Gen Z like me, they would have formally apostatized. The reason they don't believe, or just go through the motions, is because they have no faith in general; it is not a mere lack of belief in the Eucharist. | Lack of Faith |
| 4499 | Priests that lack belief . | Lack of Faith |
| 4500 | You have covered related issues but maybe more succinctly is the blurring of the priest into nothing much different than the laity; e.g., EMs, lectors, overuse of deacons for sacraments, no explanation of priest as in persona Christi, etc. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4501 | Instruments in churches that are not supposed to be there (ex. Piano, drums…). | Music |
| 4502 | Confusing the lay people with blessings of homosexual couples or those within an irregular marriage. Leading the lay people to Hell. | Modernism, Confusion, Leadership |
| 4503 | Modest attire for both men and women. Use of artificial birth control. Infants and toddlers should stay at home with mom until they can behave and be quiet during Mass. Visiting and chatting in the church after Mass. The "sign/kiss of peace" ; this reduces the reverence of the Presence of Christ. The last phrase of the Our Father : for this is the kingdom.... | Sign of Peace, Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 4504 | Failure to provide the blood of Christ at every Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4505 | I grew up in the New Mass. Everyone goes to communion unless they have murdered someone or committed a robbery and these are known...A mortal sin would not keep you from receiving communion. Also you were shunned if you stayed in the pew and not go up like everyone else. Teaching of what Mortal sin is, when one commits it and that you can not go to communion in this state. How to resolve this by going to confession AND confessing those sins. Having a more discreet confession available before each Mass. | Confession, Sin |
| 4506 | Undue persecutions of certain forms of valid and reverent liturgies, specifically pre-1970 missals, have created division in the Church and have weakened the Eucharistic unity of her members. | TLM, Division |
| 4507 | No more daily praying of the Divine Office privately or as a community of Catholic faithful; not daily reading the Roman Martyrology and the impact these blessed martyrs' lives have on our Catholic faith as they gave their lives for the Real Presence of their Lord. | Devotions |
| 4508 | A breakdown of the family structure and lack of faith based family teachings replaced by modern family beliefs where government and school and society is what children are formed to fit into. | Family |
| 4509 | 1. Poor catechesis of children. 2. Emphasis on being a “good” person rather than striving for holiness. 3. Closing the churches during covid 4. Moving important feasts (holy days) to Sunday (The Ascension, Corpus Christi, Epiphany, etc.). | Liturgical Calendar, COVID, Holiness, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 4510 | I will explain more of my perspective, but first: I am overjoyed with gratitude to you for this survey! I also want to note a concern that the Synod on Synodality is NOT a spirit of God or the Church, and neither was the previous synod, it only had some remnant of Catholic elements mixed with dangerous errors! You can't afford to be in that spirit of mix-up and compromise, but I still am VERY grateful to you for this survey because it is EXTREMELY important and you are doing a very good work here! I can't follow a rule that says only one or two choices can be named as having greatest impact on people's attitude and faith, or lack of faith, in the Holy Eucharist. There are too many abuses which are damaging on an incalculable level. Therefore, this rule which says "only one or two" is not a valid rule. As for additional issues: There are more than I can name, but all the issues I will specify here DO impact faith in the Holy Eucharist! We need 1) Traditional Mass uncensored and unedited - in the case of those of us in the Latin Rite, in the form that came before the 1950's, uncompromised on any level, and allowing also all the Eastern Rites to have their full and uncompromised traditions; 2) Pope and hierarchy who are reverend and teach traditional Catholic doctrine and discipline and devotion, NOT heresy and laxity and profanation; 3) We need such sources as the Catechism of the Council of Trent in all forms and levels of Catholic education; 4) We need REAL preparation for marriage and REAL dedication to Church doctrine in our marriage tribunals, especially safeguarding the truth that children are the primary purpose of marriage and couples must live a life of sacrifice for children's sakes, not separating for any unnecessary reasons, but only if the gravity of marital issues truly is detrimental to the integrity of the family and if a gravely oppressed spouse is unable to gain cooperation from a gravely offending spouse, or if any mortal sin or open scandal of either spouse/parent is setting such a devastating example for children that the wiser and more conscientious spouse must take the children and flee; 5) If a marriage is indeed found invalid for genuine reasons, there should NOT be an automatic permission to marry someone else, but rather, a long waiting period in case new evidence overturns that finding, and most especially, great care must be taken to see whether or not the children can truly benefit from having a new stepparent or whether it would only cause more confusion and harm. 6) We need a renewed and emphatic campaign of recognizing the Kingship of Christ, not only as each individual person's King, not only King of each family and King of each Catholic parish, but truly King of our society and all aspects of human living, including all our social, economic and political culture, everything in life without exception! We do NOT have a right to put Jesus on a neutral seat on the sidelines during any political or other secular process, but rather, all our laws, guiding principles, ethics, quality standards and whole lifestyle should be all about what Jesus taught us and thus put into practice in everything we do. Yes, all these issues, and so many more issues than these, adversely affect how people view the Holy Eucharist! What made me go from a confused, misled half-modernist to a fervent traditional Catholic is that I wanted more reverence for the Body of Christ, and in so pursuing and following My Life And My Love through the streets (symbolically and in labors and suffering) as we see in the reading on the feast of St. Mary Magdelene, this One Love caused me to discover all the errors of my life, (like the woman who met Jesus at the well). I thought I had lived a devout Catholic life all my life, but due to ignorance caused by modernism in the Church (and some laxity of my own), I had errors I didn't realize. I always believed in the Body of Christ, but a new phase in my long search for a way to give more reverence to the Holy Eucharist led me to not only the traditional Mass, but ALSO traditional teachings I never even knew existed! This began yet more new phases in a journey to restoration in Christ Jesus Our Lord! Amen! Notice how the pursuit of the Holy Eucharist (the desire to give Him greater reverence) caused me to discover my errors and start overcoming them, but you see, there are many people who don't even know that this is truly the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ! If they don't know this, then how can they overcome their other errors? How can they thrive without this faith and how can their families live happily any other way? And yet, their other errors can also block them from learning that this is truly the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ! Do you see what I mean? We need a holistic approach to ALL these problems, not just a small bandage over one problem, although I understand that sometimes it helps to focus on one issue at a time, as you are doing with this survey for many good reasons, but you also address many related issues like the spokes of a wheel, which I appreciate! We all must teach and practice the whole truth of the Catholic Faith because Jesus Christ is above all and in all! Oh, one last concern: I tried to leave blank the option that says, "Failure to use Eucharistic Prayer Number One." The technology wouldn't let me leave it blank. So I gave it a high mark because which Eucharistic prayer you use is all important! The reason I was going to leave it blank is because I don't approve of the modernist liturgy any more. Even though Eucharistic Prayer #1 is closer to the traditional Eucharistic prayer, it seems to be a bit altered and compromised compared to the traditional version - HOWEVER, if you really think you must offer the modernist liturgy, then Eucharistic Prayer #1 may be the best choice, but I can't give an in-depth analysis and haven't had time to review and compare all 4 Eucharistic Prayers with the LITTLE bit of knowledge I gained over time, nor am I formally trained, I only know that the traditional form is always far better and actually necessary, but if you don't have that and if you really believe you are compelled with the other, then the closer you come to Tradition, the better - just make sure the form you are using is valid for consecration, until you are able to leap to the safety of the Traditional Mass - as soon as possible! Thank you for this survey and may God guide you and inspire you, and please pray for me to be delivered from major injustices which forcibly prevent me from attending traditional Mass and receiving the Holy Sacraments. Pray for me, for the breaking of every chain and obstacle (including those which I caused) so that I may be free to practice all that I am called to do, with charity and humility and all the right spirit in my heart, and pray for the conversions of my children, their father, all the extended families, for the Church and the world, for the coming Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Social Reign of the Kingship of Christ in His Most Sacred Heart and Eucharistic Presence, and that more people will recognize the Most Chaste Heart of Saint Joseph. Pray for the Poor Souls in Purgatory and may their prayers help us. Be assured of my prayers for you and may God bless you now and forever! Amen! . | Leadership, TLM, Catechesis |
| 4511 | Modest dress in the presence of The Lord has fallen to the wayside. Adults, teens and children do not show enough respect/modesty in their attire - at least while attending Mass and the church says nothing. | Attire |
| 4512 | Belief in evolution predisposes people to believe that Jesus held erroneous views about creation and that doctrine can change. | Modernism |
| 4513 | On top of those things, the culture we live in (so basically the science and religion issue) and what many are saying these days is a “personal encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist” (developing a relationship with Him). | Relationship with Jesus |
| 4514 | Many Catholics live in a state of perpetual mortal sin because they do not take seriously the obligation to attend Holy Mass every Sunday and Holy day of obligation. They receive communion without going to confession after they have deliberately missed a holy day of obligation and the cycle is repeated leaving them in a state of perpetual mortal sin. | Confession, Sin |
| 4515 | Abandoning the Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 4516 | It may seem this has nothing to do with the Eucharist, but Confession/Reconciliation is a biggy. You cannot receive the Eucharist in the state of mortal sin. Mortal sin matters to the greatest degree. Priests do not talk about sin - at all. They avoid it like the plague. It matters. | Confession |
| 4517 | Kneeling to receive our Lord a Savior. Attire at Mass. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4518 | Dressing immodestly or too casual and ladies without head coverings. | Attire |
| 4519 | The lack of reverence Making sure parishioners know at every mass in order to receive you have to be in a state of grace you need to go to confession !!!! No talking Ccd should also teach more about the Eucharist . | Confession, Reverence, Catechesis |
| 4520 | Issues were covered but I feel the need to rank order the top issues. Loss of feeling that i am worshipping God at Mass. Instead i am attending a human-centric sort of group rally or group hug every Sunday. I hate the turn around and greet everyone, shaking hands was the worst. One positive outcome from covid. It is totally not needed during Mass where my focus is supposed to be on God. Oh yes. You forgot to mention the come as you are attire that leads me to close my eyes most of the Mass so as not to JUDGE others. It is not just the priests. The parishioners need to be held to some sort of standards! So in rank order, we are present to worship God, lost, sense of beauty and tradition lost in the church, and finally, i beg God to forgive the Music program director every Sunday. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Sign of Peace, Attire, Leadership |
| 4521 | Lack of reverence for the sanctuary. Lack of reverence and carefulness when cleaning the Eucharistic vessels or dealing with Eucharistic remnants. | Reverence |
| 4522 | Going to the traditional mass will make you believe in the real presence and the Novus ordo mass will make you lose the belief in the real presence . | TLM |
| 4523 | The people must receive Holy Communion kneeling and on the tongue . | Eucharist Reception |
| 4524 | Leaders lack of shepherding public officials who stand for issues against Catholic teaching particularly abortion. And then giving these leaders Communion Most of our bishops and cardinals are cowards. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership, Abortion, Canon 915 |
| 4525 | Lack of continuing education of the Catechism from the pulpit. Need more mention of real possibility of hell. If parents don’t know their Faith, how can they teach their kids. Too many moms not home with kids, due to inflation but at what price to the kids. I’m 95 years old so I’ve been thru the changes. The music at Mass often distracting & LOUD., especially after Holy Communion, trying to pray. A big pet peeve is the lack of modest dressing, you are going to a Banquet of the Lord! I could ramble on but thank you for doing this. I pray we won’t go thru’ a religious persecution for being Catholic. Many others thought it wouldn’t happen but it did. God bless your work. | Music, Attire, Catechesis, Silence/Distractions |
| 4526 | Sign of peace should be at beginning of Mass or at end. | Sign of Peace |
| 4527 | Doctrinally solid preaching from pulpit. Loss of a sense of things that are sacred. Reducing supernatural to natural causes. Lack of seriousness from clergy during Mass. Loss of a sense of sacredness. | Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 4528 | Animosity between Latin and vernacular congregations. Media is quick to stir up the pot, leaving many longtime Catholics to doubt the unity of Christ's church and steering away those seeking the fullness of the Faith. | Division |
| 4529 | Mass facing the people. Destruction (smashing up, reassembling and replacement of high altars and side altars. Smashing and selling off statues and painting church interiors while. Removing Confessional boxes with unsafe and face to face not anonymous confessionals. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4530 | Failure to get children to catechism, failure to have told congregation about Eucharist Procession across America, failure to ever mention sin of not getting to Mass with their families . | Public Witness |
| 4531 | The casual attitude and lack of reverence at Novus Ordo Masses. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 4532 | Use of gestures during liturgy such as raising arms and holding hands during Our Father. Doing sign of peace to fellow attendees. | Sign of Peace |
| 4533 | The Eucharist should be given on the tongue. Through my years in church, every year the children get further away from really understanding the Body & blood of Jesus. The love & respect is missing. Although, I sense the real presence when I have attended a Latin mass. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4534 | The Pope (Francis) is a HUGE, MAJOR, OVERWHELMING problem for the Faith. With all due respect and obedience (where it is just and can be given, and with prayers for his and his compadre's salvation), in my opinion he is an absolute nightmare. I'm not sure he actually believes in Christ or the Catholic faith. His words and actions (and lack thereof in many situations where they are sorely needed) clearly suggest to me that he does not believe. As far as I can tell, his only real concerns are his alignment with the global elite, his power over others, and his quest to help his Masonic and homosexual friends destroy the Church. He blasphemes consistently, as do most of the clergy he supports and promotes. He protects the blasphemers and persecutes the most holy and reverent among our clergy. At best, he is full of demons. May God bless him by filling his heart and mind with the fullness of Divine Truth, and bring about his conversion to true Catholicism. WE NEED AND LONG FOR A CATHOLIC POPE!. | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership, Modernism |
| 4535 | Priests living out authentic vocations and being in love with our Lord Jesus Christ. We can tell by what is said at Mass, how the hold the Blessed Sacrament, and by what they say in the confessional. M. | Leadership |
| 4536 | Communion on the tongue is a must. Only priests or demons giving out communion. Priests rushing through the consecration. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 4537 | The clapping of hands for some accomplishment, the sign of peace interrupts focus on the Mass, talking before and during Mass. | Sign of Peace, Applause |
| 4538 | lack of priestly/bishop belief personally in the real presence and lack of courage within the USCCB believing members ( except Bishop Strickland ) to PUBLICLY defending the true Faith from Francis and his Vatican cabal. | Leadership |
| 4539 | The institution of the Novus Ordo Missae. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4540 | Teach the Greek translation of John 6 and explain the link of Old Testament Sacrifice to Jesus's Ultimate Sacrifice. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 4541 | Bishops failing to teach orthodoxy. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4542 | 1. Allowing pride flags to be displayed in/on church premises or during the Eucharistic celebration. 2. Allowing or introducing rituals (smudging) and dancing etc. during a liturgical celebration. | Liturgical Practice, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 4543 | Continuing education of not only the children but the adults. Many are cradle Catholics and have no idea of the richness of the faith. I’m humbly grateful our parish has many extra classes to enrich us in our knowledge of our Catholic faith. Where I originally came from was void of this offering. I’m so thankful to have moved and in my old age feel I won’t live long enough to learn enough to truly love Christ as He would have wanted. I feel I fall short. | Catechesis |
| 4544 | Lack of opportunity for confession and the need to be forgiven. | Confession |
| 4545 | Women sacristan/ altar decorators/ lectors . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4546 | Failure to educate about Christ's Passion in the mass. Failure to educate on the Real Presence belief for salvation. Failure to educate Our Blessed Mother's role in the Church. | Catechesis |
| 4547 | We must completely go back to the Traditional Latin Mass. It is the original Mass of Jesus. It is the Mass of the Saints. We must go back to the Baltimore Catechism and catechize little children so they grow up knowing about the Catholic Faith, especially the Latin Mass and the incredible dignity and respect shown to God during the Latin Mass. Priests must go back to talking to their parishes about grave sin, homosexuality, abortion, etc. We must have more frequent Eucharistic Adoration, especially Perpetual Adoration. We must all stand up for the Truth: when clergy are breaking the law, they must be arrested, go to trial, and serve their time in jail. No one is above the law. Everyone must be dressed modestly, and in the best clothes they can wear, showing the utmost dignity and respect to Our Lord, Jesus, at His Holy Latin Mass and in His Most Holy Presence in the Tabernacle. We must all learn to love, honor, serve, and be obedient to Jesus and to the 10 Commandments, something priests should routinely talk about in their homilies. Of utmost importance: Daily Mass and Holy Communion Daily Rosary (Group Rosary) Meditation on the Daily Gospel Reading Fasting on bread and water only, every Wednesday and Friday Confession every Sunday or every 2nd Sunday to be in a state of grace. Sunday is a day of worship to Jesus and being with family and/or friends, NOT a day of playing baseball games, shopping, etc. Living as Devout Catholics as they did in the 1950's and early 1960's until Vatican II, that did allot of damage to the Catholic Church with the Novus Ordo Mass: less reverence, less silence, people always talking in Church disrespecting our Lord Jesus, never should people be taking Jesus in Holy Communion in their hand, never any Eucharistic Ministers, never and lay Lectors, never any female altar servers. All of this weakens and diminishes the beauty, reverence, and awesomeness of the Traditional Latin Mass. Bring back only the Traditional Latin Mass, and catechize young and old in the Latin Mass, and there will be a huge renewal in the Catholic Church. Praised be Jesus Christ, now and forevermore. Amen. Alleluia. | Abortion, TLM, Fasting |
| 4548 | Clergy allowing lay people to dress immodest during Mass, it is a distraction and temptation to all, showing it is not believed to be a Sacred place. | Attire |
| 4549 | Failure to treat the presence of the Eucharist as Christ himself. | Reverence |
| 4550 | A priest said to me that Communion is NOT where we see Christ, He is only found in "whatever you do to the least of my brethren" etc. He said it with such "Attitude" that I felt that he was disregarding Communion!. | Leadership |
| 4551 | General lack of reverence now when entering church. Not the same as it was back in 50’s and 60’s when everyone was reverent and silent in church. Also think survey was strangely worded, with limited choices. Some questions stated things that didn’t seem true. E.g. references to clergy not being reverent or whatever. Weird question. | Reverence |
| 4552 | De-emphasis on confession. Over-encouragement of frequent communion from the time of Pius X. Over-emphasis of the Eucharist as a meal. Expectation that everyone should receive Communion at every Mass attended. | Confession, Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 4553 | Division within the church, judgments from those who are traditional against those who are more moderate such as between the Latin and the modernized mass. This division creates animosity and belief. | Division |
| 4554 | Priest are liberals and they do not represent Christ to the faithful. But not only the priests, but bishops and the pope himself. | Leadership |
| 4555 | Priests do not hold the reverence I would expect in some churches, honestly. Take a look at Christ the King in Des Moines, Iowa. I attended Mass a couple weeks ago, and the priest PJ came and went, very casually throughout the entire mass. Literally left the alter multiple times throughout mass, which obviously is distracting, but felt like no reverence. I have literally never seen anything in my life. | Reverence |
| 4556 | Allowing lay people to open the Tabernacle anytime. All the people approaching the altar constantly. The lack of education with regards to the Eucharist ‘what is Adoration’ ‘not having adoration at the same time as Mass’ People thinking they have to receive the precious blood or they haven’t received all of Jesus ‘ Theological confusion -there is such a lack of education. | Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 4557 | We need to go back to pre-Vatican II mass liturgy. | TLM |
| 4558 | Shutting down churches during COVID and telling my people they could watch Mass on TV. That attitude continues today among people and for that reason do not understand they are 1. Sinning and 2. Missing an opportunity to receive our precious Lord. Also to express that our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world are persecuted and not allowed to go and celebrate Mass and would die to receive our Lord. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4559 | *Eucharistic Ministers giving out communion. *Laughing, clapping, talking, crackers + cookies for kids during Mass. *Casual clothing, gym clothes, athletic attire, mini dresses, short shorts, etc. Inappropriate dress at Mass. *Female Altar Servers. | Liturgical Practice, Extraordinary Ministers, Attire, Applause |
| 4560 | The current pope’s lack of belief. | Leadership |
| 4561 | Lack of women wearing head coverings. St. Paul was not making a fashion recommendation. | Attire |
| 4562 | The Traditional Latin Mass provides most of the items listed on this survey that would lend to people believing in the True Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Silence, Latin prayers, Ad Orientem worship, altar rails, priests distributing communion, etc. All of these lend to people having reverence for the Eucharist, because the Latin Mass Liturgy is so focused on the Eucharist. Bringing the Traditional Latin Mass back would increase people's belief in Jesus' True Presence in the Eucharist once again. | TLM |
| 4563 | At Mass, stories of the saints and their love of/experiences re the Holy Eucharist(for example in discussing Saint of the day). Also stories of Eucharistic miracles. | Catechesis |
| 4564 | Women running around with the sacred chalice, also the women leading singing up in front, it is ugly and distracts from the sacredness of the Mass and real presence, if it was on the radio, I would surely turn it off. The sign of peace is another real distraction and also the manner of dress at church, even some in immodest attire. People talk in church as though Jesus wasn't there, and sometimes bow, but there is little adherence to the biblical command that "every knee should bow". Also some have ugly, modernistic statues that do not inspire any inclination toward honoring a holy saint . | Sign of Peace, Reverence, Beauty |
| 4565 | Calling the altar a table and the Eucharist a meal. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 4566 | The understanding that no human can explain in a scientific way the transubstantiation. It is an act of Faith And, the belief that the Word of Jesus the Christ is from God the Father. | Catechesis |
| 4567 | Replacing the traditional Mass with the Novus Ordo Mass. | TLM |
| 4568 | The behavior of how priests have become secularized and are not teaching the His people the Gospel. Seeing how some priests are given accolades from the Pope because of their endorsement of homosexuality and the blessing of homosexual couples. I think all priests should go back to reading and living the Gospel and New Testament. They have a very big responsibility and will be held accountable. They should read and contemplate Romans, chapter 1. The Catholic Church is a mess!! So many of my Catholic friends are leaving the Faith and are going to Protestant churches. This is terrible!! Bring back the true reverence of the Blessed Sacrament! We need to save our church and our families. May the Lord have mercy on us and His Shepherds. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4569 | Making of the Mass into a "social" gathering rather than emphasizing it is a sacrifice. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 4570 | More regular confession times as a remainder about the importance of being in a state of grace. The use of patens in distributing holy communion and receive only under one kind. | Confession, Eucharist Reception |
