Less Idolatry in Southwest Ohio

"Backlash from sexual misconduct scandals has rattled local Catholics, causing church attendance on both sides of the Ohio River to plunge and causing parishioners to withhold donations." This was reported in the Aug 30 issue of 'The Cincinnati Enquirer,' in an article titled, "Shaken, Catholics Shunning Church."

The article further stated:

1. "According to SurveyUSA's poll of 414 local Catholics, 28 percent say their faith has been negatively affected, 26 percent say they are attending Mass less often, and 25 percent are giving less money to the church...When parents were asked if their church's handling of sex abuse cases would make them less likely to encourage their children to practice Catholicism, 22 percent said it would."

2. "In Cincinnati, (Mass) attendance dropped from 221,740 in 2001 to 208,217 last year."

In the past two years, Jesus Christ has done so much to expose the black heart of the Catholic Church. Let us continue to daily come to the throne of grace and ask our Lord to:

1. Comfort those sexually attacked by the Catholic Church.

2. Protect children from the Roman priesthood.

3. Free many Catholics from the sin of Catholicism.

4. Stop the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association from sending people back to the Catholic Church.

5. Awaken Christians that the Roman Church is in fact - antichrist.