Reply #10: Most of my siblings

[JerseygirlCT]

are still nominally Catholic. Observe maybe the major holidays, have their kids baptised, and perhaps first communion. But they do not seem very comfortable anymore in the religion.

We were raised in the church, for sure - including Catholic school 1-12. But our parish was fairly progressive.

For me, I found it hard to stay once I left the comfortable confines of my home parish. I joined the Episcopal church, and am an active member, and raising my own kids there.

I think for many younger people (I can't really claim to be young, but in comparison to my parents' generation)the RCC has just become less and less relevant. They'd probably like to be comfortable with the idea of being active and raising kids as they were raised, but they just can't do it - especially as the RCC has become increasingly authoritarian and conservative in the US.

So in a way the one who left the church is the one who is still within it...