| 4571 | Proper Church attire by attendees at Mass Lay people accessing the Tabernacle or touching it at all Priests examples of genuflection and reverence around the Altar/ Tabernacle at all times during the day Priests care or lack of to “ protect” the Eucharist such as how Sacred Vessels are purified, interlocking of fingers until purified . | Reverence, Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 4572 | Removal of altar kneelers. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4573 | The transition and implementation of the Sacred Liturgy from the Mass of the Ages to the Novus Ordo. | TLM |
| 4574 | The fact that bishops don’t speak out on issues and be leaders for their priests. Also, the fact that bishops pay off accusers of priests without doing any real investigation. We lost a wonderful, devout priest and our bishop did nothing but persecute him. Many Catholics now refuse to support our diocese in any way and some have turned to the Tridentine church in our area. | Persecuted Clergy, Leadership |
| 4575 | Novus ordo Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4576 | Allowing Bishops and Priests to adapt the liturgy according to the culture of the laity. | Liturgical Practice, Leadership |
| 4577 | Catechesis . | Catechesis |
| 4578 | Lack of overall reverence at the Mass begins with the laity preparation, such as our clothing choice. Due the casualness we address the Mass with, people dress as if they going to watch a movie rather than meet the savior of the world. | Reverence |
| 4579 | Insufficient sermons on the value, Beauty and wonder at God's goodness to us to stay with us in this way. | Homilies |
| 4580 | Division within the church created by extremist. | Division |
| 4581 | The Protestantization of the Mass and the lack of preaching that the Catholic Church is the sole means of salvation. How can a person believe that the Catholic Church can consecrate bread and wine into Christ’s Body and Blood if it is just one among many? There is a marked lack of faith in the Church herself because it is not taught or shown by how we interact with other religions. Ecumenism is the scourge of our time. | Ecumenism |
| 4582 | BELIEF IN BLESSED VIRGIN MARY'S ROLE . | Catechesis |
| 4583 | A lay teacher told us after V2, during CCD, 1972, that the real presence was a myth and no longer taught by the church. We told our mom. We were pulled from CCD. | Catechesis |
| 4584 | Focus by the Priest that Mass should not last longer than one hour. | Reverence |
| 4585 | The new mass. It is nothing but destructive. It should be abolished. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4586 | The clergy needs to stress appropriate dress and reverence in the communion line, i.e. walking with folded hands up to and after receiving the Eucharist showing utmost reverence in receiving Our Lord. People don’t know how to dress or behave showing piety and reverence now that there are no sisters teaching in our Catholic schools to teach these important ideals that the laity lack in teaching our children. I believe this is when true belief started to wane. I attended Catholic school with nuns. My children went to Catholic school with lay teachers and I see the huge difference. This is the problem that is hard to overcome. | Schools, Reverence, Attire |
| 4587 | Second Vatican Council and all that came with it. The “new mass” is a Protestant service. If we pray like Protestants, we will believe like Protestants. | Vatican II |
| 4588 | 1.How does John 6:63 not “prove” that it is only spiritual not physical. After all, Christ is at the right hand of the father. Can a body be in multiple places at once 2Lack of understanding of Jewish law forbidding drinking blood/eating flesh . 3. Lack of understanding if Catholics belief that the Eucharist is “Christ being crucified again” at every mass 4. Lack of understanding if transubstantiation after Vatican II is still applicable 5. Lack of biblical citations when talking about the Eucharist . | Catechesis |
| 4589 | Replacing the institution of the Blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursday with the sacrament of the scrubbing and buffing of the feet. 3 of 4 evangelists , St. Peter & St. Paul make NO mention of ' foot washing' at all. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4590 | In our sincere effort to be ecumenical, we have lost sense of Catholic Church as the one, true , church….implying that any well intentioned group loving God is equal or just as good as being Catholic. This has led to the many who join other denominations. Also, the casual approach to keeping the 6 the commandment, has led to a Catholic society that accepts immorality and loss of virtue of purity. Also loss of dignity in marriage that has produced a belief in subjective morals that exist to satisfy the individual…which has also exacerbated the acceptance of abortion. If one truly believes that one is made in the Image of God and believes all that Christ has done to save us, one truly wants, yearns, and needs the graces that come from receiving the Real Presence. That truly gives them Life…..and helps them navigate the puzzles of life towards the ultimate happiness that awaits us with the Father. Believing in the Real Presence is what gives us Hope for our cherished goal of being surrounded by God’s love in heaven. | Abortion, Ecumenism |
| 4591 | The degradation of the authority and office of the priesthood, and making the priests out to just simply be another man. | Reverence |
| 4592 | The beautiful reality of receiving our Lord in the Eucharist! What a gift! . | Catechesis |
| 4593 | Complete lack of education and understanding on what is really happening during the Mass… The general knowledge has blurred the precise moments and deep spiritual meaning behind each action occurring during the rites, specifically the consecration prayers… The ongoing notion that it’s okay to be illiterate of the Latin prayers and “just allow” things to happen doesn’t draw souls closer to God in this action either… There is deep spiritual meaning and truth behind each prayer and physical action that did not spontaneously combust one day and now “should hold meaning” in the hearts of the faithful… It all has meaning stemming from ancient Jewish tradition and fulfilled by Christ. How many people are aware, for example that the epiclesis is the very moment Christ is made present, the first elevation is truly Christ being offered on the cross, that the second elevation is the separation of the body from the blood and is the very moment of death… that Christ is truly in the tomb as the pall covers the chalice… and that the small fragment of the precious body is joined with the blood during the lamb of God prayer…. Finally, that the apostles at the last supper did not consume the dead body of Christ but the Glorified resurrected body of Christ even before he was crucified! This basic knowledge is crucial when it comes to believing in the true presence… no amount of environmental “feeling”, words or music can replace this basic knowledge…. If we share this knowledge first then all the ritual surrounding the celebration will bring edification to the hearts of the faithful… this basic knowledge has been lost…. | Catechesis |
| 4594 | Ablution of vessels on the altar in front of the congregation after Holy Communion. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4595 | The importance of the Sacrament of Penance. | Confession |
| 4596 | Closing churches during Covid was wrong, withholding the Blood of Christ with Covid was cowardly, mandating any vaccinations was criminal, bowing to the State with masking, school closures was betrayal of God’s mission, accepting State (Federal) money by any Church (Model instead Hillsdale College). The Church, Bishops, did not trust in God and the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist when they banned us from Mass and reception of the real presence. We failed that test miserably. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4597 | The general notion by USCCB supporters that "programs" will help lack of faith among the people rather than the U.S. Clergy themselves to simply be faithful and to "be a man" and strongly encourage the people to be faithful, for all of our salvation depends upon it. | Leadership |
| 4598 | Stop worrying about donations in fear of losing the faithful. Be honest and forthright when preaching about all of the sin in today's society. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 4599 | Standing rather than kneeling when the priest holds up the body and blood of Christ and says “ behold the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world…”. In some diocese, all are asked to stand when Christ is presented to them. Also, receiving Jesus standing rather than kneeling makes it seem less important. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4600 | Laity touching the sacred vessels at the offertory Laity running around the Altar and sanctuary before, during, and after Mass. these are holy places. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4601 | The laity in the sanctuary handling and cleaning the sacred vessels and singing the psalm from the lectern. Seating the priest and deacons at the center the sanctuary or to the side of the tabernacle making them the center of attention. Priest who are performers or comedians. . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4602 | 1) Reverence, reverence, reverence — the need for sacred silence before and after Holy Mass, reception of the Eucharist kneeling and on the tongue, Holy Communion administered only by ordained ministers. 2) Catechesis, catechesis, catechesis . | Silence/Distractions, Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 4603 | Head coverings during mass. | Attire |
| 4604 | Do priests learn how to give captivating sermons during all that time in seminary? They have 20 - 30 minutes every Mass that is wasted by incredibly boring sermons that are unrelatable to Catholic laity living in the world. If there was a way to improve on the sermons and cover important topics about what the Church teaches regarding issues laity face in the world such as abortion, transgenderism, etc. Priests seem afraid to offend and give watered down sermons offered reading from a prepared statement which puts people to sleep. Teach them how to give dynamic, substantive sermons. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness, Homilies |
| 4605 | The fear of the clergy to resist the efforts of government to take down the Church, the body of Christ and the fear they have to speak against the clergy inside the Church who are heretical and apostastic. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 4606 | Women as lectors has caused men to step away from that ministry. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4607 | Lack of evangelization. | Evangelization |
| 4608 | >The hand-shaking, backslapping “sign of peace” nonsense just prior to Communion. >Loss of Communion rails=a sense of giving out “pez” candies on a line, without paten, kneeling & on tongue. >Not using pulpit more effectively to teach about these things, like why we are not PROTESTANT. >the dumbing down of the liturgy, Latin or not. >I have a pet-peeve about the clapping of hands during the American National Anthem, despite some excellent renditions ; I ALSO DESPISE THE HAND CLAPPING AFTER A GOOD, if not rare sermon by regular parish Priest or a visiting pulpit speaker. Save the accolades after the service. > Limitations on times of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in daily hours per day (often minutes) & during the week. | Sign of Peace, Availability/Access, Eucharist Reception, Applause |
| 4609 | You didn’t ask about availability of the sacrament of reconciliation and being reminded how to make a good confession. It could be added in the homily. [ Speaking of homily I have been to a parish where the priest doesn’t prepare good homily, doesn’t bother to research commentaries on the readings or spiritual life to inspire the faithful. The priest just repeats what was just read without any explanation. Shallow and without depth. And I wonder about accepting men with mental issues (i.e.. Bipolar, depression, etc.). This section is a different diocese. I try to avoid it since the pastor thinks it’s okay to bless homosexual couples . I wonder about his prayer life or lack of.] . | Confession, Homilies |
| 4610 | Speaking about the science, bible passages, and evidence for the Real Presence, and their relationship to each other. | Catechesis |
| 4611 | Lack of proper care of the consecrated Blessed Eucharist and Precious Blood of our Lord. Improper handling of dropped Hosts and Precious Blood drips. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4612 | The church is based on check marks and not a relationship with the Trinity. The scandals in Rome, the scandals of money, the scandals of the priest and the church has not apologized about. The priest sometimes apologizes but Rome not. | Scandals, Relationship with Jesus |
| 4613 | Altar servers not using patens and assisting at the priest's side during communion. Too many hosts are dropped on the floor!!. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4614 | Clergy perform as entertainers rather than God's representative to save souls. Bishops are politicians and social justice warriors rather than evangelistic shepherds. The Vatican withe "Black Pope" has failed us all. | Social Justice, Leadership |
| 4615 | Lack of priests fighting social evils of abortion, transgenderism, public education. They never speak on evils that are destroying the people. Alcoholics anonymous asks more of the people present than the Modern Catholic church. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness |
| 4616 | Lex orandi lex credendi The way in which Catholics have been allowed to pray and taught to pray in front of the Blessed Sacrament had been a major contributing factor. | Devotions, Lex Orandi/Lex Credendi |
| 4617 | Abortion should be stressed as evil. Options should be available to help women in difficult situations. Personal political views should never be discussed from the pulpit. Only church teaching should be discussed as to how they apply to the political landscape. | Abortion, Politics, Homilies |
| 4618 | What people wear to Mass. I've seen coaches wear better clothing at high school games than what they wear at Mass. I suggested to our priest that clothing at Mass be addressed--especially, in the summer--but he was reluctant. There should be a dress code for the laity who serve in some way at Mass. | Attire |
| 4619 | It's all solved with the TLM. | TLM |
| 4620 | We need to bring back the use of the paten during holy communion. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4621 | Preaching on Heaven, hell, and sin. Making the sheep aware of Humane Vite. | Homilies |
| 4622 | Penance, penance, penance. | Penance |
| 4623 | Relativism. Individuals believing they can decide what dogma to follow. | Modernism |
| 4624 | Laity not giving proper reverence to the Eucharistic Lord before reception of the Eucharist. Not watching laity to make sure they consume the Eucharist and are not stealing Him. | Reverence |
| 4625 | Failure to laicize and excommunicate the ordained whose actions have caused great harm to the Church and to the faithful. When the faithful are required to be CORI 'ed seemed to be a transferal of responsibility. Also lack of vocations due to many changes in our Church since VCII. Every time I attend the TLM, the pews are full!. | Lack of Discipline |
| 4626 | Poor religious ed programs in Catholic schools & sacramental prep CCD programs. | Sacraments, Schools, Catechesis |
| 4627 | Pope, bishops, priests and deacons act as the filter to clarify Holy Scripture and Traditions, but when they are wrong evidently in substance and such facts can be shown clearly through Holy Scripture and Tradition then where is the clear path for us for us to rebuke the failing without being shunned locally, diocesely, or any where in the "Barque of Peter"... and even to the point of not being allowed the Sacraments and up to excommunication... I tell you that God Almighty speaks for the ones who's voices are silenced by force!. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4628 | Pope Francis not adhering to church teachings. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4629 | Shutting down the Churches during Covid and not allowing the Faithful to receive the Sacraments which told the Faithful and the world that Jesus and His Bride are non essential. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4630 | Not requiring people to dress modestly when in the presence of the Holy Eucharist. | Attire |
| 4631 | Even in a traditional parish we recently had a deacon mention something about equality with and truth contained in other Christian faiths. I think there is a real lack of catechesis with the deaconate overall. Things like that slip out. Not enough emphasis on confession, it's all but disappeared from most parishes and there's never any line so the laity aren't going. Confession should be tied to the Eucharist for obvious reasons. | Confession, Ecumenism, Catechesis |
| 4632 | Offering the Eucharist in the host and chalice. The words “The Body of Christ” for the host and then “The Blood of Christ” for the chalice gives the impression that neither contains the entirety of the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ. This is scandalous and tragic. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4633 | The use of the Ordinary Form of the Holy Mass especially with an attitude of Liturgical minimalism. The Novus Ordo is still objectively Good & Holy as it is true sacrament, however the practices & rituals are extremely stripped down, & even when done subjectively “reverently” with Latin, Ad Orientem, & with a devout priest, the fact it is first a sacrifice is still obscured & there is a natural awkwardness as many of the prayers & forms of the prayers are clearly man-made without hundreds of years of refining to be most conducive to human participation. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4634 | The absence of direction: Failure of bishops, priest and the pope to speak out against the pandemic...from the so-called vaccine and the lockdown of churches which the former turned out to be more of a problem. I will never understand how a church can lockdown. Lots of other issues today that our clergy (and I do mean ALL the clergy) could/need to speak out on but refuse to due to not wanting to cause controversy! . | COVID, Leadership |
| 4635 | Lack of emphasis on the importance of and availability of Confession. | Confession |
| 4636 | Failure to offer Confessions before/during every Holy Sacrifice of the Mass; Failure of priests to publicly pray before and after every Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Failure of priests to maintain silence in the sacristy and pray vesting prayers. Failure to keep churches open at all times. . | Confession, Silence/Distractions |
| 4637 | Not encouraging parishioners to show more respect by their dress — discouraging the wearing of shorts and immodest clothing to Mass. | Attire |
| 4638 | Vatican II. The probability of doubt regarding ordinations. The fact that the Mass was changed to a supper service. False popes. Free Masonry in the clergy. Modernism. No one pays attention to what any of the popes prior to 1958 have said or their words are cherry picked. A lack of objective truth. LGBTQ acceptance throughout the church. Ignoring God’s commandments and Christ’s teachings. Nothing ever said about Heaven or hell. Ecumenism. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Ecumenism, Vatican II, Leadership, Modernism |
| 4639 | Lack of increase of helping needy , homeless , suffering. | Social Justice |
| 4640 | Substance of the prayers. “Spiritual drink” and “drink this cup” are paschal theology and a protestantization of the liturgy. They speak of a meal and not a sacrifice. “Chalice of Salvation” in the Latin Mass is rich with catholic theology. A chalice is a vessel used in a libation of blood offered in a sacrifice and salvation speaks of the propitiatory effects of that sacrifice. | Meal vs Sacrifice, TLM |
| 4641 | The clergy needs to encourage frequent Confession and make it more available; allow for more Eucharistic Adoration. Priests need to make a daily holy hour like Bishop Sheen did. They show by example. Priests should also pray the rosary WITH the faithful. Priests need to remind the faithful that proper that if they miss Sunday Mass without a serious reason, should first go to Confession. They need to also remind people of CCC #1387: "Bodily demeanor (gestures, clothing) ought to convey the respect solemnity and joy of this moment when Christ becomes our guest." My biggest disappointment and anger is when the priest makes himself the center of attention, i.e., "Good morning", or making jokes. I don't go to Holy Mass to be entertained! Communion in the Hand is offensive to witness. We need to Restore Sacred Silence in Church. Lex orandi, lex credenti. God bless and thank you for letting me vent. I am speaking for many others as we've had conversations. | Confession, Devotions, Eucharist Reception, Leadership, Silence/Distractions, Sin, Lex Orandi/Lex Credendi |
| 4642 | CCD canned programs are dumbing down our youth and from the earliest years, Catholics are not aware of the super natural presence of Christ in the Eucharist. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Catechesis |
| 4643 | Sign of peace immediately before receiving creates a distracting and irreverent atmosphere between the transubstantiation and receiving. Insufficient opportunities before Mass for confession. Allowing Fr. James Martin and other clergy to promote the LGBTQ ideology that is causing grave harm to individuals and families. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Sign of Peace, Modernism |
| 4644 | Following praying the Our Father prior to communion, asking the people to pass a sign of peace, severely reduces the reflection on receiving the Holy Eucharist. I am interrupted in my prayerful thoughts about my participation in both the sacrifice & reception of our Lord, Jesus Christ. | Sign of Peace |
| 4645 | taking away the Latin mass and traditional music focuses more on Jesus, being a man more than the majesty of him as king something has been lost. | TLM |
| 4646 | COVID lockdowns embraced by the US Catholic Church indicated the Eucharist is not necessary. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4647 | treating sacraments like Confirmation or Matrimony casually that everyone is truly ready to receive these when they are ill prepared or not in a state of grace. | Sacraments |
| 4648 | Weak bishops and bishops who chastise faithful priests and allow priests that lead the laity astray. | Leadership |
| 4649 | Excessive clapping/applauding everything from a priest's sermon to the choir during and after mass. We are in God's house, not a theater. Respect for the priest: The priest is the LAST one in and the FIRST one out. Do not arrive late for or leave early from mass. | Reverence, Applause |
| 4650 | Immodest attire and improper dress portray lack of reverence for The Eucharist. | Reverence, Attire |
| 4651 | Blatant public sinners allowed to receive . | Canon 915 |
| 4652 | The Novus Ordo Mass is a disaster. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4653 | Priests do not confront parishioners when they see the Blessed Sacrament mishandled. Homilies don’t emphasize or catechize on how to tackle primary faults in order to grow in virtue. Emphasizing the need for confession. Our secular culture has triumphed in every aspect of the Catholic Church from liturgy, music, architecture, leadership and even how the faithful dress for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Stop crushing Goodness, Truth and Beauty for a change. The Catholic Church inspired the world’s most beautiful art and music so maybe we need to return to it rather than the simplistic, mindless ditties for the 70’s. | Confession, Music, Fear/Cowardness, Homilies |
| 4654 | the synod on synodality (sic). | Modernism |
| 4655 | Catechize the parents so they can catechize the children and Catholic schools are just really expensive private schools so not lots of big families. The Catholic homeschool community should be embraced not a lot of priest understand and appreciate homeschool families . | Family, Catechesis |
| 4656 | Adult catechesis. Short reminders before Mass begins that we have come to talk to God for an hour and not each other. | Catechesis |
| 4657 | We tend to just rush off after Mass and not stay longer in prayer....we need more meditative time after. | Modernism |
| 4658 | Failure to highlight religious vocations as the greatest way to love and serve God. | Vocations |
| 4659 | The lack of orthodoxy in the Hierarchy. How can we as lay people truly profess the true teachings of the church when our leaders go against these truths. I know in the end all will be restored and I also know we have to keep fighting on but those who should be defending us when we speak these truths turn there backs to us and leave looking like fanatics instead of supporting us and giving us encouragement. I believe all them who have done this harm and continue to do so will be replaced eventually and true order will be restored. It makes my heart ache so much. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4660 | Downplaying or ignoring devotions (First Fridays, Saturdays) and dedicated months (i.e. June is the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart if Jesus), no encouragement in fasting (i.e. Ember Days, etc.), and dismissing special rituals (blessing of Epiphany water, throats). | Devotions, Fasting |
| 4661 | Pope Francis' war on TLM. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4662 | Church attire. | Attire |
| 4663 | The way the current political and social climate is affecting our parishioners. There needs to be discussion regarding the claims that "God is a made up "idol" in some kind of "cult"". | Modernism |
| 4664 | Poorly teaching the catechism to children. Sending children away to listen to the Mass outside of the church ("nursery rooms," etc.). The closing of churches during COVID pandemic. Priests masking while holding the body and blood of Christ during COVID pandemic. | Leadership, COVID, Catechesis |
| 4665 | People walking by Our Lord without genuflecting. In a couple of instances it was a priest. People talking and laughing while Our Lord was present .Cell phones left on or reading their mail. | Reverence |
| 4666 | Quiet in the church at all times. Modest dress for all. Lack of use of real candles instead of the liquid paraffin or whatever is used. Women should use veils in church. Double kneeling during exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 4667 | Do people understand they can’t receive the Eucharist in a state of mortal sin? . | Sin |
| 4668 | The changing of the cycle of readings from 1 to 3 years. Over centuries the Church used a 1-year cycle that emphasized those things that were important to be reminded of regularly lest we forget (e.g. St. Paul's exhortation to not receive the Eucharist unworthily lest it become a condemnation to our souls). Such important teachings are now buried in a three year cycle or the meat of the teaching is not even broached as the important exhortations are no longer part of the readings. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4669 | The priests I know of lack the display of courage that one would expect to see if that priest really believed in the Eucharist. Also, they seem to be excessively burdened with the finances & business of the congregation instead of delegating all of that to a trusted, reliable lay person. They really seem to play favorites & form cliques with the big donors. They want to be popular & seen as hip I believe. | Priestly Duties, Fear/Cowardness |
