‘The importance of community’ — Dutch Bishop Hendriks on Christian hope

Why Bishop Jan Hendriks sees signs of hope in secular Amsterdam

That the Netherlands is one of the most secularized countries in the world sounds almost like a cliché.

But with Mass attendance under 2% of Catholics, a dire vocational situation, and hundreds of churches and parishes being consolidated throughout the country, the Netherlands might be considered a showcase of what’s to come in a rapidly secularizing Wes…