Church and State: ‘sweetheart’ days are over
He speculates that this might be due to the fact that “the 1960s-’70s cohort bought into a reaction against the Church, widely purveyed in third-level colleges and in the media”.
He adds: “Many of them imbibed a hostility which continues to influence their attitudes.”
As usual, it’s all the nasty media’s fault.
Another explanation might be that many of this cohort actually experienced the behaviour of an all-powerful Church at first hand during the course of their childhood and adolescence. Thanks largely to the efforts of people in this older age group, those born later had childhood experiences that involved a much less powerful entity.
This loss of Catholic power has generated an attitude among the younger cohorts that the Church is utterly irrelevant to their daily lives.
For those of us who struggled in the past to reduce Church power, this new lack of concern for Church-State matters is a signal of some modest success.
Jaime Hyland,
heinrich-Mann-Str 26,
13156 Berlin,