| 4670 | Educating the faithful on the reasons we attend Mass as the need we have to adore our Lord rather than as community celebration and the access of the faithful to confession before Mass . | Catechesis |
| 4671 | Abuse of Vatican II as an excuse to stupefy the apostolic faith. | Vatican II |
| 4672 | Our previous priest said that many religions offer a gateway to heaven so if we compare a protestants way of penance to our own we would rather just pray to Jesus than a priest for confession. I think that is the greatest failure. Not going to confession and the sexual scandals that are not being addressed. Archbishop Vigano was excommunicated wrongly. Bishop Strickland and Burke. We have depravity in the Vatican and idol worship and blessing homosexual unions. Ever since Pope Francis I am doubting a lot that is going on. But I would have to say the sexual scandals and the lack of confession are the biggest problems facing the church today. That and liberal philosophy and modernism. | Confession, Persecuted Clergy, Ecumenism, Leadership, Modernism, Penance |
| 4673 | The abominable materials used in catechesis especially our youth. (This from a School/CCD/Confirmation teacher for 6 years). The name of CCD was also changed, as if we are too ignorant to learn what CCD means and encompasses. | Catechesis |
| 4674 | Cancel culture Secular society . | Modernism |
| 4675 | Not enforcing dress code in the church, not teaching about the Church’s stance on contraception, not teaching about proper family hierarchy and structure, finally not teaching about the realities of hell. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 4676 | Too much Latin (I don’t even know what I’m saying in English) and too much hoity-toity music. Stick to the traditional Catholic hymns. | Music |
| 4677 | Failure to teach on and emphasize Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. | Devotions |
| 4678 | People coming to church in shorts & bare shoulders. Scantly dresses. We must honor our lord, by dressing appropriately . | Attire |
| 4679 | Lack of Traditional Latin Mass/Restrictions on the TLM. | TLM |
| 4680 | Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary, Chaplet and other prayers, Bible Study sessions, bring back the Traditional Latin Mass, Pray for the conversion of the Catholic clergy who are not in conformity with Jesus and His Church, holy seminaries, pray, pray, pray. | Devotions, TLM |
| 4681 | The lack of a dress code in Church. Everyone allowed to handle the body of Christ. Everyone drinking from the Chalice. The consecrated host kept in glass and not in gold. Going to a Latin Mass was sacred, because the language was that of the Church. The vernacular is defiled by the profanity of the cuss words, hatred and sexual language of everyday life. The lay people have no place around the altar or administering communion. There is no sense of sacredness in the modern day Church. | TLM, Reverence, Attire |
| 4682 | Bishop Knestout sanctions yoga at Sts. Peter and Paul in Palmyra, VA for example . | Leadership |
| 4683 | The loss of tradition, especially the Traditional Latin Mass, and the fact that priests do not spend much time in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Our Lord Himself said that His Heart grieves because His priests do not spend time with Him. See the book “In Sinu Jesu” for reference. | TLM |
| 4684 | Prior to Vatican 2 - there was a deep feeling of reverence: Priest and people faced tabernacle; There was a great sense of awe as we knelt at communion rail. We felt unworthy to receive Jesus (many people did not receive the Eucharist at Mass ). | TLM, Reverence |
| 4685 | receiving Jesus in the hand is one of the most significant abuse of the Holy Sacrament. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4686 | Communion in the hand!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4687 | Why can't we simply call him the precious Body and Blood rather than other terms like Eucharist?. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4688 | The idea that you don’t even need to attend weekly mass. | Sin |
| 4689 | Failure to connect our need for penance with the sacrifice of the mass. | Confession, Penance |
| 4690 | Formation of newcomers into the church needs to be more rigid. They need to know that hell is completely different than heaven and that it is a reality. | Catechesis |
| 4691 | teaching of catechism get back to the basics and understanding. | Catechesis |
| 4692 | The priests’ hands are consecrated while the Eucharistic Ministers hands are not consecrated so they should not be distributing holy Communion to people. Bring back the altar railing, encourage people to attend the Latin Mass, have only priests distribute holy Communion, have no girls in the sanctuary or giving the readings. The Latin Mass has the reverence, the deafening silence and the respect of the Eucharist. The Novus Ordo Mass has none of those important qualities in it. The NO Mass leaves me thinking “Is that it”? I need to witness more of the important qualities listed above because they provide for me spiritually what the NO Mass cannot even begin to do because it is too Protestant which doesn’t work for me as a Roman Catholic who is striving to be a better Catholic. The Latin Mass is the complete answer because it is the Mass of the Saints and because Satan hates it, which is exactly why we need the Latin Mass all the more. There is no second best. The Latin Mass has it all: reverence, deafening silence, and respect and a packed church for each Latin Mass. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 4693 | Failure to insist on silence in the Sanctuary . | Silence/Distractions |
| 4694 | The priests need to say the mass reverently. They need to subscribe to the Holy Cadence of the mass! Their homilies should reflect a correct reading and interpretation of the Scriptures. One example( The Holy Ghost came to CONVICT the world of sin, NOT convince the world of sin....Priests should know the Holy Bible and be careful not to provide scandal by reading incorrect interruptions!!! The Holy Days should be observed correctly. The Church Calendar should be corrected to reflect fest days correctly. Example... May 31st is the Queenship of Mary, August 22nd is the fest of the Immaculate Heart of Mary! Disrespect for the Eucharist transcends disrespect of the authority of Husbands as the Head of Families!. | Reverence, Homilies |
| 4695 | Personal dress of the laity. Remember you are not going to the beach! You are in the Real Presence of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!!. | Attire |
| 4696 | Inferior liturgy since Vatican II. | Vatican II |
| 4697 | Social stigma attached to belief. The willingness of the church to change with current cultural norms. | Modernism |
| 4698 | Restore the order of the Sacraments. Confirmation, according to the Roman catechisms, is to be conferred between 7-13 years, before Penance and prior to the Most Blessed Sacrament. As marriage is the formation of the family and children are the natural fruit, so is the charismatic the awakening to the relationship of the Beloved before the multiplication of Divination. | Sacraments, Relationship with Jesus |
| 4699 | The sloppy dress while attending mass. Who do they think they are going to see?. | Attire |
| 4700 | The priest is hardly at the altar during a N O mass. At the N O mass the priests are not teaching the faith during there sermon because they are more afraid of losing the few parishioners they do have coming to mass. Also, all this greeting and hand shaking really stopped me from going to a N O mass anymore. That is NOT why we are mass. | Liturgical Practice, Sign of Peace, Fear/Cowardness |
| 4701 | Major changes to the Mass in the 60s. Gave a sense that other teachings were changeable as well. | Vatican II |
| 4702 | Abandoning the Latin Mass completely. The Church’s hierarchy is very divided which causes much confusion in the laity, causing the laity to be divided. The culture is influencing the Church. It has to be the other way around. The Church must have a greater influence on the culture. When we get that wrong both the Church and the culture suffers. | TLM, Modernism |
| 4703 | Replacing the Roman Catholic Tridentine Rite with the Novus Ordo, created with the influence of heretics!. | TLM |
| 4704 | The Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) excludes almost all of these issues. My faith was deepened in college through the TLM. Bishops and The Pope banning this beautiful inheritance of our faith has been very harmful and hurtful. We continue to live through sexual abuse scandals, need they be compounded with spiritual abuses?. | TLM, Scandals, Leadership |
| 4705 | Failure to show reverence in the presence of the Eucharist. | Reverence |
| 4706 | Humanity's belief that only their wants/needs/ideas are necessary and that God does not have any value to them. Everyone is more inclined to immediate gratification & personal pleasure than to seeing the value of things that take time to manifest. | Modernism |
| 4707 | sexual abuse and homosexual grooming in seminaries and in the Church. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Scandals |
| 4708 | Banning the Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 4709 | Blanket dispensation during covid... How devastating to the wonder and power of our GOD. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4710 | Apparent loss of belief in the Real Presence on the part of the clergy. | Lack of Faith |
| 4711 | Masses lost any reverence and only seem to resemble protestant services. | Reverence |
| 4712 | Vatican Council 11 was not a Real Council. That is when the Freemasons Started to Take over the Vatican and Change The Catholic Church From The Inside!!!. | Vatican II |
| 4713 | The implementation of the Novus Ordo. The Church must return to the True Rite of the Latin Mass if the Church to be saved from the current crisis. | TLM |
| 4714 | Chastisement and Leadership in the real truth from the pulpit. | Homilies, Leadership |
| 4715 | Not using patens. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4716 | The falsely commonly taught secular idea that all phenomenon can be explained by reason. And that without an accidental change that can be observed by the exterior senses there is no change. | Modernism |
| 4717 | Simply offering a kneeler to use would greatly increase the reverence in receiving our Lord. Showing the parishioners the beauty we surround Jesus with is not so show off it is to honor the house he dwells in. Go back to Altar Servers being male as priests are only male and being so close to the alter should invoke the desire to become a priest. Better catechism of the children early and a demand for the diocese to provide the best of teaching materials that reflect the best and most important aspects of faith. | Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 4718 | Extraordinary Eucharistic ministers they should be discontinued. They fail to use patens when distributing the Eucharist allowing Sacred particles to fall on the floor where they are trampled. | Extraordinary Ministers, Liturgical Practice |
| 4719 | Questioning the validity of priestly ordinations. | Other |
| 4720 | Chapel veils show the importance of dressing properly before God. It brings a certain reverence to the Mass. | Attire |
| 4721 | Lack of good leadership . | Leadership |
| 4722 | This may have been covered as part of the lack of silence, but after the consecration… The Celebrant proclaiming the mystery of Faith is very distracting… And provides very little time to reflect on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. | Silence/Distractions |
| 4723 | When a Communion Host falls to the floor, no proper reverence in retrieving and ensuring any tiny particles are "cleaned up.". | Reverence |
| 4724 | The TLM seems to be the fix for most of these issues. | TLM |
| 4725 | Kneeling when receiving Holy Communion. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4726 | lack of sincere devotion to Our Lord's Presence. | Devotions |
| 4727 | Kissing of the hands of clerics to symbolize the sacredness of their priestly consecration and that the sacrifice of the mass cannot be conferred without them. The idea of false ecumenism which implies we are equivalent to protestants in faith and practice. | Ecumenism |
| 4728 | Loss of the use of the communion paten, emphasizing the sacredness of the body of Christ in the host. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4729 | Since and because of the ERRORS of Vatican II the Catholic Faith has been “watered down”……. The CENTRAL AND MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which was not only adulterated but scrutinized by those of other religions and the Supreme Essence was removed and over these last 60 years is no longer recognizable as the Universal Church. The Four Marks of our Holy Faith have met with a determined desire to albeit destroy our beloved and Holy Faith and Mass. Instead of processing the prelates of the One True Faith need to , once again, LAY A STRONG FOUNDATION, beginning with our children from infancy through highs school and being raised on the Baltimore Catechism is one way , if supported by a strong family life and parish priests WHO ARE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING in the religious education of their parish schools and high schools. Return to the ALTAR…get rid of the table…rid the vernacular and return to the Latin Mass, THE MASS OF THE AGES AND OF THE SAINTS. There should never be women in the sanctuary…you might want to read: “How Christ Said The First Mass” by James L. Meagher VIVA CHRISTO REY. | Vatican II |
| 4730 | Total failure in catechizing our children...replacing the Baltimore Catechism with Protestant concepts of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (meal). lack of Sacramental preparation....etc. | Sacraments, Meal vs Sacrifice, Catechesis |
| 4731 | Catechesis in Catholic Schools is absolutely underwhelming. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 4732 | Kneeling when receiving the Eucharist. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4733 | Restoration of the Mass of all time. The traditional Latin Mass. | TLM |
| 4734 | I think that the whole taking away of "the mystery of faith" from its proper place to make it a lead-in to antiphons that say "until He comes again" when He just came upon the altar!. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4735 | The lack of unity. Caused by losing our common language Latin. | Division |
| 4736 | The man pretending to be the Pope endorsing LGBTQ issues, enduring products that use fetal tissue, and defrocking clergy who follow biblical principles. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 4737 | Lack of preaching/catechesis on Real Presence Controversy over lay Eucharistic Ministers, allowed or not (e.g., Homebound) Loss of traditions: Latin Mass, traditional Holy Days of Obligation (many moved for convenience-our Faith isn’t about convenience), traditional fasts, penance for our sins and the sins of the world Reverence of each of us for the Holy and Immortal Soul we possess/borrow from God. | Extraordinary Ministers, Catechesis, Penance, Fasting |
| 4738 | The removal of communion rails and that the normal way to receive communion is kneeling and on the tongue-not standing and grabbing Our Blessed Lord!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4739 | Improper education of children on reverence for Holy Eucharist in 2nd grade and older: need to teach them: communion on tongue kneeling, time for thanksgiving after receiving. (They receive in hand and go back to seat and just look around) the time after Holy Communion has been so shortened and interrupted with music, there is no silent time to “talk” with Jesus and listen to Him in one’s heart. 2.priests who refuse to have kneelers for us to receive Holy Communion. 3. Sign of peace disrupts the sacredness of Holy Eucharist. - we start focusing on our neighbor instead of Jesus. 4. Homilies where priests try to bring kids up into sanctuary to use them as examples 5. Going to back of church to receive Holy Communion 6. Song during communion should be by choir only so we can focus on Jesus. Everyone thinks it’s right to sing which totally takes them away from “personally” relating to Jesus. That is key along with - sign of peace should be eliminated and in the opening prayers on repentance, add about “forgiving our neighbor”. | Silence/Distractions, Sign of Peace, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis, Reverence |
| 4740 | Masons in the Church hierarchy. | Leadership |
| 4741 | Failure of Catholics to attend Mass each & every week. Catholics must be reminded it a Mortal sin to miss Mass without a good cause. | Sin |
| 4742 | Frequent cancellation of holy Mass and confession. Schedules that don’t allow working people to regularly attend. Lack of apology for Covid cancellation and cancellation of faithful priests and bishops. Papal misdirection on all the above. | COVID, Availability/Access, Leadership |
| 4743 | The RCIA and the preparation of young children for their first holy communion has been very very poor. The adults have to search for their own answers and the children are not well taught in all the aspects of the Eucharist. Very disappointing. | Catechesis |
| 4744 | Lack of leadership by the clergy and lack of reverence they allow in the Catholic Churches. | Reverence, Leadership |
| 4745 | removing the tabernacles to the rear of the worship space. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4746 | Women no longer encouraged to veil at Mass. Immodest and casual attire allowed in churches. It was mentioned in one of the questions, but there needs to be explicit catechesis regarding the truth of the Eucharist during homilies. | Attire |
| 4747 | The irreverent or lazy body language of some priests during the consecration, specifically the elevation, can negatively effect the perception of what is occurring in the minds of the laity. Also, what may have an ill effect is the priest himself not distributing communion but leaving it to the Eucharistic ministers to distribute to the congregation. This behavior may lessen the sacredness of the holy Eucharist in the eyes of the laity. Lastly, possibly one of the biggest issues is receiving the sacred host on the hand. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 4748 | I have worked within the Church for 35 years. I have the proper understanding of both the collaboration and co responsible nature of laity and clergy. I do not seek to be "clericalized", I value the importance of clergy. With that said, the clergy (and admittedly some lay ecclesial ministers) are anything but disciples...anything but authentic witness to a life of virtue and devotion. Seminaries have to find the balance in teaching /forming coresponsibility (Benedict XVI terminology) of the clergy and laity in the mission of the Church. In my years of ministering in the church I have gone from witnessing clergy "giving away" their ministry and their authority. Now the younger priests are trained think they need to be the expert in everything and feeling they need to do everything, often making decisions with little to no consultation. No wonder we have so many burned out priests. Many priests are not seen as praying people. When do folks see the priest sitting in adoration, or taking 10 minutes before Mass reflecting? Priests need to find a balance...and also witness to unity among themselves. Bishops have to foster priests to a real brotherhood...supporting one another, even living together with a life that has a small amount of community. I realize that diocesan priests are not religious priests...however there should be a weekly opportunity to pray together, socialize together, commiserate together, seek counsel on matters of pastoring. Until these things get fixed, the priesthood will be difficult and laity will struggle in falling in love with the Liturgy, growing in spiritual life etc. And the laity needs to be witnesses to our priests as well. Clergy need to be witness of the spiritual life. Homilies have to be thought provoking, connecting spiritual life (authentically Catholic) to daily life. | Priestly Formation, Leadership |
| 4749 | Heretics, communism, socialism, modernism, progressivism etc. | Modernism |
| 4750 | Not offering a holy blood with the Eucharist. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4751 | There is a need for SILENCE. No "Red Sox" comments when waiting for Mass to begin. No "Red sox Nation" comments from the priest. A need for holy when you can talk to Jesus. | Silence/Distractions |
| 4752 | we must kneel to receive Jesus. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4753 | Weak, passive, and effeminate clergy. | Leadership |
| 4754 | As the Byzantines say, “telling the mystery to your (God’s) enemies.” I feel that the mystery of the Eucharist is too casually talked of with non-believers which leads to larger discrediting of the mystery from outside the Church. | Lukewarmness |
| 4755 | The Pope and the leadership in the Vatican City who are scandalizing the Catholic Church with their actions and policies targeting Tradition and Traditional Catholics. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4756 | The general lack of ongoing faith education among Catholics. The presumption of our priests that Catholics know the faith even Catholics attending Mass. | Catechesis |
| 4757 | negativity from priest, bishops, cardinals, and the pope towards the faithful Catholics that love the Tridentines mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4758 | MODESTY in dress of all the Faithful. | Attire |
| 4759 | Practical suppression of the TLM . | TLM, Leadership |
| 4760 | Promotion of the NO mass over the Latin Mass, trying to restrict the Latin Mass, condemning those who support tradition. | TLM |
| 4761 | Use of the traditional form of the Mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4762 | Do away with the sign of peace. People must receive on the tongue, kneeling if able at the altar rails. | Eucharist Reception, Sign of Peace |
| 4763 | Priests, where we’ve lived at least, don’t talk about real issues and true Catholic teaching. Their homilies are often just “Jesus loves you” caliber, rather than Fulton Sheen caliber. They don’t inspire greatness or even teach. They’re pandering. The Latin masses seem to have less of this, and it’s attractive. They also are treating the Eucharist with the adoring attitude He deserves. We regularly attend the Novus ordo, and have heard many priests attacking the Latin Mass with ridiculous arguments. It’s so sad. If I didn’t know Jesus was in the Eucharist, I’d be shopping elsewhere too. | TLM, Fear/Cowardness, Homilies, Leadership, Sin |
| 4764 | teaching from early childhood how much Our Lord loves them and will protect them throughout their life, the belief that being with loved one's after death is the reward for being good Christians during their lifetime. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4765 | The failure to preach the Real Presence in homilies, and in Catholic schools. Lack of events such as Benediction and Adoration after Mass, as well as art, statues, icons, sacred music. Larger subsidies to reduce tuition to make Catholic schools affordable. | Schools |
| 4766 | The way people come dresses to mass. Children are not taught because their mothers are coming in With alter tops and yoga pants. | Attire |
| 4767 | Allowing pagan rites within Church and trying to make other religions important without stressing saving through Jesus. | Ecumenism |
| 4768 | Casual/immodest attire at Mass. people are told ‘all are welcome…come as you are’ and so dress as though they are heading to the store, not presenting themselves before God. Flip flops, bare legs/shoulders, shorts, jeans, sweat shirts, tight clothes are the norm at most churches. | Welcoming, Attire |
| 4769 | Speaking about the lack of following Catholic teaching by politicians and what they stand for. | Canon 915 |
| 4770 | Extremely poor catechesis in general and a "dumbing down" of the truths of the faith to make it comfortable to society. In many cases religious instruction is done by individuals who although they are a well meaning volunteer, are not qualified to teach the faith. Also lack of faith instruction in the home and the family. The faith needs to be first taught here and reinforced and expanded in the liturgy and in religious instruction. | Catechesis |
| 4771 | The new phony masonic-protestant “Mass”. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4772 | Fewer children in Catholic parochial schools, taught by Sisters and educated in the Faith from their earliest years. | Schools |
| 4773 | Receiving the Eucharist in the hand. Allows for sacrilege as particles of the Eucharist fall to the ground and we all step on Jesus daily. Almost no one checks their hands for particles after receiving in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4774 | The reverence in the Novus Ordo has been greatly diminished and I have witnessed liturgical abuses and casual treatment of the Eucharist by both priests and the laity. Protestant thought has deeply affected Catholic belief. | Reverence |
| 4775 | Understanding of not receiving the Eucharist unworthily and that missing mass is a mortal sin. | Sin |
| 4776 | No more music singing during communion It distracts from spending time with Jesus. Receiving communion on the tongue is a health issue as saliva from one person could be transmitted to another . | Silence/Distractions, Eucharist Reception |
| 4777 | RE (religious education), CCD, whatever is not enough education for our non catholic school children. | Catechesis |
| 4778 | Not being able to receive the Precious Blood of Our Lord at Mass. You need to Eat His Flesh and Drink His Blood. Two separate actions. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4779 | Failure to educate the lay on scripture that supports Jesus as being the true presence and lack of awe when receiving Him. People are too casual when reviving the Creator of the Universe. | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 4780 | Laity wearing casual clothing in church. The feminization of the mass and church that drive men, The faith leaders of the family from the church. | Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 4781 | Leadership in the Church, particularly with the current pope Bergoglio, has failed the faithful!. | Leadership |
