MGB:_Faith has to do with trust in God, not loyalty to the Church. The true test of faith is that it endures, not because of, but despite the antics of religious sects, from the Catholics to the Evangelicals.
The racism of Trump supporters and their association with the bishops might alienate some Catholics, but it won’t shock them.
The Church’s opposition to religious marriages for gays and lesbians, who are legally entitled to marry, civil or religious, and the sour grapes of the Church as an employer when gay employees do so, is unfortunate but expected. I am sure some leave over this nonsense, but not most.
Absolutely nothing about seeking birth control for all women, including Church employees or insisting that when the Church says it will accept a bill that duplicates the status quo (which, if you are starting with a health plan subsidized originally by the health insurance exclusion, has absolutely no regulation of abortion funding) is going to have people leave the Church or the Democratic Party. They may be manipulated into voting GOP, but that is because the GOP lies about what is going on. That the bishops agree to participate in that lie may have liberal men and women leave the Church, but if their faith is in Christ and not Chaput, they likely will just roll their eyes.
Humanae Vitae is universally ignored, so modern Catholic youth don’t leave over it, but we are getting warm. From about the same time, the pressure for female ordination has grown. It has grown so much that ordaining women deacons is now being considered seriously, but that won’t be enough. There is no good reason outside the hierarchy’s echo chamber for not ordaining women and until they start doing so, people will find nothing in the Church to be loyal to.
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