Thread by @USCCB

.@BishopBarron presenting a modification to the passage on the death penalty in the US Catholic Catechism for Adults in light of the recognitio from the Holy See.

.@BishopDoherty asks for clarification with what is meant by the word "inadmissible" when it comes to the update in line with @Pontifex's teaching on the death penalty.

.@BishopBarron responds that language was designed to best go in line with the Pope. #USCCB19

.@BishopBarron now talks about what he says is most important - the issue of the rise in religiously unaffiliated young adults.

50% of Catholics 30 and younger have left the Church.

1 out of 6 millennials in the US is a former Catholic.

For every 1 joining, 6.45 are leaving.

When are they leaving? 79% leave before the age of 23.

The median age of those who leave is 13.

#USCCB19

Why are they leaving? @BishopBarron presents data:

1. They no longer believe (doctrine).

+Barron says this is "a bitter fruit of the dumbing down of our faith."

Few of the "nones" are anti-religious - they're more "blandly indifferent" or "ambivalent" - +Barron #USCCB19

+Barron is now introducing the bishops to @jordanbpeterson as an example of a style of teaching that engages young people on social media. #USCCB19

.@CardinalSean agrees this (the "nones") is "the second biggest problem we're facing." #USCCB19

.@Bishopoftyler "The truth of Jesus Christ is what it really comes down to."

"By the time they turn 40, most millennials have moved 17 times, which means that the paradigm of parishes doesn't work for them."

People are not joining communities. There is a culture of loneliness. This is a context we need to consider. -@bishopcoyne

#USCCB19

"We need to be bold" in the proclamation of the Kerygma. -@ArchbishpSample #USCCB19