| 4782 | The Novus Ordo Mass is a major problem. The Tridentine Mass emphasized the perpetual sacrifice of the cross and was completely God-centered and transcendent. The Novus Ordo Mass is so people oriented, lacks sacredness, and suggests that the Last Supper is being celebrated, just like a protestant celebration--no real presence. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4783 | I remember being in awe as I received my first communion on my knees and on my tongue knowing that I was truly receiving Christ. I have noticed those young children now just walking up to receive Our Lord, throwing up a hand and chewing at it on the way back to the pews without folding their hands in prayer and seeming very unaware of what they have just so casually received. There is a great lack of training on what the Eucharist is at the very earliest levels and how to receive Christ in the Eucharist respectfully and with adoration. The adults are not any better and parents watching their children make no move to correct them. It is painful to see the lack of awareness and love for Christ. Parish priests really need to catechize their congregations after the Sunday sermons as to Who they will be receiving and how to receive Him in the Eucharist when they come up to the altar after the Consecration that very day. This needs to be repeated until the people in the congregation understand and receive Our Lord respectfully. Too many Catholics have not been trained and do not realize how important this gift is. Most will not be attending parish courses on the Eucharist and won't bother to read instructions. It has to be done while you have their attention after the sermon is completed but before the Creed and the intercessions. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 4784 | We need to go back to communion on the tongue. Quiet when stepping into the church no more happy clappy stuff. | Silence/Distractions, Eucharist Reception, Applause |
| 4785 | Lack of use of patens at the Mass. Lack of opportunity to use altar rails/kneelers that still exist in parishes. Lack of accessible hours for confessions and adoration for children in school and working adults. | Confession, Liturgical Practice |
| 4786 | Spineless usccb to unite against funding abortion and sodomites agendas. More evil than good. | Abortion, Leadership |
| 4787 | Catechesis regarding the origins of the doctrine of the real presence. I.e. Biblical and Jewish roots of the Eucharist and the Mass as sacrifice. | Catechesis |
| 4788 | The attire at Holy Mass. I can remember when women always had their head covered & dressed in Sunday best. | Attire |
| 4789 | People don't show reverence for the presence of the Eucharist. Hey don't genuflect before entering the pew. | Reverence |
| 4790 | Respect for the word of God, bye throwing the out dated church missals in trash instead of burning them. Using lower case letters for Him when meaning God. Just plain disrespect for Who God is. The way people dress. | Reverence, Attire |
| 4791 | Receiving the Eucharist in the hands is a serious problem and deeply undermines the need for reverence and humility. Having numerous people in the altar- extraordinary ministers, female Altar Servers, sometimes several sacristans is unnecessary and distracting, no one but the priest and the altar servers should be on the altar during mass. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 4792 | 1) The Church's deliberate actions to make the Church more worldly (modern music, come dressed as you would to a baseball game or other form of entertainment, the Mass as a social gathering resembling a neighborhood barbeque), resulting in the Church/Mass being of the world instead of separate (i.e., holy) from the world. 2) Church's complete rejection of teaching on or discussing 'difficult' subjects under the belief that people's feelings might be hurt; perhaps they should be! 3) Church's near complete rejection of the spiritual. The vast majority of Catholics today have no understanding of angelic choirs, no understanding that they have a guardian angel or that their guardian angel is THEIR guardian angel. Catholics today mostly reject the supernatural as hocus pocus and superstition. 4) Lack of awareness of the power of the saints; lack of awareness that MOST people likely will end up in hell 5) Acceptance by the Church that we are supposed to be "good" vs being called to be holy. Good often means, "I haven't killed anyone" (except for the three abortions I've had)!. | Fear/Cowardness, Catechesis, Abortion, Modernism |
| 4793 | The influence of secularism on laypersons' Church-taught beliefs. This has happened gradually over the years and through generations of Catholic Christians. I see tremendous reverence for the Eucharist in my area among clergy and laypersons, but the faithful need to be encouraged to keep growing in faith. | Modernism |
| 4794 | Confession is not always readily available or emphasize as necessary. So many haven't been in years, if not decades. I believe most people receive Communion out of habit and do not know or care about the sin they are committing. Restriction of Latin Masses by bishops also is limiting exposure of reverence for the Real Presence to Catholics and potential converts alike. | Confession, TLM, Leadership |
| 4795 | The Novus Ordo Mass is teaching a different theology that undermines the Catholic Faith handed down to us by the apostles. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4796 | To have women laity involved at all at Holy Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4797 | Pope Francis is the Joe Biden of the Catholic world. He is a confused leftist who lives in constant confusion about his own beliefs. He promotes faggots while complaining about faggotry; he criticizes and rages about man's efforts to control the earth while he ignores the Bible (Genesis 1: 26 to 28) that says man should subdue the earth and all living things. Moreover, this usurper of Peter's Chair follows all of the insane, leftist, Marxist, clap-trap of the climate hoax [1.5 degrees C in 100 years...Hell, they can't predict the weather a few days in advance...it is NONSENSE!]. And, amazingly, he is prosecuting Archbishop Vigano like Joe Biden is prosecuting President Trump. You can't make this up. All the while endorsing extremely damaging ILLEGAL ALIEN INVASIONS, which are against the law, and using Church members donations to pay for a range of support services for these illegals while caring little for citizens and those impacted, including the possible formation of terrorist cells! Clearly, Bergoglio is a perverse product of the Sankt Gallen Mafia and the progressive radicals who are trying to Protestantize the Catholic Church. His efforts to implement the perversion of Vatican II have, most likely, invalidated the Liturgy resulting in ineffective sacraments and endangered souls. In the meantime, we have COWARDS, MARXISTS, FREEMASONS, PROGRESSIVES, AND HOMOSEXUALS in the magisterium who support this nitwit and his efforts to damage the Church. Notably, under the aegis of synodality, these efforts are hidden under a blanket of giddy rhetoric designed to fool the ignorant masses, just like CNN does with current politics (by lying with abandon!). We need to support Archbishop Vigano and reinstating the traditional liturgy. We have had enough of the perversions implemented by Vatican II. The Church is in a severe crisis where Traditional Catholics are relegated to the obscure periphery of the Church. It is wrong and it must stop. | Fear/Cowardness, LGBTQ+ Issues, Vatican II, Leadership, Confusion, Modernism |
| 4798 | I am told by grown children, the Catholic priests are boring. They repeat the same “stories” (Homily's) over and over.” We haven't learned the history of the bible, if there is one God, why do we have a Pope, the church speaks of miracles, but where is the proof?” Why do we see the excesses of the priests ( trips, vacations, golf outings, dinners, etc.), yet we are told to sacrifice, fast and give to the poor? And mostly, why is the Catholic Pope such a hypocrite by accepting those who disregard the commandments, sacraments and church teachings without publicly stating this is wrong before thy tell us to pray for these people. | Modernism, Homilies |
| 4799 | Lack of incense. The mass should awaken all of our senses. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4800 | Three issues: One is that the proper way to receive Communion in the hand was taught initially but has become sloppy with many (e.g.. people using one hand while holding an infant). Second, people not receiving Communion but in line for their "Participation Trophy Blessing" negates going in line to receive Holy Communion. Third, Communion by intinction is rarely used but should be the primary way so that people receive the Host and Precious Blood on the tongue (which would avoid the sloppiness of Communion in the hand). | Eucharist Reception |
| 4801 | Priests don't teach Eucharistic Doctrine from the pulpit often enough!. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 4802 | Complete lack of clergy preaching the truths of the Catholic faith. They don't talk about the final four -- death, judgement, hell and heaven -- or warn the faithful of how dire the consequences of their sins will be without repentance. The necessity (requirement!) of confession and Sunday Mass attendance are not mentioned. | Confession, Homilies |
| 4803 | THE OBVIOUS HERESY AND APOSTASY OF THE ANTIPOPES JOHN, PAUL, JOHNPAULS AND ESPECIALLY BERGOLIO!!!. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4804 | The work of Saint Thomas Aquinas and Council of Trent on the Mass and Holy Eucharist is rarely, if ever, mentioned anymore. | Catechesis |
| 4805 | Receiving God in one's hands. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4806 | Clothing. People do not dress in their Sunday best for the Sunday Mass. Some dress immodestly. | Attire |
| 4807 | News, social media, secular lifestyle, politics. | Modernism |
| 4808 | The use of bells during consecration. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4809 | Preach more about the tough topics such as abortion and other social issues!!. | Abortion, Homilies |
| 4810 | 1: The Church's emphasis on unconditional acceptance with no mention of repentance, penance and a promise to amend one's life. 2: The Church's over-emphasis on God's mercy with no mention of God's justice (e.g., tacit endorsement of birth control and failure to admonish fornication). 3: The Church's acceptance of immodest and casual attire while attending Mass (i.e., disrespectful to God, the priests and the congregants). | Penance, Sin |
| 4811 | Lack of emphasis on going to confession. Lack of emphasis on the reality of mortal sin. A lack of reverence during the mass and the generally casual manner of people’s body language when receiving Communion and/or being in the presence of the Eucharist. Turning Mass into a social activity and making parish announcements at the end of Mass before the recessional. | Confession, Reverence |
| 4812 | Lack of knowledge of what occurs during the consecration or on how to participate during the consecration. For example, not understanding why the Holy water is mixed with the blood, or what laity should be praying during the offering. Understanding the reason/meanings behind the actions/prayers of the priest and prayerfully participating in the pews (as laity, not with the priest) has strengthened my faith in the Eucharist. It is very hard not to feel loved when you learn how intentional and inclusive the Mass is for the laity. The separation of the role of the priest and the role of the laity amplify the offering and the consecration. I am speaking of the Traditional Latin Mass. | Leadership, TLM, Catechesis |
| 4813 | VATICAN II. | Vatican II |
| 4814 | Emphasis on regular confession and indulgences. | Confession |
| 4815 | People need to be reminded that they are at Mass, in the Presence of the Living God in the Eucharist, to Worship and Adore Him, and they are not there to be entertained. The attempt of Vatican II to shift Mass from true worship of God to a Protestantized version that is about being entertained and engaged, and has become more about the congregation and social dynamics than true worship, it is far to easy to forget about Jesus tucked away in the Tabernacle with the priests back to Him. | Vatican II, Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 4816 | The limitation of Latin Masses in every diocese, and the overall distant that it takes to get to one that is relatively close enough to attend. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4817 | Clergy not speaking out against immodest and inappropriate attire worn at Mass. Loss of women veiling at Mass. | Attire |
| 4818 | Instead of calling it the Sacrifice of the Mass, too often referred to the meal or banquet or as we gather around “ the table “. That’s all hog wash !!!. | Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 4819 | Lack of living the Gospel and being Christ to others by Catholics. | Living the Faith |
| 4820 | Lack of a dress code - only appropriate attire should be worn in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Hoodies, flip flops, women wearing jeans or skirts at the knee or higher, men wearing too tight of pants, etc. The Traditional Latin Mass, not just the saying of the Mass in Latin, is a fundamental that is being pushed out of the church - it is how the ancient Church worshipped, and we have lost touch with it. The silence, the reverence, kids being kept quiet astutely by their parents because they teach the children how important it is to be silent in front of our Savior, Jesus Christ, fully present in the Eucharist. Women and young girls wearing veils - modesty, respect, and most importantly, being set apart from the world, to look like Christ, not like the world. | TLM, Attire, Leadership, Modernism, Silence/Distractions |
| 4821 | The Real Presence of Christ - Body & Blood, Soul & Divinity - in the Eucharist, is hardly spoken of, with liturgical and devotional practices ignoring if not tacitly denying it. It is the Real Presence that is Scripturally attested (Matthew 26:26-28; John 6:26-69) and dogmatically essential. Transubstantiation is a justifiably favored theological speculation for how God accomplishes this, but His means are beyond our understanding, and debating Transubstantiation distracts from the central doctrinal point. | Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 4822 | Overemphasis of protestant ways of worship delegitimizes the primacy and superiority of the Catholic church. People truly believe that the adoption of charismatic worship and healing by lay apostolates like Encounter Ministries proves that the church was wrong and oppressive in the past and is moving in a progressive direction. | Ecumenism |
| 4823 | Closing and low support of our Catholic schools. | Schools, Leadership |
| 4824 | The hierarchy consulting with protestants and other religions on Catholic issues. Pagan ceremonies in the Vatican. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4825 | Not following Saint Pope John Paul II’s directive to return to receiving Communion on the tongue!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4826 | Turning the Roman Catholic Church /Faith into Protestant heretical failure. | Modernism |
| 4827 | There are too many hypocritical clergy who are allowed to continue in their ministry and scandalizing the laity. Examples: Cardinal. Joseph Tobin, Bp. John Stowe, Fr. James Martin, to name a few. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4828 | Casual or sloppy attire/dress of lectors and extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. Casual or irreverent, often rapid, distribution of the Sacred Body by the priest. | Eucharist Reception, Attire |
| 4829 | To educate laity from children to senior our Catholic Teachings of Jesus Christ , Traditions, Magisterium, Baltimore , Ten Commandments, Bible reading, meditation, prayer, Rosary, Trent Catechism. Confession , SIN. | Confession, Devotions, Catechesis, Sin |
| 4830 | The "sign of peace " takes the congregation's attention AWAY from Christ on the Altar!! All eyes should be on Jesus!! Not each other!! And we are not there to he entertained, but to give worship to Almighty God! It's not about US!! It's about HIM!!! . | Sign of Peace |
| 4831 | The value of silence, especially during adoration and in the sanctuary. The constant presence of laity in the sacristy, and lack of reference there. Encouraging girls to serve at the altar. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 4832 | Fathers not being the spiritual leaders of their families. Breakdown of families. Abortion legalized. Loss of the importance of the sacrament of reconciliation. | Confession, Family, Leadership, Abortion |
| 4833 | People’s lack of respect when walking up to receive the Eucharist and walking back after receiving. So casual… Hands by their sides instead of prayerful position. Total lack of reverence!!!. | Reverence |
| 4834 | Conforming to cultural norms and bringing those reflections into the liturgy, I.e., guitars and other contemporary instrumentals during mass, youth ministers distributing communion after the consecration into the ciborii to the EMs, the popes confusing literature, the popes invitation of organ rituals to take place on sacred ground etc. | Modernism, Music, Leadership |
| 4835 | Having Priests that are feminine. Need more masculinity. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 4836 | The Saturday night masses and the casual attire accepted at mass, in general. Forgetting that the church is a place of quiet, and respectful behavior and voice…. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 4837 | Large World Youth Days and other such large events where hundreds of people can walk up with food or drink in one hand while grabbing the "cookie" in the other and walking away. No reverence or sense of the sacred whatsoever. End Them Immediately and Permanently! Also, teach the requirements of going to Penance and not being in mortal sin before receiving Holy Communion. Stop being afraid of using the term "Mortal Sin". | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Fear/Cowardness, Sin |
| 4838 | Not kneeling and receiving on the Eucharist on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4839 | The lack of example by our Clergy in showing Our Eucharistic Lord true reverence . | Reverence |
| 4840 | Taking away the Communion rails. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4841 | Music/Musical groups as a performance. Visual location of musical groups. Distraction?. | Silence/Distractions, Music |
| 4842 | So many Catholics are in a dress fashion that should never be worn at the Mass. Confessions need to be available long prior to the daily scheduled Mass. | Attire |
| 4843 | Catechizing and preaching on the need for frequent confession in order to receive the Sacrament in a state of grace. | Confession |
| 4844 | Proper dress enforced, removal of women's head covering, recognizing Jesus' presence by genuflecting before entering the pew. | Reverence, Attire |
| 4845 | Lack of proper attire before the King. Lack genuflection. | Reverence, Attire |
| 4846 | The lack of support for the laity to receive kneeling at a communion rail had shattered belief in the Real Presence of Jesus, Eucharistic . | Eucharist Reception |
| 4847 | The stillness after receiving the Eucharist. Rushing through communion. | Reverence, Silence/Distractions |
| 4848 | Failure to preach Biblical basis for belief in the real Presence. Failure to distinguish the Catholic liturgy from a Protestant liturgy (particularly those closer to Novus Ordo form such as Anglican, Methodist, Episcopalian, etc.). | Catechesis |
| 4849 | In our diocese, the laity are forbidden to kneel after the Agnus Dei prayer. I know this is the "norm," even though most dioceses use the option to kneel. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4850 | Casually walking up to receive the blessed sacrament, standing, in the hand - why would anyone consider this to be anything special. "I have a right to get the cookie..." Horrible catechesis. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4851 | Receiving Holy Communion in the hand. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4852 | Distractions during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass such as large and prominent screens and the sign of peace. | Sign of Peace, Silence/Distractions |
| 4853 | Failure to receive the Holy Eucharist on our knees and on our tongues. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4854 | Dress code for receiving Our Lord in Holy Communion. No shorts, or sleeveless shirts, no low cut tops. All should dress modestly. Wear clothes for the beach at the beach, not at Mass in front of Our Lord!. | Attire |
| 4855 | 1) Allowing congregants to show up to mass in extremely casual attire (shorts, tank tops, flip flops, etc.) 2) Parents bringing very young children to the mass, who then howl and fuss throughout the whole celebration; very distracting and annoying . | Silence/Distractions, Attire |
| 4856 | Inability/unwillingness to push back on Protestant watering down and/or discarding of important Catholic doctrine. | Leadership |
| 4857 | Standing in a line one behind another receiving. Not having and using alter rails. Bowing to the back of the person in front of you not to Jesus. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4858 | The churches being closed during covid showed lack of belief! Canceling Latin Mass makes zero sense . | TLM, COVID, Leadership |
| 4859 | The practice of the laity exposing and reposing the Blessed Sacrament for times of Eucharistic adoration. The practice of the priest not purifying the sacred vessels immediately after distributing Communion. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4860 | The spirit of adoration when in the presence of the Eucharist is foremost in building the awareness that Christ is immanently present in His Person, and is God Himself ruling the Church. In the Mass we must be particularly made aware that we are to live our lives in a sacrificial love in union with Christ Himself as something essential to living our Faith. | Devotions |
| 4861 | Blatantly ask “do you believe that this is the real presence of Christ??” . | Liturgical Practice |
| 4862 | Failure to encourage parishioners to make reparation for abuses against the real presence of Our Lord in the Eucharist. | Sin |
| 4863 | 1. Introductory remarks over loud speakers at the beginning of the Mass. Everyone already knows why we are there, so the Mass should simply begin and needs no introduction. 2. Pews should be eliminated except from the peripheries of the Church. 3. The lack of unification of the Sacraments of Christian initiation (Baptism, Chrismation, and Eucharist), and the lack of communing infants undermines the essentiality of belief in the Eucharist and that, even apart of the small rational understanding of it that we can attain, God’s grace and divinity works in us through it the Eucharist. This is a huge issue!. | Sacraments |
| 4864 | Kneeling to receive, the bells ringing at consecration, receiving the Eucharist ONLY from the hands of the priest. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 4865 | Mass is rushed through as though there’s no need to pause at certain points for people to think about what they’re are participating in, that is the divine nature being present in the prayers, the scriptures, in the consecration, after communion; no time to thank the Lord express our love to him. In short, the Mass and what it offers has NOT been explained to the depths it should be, therefore there’s a lack of reverence and humility. And what you don’t respect, you don’t emulate in your life. And this is evident in the rush to leave the parking lot. | Reverence |
| 4866 | Dress, most people are too casual wearing shorts, jeans or other inappropriate clothing for church. | Attire |
| 4867 | The way women and children dress for mass. Beach attire: sun dresses, strappy shoulder dresses, shorts, leggings for exercise, kids in shirts, etc. Woman doing readings, assisting priests at mass. | Attire |
| 4868 | have seen laity take pyx and put it on the pew or in their pockets with their Kleenexes and keys. | Reverence |
| 4869 | Appropriate homilies; instructions on modesty of dress in church by clergy; calling out people who talk in church…& as they are exiting—-demanding reverence for the Presence in the tabernacle. | Liturgical Practice, Homilies, Attire, Reverence |
| 4870 | e. | Other |
| 4871 | Many in the church hierarchy are not even Catholic anymore. They are "Modernist". It is sad. | Modernism |
| 4872 | Suppressing Latin Mass, traditional communities, under largely false accusations or presuppositions . | TLM, Leadership |
| 4873 | Failure of clergy to even mention the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Fluffy homilies that fail to identify sinful behavior in our society. | Homilies |
| 4874 | There is a general acknowledgement of catechesis & re-catechesis from the pulpit, CCD classrooms (all grades) & adult talks. The parish churches & cathedrals need to have Eucharistic processions at every major feast of Our Lord: Corpus Christi, The Resurrection, The Holy Family, The Ascension, The Presentation, The Finding of Jesus in the Temple & The Transfiguration. There are many opportunities. These processions should be more than just through the church parking lot; they should be through the city streets & neighborhoods. Each one could have a different route. | Public Witness, Catechesis, Devotions |
| 4875 | These 3 factors or lack there of hold us back. Inclusive of all, judgment-free and being "right". | Judgmental, Welcoming |
| 4876 | CCD is a failed model for catechization. It should be abandoned. | Catechesis |
| 4877 | Laity's casual attire at Mass. Bring back veiling for women. Bring back regular use of incense. | Reverence |
| 4878 | Although our priests show reverence to the Host, and we have adoration and processions, our priests have not spoken out against the congregation applauding our soloist after the communion hymn. I believe this trivializes the moment. | Devotions |
| 4879 | Lack of manly leadership from the bishops. They hardly speak on tough issues and are never leading the church militant in spiritual warfare. Many do not even show that transcendent realities exist. | Leadership |
| 4880 | Failure of Clergy to take corrective action when abuses to and unapproved changes to the Mass occur. As well as social norms being disregarded such as kneeling, veiling, and genuflecting before the presence of Christ in the sanctuary. | Reverence |
| 4881 | Emphasis on adult Catechesis and formation. After Confirmation, few see the need or have the desire to continue learning about the Faith. Theology becomes reserved for school children and seminarians. Second problem, but connected to the previous: perception of “religion” as an institution. The Catholic Faith and Christianity is more than a set of rules and teachings. It is God establishing a covenant with man. An understanding of this truth seems to be missing in most Catechesis. | Catechesis |
| 4882 | Bishops, Archbishops, and Bergoglio chastising the faithful, bringing pagan gods to the Vatican, and allowing pagan practices to be done during Mass. Disciplining faithful priests, Bishops, and Archbishops for teaching the faith. Calling Archbishop Lefebvre a heretic. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4883 | Failure of bishops to speak the truth and encourage the priests in their diocese. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 4884 | Need for education of true meaning of Eucharist, Bible Study. | Catechesis |
| 4885 | The formative experience of a Ad Orientem mass with older men in the sanctuary, altar rails, communion on the tongue only etc. all are formative aspects that influence our understanding of the Eucharist- there is something special and different and makes one question the why and who. That has been lost by the various introductions of Eucharistic ministers, no communion rail, girls servers etc. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 4886 | Locking up of churches during COVID. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4887 | A culture of shame around not receiving the Eucharist while in the state of mortal sin. Feeling like the ‘goal’ of Mass is to receive the Eucharist and that one must receive the Eucharist to fulfil the Sunday obligation. Viewing the Eucharist as something that is owed, not as a gift. | Sin |
| 4888 | 80% of old mass removed or changed. | Vatican II |
| 4889 | Charismatic practices during adoration and the Holy Mass. | Other |
