Ho recentemente letto "Positioning: The Battle For Your Mind", un testo di marketing scritto da Al Ries e Jack Trout, in cui vi è un intero capitolo (22) che riguarda la Chiesa Cattolica in cui si critica il Concilio Vaticano II (ovviamente non da un punto di dottrinale) indicandolo come responsabile dell'attuale situazione in cui si trova la Chiesa in particolare per la sua immagine e come viene percepita.


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22 Positioning the Catholic Church

How the clergy applies communication theory to the practice of religion will have a major influence on the way religion affects the congregation.

Regular Mass attendance dropped below 50 percent of the Catholic population. Protestant attendance remains remarkably stable. There are 20 percent fewer priests, nuns, and brothers today than there were 10 years ago. Most of the haphazard communication within the church can be traced back to Vatican II, moving the Church away from a position of Teacher of the Law.

What is the role of the Catholic Church in the modern world? From the Scriptures, Christ saw the role of the Church as “Teacher of the Word”.

To implement the new position, pulpit training, improving sermons and learning to be better speakers was necessary. An introductory film entitled Return to the Beginning was proposed. To this day, the management of the Church is not convinced with such a simple solution. The Pope is in the process of convening another synod to evaluate the results of Vatican II, to resolve the confusion in the last 20 years. While they convene, the gulf widens between liberal and
conservative Catholics.