| 4890 | Failure to emphasize a personal relationship with Jesus in the Eucharist. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 4891 | Few reminders of the true presence in homilies, Failure to remind people to fast before Mass, Failure to emphasize the importance of receiving the Eucharist every Sunday except in grave circumstances like sickness, Not having confession available before Mass more often, Loss of devotion to daily Mass. | Catechesis, Fasting, Devotions |
| 4892 | Apostasy . | Modernism |
| 4893 | Poor formation by parents and godparents; while it is important for the priest and parish to help form Catholics, parents and godparents need to do their part. Providing resources to parents for youth formation would be great. | Family, Catechesis |
| 4894 | This might be part of what was already discussed but people are lost in the routine of it all and forget that simply “going through the motions” does not cut it. Being constantly reminded of how awe striking the reality of the Eucharist is would get peoples minds moving and their heart postures changing…I hope . | Catechesis |
| 4895 | The actions of our Pope, Cardinals, and bishops!. | Leadership |
| 4896 | People leaving Mass immediately after receiving the Eucharist . | Reverence |
| 4897 | Lack of reverence in the Novus ordo. | Reverence |
| 4898 | Even though I have always believed in the Real Presence and have defended it, I have protestant friends who insist their church "has" it in their communion service, and I cannot and/or do not know how to refute them. | Catechesis |
| 4899 | Lack of stressing to parents that it is primarily their duty to properly catechize their children. Parents leave teach to Sunday school teachers who inadequately teach children about the Real Presence. | Family |
| 4900 | It might be possible that people don’t want to believe because they feel foolish so they choose not to. It’s hard to understand the nature of the Holy Eucharist, and this makes This Sacrament easy to doubt and misunderstand. People need to have an intimate encounter with Christ to truly believe . | Relationship with Jesus |
| 4901 | There is lack of mention of true presence along with lack of reverence and hypocritical behaviors. Also the way and format of the mass and worship is not being taught. People do not understand the meaning so therefore they'd prefer to go to a contemporary church where they feel welcomed. | Reverence, Welcoming, Catechesis |
| 4902 | Issues such as the following: educating the congregation about faithful/unfaithful Catholic schools at all levels (e. g., dropping of your son or daughter at colleges such as BC and Holy Cross does not guarantee a faithful Catholic education); the "celebrating" of scandalous Masses in some parishes supporting rainbow flags, etc.; increasing support for courageous clergy who speak out against abortion and gay marriage, for example; and giving in to the state during the pandemic when the congregation was often prevented from attending Mass but could go food shopping or shop at a Mall, for example. | Schools, COVID, Abortion, Modernism |
| 4903 | Broader cultural shifts that prioritize work or other values over religion. | Modernism |
| 4904 | Some of the priests/bishops ambivalence and messaging about sin. In our parish I don’t remember hearing the word for years. | Sin, Leadership |
| 4905 | Failure of priests to encourage communion on the tongue and to educate the laity that communion on the tongue is still the preferred method and that receiving in the hand is an indult. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4906 | Loss of purpose for Catholics, loss of schools, hospitals to identify how we benefit society Only scandal . | Schools, Catechesis |
| 4907 | Casual attitude of the priest when distributing Holy Communion. | Attire, Eucharist Reception, Lukewarmness |
| 4908 | General Mass attire. Have modesty be a must to remind others they are in the presence of Christ. | Attire |
| 4909 | Formation or renewal of the formation in years past. Education and conferences . | Catechesis |
| 4910 | There are people who believe that this is the body and blood but are denied because they are not Catholic. | Worthy Reception, Catechesis |
| 4911 | A failure of Catholic schools to educate in a Catholic manner; the transition in most Catholic schools from daily Mass to either weekly, monthly, or quarterly Mass; the lack of striving for holiness of so-called devout Catholics. | Holiness, Schools, Catechesis |
| 4912 | Failure to encourage (1) regular confession, especially coincident with Mass or directly prior to it and (2) lack availability of regular adoration, especially perpetual adoration. | Confession, Devotions |
| 4913 | Attire in the church wearing shorts sandals, female attire very scandalous men also. Telling people basically Put some clothes on. Failure of the Bishops …. Not Shepherds canceling good priests . | Persecuted Clergy, Attire, Leadership |
| 4914 | Many Bishop’s have become more political than serving in the role of Shepherd of the salvation of souls in their diocese. For example, my Bishop (McKnight) had a big press release about the decision on Derek Chauvin but remains silent on big issues of faith. It’s quite sickening. In fact, I’ve heard priests who boldly speak out on hard truths in our diocese are called to the bishop’s office and disciplined. | Politics, Leadership |
| 4915 | Lack of preaching that calls out sin simply and directly, reminding people that receiving in mortal sin adds more mortal sin and neglecting to preach, teach the people what sin is on a regular basis. Not just birth control and abortion, though those are rarely if ever mentioned but all mortal sin. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness, Sin |
| 4916 | Loss of emphasis on parental/god-parental faith education of children. More belief that it is primarily the Church’s responsibility, not the parents’. Loss of reverent attire when attending mass (including head coverings for women at mass falling out of fashion) — makes attending mass feel more casual, like there is nothing special happening. Just a community meet up. What do you have to dress up for if not to meet someone special?. | Family, Attire |
| 4917 | The removal of communion rails that is a reminder that every knee should bend in front of our Lord! The removal of many prayers that are still preserved in the extraordinary form like the secret, gradual, prayers at the foot of the altar, etc. MODESTY within the church is horrendous. | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 4918 | Lack of connection with the modern world. | Modernism |
| 4919 | Priests need to speak the truth of our faith. The people want to be feed the truth of being Catholic not watered down. Bring back the reverence to the church. Communion rails would be a start also. | Reverence, Fear/Cowardness, Eucharist Reception |
| 4920 | The historical and Christological basis of the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist and the fact that other churches claim to have the equivalent. | Catechesis |
| 4921 | Failed of clergy to talk about sin and what particular behaviors/lifestyles are sinful and failure to preach on holiness and how to obtain it. | Holiness, Sin |
| 4922 | Poor teacher knowledge and they’re actual believe in what they are teaching in Catechism lessons. | Catechesis |
| 4923 | Failure to have the Traditional Latin Mass as the only Mass available to the faithful as it had been for 1500 years!. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4924 | Failure to uphold the catechism and Catholic teachings in the Catholic Schools . | Schools, Leadership |
| 4925 | All the questions above reveal the failure of the total belief in the Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist!!. | Other |
| 4926 | Bishops are now mostly Political. They are Anti 2nd Amendment. Never discussed the Pope announcing during Christmas week why the Pope was pushing Homosexual Sodomite Blessings. OUTRAGEOUS. Why does Georgetown University have a MOSQUE on Campus!!!. | Politics, Leadership |
| 4927 | Mass is not Sacred. The priest needs to face the altar, not the congregation. Jesus is on the altar and that's where our focus should be. We are not there for fellowship. We are there to worship Jesus without any distraction. No hand gestures and no sign of peace. Bring back the incense as is done in my parish. No EM. Only altar boys. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Extraordinary Ministers, Liturgical Practice, Reverence |
| 4928 | -educating all Catholics about the purpose of the celebration of the Mass -improvement of catechesis to all Catholics and their evangelization as Jesus taught and personally expressed -encouragement that all of God's children have a conversion of heart and mind so that all we think, say and do may be for the honor and glory of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit+. | Evangelization, Catechesis |
| 4929 | I've been told for 40 years that this is an issue, and what I've observed is that the Priest who talk with great love about the Real Presence of God in the Eucharist, have the most devout parishes. They also talk about it in almost every sermon, with miracle stories because humans can remember stories more than they will ever remember quoting doctrine. Even the youngest child can remember a simple but powerful story. I've seen Priest who just tell us to believe, but say nothing the rest of the year or about what we are being asked to believe in. The laity can not believe what they don't know anything about. At our Parish, we have not been taught anything about the Year of the Real Presence, I'm not even sure it was mentioned more than once. Nothing changed and nothing extra has been said or done to promote the Real Presence, so our archdiocese should not expect an increase in belief since nothing has changed. Priest need to do NEW things if they expect to improve belief in something. And NOT by badgering and complaining about how few parishioners believe. Complaining is not going to improve the community's belief either. Priest need to start teaching the Real Presence, and with great love and enthusiasm from the pulpit, even directing some of the stories for the kids. Also, there are far too many Priests who fly through Communion and get it over with as fast as possible. We notice... if it looks like speeding through the prayers and speed washing the dishes, it feels like it. We have Priest who stuff the Host into our mouths as if speed is the main goal and the Priest looks annoyed, grumpy, and as if they don't want to be at Mass. | Leadership, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 4930 | Priests no longer stay in the Confessional before and after Holy Mass. If you are lucky there might be a 45 minute twice a week chance. Priests also never talk about the praying the family Rosary and the power it has. | Confession |
| 4931 | It appears the Church is concerned mostly with climate control and social issues more than focusing on growing in holiness and reception of sacraments. The liturgy, sacraments, and reception of the Eucharist appear to be an afterthought. . | Sacraments, Modernism, Holiness |
| 4932 | Homilies that tell people that if they are living with someone they are not married to....don't receive until you talk to a priest. | Sin |
| 4933 | Badly worded questionnaires and surveys. | Other |
| 4934 | Loss if the genuflection prior to the elevation of The Host. | Reverence |
| 4935 | Re-educating people about the importance of reconciliation and penance and the importance of salvation by receiving the Holy Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 4936 | Bringing back the Communion rail so we can have the option to receive the Holy Eucharist on our tongues while kneeling; from a Priest whose hands are consecrated. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4937 | Poor and inconsistent teaching to laity of the faith. Lack of teaching on how to live your Catholic faith in a secular society. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 4938 | There are a great number of Novus Ordo liturgical issues not mentioned in the survey which undercut the belief in the Real Presence: 1. The GIRM, reducing the number of priestly and server genuflections during the Mass is a problem in and if itself, but this also in many cases has led to priests and servers not even genuflecting or even bowing outside of the Mass when passing in front of the tabernacle. 2. Having and using a free standing altar which allows the priest to have his back to the tabernacle if the parish is fortunate enough to have the tabernacle in the sanctuary in back of the table altar. With this configuration and use of a table altar, the priest usually has his back side to the tabernacle whenever he bows or genuflects toward the table altar, totally disregarding Jesus in the tabernacle. 3. Shaking hands (aka the sign of peace) in the middle of the Eucharistic prayers. This is very disruptive to the main focus of Jesus being present on the altar in the Blessed Sacrament and although it is optional, it is almost always included. 4. Most "Mysterium fide" responses having the congregants say, "...until He comes again" when Jesus has already come again and is present in the Blessed Sacrament on the altar. Even if those responses were meant to be talking about Jesus second coming, for us to respond that way at that point in the Mass still undercuts the fact that Jesus is already truly present on the altar in the Blessed Sacrament. "Save us Savior of the world" Is the only response option which doesn't undercut the Real Presence, and it is rarely used! 5. The congregation not kneeling while singing the Sanctus and the Agnus Dei, especially for the later when the tabernacle is often opened by the celebrant to retrieve the consecrated Hosts which have been reserved in the tabernacle. To not be kneeling when the tabernacle is opened during Mass and even outside of Mass doesn't give the Blessed Sacrament reverence which is due, but the casualness with which the tabernacle is open has increased greatly as the lack of belief in the Blessed Sacrament has increased. 6. The casualness with which the Sacred Vessels are handled undercuts the belief in the Real Presence. These vessels which hold both Jesus Body and His Blood, for example, I have been told, use to be handled primarily by the consecrated hands of the ordained priest. Only in rare situations were the laity handling these Sacred Vessels, and in cases where the laity did, it was often not done with their bare hands. However, now laity often touch these vessels when preparing things for Mass, when cleaning things up after Mass, or when distributing Communion during Mass. There are probably many other ways in which the Novus Ordo liturgical changes have undercut belief in the Real Presence. These six are just the few that I've thought of off the top of my head which the survey has not yet mentioned. . | Reverence, Sign of Peace, Liturgical Practice |
| 4939 | 1. Lack of desire and lack of sense of duty. “Give to Caesar what is to Caesar and to God what is to God.” 1. Misplaced pride. Both “I don’t see Him in my life. How can He be interacting in my life? How could He love me?” and “God loves me so much, how could my committing (insert sin thought to be minor, usually mortal) sin lead an all-loving God to say I can’t receive Him in Communion? It must be that none of this is real.” I’m sure I could think of more things if I had more time. | Modernism |
| 4940 | Unjust treatment of gays. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 4941 | The Church's focus is on "synodality" anymore. All you want to do is listen to each other talk endlessly. You've completely forgotten to pass on the Faith you received. | Leadership |
| 4942 | The . | Other |
| 4943 | Adult catechesis is greatly lacking. Additionally the blatant disregard of proper attire especially at Sunday Mass. | Attire, Catechesis |
| 4944 | Casual treatment of Eucharist in Novus ordo. Suppression of TLM. | TLM, Reverence, Leadership |
| 4945 | Needing clergy to lead by example in their reverence / love for Our Eucharistic Lord. Catechize about the real presence of Our Lord in the Eucharist and His personal relationship to us not only about the concept of transubstantiation. | Leadership, Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 4946 | The mystery of the Eucharist is naturally difficult to understand, and current personalities are closed minded and not trusting. Lack of patience to reflect on and attempt to understand. A lack of love toward neighbor by those who believe in and receive the Eucharist. | Catechesis |
| 4947 | Lack of confession/ discussion on receiving in mortal sin ; woman on the altar at all; altars that are not cruciform / are lower or same level as the laity instead of being higher ; Precious blood and understanding that one drop is the same as one crumb (not distinct) (should be used instead of gluten free host); laity having access to tabernacle/ pixs; . | Confession, Liturgical Practice, Sin |
| 4948 | Catholic schools have a huge influence on families and their faith. We experienced very lazy religious education with our child. School sports and travel sports seems to be a priority Instead of family and attending mass. Serious and structured catholic teaching of doctrine and our faith needs to be taught. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 4949 | Taking away the bells being rung at the consecration. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4950 | Poor religious education programs. Lack of opportunities for confession, including confession immediately before mass. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 4951 | The attack on TLM and restrictions on it. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4952 | Learning about Saints and their attitude towards the Eucharist . | Catechesis |
| 4953 | Adequate development of a prayer life The importance of the clergy to educate, govern and sanctify The development of a conscience. | Devotions |
| 4954 | Proper attire at Mass. | Attire |
| 4955 | The division in the Church regarding many of these issues, but specifically receiving in the hand. It might be more of an effect of Catholicism in general but being belittled for receiving in an approved way is not going to make people believe in the real presence. All of us need to be more Christ like to one another and that’ll have the greatest impact. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4956 | Emphasis from the pulpit about proper dress. | Attire |
| 4957 | When the Eucharist is offered under two species, it sends the message that there is more Jesus when you receive him both ways. It's totally opposite. Jesus is in the smallest speck of the host. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4958 | Absence in many churches to ring the bells during the consecration. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4959 | Leaders of the church, making statements that contradict even the most fundamental Catholic beliefs, scandalizing Catholics and non-Catholics. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4960 | Replacing the true sacrifice of the mass (Latin Mass) with the protestantized version of the Novus Ordo. | TLM, Leadership |
| 4961 | Sin and consequence are not being taught. Teaching that God is all merciful with no judgement. Wearing immodest clothes to mass. Coming in late and leaving before the last blessing. . | Reverence, Sin, Attire |
| 4962 | Education of Eucharistic miracles. | Catechesis |
| 4963 | The viewing of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as a meal to be shared and not as a say for our sins. | Meal vs Sacrifice, Liturgical Practice |
| 4964 | Communion rails removed with Communion on the hand has removed the Sanctuary from the faithful. Allowing anyone to access the sacred Tabernacle is horrible. Only the Priest should be allowed to touch the Sacred Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Women in the Sanctuary and fidgeting around the altar. Women as sacristans. Altar Girls is an abomination. | Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 4965 | Related to several of the issues, but not specifically discussed: evidence that shows reception of the Eucharist in the hands leads to “crumbs of Christ” dropped to the ground, and a is supreme sacrilege of the Blessed Sacrament. Knowing this should cause laity and clergy alike, grave concern. | Eucharist Reception |
| 4966 | Attempting to make the people feel involved by active verbal participation, rather than teaching them how they ARE involved in the sacrifice of the mass by joining in the prayers with the priest. They seem to be trying to foster a protestant sort of "feeling good" rather than a genuine Catholic understanding of the true presence and graces of the true mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 4967 | Woman and Men dress. Wearing pants for woman not covering their heads and man wearing shorts . | Attire |
| 4968 | Poor adult Catechism . | Catechesis |
| 4969 | Education of our children (and adults) in what the real presence means from an early age. | Catechesis |
| 4970 | The reverence from our Parish Priest during communion as they are now so focused on being accepted by the laity rather than what they’re distributing the true Body, Blood and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ. To not say The Body and Blood of Christ before we receive let’s me know that they themselves do not believe themselves in the true Presence of our Lord and savior. They want to become more like politicians where they want more power and a bigger title. | Reverence, Politics |
| 4971 | Lack of developing a personal relationship with Christ in prayer . | Relationship with Jesus, Devotions |
| 4972 | Closing the churches during Covid as the package store were essential and open! More discussion needed in the devil and how he really exits and us after souls. St. Michael prayer mandated after each Holy Mass. Stop closing schools. They are the future of the church. | Schools, Liturgical Practice, COVID, Leadership |
| 4973 | Closing the churches during covid and moving mass online. | COVID, Leadership |
| 4974 | The wearing of habits and clericals... | Attire |
| 4975 | Catholics have lost the sense of Christ's personal love for them which is made manifest in the Sacrifice of the Mass. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 4976 | Bishops Strickland and Muller must remind their dioceses that Bergoglio is NOT THE POPE WHEN HE IS IN FACT EXCOMMUNICATED BY HIS OWN MOUTH! In not doing so, YOU two bring God’s anathema upon yourselves and your own parishioners. | Leadership |
| 4977 | In many parishes there is a greater emphasis on community, welcoming, social justice rather than coming together to worship God in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Devotions, Eucharistic processions, May crowning, celebrating and emphasizing the importance and history of our Feast days, Ember days are rare. Catechesis of children and adults is sorely lacking. So many parents are not so interested in their children actually learning their Faith as they themselves know so very little. They want their children to receive First Holy Communion, Penance not so much, and view Confirmation as rather a graduation from religious education. Many don't find it necessary to attend Mass every Sunday especially if they are involved in sports. Parents do not know how to provide a good example for their children to develop a prayer life. They find it difficult and sometimes unnecessary to teach them their prayers as they do not know basic prayers themselves. I taught CCD for close to 20 years and I loved teaching the children, but it is the parents who need to continue the lessons throughout the week and religious education was a low priority for most. | Devotions, Public Witness, Social Justice, Welcoming, Community |
| 4978 | Lack of continual catechizes. | Catechesis |
| 4979 | The bishops not insisting on great instruction for all children in Catholic schools & religion classes for all those who attend public schools plus RCIA classes. | Leadership, Schools, Catechesis |
| 4980 | During more than 1000 of Christendom, the laity was permitted to receive Holy Communion only once or a few times each year. Obviously, the more often we can do anything - including reception of Communion - the less significant it becomes - more an ordinary habitual activity than a sacred, unique event. | Loss Sense of the Sacred, Eucharist Reception |
| 4981 | Failure to teach that there is a very real and eternal spiritual life that infinitely supersedes physical existence. In this reality there is evil always trying to get you off course, tied up in scandal, conflict, anger, and hatred. This leads to confusion, doubt and wrong discernment and failure of good judgment. The consequence is erosion of faith, even when God gives the body blood and divinity of his Son which is the living and eternal Word of the Father. Isaiah 55 clearly states that His Word sent be the Father does not return empty, but only after it does his will. When we begin to recognize as Church how critical it is to acknowledge our eternal selves how much more reason to cast off the physical (albeit important experience for us), and rejoice in the saving POWER of the Father’s Living Word and Perfect Reflection of Him, our Christ!. | Catechesis |
| 4982 | Decline of civilization and the adoption of subjective truth and reality. | Modernism |
| 4983 | Lack of general catechesis of adults who were poorly formed. This survey definitely skews to preference for the TLM and pre VII. I am 67 to and a cradle Catholic who attends the NO. I have embraced the Church the past 10 years because of my priests, prayer, adoration, the Rosary, and reading. If you want honest opinions from all Catholics, you need to make this available across multiple Catholic sites, not only this one and LSN who also favors the Latin Mass. | Catechesis |
| 4984 | The lay need to be educated. It is not that they don’t believe because they have been told and turned their back on the teaching. They are ignorant of the facts. The facts need to be told. | Catechesis |
| 4985 | Liberal religious sisters have lead people into a perverse New-Age form of Catholicism. | Modernism |
| 4986 | Failure to acknowledge the sin of closing churches and with holding the Sacraments in time of need! Failure to acknowledge that medical shots are made or tested with aborted fetal cells and not acceptable for treatment of any kind. | Abortion, COVID |
| 4987 | In middle of the mass, the shaking of hands and greeting others, it should be done before or after mass, or mot at all. It takes away the spirituality of the mass itself. Plus spreads germs. | Sign of Peace |
| 4988 | Failure to catechize children properly (using resources such as Baltimore Catechism) in majority of U.S. parish CCD programs. | Catechesis |
| 4989 | Terrible lack of teaching homilies. | Homilies |
| 4990 | lack of unity and true brotherhood of the priest and bishops who need to be God examples for the laity. | Division, Leadership |
| 4991 | Lack of proper instruction to young altar servers as they are not sufficiently reverent to Our Lord in the Tabernacle. | Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 4992 | Catechesis is lacking plus not stressing moral teaching, i.e. artificial contraception. Disgusting! . | Catechesis |
| 4993 | Current impressions given by the Pope. The German bishops and their support of same sex marriage and behavior. I believe this issue is much deeper than the items listed here. God has been removed from the activities of the world and Satan has moved in. The world is going to be turned upside down within a short period . God help us!. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 4994 | Mass is for worship of God, not assembly and fraternity. Christ is the Principal Priest at Mass. The consecrated priest is necessary for celebrating Mass. By The church is the House of God, to be treated as such. | Reverence |
| 4995 | Liturgy changes of second Vatican council . | Vatican II |
| 4996 | 1. Intimidation by clergy of seminarians who arrive in love with Jesus & all things Marian to conform with modernism. 2. Many laity have a follow the-leader, country club mentality missing the source & summit of our faith. 3. Large families are not celebrated but made to seem odd by those using birth control. 4. Laity may not pray enough for our thoroughly mortal priests. 5. Our pastors are moved about like pawns, robbing priest & laity of their pastoral & familial father. | Family, Leadership |
| 4997 | Poor Eucharistic theology post Vatican Ii. | Vatican II |
| 4998 | The CLERGY’s lack of belief in the Real Presence is a MAJOR contributing factor to the laity’s diminishment in belief. ALL the contributing factors mentioned in this survey would be substantially diminished if the clergy themselves understood Jesus to be truly present in The Most Holy Eucharist. While there are many factors which contribute to the clergy no longer having a strong and real belief in the True Presence, one which seems worth mentioning is that many (most?) US clergy do not feel obligated to celebrate Holy Mass daily. That tells me that they do not understand what it means to be a priest. In fact, as an advisor to my pastors, I have discovered that when I ask the question, “What is a priest?” They are literally unable to formulate an answer. When they do answer, it has never involved the celebration of Holy Mass but has centered around the work they do in offering emotional comfort and spiritual guidance in moments of crisis - basically that they are glorified social workers and therapists. Naturally, if the clergy do not know who they are, what their role is, why they exist, what their MOST IMPORTANT WORK is, then the laity will not value their essential work, which ultimately is The Most Blessed Sacrament. As much as this survey is good for demonstrating where the laity see problems, until we get our seminaries in order and on track to teach the seminarians WHAT/WHO a priest is, WHY his work is essential for the salvation of souls, and THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY of the Sacred Eucharist, the laity will constantly be misled by well meaning but unformed clergy. | Leadership, Catechesis |
| 4999 | Stop preaching with magic words, rather become biblical. Teach the church is mostly man made, not of Christ as is should be. | Other |
| 5000 | I believe the attack on and abolishing of the traditional Latin Mass for the past 60 years has been a major detriment to Faith. All of the so-called concealer changes have led the way to an abandonment of the true faith. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5001 | Dress at Mass is atrocious at many Novus Ordo Masses. Women should cover their heads in Church. No talking in Church. Communion only from the priest, kneeling, on the tongue, with paten. | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 5002 | The bishops and priest told falsehoods about the catechism of the Church . | Modernism, Leadership |
| 5003 | Proper attire at Mass! Our Parish has and as had a major problem over the several years with the AC! It may not be a major problem for the younger set but for us older folks it is! They know about it and ignore it! Secondly the speaker system is faulty to the point of not understanding what is being said from the altar. Again no one cares!. | Attire |
| 5004 | Lack of transparency! What’s the outcome of the McCarrick investigation? Why was Msgr. Grndr not investigated? Rampant homosexuality in the clergy- scripture is very clear on this matter. What about Rupnik? Stop watering down the Faith to please Protestants. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 5005 | Girl Altar Servers. Many Boy servers have quit due to this. Need Benediction and 40 hours devotion and other old rites that focused on the importance and sacredness of the Holy Eucharist. | Liturgical Practice |
| 5006 | The churches minimization of the same sex behavior of all of the catholic orders, male or female. This is a mortals sin and without contrition they continue to sin. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Sin |
| 5007 | Failure of the Church to take stands affirming traditional teachings and practices. Failure to give direction to faithful on voting and supporting adherence to teachings in public life. If the Church is not going to stand by it's own teachings why would people adhere to teachings and believe in them. | Politics, Fear/Cowardness |
| 5008 | Unlike TLM which begins on our knees, it is often 40-45 minutes before we kneel at a NO Mass. Also, the bowing (and often nod of head) instead of genuflecting diminishes sense of awe and reverence. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5009 | The purification of sacred vessels should be done only by priest. The lack of sacred music vs modern protestant praise and worship music at mass. The lack of reverence by priests at the consecration in all their movements. Does not appear they believe it is the true presence by their movements and hand positioning. | Reverence, Music, Liturgical Practice |
| 5010 | Ignoring the value of receiving the sacrament of reconciliation before receiving communion….ignoring the reality of mortal sin. | Confession, Sin |
| 5011 | We need a new Pope who does not confuse the Faithful and does not punish conservative Cardinals and priest. We need a Pope who promotes the Latin Mass and rids the Church of perverts and thieves. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5012 | Too many uneducated lay people teaching catechism, children, RCIA, etc. | Catechesis |
| 5013 | Poor Catechism, people not familiar with the Catechism of the Catholic Church!. | Catechesis |
| 5014 | Not emphasizing the importance of dressing modestly, or dressing up for church. The amount of laity that just walk up on the pradella . | Attire |
| 5015 | Eucharistic Adoration is mentioned too briefly. You emphasize the Mass which is public communal worship but a Eucharistic revival must also emphasize the personal encounter/adoration as key to recognizing the Real Presence. We must bring Christ into our live personally by adoration. Adoration is key to the holiness of the religious and clergy and is also key to the holiness of the laity. The book, The Bishop of the Lost Tabernacle, says it better than I. | Devotions, Liturgical Practice, Holiness, Leadership |
| 5016 | The highest leader is a heretic. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 5017 | The disruption during Mass -ex. shaking hands of peace, telling a joke during Mass (priest reads gospel, tells a joke & then gives homily), during Mass stops to ask for increase donations, tabernacle not in middle of altar but off to side. | Silence/Distractions, Liturgical Practice, Sign of Peace, Reverence |
| 5018 | Lack of emphasis of confession and in some parishes open churches for private visits for silent prayer. Understanding that in some areas, vandalism makes open churches not an option. But in those cases an hour open might be possible. Thanks to God that Holy Trinity in Big Spring is open during the day. | Confession |
| 5019 | Clapping after the Mass as though it had been a great theatrical magic show! Shameful. | Reverence, Applause |
| 5020 | When the Pope is of the world many follow in his footsteps. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 5021 | 1. Need to remind people what a sacrament is. 2. Need to remind people what is going on in the mystical sense- the stepping out of time to be with Jesus and the angels and souls in heaven— the “crazy” truth that God really is there. Modern Americans often do not dare to hope or imagine that something actually miraculous is happening. We need to be reminded that something totally mind blowing happens every time the Eucharist is celebrated. | Sacraments, Catechesis |
| 5022 | They are boring. They should lighten up a little and tell people about Gods goodness. | Other |
| 5023 | Priests that have abused people and the acts have been hidden from the people of the church, they should be held accountable. | Scandals |
| 5024 | Remind the flock to genuflect correctly before entering and existing pew....both knees when the Eucharist is exposed. Dress properly Arrive early to talk over their concerns and give thanksgiving.. Stress daily Mass ...Eucharist is a must to meet the day's demands...I could not have survived without it during a horrible time of my life. Offer confession in all churches daily if possible or longer on Saturdays. or twice...once during week and once on Saturdays. | Confession, Reverence, Attire |
| 5025 | We need to be educated that after we receive Jesus we should walk back to our pew with our hands folded & also in a respectful manner. Educate people to genuflect when entering the pews & passing in front of the tabernacle. Every parish needs to provide kneelers for people that would like to kneel when receiving Jesus on the tongue. Instruct the congregation on proper attire when attending Mass. This can be easily incorporated in Catholic schools & parents instructed at school meetings! Religious Ed participants instructed to receive Jesus on the tongue. | Schools, Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 5026 | Non catholic charities speaking at the ambo. | Other |
| 5027 | The bishops and Vatican failed the Faithful peoples’ requests when Latin Masses were requested in parishes, by restricting the permissions and putting them at times difficult for the people. This goes back many decades. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5028 | Trying to hard to fit in with society instead of addressing important moral issues from the pulpit. | Modernism |
| 5029 | Getting a Communion Rail back and saying the St. Michael prayer after Mass, More time after Communion to say our prayers of Thanksgiving to our Lord. The seminary needs to have men that are older than teens coming in because teens are too young to be amongst older men--abuse happens more with them. No homosexual men to be priests, period. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Liturgical Practice |
| 5030 | Not having adequate religious education teachers. Eliminating the Baltimore Catechism. Homosexual pope, cardinals, bishops, priests. Homilies that NEVER talk about sin. Eliminating the Latin Mass. | TLM, LGBTQ+ Issues, Homilies, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 5031 | The combined efforts of making the visual and liturgical and theological Catholic Church appear more contemporary. Dwindling number of Priests are strapped with Administrative functions instead of actively presenting .catechizing. Failure to use older Catholics testimonies and allow them to have a place of value in the Church. I think WE are a potentially good resource of generational repository of Faith experience. | Modernism, Catechesis |
| 5032 | I feel the scriptural basis ( e.g. John 6:51-59) needs to be imbedded in the homilies and church's teaching in their schools. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 5033 | Tendency of priests, even very good priests, to act like entertainers by adding humor and jokes during their homilies and sermons and at the end of Mass. | Liturgical Practice |
| 5034 | Removal of priests who are faithful who love the Eucharist. | Persecuted Clergy |
| 5035 | Developing a spiritual connection with our Lord. | Relationship with Jesus |
| 5036 | The Novus Ordo Mass is an invitation to Protestantism, relativism and complete apostasy. | Modernism |
| 5037 | The watering down of all the sacraments. | Sacraments, Leadership |
| 5038 | Altar rails, or not, this is GOD we are going to Receive, not a grab and go potato chip. Please show some reverence and respect. We can still kneel and receive on the tongue. No one has Consecrated hands but the Priest who stands in persona Christi. By today's standards, we have all begun to wonder about the true intentions of many of our Priests. Prayers for the entire Priesthood of JESUS CHRIST. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5039 | The religious ed programs have failed generations. Parents didn't learn the faith to teach their children. I would suggest teaching the parents that the faith is handed on by them in partnership with the Church. I would like to see Priests teach more in their homilies. | Family, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 5040 | Socializing in the sanctuary. I have even noticed, more than occasionally, private conversations in the sanctuary before and after Mass, as well as a lack of solemnity during Consecration of the Eucharist. Also, there needs to be a conversation about the proper attire that should be worn in the Church. Noted: very short skirts, for example. | Silence/Distractions |
| 5041 | Education of CATHOLICISM. | Catechesis |
| 5042 | The tremendous covering up of sexual scandal, not taking ownership of this and waiting so many many many years to continue to deal with this reality. This infiltration of evil has penetrated our sacred worship. It’s not OK. You have lost your flock with false shepherds who prefer to prey instead of leading others to pray. | Scandals, Leadership |
| 5043 | Our current Pope doesn’t care about preserving intact the deposit of faith specially the traditional Mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5044 | Confession should be encouraged and made available before Mass. Bishops should teach by example by scheduling and attending Eucharistic Adoration at each Parish on a rotating basis throughout the year. | Confession, Devotions, Leadership |
| 5045 | Failure to teach about the immorality of contraception. | Catechesis |
| 5046 | Failure to adequately catechize the laity. | Catechesis |
| 5047 | Lack of affordable Catholic schools run by real priests and true nuns. | Schools |
| 5048 | As an 84 year old grade and high school educated Catholic, who married a Lutheran outside the altar rail who shortly converted to a devout Catholic and a Mother of one daughter and 5 sons and Grandmother of 9 - my heart aches as I have watched 3 of my sons leave the Church to join and be active in other Christian churches and another son who no longer goes to Mass. My daughter and one son are active, devout Catholics. Of my 9 Grands, only 2 are devout Catholics. In the Church's attempt to appeal to the Protestants, they destroyed the beauty, sanctity and reverence of the Church and due to their fake response to the so-called pedophile scandal; they held our holy, celibate priest up for crucifixion, distrust and distain. The USCCB is nothing more than a political arm of the politics of Pro-Abortion, border destruction and gender dysphoria. I watch as some of our devout young priests try to teach Christ's Church and I am devoutly thankful for their blessedness in this floundering Church. | Abortion, Leadership |
| 5049 | The disgraceful actions of the pope!. | Leadership |
| 5050 | While yes the true presence is at Novus Ordo masses, the Traditional Latin Mass gives much more reverence and respect to our Lord. Equating the two in reverence is confusing. If both are equally as pleasing to God, then the Latin Mass and everything with it (piety, reverence, etc.)is unnecessary. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5051 | Educate all the faithful on secular teaching. Our government is degrading faith and the belief in God. Speak of these things at Mass. Speak the truth of our faith always. Speak of repetition at Mass due to attendance. Speak of marriage and the importance of unity in our families and challenge spouses to remember their responsibility to their children. The more we understand the importance of family and our own relationship with Jesus, the stronger marriages will be. | Relationship with Jesus, Homilies, Catechesis |
| 5052 | The radical changes sponsored by the Vatican and Pope Francis. E is turning the Catholic Church into a Presbytery!. | Leadership |
| 5053 | Lack of Catholic Schools. Cover up of numerous scandals. | Schools |
| 5054 | Vatican II. | Vatican II |
| 5055 | Use of the Masonic imposture "Novus Ordo" instead of the authentic, legitimate Tridentine Mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5056 | Very, very poor education in kids and adult formation classes. | Catechesis |
| 5057 | When the reading were changed during the Mass, some of the quotes of Jesus against sin were eliminated. I don't understand why that happened. Also, when Vatican 2 came, so many of our saints were omitted from the Church calendar. Why?. | Vatican II |
| 5058 | Failure to know what catechists are really teaching! Disallowing traditional mass for those who want it. | Leadership, TLM, Catechesis |
| 5059 | Minimal opportunities to be taught about the teachings of the Catholic faith shortage of priests , almost no nuns and other religious to teach and train people. | Catechesis |
| 5060 | Failure to have more youth events . | Community |
| 5061 | Priest should re-educate the Faithful regularly on the Real Presence in the Eucharist, like at every Mass. | Catechesis |
| 5062 | Failure of the clergy to insist on appropriate dress for Mass and in the Sanctuary. Extraordinary ministers should wear choir-like robes. Some of them dress scandalously and disrespect the Holy Eucharist. | Attire |
| 5063 | Lack of Preaching at the pulpit regularly about the Eucharist and lack of direct preaching about sexual morality issues . | Homilies |
| 5064 | Lack of moral standing & defending the Faith by liberal/relaxed Cardinal & bishops . | Leadership |
| 5065 | Novus ordo mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5066 | Lack of teaching the Catholic Faith to children and adults. Bishops Marxist concern on issues of “social justice” . | Leadership, Social Justice, Catechesis |
| 5067 | Give people the opportunity to share their experiences of how the Eucharist has affected their lives. | Catechesis |
| 5068 | Public Catholic bashing & anti-religious attitudes stressed in public dialogue including education. | Modernism |
| 5069 | There is only One, True, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Faith and only the gorgeous Tridentine Mass is the true Mass. Novus Ordo is a sick lie!!. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5070 | Lack of proper dress for young girls at mass. | Attire |
| 5071 | The handshake of peace right before communion. You should be preparing to receive Our Lord and be on your knees instead of chatting with your neighbor. The handshake of peace should just be eliminated. Shake hands outside the church if you want to be so folksy. | Sign of Peace |
| 5072 | Banning of The Traditional Latin Mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5073 | Accepting men for the priesthood who have homosexual inclinations. | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 5074 | I haven’t heard of any priests in our town challenging the dialogue coming from the occupant of Peter’s chair in Rome, especially these recent years. Their silence indicates complicity with a false Shephard. | Modernism, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 5075 | Lack of Good, Solid, Orthodox Catechesis for Both Children and Adults. | Catechesis |
| 5076 | Decrease in availability of the sacrament of confession . | Confession |
| 5077 | Inconsistency among Pope, Cardinals, Bishops and Priests, what they allow or don't allow. The Pope is very inconsistent with his messages, there should not be states of confusion afterward. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 5078 | The treatment of the Eucharist when it falls. | Reverence |
| 5079 | Instruction on faith and traditions from the pulpit. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 5080 | Receiving communion in the hand, that leads to the sacrilege of our blessed Lord. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5081 | Poor sermons, lack of catechesis, from the pulpit. It’s all feel good and don’t mention anything controversial. The priests have given away their priesthood by allowing laity to give out communion and do the readings. They aim to please the congregation instead of Jesus Christ! Ignorance about the Mass is prominent with too much Protestantism . People don’t even dress appropriately ! Laity are teaching the Faith and are doing it poorly. The priest should be teaching the faith accurately! This has been going on for yrs.! Why no one knows their faith correctly! Priests need to take back their priesthood and their authority! NOW. | Homilies, Attire, Catechesis |
| 5082 | The lack of TLMs available . | TLM, Leadership |
| 5083 | Receiving the Eucharist on the tongue kneeling. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5084 | Professional Catholics act embarrassed about the Faith at best. | Living the Faith |
| 5085 | Vatican 2 should NOT have happened! Yes, we needed better catechesis but not a complete over haul and NOT ecumenism. That was a real disaster. | Vatican II, Ecumenism, Catechesis |
| 5086 | The need to kneel while receiving Holy Communion. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5087 | Applause after mass, for musicians, choir, ushers etc. as if it was a PERFORMANCE, a good show with great tunes. “Thanks for that outstanding guitar and drum solo during distribution of the Holy Eucharist.” Musicians, choir should not be on the altar or in front. I’ve seen so many abuses and abominations by ‘performers’ that totally detract from belief in the real presence. Mass is not a chance for frustrated amateur musicians to get a chance to perform in front of a live audience; however most see it that way. Filling out envelopes for the bishops annual appeal detracts from the real Presence as well as watching the slick video production asking for said money. Big screens with nature scenes and song lyrics detract from the real Presence. Puppet shows during the homily detract from the real Presence and do a disservice to our children. Allowing children to wear Halloween costumes to mass detract from the real Presence (hard to believe but this happens every year at a certain parish). Baby rabbits, chicks and ducklings on the alter at Easter detract from the real Presence (same parish). I could go on and on. It’s a wonder I still believe, lol. The TLM could not be abused in these ways and is the BEST way to restore belief in the True Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. And I think this is a relevant point - architecture of modern churches is ‘off’. Not quite symmetric, discordant angles, and unsettling. They are not conducive to a peaceful, prayerful state of mind. I think this is intentional. | TLM, Silence/Distractions, Liturgical Practice, Leadership, Reverence |
| 5088 | Replacing the beautiful and most reverent Tridentine Mass with the banal Novus ordo. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5089 | making it difficult to worship Jesus by taking away TLM TLM's in Church basements/other than in Churches. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5090 | The need to make reparations for the blaspheme against the Sacred heart of Jesus and the Blessed Heart of Mother Mary. | Penance |
| 5091 | Failure to properly educate parents on their role in teaching their children the faith. | Family |
| 5092 | Complete collapse of Church teaching. Lack of faith at the Vatican . | Catechesis |
| 5093 | All around poor catechism since the 70s...not just on transubstantiation. | Catechesis |
| 5094 | My answers reflect my own experience as a 70 year old woman. I refer to myself as a victim of the hijacking of Vatican II. | Vatican II |
| 5095 | Pope and laws . | Leadership |
| 5096 | If the Latin Mass was encouraged in diocese by the bishops, obviously following what the Motu Proprio says, then faith in the real presence would be bolstered. Things like no female Altar Servers, facing Ad Orientem, receiving only on the tongue are requirements at the Latin Mass. The Latin Mass, though it wouldn't fix the problem of the lack of faith from the laity and the clergy in Jesus's real presence in the Eucharist, would encourage faith because of the requirements inherent in the mass. Obviously the Novus Ordo allows for these, however the Latin Mass not only allows for but requires these things. | TLM, Liturgical Practice, Leadership |
| 5097 | I believe that the decrease in availability of the Traditional Latin Mass has caused those who have never experienced it to have less opportunity to understand what the Mass really is, therefore less belief in the real presence of Our Lord in the Eucharist. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5098 | Failure of priests to catechize from the pulpit. | Homilies |
| 5099 | 1. Loss of religion taught by nuns and parish priest in parish parochial schools. 2. Teaching of religion taught by lay people with an inadequate background. Every generation becomes weaker than the last. 3. Parish priests are detached from parish administration to attend many meetings and activities in the diocese. 4. When I grew up (50s & 60s) the Sunday homilies were about topics that people are faced with in their lives and moral issues. It now seems as if the bishops have directed them to talk only about the gospel readings to not offend anyone. | Fear/Cowardness, Homilies, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 5100 | Regular emphasis. | Other |
| 5101 | Cover ups for pedophile priest sending them to other locations after accusations for years this has been going on. Hypocrisy!. | Scandals |
| 5102 | Negative reaction of some priests when people kneel to receive Jesus in the Eucharist and in the tongue; some priests will scorn people or make it known they do not approve of it. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5103 | Lack of availability of Confession. 1/2 hour once a week is not enough time or convenient for everyone. When I am traveling, if I need to go to confession I usually cannot find a church that can accommodate me. | Confession |
| 5104 | The Church hierarchies refusal to staunchly defend doctrinal aspects of the faith. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 5105 | The miracle of the real presence isn't mentioned from the pulpit. | Homilies |
| 5106 | "ecumenical dialogue" leads to indifferentism. | Ecumenism |
| 5107 | If you want people to believe in the churches teachings practice what you preach. I believe that the seminaries have dumbed down their seminarians in what they teach the same way our students in schools have been taught. It is a decay in our society today which we all need to turn around. I don’t believe the churches put the fear of God into their teachings which some of us grew up with. Society sees politicians who say they are catholic, receive an audience with the Pope while they promote abortion and same sex marriage. It’s not the church that caused people to leave, it’s those that are running it. I pray for a great awakening!. | Catechesis, Abortion, Modernism, Canon 915 |
| 5108 | The Invocation of “Pope Francis” at Mass when it is clear he is attempting to destroy the Church; Having Bergoglio the Apostate/Anti-pope as the figurehead of the Synodal Church; Homosexuality in the seminaries, clergy, religious and especially the Vatican. Any layperson at the ambo or altar area (Lay Lectors; Eucharistic Ministers); allowing reception in the hand; loss of Nuns teaching students. | LGBTQ+ Issues, Eucharist Reception, Leadership |
| 5109 | Loss of the Faith by clergy! Many priests act like social workers! Ecumenism---Christ founded ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, APOSTOLIC CHURCH! Homilies--NOT sermons! Priests that merely preach TRUTH, and remain faithful to Church teachings are CANCELLED!. | Persecuted Clergy, Ecumenism |
| 5110 | Hard to get to confession. It is not promoted. | Confession |
| 5111 | Too many deacons taking the place of altar servers who may have a vocation but rarely get to do anything because of the deacons. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 5112 | 1. I am 72 year old, as a child I observed people receiving Holy Communion rarely. Now whole church goes up for Holy Communion, so it does not seem so elevated an event. 2. Dress for church, if we take the time to dress-up for church, not wear jeans or shorts, going to church and receiving Holy Communion may make it feel more sacred. 3. Downplaying confession we say several times in Mass sorry for our sins so people no longer go to confession er a Reconciliation. Committing sin not to seem as bad as it was in the early 1960's. | Confession, Loss Sense of the Sacred, Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 5113 | Removal of orthodox teaching materials such as the Baltimore Catechism. My parish, Novus Ordo parish, uses the Baltimore Catechism exclusively from babies to adulthood. | Catechesis |
| 5114 | The sign of peace where many flash the 'hippy' peace sign and 'high five' and turn their backs on the consecrated Christ as they socialize. In my estimation this is highly irreverent.. | Sign of Peace |
| 5115 | Priest need to stop trying to please the people to make their lives easier. Getting to heaven is meant to be hard. Preach more on purification using the examination of conscience prior to monthly Confession. | Confession, Homilies, Sin |
| 5116 | Stress the importance of the Mass, especially Sunday Mass. | Catechesis |
| 5117 | Clapping in Church. | Reverence, Applause |
| 5118 | Teaching people to pray with Jesus in the Eucharist one on one and have a relationship with him. People who create divisions and point fingers to blame instead of building bridges and evangelism with love respect and charity, not playing God and pointing fingers. | Relationship with Jesus, Evangelization, Division |
| 5119 | Heretics and sodomitical clerics allowed free rein to destroy the Faith of the laity while orthodox clerics are canceled and persecuted. | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 5120 | Reminding people of sin and need for confession before receiving Our Lord. Speaking of the 10 Commandments - classes to refresh our beliefs. | Sin |
| 5121 | Teach from the Baltimore Catechism and get the women out of the sanctuary and have the Priest offer the whole Mass from start to finish and no alter girls and no picnic table use the High Altar has it was made for…. | Liturgical Practice, Catechesis |
| 5122 | The locking up of churches during the Covid pandemic; it gave the statement that Jesus was not present in a grave crisis. This is beyond major in impact, IMHO. | COVID, Leadership |
| 5123 | How the people dress. | Attire |
| 5124 | Encouragement to attend daily Mass or at least more than Sunday. | Catechesis |
| 5125 | The casual treatment of the Eucharist by the priesthood. It seems clear that many do not believe either. | Reverence |
| 5126 | If we knee during the consecration to watch the miracle happen, why wouldn't we knee to receive the miracle. Most churches don't even offer kneelers to provide the option to knee which is supposed to be an option according to Redemptionis Sacramentum #91. Also, a Communion-plate is to be used #93. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5127 | Clergy educating the faithful (men as well as women) on dressing modestly for church. And the clergy should set an example by wearing the cassock / rason ! . | Attire |
| 5128 | Failure to dress properly for Mass. | Attire |
| 5129 | Proper traditional catechesis for children and adults. | Catechesis |
| 5130 | Proper modest and neutral dress for Holy Mass should be required Meaning no sport team jerseys or celebrity T shirts, those things distract others from true worship and rob other mass attendees of their peace. | Attire |
| 5131 | Not using the Douay-Rheins Bible. Not teaching Latin so original documents can be read. Changing the Sacraments (return to Pre-1940’s). | Vatican II, Sacraments |
| 5132 | Immodest women’s attire. | Attire |
| 5133 | Attire of lay people at Mass. | Attire |
| 5134 | Receiving the Eucharist kneeling, on the tongue, with the rail separation . | Eucharist Reception |
| 5135 | Heresy on behalf of the Pope, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Nuns, etc. | Modernism, Leadership |
| 5136 | "confession" & frequency; homily on Gospel readings; sin...mortal & venial, bells when tabernacle is open and no talking by in-line ministers(irreverent) return to kneeling during communion, dump sign of peace especially right before communion...(where was that person's hand been before mass...yuk). Thank you, thank you, thank you so very much to allow this opportunity to express a few critiques and suggestions. | Confession, Liturgical Practice, Sign of Peace, Eucharist Reception, Sin |
| 5137 | Consider: how entertainment culture and social media impact view of sin that it does not exist and why bother for need of repentance and reparations for sin when we have wolves in shepherd clothing confusing the laity about what is and is not sin? Saint Apostle of the Impossible do something, please, for us laity to stand firm with Jesus Christ and His one holy Catholic apostolic Church! . | Confusion, Leadership |
| 5138 | Most homilies are flat and repetitive. The laity have been receiving pablum and not meat to think about from what they hear. We are sinners and need to hear Christ in the Holy Spirit speak to our soul. Speak of Scripture in our time as relevant, we need fire and brim stone like Jesus spoke, today. We go to Church to be directed and not to be thanked for our sins. | Homilies |
| 5139 | 1.Education of Catholicism in every age. 2.Use of media like Fr. Peyton's ads: "The Family that prays together, stays together". Make ads of the 7 Sacraments, 7 Deadly sins & other sins at this age of Technology, 7 Virtues. 3. Emphasize to seminarians blessedness or holiness in their ways. | Sacraments, Holiness, Catechesis |
| 5140 | Complete lack of respect for God by politicians, actors and musicians. Outright satanic rituals accepted as art in the media. E g. Current Olympic opening. ceremonies. | Modernism |
| 5141 | Loss of the Traditional Mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5142 | 1. Failure to teach (sermon, catechism, teaching by example) the meaning and events of the Mass. Example the Lavabo is the priest truly washing his hands as a guilty person making reparation for Pilate's declaration, I wash my hands of this Innocent Man". Not expecting behavior appropriate for God in church, particularly the lay people shaking of hand during Mass. The Novus ordo shows Jesus as our brother but minimized His Divinity. I could go on. I am just 50. Bring back the Mass pre VII. WOULD HELP the problem. | Vatican II, Catechesis |
| 5143 | Informing Catholics about confession and that they should not be going to communion without it. Everyone runs to the altar to receive, yet vote for pro-abortionists. | Confession |
| 5144 | I was malformed in my Catechesis growing up in the 1980-1990s where I didn’t know about the Real Presence. | Catechesis |
| 5145 | Decrease in time spent in prayer during daily life and time spent thinking about God in general- our society has become very secular and it is easy to confine God to one hour on Sunday, if that. Also a failure of parents to properly catechize their children on the Eucharist and set a strong example of devotion. | Devotions, Family, Catechesis, Modernism |
| 5146 | Taking away the Latin Mass with its beauty, reverence to the Eucharist and everything sacred. . | Loss Sense of the Sacred, TLM, Leadership |
| 5147 | Failure of Catholic leaders (priests, bishops, cardinals) to speak out and denounce sacrilegious practices in the community, e.g.. last summer at the installation of "Witness" (a stature honoring the goddess of abortion) about 300 faithful gathered to pray in reparation for this evil. No clergy were present. A Dominican priest sheepishly told me that the Cardinal forbade any clergy from attending the prayer vigil. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 5148 | Lack of educating our youth in CCD . How sad they come but are never seen at Mass. | Catechesis |
| 5149 | Not receiving while kneeling . | Eucharist Reception |
| 5150 | Poor Catechesis of school age children is of greatest importance as well as catechesis renewal of parents . | Catechesis |
| 5151 | In certain circumstances, would-be Catholics are held in exile due to sin which we cannot confess. For example, a poorly catechized Catholic leaves the Church, gets married, divorced, and remarried, then experiences conversion and wishes to return to the Church. But because of remarriage to non-Catholic who will not seek annulment to first marriage, cannot receive the sacraments. Cannot go to reconciliation; ineligible to receive Eucharist. Is not mercy greater than sin? Man standing between us and Jesus in the Eucharist says mercy is limited and Jesus is less than man. | Sin |
| 5152 | The prayers of the Traditional Mass from the council of Trent are gorgeous! They should have remained and simply translated into the language of the people. The past 50 years of poor catechesis in our Catholic schools and religious education programs is a HUGE contributor to this problem. The parents raising children are indifferent to our beautiful Faith. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 5153 | Bishops not united and speaking the truth. Bishops and priests not united in practices and not supporting each other. Bishops not publicly speech the truth and clearly speaking church doctrine and teaching. | Confusion, Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 5154 | Secular media bias, Church hierarchy inconsistencies in ministering to the people, extreme liberal/socialistic ideas infiltrating the Church, and our obsession with worldly creature comforts. | Politics |
| 5155 | Improper preparation and training of EMS and Altar servers in entering the sanctuary, crossing the altar with or without the cebotium in their hands and placing anything on the Altar. Partly priest fault for allowing it. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 5156 | I have one of the many families that are disbanded over an ex-priest and pastor who were not qualified for their jobs and caused division among the flock by their example. | Division |
| 5157 | Poor formation, especially for Diocesan Priests. Little to no catechesis for the laity, people no longer know the Faith. Our beloved Holy Mother Church is nearly unrecognizable. Instead of filial fear and reverence in worship to Almighty God for the salvation of souls, we have big screens, clapping, pop music, and irrelevant homilies. The attention is now on how we feel, and not on the Justice due our Lord. Why are we conforming to the world and this age? Why are we denying the patrimony of our beloved Catholic Faith? Why are our leaders so afraid to speak the Truth? Please Lord Jesus, help us. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership, Catechesis, Modernism, Applause |
| 5158 | The Pope is absolutely assisting the forces of the Antichrist that Saint Paul talked about. | Leadership |
| 5159 | Vatican II has watered down the Church's teachings and expectations of the faithful and clergy. Little from the pulpit to guide us through our lives. | Vatican II |
| 5160 | Related to the Head of the Church: The Pope participating and encouraging idolatry such as to Pachamama. Surrounding himself with unapologetic clergy who promote homosexuality. Being ambiguous in his wording regarding those to matters so that those who are not strong in their faith will follow because The Pope seems to be ok with it. | Leadership |
| 5161 | Failure to not teach catechism. Most young people today, have never had to read the catechism and would have no way to get it if they did want to read it. | Catechesis |
| 5162 | Poor catechesis (especially RCIA) , lack of teaching on biblical revelation pertaining to the Eucharist, general lack of knowledge of The Bible, lack of emphasis on The Eucharist as the source and summit of our faith. | Catechesis |
| 5163 | Failure to ensure that those in charge of catechetical teaching are qualified to do so. | Catechesis |
| 5164 | Cleaning the sacred vessels behind a pillar or in a place that is not visible. The priest sitting down before the sacred vessels are wiped clean. People leaving after Holy Communion. People coming to the altar with arms at their sides or arms swinging after they have received the Holy Eucharist. Priest failing to remind people before Holy Communion that only those in the state of Grace may partake and to explain what that entails. The lack of the altar server not holding the paten under the chin of each person receiving Holy Communion. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception |
| 5165 | The Majority of Catholics have not gone to Catholic school. The CCD programs are a joke and do not begin to educate the children in their faith. Parents now a days haven't gone to Catholic schools and do not know how to teach their children their faith or the beliefs of their faith. The clergy should be spending the majority of time at the pulpit reviewing the 10 Commandments, Virtues, etc. All the basics that we were taught years ago. The sacraments should be part of the homily . Instead of having coffee and donuts at the most attended mass, have coffee and donuts and give a 10 or 15 mini talk of all the basics of the catholic faith. Once people have the basics of the faith , then start reflecting on the bible. The churches spend so much time on works of mercy they forgot the most important work of mercy is being sure the flock knows their religion first, then they can help others with food, clothing, and most importantly teach those in need about Jesus. Feed their soul first and then feed their bodies. Clergy, especially cardinals and bishops have lost all respect among their piers and among their flock. They are the leaders of the people...but are hiding behind the people and choosing not to get involved. The flock isn't speaking up against evil because our Pope, Cardinals, and Bishops are silent. Perhaps the clergy is not familiar with the teachings of the faith. We need clergy to speak up about the sacrament of reconciliation. People aren't going to confess because the clergy don't make themselves available more often. Confession before and after mass, and during the week evenings. A priest I know has set up a confessional in the entrance to the rectory. People ring the door bell and he hears their confession immediately. When the religious starting acting like holy people who are setting the example for the rest of us then you will see a return of respect for them, the Eucharist, commandments and all the other teachings of the faith. It all starts and ends with the Pope, Cardinals, Bishops, and priest, and religious communities. | Confession, Family, Schools, Holiness, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 5166 | Lack of catechesis from the puppet on transubstantiation and failure to discipline public sinners who flaunt it. | Catechesis |
| 5167 | Minimal access to the Latin Mass. Failure to emphasize the need to dress appropriately when attending Mass. Modernization of Churches and removal of sacred images and statues. Lack of reverence by the celebrant in many Novus Ordo (NO) masses. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5168 | Children in the 80s and the 90s were not properly catechized. The religious education programs were watered down and inaccurate and taught by people who didn’t necessarily have the true faith. | Catechesis |
| 5169 | The TLM is the most reverent and beautiful experience. Thank you for creating this survey and discussing these issues. Our church is divided. It became much worse with Covid and politics. | TLM, Politics, COVID, Leadership |
| 5170 | Priests not taking liturgical abuse on the part of the laity seriously, correcting them. | Liturgical Practice |
| 5171 | Priests attempting to “go back” to Latin dialogues and absolute drudge music (sang slowly with little or no enthusiasm)! Plus now our priest feels he needs to have a say in the music choices. | Music |
| 5172 | chit chat in the church w/tabernacle before and after the Mass. lack of silence turns the people into idols - putting 'community' before Christ. | Liturgical Practice, Silence/Distractions, Community |
| 5173 | Restricting or banning the Latin Mass. Major confusing statements from the Vatican and Pope Francis. Feeling of discrimination of the traditional conservative catholic, we are not welcomed. Lack of homilies covering very difficult sensitive topics, such as hell, the devil, and grave sins. Confession offered infrequently. | Confession, Fear/Cowardness, Homilies, Welcoming |
| 5174 | solid faith formation from a young age continuing through adulthood. It is a very hard concept to wrap one's head and heart around. | Catechesis |
| 5175 | Removal of altar rails, dumbing down the offertory, use and misuse of extraordinary ministers of holy communion, tabernacles moved away from the center of the sanctuary…. | Extraordinary Ministers, Liturgical Practice |
| 5176 | Capitulation to false “science”, such as acceptance of theistic evolution, big bang theory, and denial of global Flood. | Modernism |
| 5177 | The division happening in the church . For over 60 years, the Latin mass and the modernized mass of Vatican II have existed peacefully together but in the last few years it seems that there is much judgment between those who attend one or the other. As an example, some of your questions reflect more about the mass environment, such as railings, and where the priest face rather than what is happening in hearts. Everyone who attends Mass, no matter which one, is on their journey to believe in the Eucharist. As long as they are in the presence of the Eucharist the Holy Spirit will do the rest. There needs to be more peace within the church and less judgment. | TLM, Division, Vatican II, Leadership |
| 5178 | My protestant friends are correct. The real presence is NOT taught in Sacred Scripture. I have read this myself. And only the priest drinks the wine these days. | Other |
| 5179 | poor formation in our youth about missing Mass, confession, Eucharist. Parents learn these along with youth to refresh what is their responsibility. Too mean warm fuzzies and not enough sin. Too much emphasis on God's love meaning He would never condemn me if I did something bad, no emphasis on hell . Biggest of all? REALLY POOR HOMILIES AND POOR LEADERSHIP FROM OUR PRIESTS. | Family, Homilies, Leadership, Catechesis, Sin |
| 5180 | Because most Catholics who attend Mass regularly receive Communion, I highly doubt most of us know what a "state of Grace" even is. Many friends of mine who have left the Catholic Church are FAR more humble and Christ like than those who of us who attend Mass regularly. In other words, His real presence should change us in to people who want to become like Him!. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5181 | Proper dress in church on the altar and nothing said no teachings and just keeps going on. We are not in a football field. We are not in a soccer game. We’re in the true presence our Lord we should have respect and if needed we need to say it in the puppet and let people know, not even let church you’re Dressed properly. Maybe having some covers as I go in and offer it to them maybe that would solve the problem. Something needs to be done. | Reverence, Attire |
| 5182 | Lack of teaching on spiritual warfare. Why awareness of this is important and how the Eucharist strengthens us in this battle. Lack of knowledge of Eucharistic miracles, apparitions of Our Lady, miraculous events approved by the Church that strengthen our faith. Thank you! . | Catechesis |
| 5183 | It may be helpful to have the following: Encouraging chapel veils to show reverence. Offering chapel veils in church gift shops. Educating on why this devotion is beautiful and is an extra step in showing belief and reverence toward the true presence in the Eucharist. | Attire |
| 5184 | The removal of the Psalms and prayers (including Eucharistic) found in the Latin Mass but not in Novus Ordo Masses. | Liturgical Practice |
| 5185 | Poor faith formation programs in our youth and distributing sacraments like candy. So many parents aren’t taking sacrament preparation serious, they miss mass and classes and their child still receives the sacrament. | Catechesis |
| 5186 | One us able to shop around to get a confessor who says your action is NOT sinful. Huh?!?!?! Agree, please!!!. | Sin |
| 5187 | The use of the Sanctuary to perform sacrilegious, blasphemous performances is huge in my book! God SHALL NOT BE MOCKED! . | Reverence |
| 5188 | Poor cathecisis of students. Lack of teaching the truths and basics of Catholicism. | Catechesis |
| 5189 | Clown Masses, youth Masses where parents seem to worship their children rather than worship God. | Liturgical Practice |
| 5190 | Standing for the Agnus Dei. When the priest goes to the tabernacle for the Consecrated Hosts we should not all be standing, we should be on our KNEES in adoration. The Mass needs to be changed, . | Liturgical Practice |
| 5191 | I am 78. I grew up going to Catholic elementary school. There was absolutely no good reason for Pope Paul VI to change anything in the Catholic Church. My children have left the Church. They tell me there’s nothing there for them! We do not observe the First Saturday’s in our Church for those that wish to do so. It would be convenient if one of our two priests could hear confessions one afternoon/evening during the week for those that cannot do so on Saturday afternoon. | Confession, Vatican II |
| 5192 | Disrespect by papacy/clergy of the Latin Mass and traditional Catholic practices. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5193 | Homilies in my parish, which replaced sermons, begin with a little story followed by a weak message from the readings. By the time I get to my car I usually can’t recall anything I was supposed to have learned from the homily. My Pastor never says the word sin, mortal sin or venial sin. He does not speak about the evil of abortion, etc. | Fear/Cowardness, Homilies, Abortion, Sin |
| 5194 | Jorge Bergolio allowing Sodomites to be blessed 1 week before Christmas. Bishops (UCCSB) now Political, They are Against the 2nd Amendment to Constitution. Bergolio ex communicating Holy Priests and Bishops!!!!!!!!. | Persecuted Clergy, LGBTQ+ Issues, Leadership |
| 5195 | Overall there is a great deal of disrespect by the laity in their dress, behavior in church before, during and after the Mass. Many, as they come to Mass, seem to forget that Jesus is in our presence, in the tabernacle. We all need to dress, behave, be silent (stop the chatter and gossip) as we prepare ourselves for Mass. We are in the presence of our Lord! We should act accordingly. Our priest should remind of that from the pulpit and not be concerned about stepping on someone's toes, losing donations. We all would do well to remember why we're there in the first place, priorities. Offer Latin Mass AT EVERY PARISH. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice, Attire |
| 5196 | Bishops, priests not speaking the gospel truth . | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership |
| 5197 | No discussion of mortal sin in homilies. | Sin |
| 5198 | Some priests hand out the Eucharist so fast and irreverently that it's hard to think they even believe in the Real Presence themselves. | Reverence |
| 5199 | Offering the sign of peace right before Communion is a distraction, creates a social atmosphere. Should be done at beginning of amass. | Sign of Peace |
| 5200 | All problems in the world are the fault of the Catholic Church due to weak-as-water Bishops and priests and their Marxist leader, the Pope. | Leadership |
| 5201 | a. Pro-abortion politicians should be counseled, and if unrepentant, excommunicated. Holy Communion must not be given to them. (Canon 915) b. Refuse Communion to those who flaunt sinful and scandalous behavior. c. Excommunicate all those who persist in receiving sacrilegious Communion. d. Masses should be said Ad Orientem (facing the tabernacle) e. Communion rails should be restored f. Tabernacles should be front and center, not hidden to the side of the church g. Communicants should receive while kneeling and on the tongue. Communion in the hand should be banned h. Communicants should dress appropriately i. Gregorian chant, sacred music and Latin at Mass should be restored j. Sacred silence at Mass should be restored k. Eucharistic adoration should be promoted l. Homilies should teach the Real Presence m. Communicants should be reminded to receive only in a state of grace n. Confession should be encouraged and made available before Mass o. Restore the Traditional Latin Mass as a valid option for Mass. | TLM, Music, Liturgical Practice, Eucharist Reception, Leadership, Abortion, Silence/Distractions, Canon 915 |
| 5202 | The use of gestures as determined by the individual. Ie lay persons displaying the orans position. The use of “gluten” Free hosts based on a belief that the substance chosen by Christ is potentially dangerous. Leads to person believing they are a god. Cessations of traditions such as incense because some people find it personally offensive. | Other |
| 5203 | Failure to catechism properly about the true presence. I have seen abuses by young children when receiving it such as putting the Our Lord in pants pocket. Carrying in the hand on the way back to the pew and put the host between teeth and flicking it into the mouth. Communion in the hand has completely taken away the understanding ot the true presence. | Catechesis |
| 5204 | A lack of reverence among the laity is pervasive, and it generally can be attributed to cultural influences and poor formation. Priests and bishops, many of whom themselves were not formed well in the seminaries, either have become desensitized or simply are clueless that there may be an issue. Meanwhile, sanctuaries have been stripped of their sanctity. Then the nearly universal removal of the Eucharist and holy water fonts during the Covid scam unmasked their prioritization of the temporal (physical health) over the eternal (spiritual health). Many priests are less interested in saving souls than entertaining them. And why not, after having embraced the nonsense that all might be saved. Then they can exculpate themselves to focus on capital campaigns and innovative ideas to keep the pews filled, yet bear little fruit. Why risk delivering a homily with a challenging message when it might offend? Why not water down those readings and the gospel with comedy routine? Come on, people, laugh a little. It's good for the soul. After all, we need to have a happy-clappy parish in order to be "fully alive". It's all about community. Feel free to chitchat in the pews before and after Mass. You know, it's casual here. Dress however it suits you, or show a little skin if that's more your style. And the more groovy or sing-songy the music, the better. "All are welcome in this place.". | Music, Fear/Cowardness, COVID, Leadership, Catechesis, Applause, Reverence, Community |
| 5205 | Overall lack of education about the faith . There are so many things that many Catholics don't even know. it is shameful. | Catechesis |
| 5206 | we travel...priests have no respect for the tabernacle or communion. no genuflection by them or those helping. myriads of lay people handing out communion on the hand. | Reverence, Liturgical Practice |
| 5207 | *I am not able to kneel any longer, so I would need to stand to receive Holy Communion *More teaching from the pulpit. I did not attend Catholic school, on discussions with my friends who did, they too state that they felt they did NOT receive church teachings. Therefore, we are certainly sheep lost in a maze each of finding our own path to Jesus, learning as we go along. *Priest are afraid to speak up and state the truth, stand for what is wrong in society, of losing funding for the parish, afraid to offend the parishioners who donate the most. *In my opinion, of what I have experience, when a deacon or priest speak up for the truth, people applaud for having the courage to doing so! *I would like to see my bishop come to my parish at least 1 time a year *Our processions are in the back of our church at the back parking lot! This does not make our faith visible to the outside world around us - our local communities. *1 hour Masses are too short, priest should not be afraid to offend parishioners who dash off right after communion or are anxious about not spending more time with Jesus. People should be encouraged to stay pray silently after the Holy Mass. Thank you!. | Fear/Cowardness, Homilies, Public Witness, Leadership, Catechesis |
| 5208 | There is no plan to maintain love of Christ Eucharist by Clergy. They are trying to revive something they killed. I’m calling my Bishop to a 2 hour daily Holy “hour” before the exposed Jesus Eucharist. A DAILY Eucharistic Holy hour for all priests and religious and 1 hour a week for laity. Plus a Fast each Wed for all in the Diocese for reparations to Jesus for priests and laity receiving unworthily. I stand outside our Chancery with a team once a month to “ inform “ the Bishop that the Holy Spirit has driven us to this action. No progress after 1.5 years. Mary is invoked. Imagine what could change for the USA church by that simple act. | Liturgical Practice, Leadership, Reverence, Fasting |
| 5209 | Glossing over if not outright ignoring the need for and call to conversion of heart and repentance as the first step of faith. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 5210 | 1. Failure to educate the public on why we believe in the blessed sacrament 2. Failure to preach the true word of God, even if the true word is unpopular & opting instead to give "politically correct" sermons 3. Lack of effort in helping young college-age adults maintain their faith as they begin adulthood 4. Lack of solid education of Catholic religion available to school-age Catholic children. | Fear/Cowardness, Catechesis |
| 5211 | Allowing lay Mass attendees to dress casually and stopping the rule of women veiling . | Attire |
| 5212 | Lack of basic reverence. | Reverence |
| 5213 | Loss of reverence inside church. | Reverence |
| 5214 | Shutting down the Mass for COVID. | COVID, Leadership |
| 5215 | Emphasize confession, make it more available. | Confession |
| 5216 | *lack* of socializing in the church. | Silence/Distractions |
| 5217 | Church not speaking out against a President that supports abortion. | Abortion, Fear/Cowardness |
| 5218 | When a particular priest (a Monsignor) in our diocese negatively presents the information at the mass, discouraging the laypeople instead of inspiring them and promoting Christs love for all as most priests do. Speaking positively, not condemning. Giving hope rather than condemnation. His approach turns people away from the church and Christ. (76248 area). I’ve never mentioned this before but I feel it is very sad. So many I know left the church because of this approach. It is disheartening, very sad. | Homilies |
| 5219 | Lack of public defense by the Bishops of the Real Presence and defense of the Deposit of the Faith. | Leadership |
| 5220 | being reminded of the real presence as adults and through children's growing up years by the priests in their homilies and seeing priests and nuns in the community. | Catechesis |
| 5221 | Should speak more on abortion. | Abortion, Catechesis |
| 5222 | Lack of re-education; it’s so common that it drifts into the mundane in people’s hearts (especially the older people in my family). | Catechesis |
| 5223 | All the changes to the Mass after Vatican Council II . | Vatican II |
| 5224 | I am offended by the dress that our young women wear when attending mass. The totally casualness of attire from all seems so disrespectful. If we were attending a lovely dinner at someone's home, unless told, we would were appropriate attire. | Attire |
| 5225 | Be more accessible for confessions and more flexible hours and days for adoration of The Blessed Sacrament . | Confession, Devotions |
| 5226 | Having sacred music in the Church. This affects MANY people and is sadly also some of the reason why many of the faithful have left the Church. Yes, there needs to be reverence towards the Holy Eucharist, but there ALSO NEEDS to be joy and praise and celebration, ESPECIALLY after receiving it!!! | Reverence, Music |
| 5227 | Consistency in the Novus Ordo form of the Mass would go a long way. It’s hard to stay focused on the Mass when you don’t know what you’re walking into going from parish to parish. | Liturgical Practice |
| 5228 | Immodest attire worn by laity, especially women. Women not veiling or being belittled by priests for veiling, laity being refused communion on the tongue or told not to kneel, lay lectors (especially female lectors), Novus ordo mass not having strict rubrics, traditional priests being punished but heretical priests being promoted, mortal sin no longer being taught, many holy days suppressed, calendar doesn’t include Septuagesima, ember days, or “time after Pentecost”. | Persecuted Clergy, Liturgical Calendar, Attire, Eucharist Reception, Sin |
| 5229 | The Novus Ordo Mass. The traditional Mass eliminates many issues. | Liturgical Practice |
| 5230 | Utilize the Council of Trent and educate the priests, hierarchy and laity. Gregorian chant. Organ. Communion tongue only and kneeling with altar rails. Utilize pre-Vatican 2. The list goes on. The Catholic Church was infiltrated quite awhile ago. | Music, Eucharist Reception |
| 5231 | The exclusive use of the hurried, thoughtless, mechanical, packed neatly in a small box Novus ordo communal meal, while ostracizing (to outright abolishing) the Holy, Sacred, thoughtful, silent prayer filled traditional Latin Mass. The Novus ordo happens so fast you just sit stand kneel and BAM, you get a wafer! It's killed holiness, sacredness, and the sense of awe we are supposed to have for our God - Who created the universe and everything in it - and deigned to come to our level by becoming Man and taking our punishment for sins. We owe Him all and we give him nothing but hurried mumblings and holding hands. It's shameful that our churches have become Lutheran in thought, word and deed. | TLM, Liturgical Practice, Holiness, Leadership, Meal vs Sacrifice |
| 5232 | Church leaders who speak up about issues in the Church are canceled. Meanwhile bishops in other countries such as Germany are supporting same sex "marriages". | Persecuted Clergy, Modernism, Leadership |
| 5233 | Lack of respect of the church building as the house of God. Genuflecting not taught or practiced well. | Reverence |
| 5234 | Lack of reverence when receiving the Eucharist in the hand, when particles of our Lord fall on the ground, & are being stepped on. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 5235 | Not enough understanding and catechesis as to the nature and effect of sin, and how damaging it is to receive Christ in a state of sin. | Sin, Catechesis |
| 5236 | Homosexual couples giving homilies at Old St Pat's in Chicago, people dancing on the sacristy at Holy Family in Inverness in Illinois. Jokes during church by priest, laity reading. | Modernism, Liturgical Practice, LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 5237 | Allowing the precious blood of Christ to fall on the ground and be trampled by the faithful. Allowing communion in the hand. When a priest ad libs throughout the Mass instead of keeping reverence. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5238 | Religious education in my parish in Kansas City in the 90’s was just busy work, no mention of the real presence, that weekly attendance in mandatory, having a prayer life or relationship with God. | Relationship with Jesus, Catechesis |
| 5239 | The modern societies view on family roles and the upbringing of their children . | Family |
| 5240 | Catechism has been lacking the level of teaching it needs. The books we used when I taught about 10 years ago were not enough about the Eucharist. Seemed more about social issues than about church. | Catechesis |
| 5241 | Genuflection to the Lord as you enter Church, before you wave to friends. Provide kneelers if people want to receive kneeling. | Reverence, Eucharist Reception |
| 5242 | Closing the Catholic Churches during one of the most traumatic times in our generation. People were denied the Sacraments yet the Church collected money. The souls were put at risk while many cowered for fear of sickness and death. If the Eucharist wasn’t important then why is it now?. | COVID |
| 5243 | Lack of catechetical instruction for adults/Catholics post confirmation. | Catechesis |
| 5244 | The way in which the catechism is taught to children and adults. That there are different views being taught. Example with confession, some are told minimum once a year and others at least once a month. Lack of consistency causes confusion and doubts about other teachings. There are some catechist that are not in full agreement with all church teaching so there can be more importance placed on different topics in classes moreso than others. | Leadership, Catechesis, Confusion |
| 5245 | The congregation should only receive by tongue, and kneeling should be required unless physically impossible at all Roman rite Masses. The theology of chapel veils should be clearly taught to girls and all girls and women should be encouraged to veil. | TLM, Eucharist Reception, Attire, Leadership |
| 5246 | Closing the Churches during covid the bishops made it known you don’t need Mass in person. They along with the Pope have turned away from us. We didn’t leave they pushed us away!!. | COVID, Leadership |
| 5247 | The Catholic Church closing churches and claiming "online Mass" was "sufficient" during COVID sent a blaring message to the laity that it's not actually important to physically attend Mass and worship the Holy Eucharist. This was a MASSIVE, devastating failure by the Church. You wonder why so many have lost their faith in the true presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist? One of the most prominent reasons is because the Church sent the message that there is something more important than Jesus (in this case, listening to draconian government orders/being scared of a cough). The other glaring issue I see is that the elimination of Traditional Latin Mass in most parishes has caused detrimental effects on the belief in the Holy Eucharist. The Traditional Latin Mass is how we are supposed to worship God, so I am extremely sad and upset that the Church tried to conform to the world by getting rid of this beautiful celebration. | TLM, COVID, Leadership |
| 5248 | Cowardly bishops and priests who have been communicating to us that the only sins are social justice. Almost every single American bishop, and a huge number of priests have effectively communicated to us that the Democrat party platform of casual sexuality, abortion, infidelity, and transgenderism is perfectly acceptable. By their limited example and silence on so much of the gospel, they have made out God to be simply a friend, instead of the Omnipotent King of the universe. | Fear/Cowardness, Leadership, Abortion, Social Justice |
| 5249 | Lack of catechesis in families and knowledge of needing to go to Mass every Sunday as fulfilling the Commandments . | Family, Catechesis |
| 5250 | Affecting youth and adults, being influenced by family and friends who do not believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. We need witness and testimony from trusted loved ones. | Modernism |
| 5251 | During teaching/homilies & lack of communication of the real presence through everything that is discussed in the Catholic faith. After all it is our True Summit and should be made aware of and taught in every instance!!!. | Homilies, Catechesis |
| 5252 | Pope Francis’ subversion of canon law. Taking it upon himself to make decisions that are to be made by the Cardinals. | Leadership |
| 5253 | Laity need kneelers to receive Holy Communion & they should only receive on the tongue only. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5254 | Denying the laity of its right to attend the extraordinary rite of the Sacred Mass. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5255 | Pay for bishops and cardinals and inviting sinners to Vatican and lauding pagans. A pope who does not speak English. A pope who is easily manipulated and somewhat selfish and mean spirited. | Leadership |
| 5256 | Failure to have adequate deacons and Altar Servers. Failure to have clerical availability in times of need for families who seek help and guidance . | Other |
| 5257 | Our children and youth were poorly educated even in catholic schools ! I’m sure the parents are responsible too. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 5258 | Most of these questions would lead people to believe Catholics are superstitious. I would rather focus on the gift of love represented by the Eucharist and that God/Jesus is undoubtedly in that. | Other |
| 5259 | Holding the Holy Confidence of Confession . | Confession |
| 5260 | Receiving the Eucharist kneeling on the tongue. Providing kneelers to do so if the alter railing cannot be reinstalled. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5261 | Teaching in Catholic Schools has not emphasized the presence of Our Lord during Eucharist. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 5262 | De-emphasis on importance of confession. | Confession |
| 5263 | Modesty of dress and comportment before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. | Attire |
| 5264 | Lack of daily mass at same times for people to have a schedule around the church. | Availability/Access |
| 5265 | Make confession widely available, so people realize how important is to be in the state of Grace. | Confession |
| 5266 | This is so upsetting. How may priests are truly reflecting the true presence of our Lord in the Eucharist in their parishes? If the priest are holy and their actions reflect the true presence and the lay faithful are educated this will change. Why are these people still going to mass if they don’t believe? They need truth and leadership. God bless for trying to correct this. It breaks my heart. | Reverence, Leadership |
| 5267 | Reverence in the NO Mass. My family has attended both Latin and NO Masses - we prefer the NO because we can understand and have more engagement. However, one thing I wish was more present was an air of sacred created by the atmosphere and actions. I wish more incense was used - and traditional clergy attire - and homilies that taught history and church fathers teachings - that catechized not just hallow attempts at “relatable” stories, or at least occasionally taught deeper meanings and traditions and the why’s because there isn’t ongoing adult formation outside of Mass unless you are going through RCIA to join at most churches. | Reverence, Loss Sense of the Sacred |
| 5268 | Fostering authentic fellowship among members of a parish family & placing arbitrary barriers to sacraments (i.e. random age, attending classes, etc.). | Sacraments, Community |
| 5269 | Seemingly elevating the laity to the same level as the clergy. | Extraordinary Ministers |
| 5270 | Lack of adequate religious formation\catechism. | Catechesis |
| 5271 | Altar boys not being trained properly. For example, not holding the patent under the chin ( or the hands)to catch any particles of the Eucharist. | Liturgical Practice |
| 5272 | TLM is hard to come by and unheard of to most . | TLM, Leadership |
| 5273 | The closing of schools . | COVID, Schools, Leadership |
| 5274 | This note is left more to clarify my answers to the existing questions than to add a new issue. The root of the lack of faith seems to me to be two parts: 1) lack of evidence in our action that the Eucharist matters. 2) lack of catechesis about what the Eucharist is and means. Regarding 1): administering communion to public figures who should not receive is one way we fail to demonstrate how much the Eucharist matters. I personally wish that adoration was more prevalent, but I don’t know if that is a cure to this problem. Regarding 2): In particular, in Q4 on the laity, the two questions about catechesis seem too narrow. I think the laity would benefit from being better catechized in what the Eucharist is and means, not just focusing on the actual event of confecting the Eucharist in the Mass. | Canon 915, Catechesis |
| 5275 | Perpetuating the lie that a heretic, apostate and gay activist like Jorge Bergoglio could become a Catholic pope having previously betrayed God and the Church in Argentina. | Leadership |
| 5276 | Not sure-skepticism, social media, parenting . | Family |
| 5277 | Confusing statements by Pope Francis. His appointment of pro-homosexual leaders in the Vatican. Scrapping the Council on the Family. | Confusion, Leadership |
| 5278 | The USCCB have lost their way....Regarding, giving priests the option to marry. Shame on them!! . | Leadership |
| 5279 | NEED FOR CONFESSION BEFORE RECEIVING THE EUCHARIST IF YOU COMMIT A MORTAL SIN AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY. And EVERYONE needs Confession regularly, no one can say “that’s not for me”. | Confession, Sin |
| 5280 | Saying the confiteor before receiving Body & Blood, soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ; Missing many Latin prayers in the Mass (removed by freemason bugnini during Pontificate of Paul VI); Missing St. Michael, 3 Hail Marys, the Salve Regina, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus prayers after every Mass. The true Traditional Latin Mass was "stolen" from many of us and I am so angry about that - the audacity of allowing it to happen!!!. | TLM, Liturgical Practice, Leadership |
| 5281 | Education for parents. Reminders to parents of their responsibility as examples for their children. Clerical reverence while presiding at Mass. Clerical proclamation of the Mass; proclaim slowly, quit rambling the prayers. The distribution of holy communion, slow down, show reverence! (Clerical and EMHC). | Reverence, Catechesis |
| 5282 | If people only knew how important it was, behaviors will change. So we have a clear communication issue. What did the Catholics do about the Olympics.. Nothing, not even a mention at mass. Why? What we believe in matters! . | Leadership |
| 5283 | People chatting with one another during the consecration. Priests say nothing at all. Bells no longer rung during consecration. Protestant songs having nothing whatsoever to do with the Eucharist being sung during Holy Communion. Total lack of any recognition that the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ is THERE!!!. | Reverence, Music |
| 5284 | Priests total lack of addressing major issues affecting our society in their homilies for fear of retribution, not being liked or thinking it is not relevant. Priests outwardly in lock step with certain political parties for fear of losing $$$$ They closed the churches for PPP money. | Fear/Cowardness |
| 5285 | I feel people receiving the Eucharist on there knees is important and immodest clothing on the Alter. As a side note, I think Priests should help parishioners figure out what is immoral in current issues going on in our State and Nation. | Attire, Eucharist Reception |
| 5286 | Lack of apologetics taught in religious education and to parents. WE NEED TO TEACH APOLOGETICS! Sending a child to public school or college that doesn't know why they believe what they believe is like bringing a bull to slaughter. Teachers or students will make them look foolish until they find a way to distance themselves from the church. | Catechesis |
| 5287 | lack of availability for frequent Confession; openly rejecting other teachings of the Church [or not being fully informed about important teachings] such as Contraception, Marriage, etc. that then impacts the credibility of belief in the True Presence; worrying more about not wanting to offend those in the pews instead of giving them the Truth or encouraging virtues such as Modesty, Reverence, etc. | Confession, Catechesis |
| 5288 | Everything the popes have been warning about modernism, culminating in the devils’ direct frontal attack, launching vc2 to engage Our Blessed Lady in battle. The impetus for the increased frenzy in their demonic activities, is Our Lady Of Fatima’s Second Promise, “My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph,” indicating the imminence of the execution of their sentence, the everlasting agony and horror. | Vatican II, Revelation, Modernism |
| 5289 | Not encouraging going to confession and reminder that missing mass with no real excuse is mortal sin. | Confession, Sin |
| 5290 | Priest rushing through Mass and homily to keep it short and not allowing time for prayer after communion. Failure to remind people that they are in the presence of God and should dress appropriately! Parents should set an example for their kids. | Family, Reverence, Attire |
| 5291 | Vatican II and Francis. | Vatican II, Leadership |
| 5292 | Lack of use of authority . | Leadership |
| 5293 | This survey seems to blame changes in the Church for changes in attitude towards the Eucharist, but the bulk of issues are related to the Church's unwillingness to modernize. The Church needs to make MORE changes for the faithful to see the real presence of Christ in Eucharist. | Modernism |
| 5294 | One issue I believe, is how people are dressing. It is not for the laity to judge others. But it is the priest's job to correct & advise people on what is appropriate to wear in Mass. | Attire |
| 5295 | more catechesis needed on the sinfulness of intentionally missing mass. TV MASS is not the same or optional because its convenient! I place blame for this on the Bishops who closed churches for COVID. Shameful. confusing how holy days of obligation "move" to Sunday. I seem to remember the holy day of obligation WAS the day to go to mass, regardless of how it fell on the calendar. | Liturgical Calendar, COVID, Leadership |
| 5296 | Poor sermons on the true presence. . | Homilies |
| 5297 | The church is not consistent in the way mass is said. One parish priest will be very conservative in how mass is said and administered. By this I mean that a more conservative priest will want to almost bring the mass back to the way it was before Vatican 2 with very little congregation involvement as well as bringing back some of the Latin. This goes to the music where some priests believe that only an organ can be played in church and certainly no contemporary music of any kind, no guitars, horns or other instruments. While a priest in a neighboring parish will be more outgoing keeping the people involved sharing the Eucharist with the congregation, making the congregation feel that they are a part of the celebration. These priests allow contemporary music whether it's played on an organ, piano, horns, guitars or any other instrument, as long as it's for the praise and glory of God. We're not consistent as a church in how every day mass is performed from parish to parish. | Vatican II, Music, Liturgical Practice |
| 5298 | The use of art and beauty of the sacred items used to hold the body and blood of Christ. These should be special and worthy of Him. | Beauty |
| 5299 | A Pope who is not Catholic . | Leadership |
| 5300 | a person desiring to receive communion on the tongue while kneeling and only from the hands of an ordinary minister of the Eucharist should never be discouraged from doing so OR be refused communion for that desire Both of these things I have personally experienced. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5301 | A lack of teaching 10 commandments in sermons; staying away from controversial issues (abortion and voting for Democrats; separation of faith from action (duplicitousness); SILENCE from almost every Bishop to take any public stand; lack of courage; promoting and enriching themselves by allowing illegal aliens into our country. I can only conclude that they are all democrats. It's reprehensible!! The shepherds refusing to lead their sheep thereby sending most to hell. Oh, let me not forget the "blessing" of gay unions. That's what it is folks. People are not stupid! The explanation is not even coherent. a complete manipulation of word meanings. Totally evil. Lastly, Archbishop Dolan is a mocker of our faith! His smile is that of the devil. He speaks with a forked tongue. He allowed, with full knowledge, a gay funeral in St. Patrick's Cathedral! Have you exorcised it yet Bishop?? If anyone should be excommunicated, he would be at the top of many lists from the laity!. | Fear/Cowardness, Politics, Leadership, Abortion, Modernism |
| 5302 | Not obeying Our Lady of Fatima . | Revelation |
| 5303 | Kneeling and receiving the Eucharist on the tongue. | Eucharist Reception |
| 5304 | Latin hymns/music. The quiet use of Gregorian Chant before Mass as a way to put people in the Spirit ....a way to eagerly await the stat of Mass. | Music |
| 5305 | I think people have not lost faith in Jesus, but in the Church as an institution. | Leadership |
| 5306 | Poor catechesis starting in the 1970s in Catholic schools and CCD programs and continuing to the present day. Teaching evolution as fact in Catholic schools, thus causing many to lose faith, when in reality evolution is only a theory/hypothesis that has not been proven. Even scientists who propagandize it have admitted the problems with it, but only in scientific journals, which lay people do not see. | Schools, Catechesis |
| 5307 | Receiving under both species, it's not needed. EMHCs wearing their beach attire to give out the Eucharist. Lack of reverence in the sanctuary. Extremely poor instruction on the faith. Not speaking out against politicians that are not in line with the Church. Weak church leaders. The USCCB is awful communist organization. Bishops and cardinals that do not follow church teaching. It's obvious the problem with the church in the world, even the blind can see it. | Leadership, Attire, Catechesis |
| 5308 | mass is not as holy as it was before the changes in the 70s. masses not same in all churches. not enough silence during communion (too much music or singing). | Silence/Distractions, Holiness |
| 5309 | Should always kneel and receive on the tongue. No extra communion ministers. No catechesis. | Extraordinary Ministers, Eucharist Reception, Catechesis |
| 5310 | Making married laymen deacons, allowing lay people to distribute Communion, loss of the Tridentine Mass., sign of peace in church, lack of respect towards priests, nuns running around without their habits. | TLM, Extraordinary Ministers, Sign of Peace, Leadership |
| 5311 | Lack of the importance of the father attending Mass and leading the family in faith. Lack of prayer to the Saints and to Mary. Too many distractions during Mass, even within the Mass itself, with announcements and contemporary music. | Family, Music, Silence/Distractions |
| 5312 | Not so much an issue, but where I live (diocese of Salina KS) there isn’t TLM offered within a reasonable driving distance. We make do with what few resources we have. | TLM, Leadership |
| 5313 | No DEVOTIONS in the church, i.e.: Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Lenten Missions, First Fridays/Saturdays, Novenas in honor of the Diocesan or Parish Patron. Insufficient CONFESSION times, dates and places. Return to the 1962 Missale Romanum, or perish!. | Confession, Devotions |