In Detroit's Sacred Heart Seminary only 2 men will be ordained this year. A seminarian also reported being marked down for not using inclusive language. Priests are regularly having to divide their time as the only pastor of several parishes. Some parishes have reduced the number of weekend Masses and dropped daily Masses altogether. According to some seminarians, men studying for the priesthood at St. Meinrad's are being told not to preach on faith and morals in homilies.
Liturgical abuses are common with no apparent notice of recent warnings from Rome.
People who try to speak up for the faith are dismissed as extremists. People are going through RCIA and being confirmed as Catholics with no real idea of what the real Catholic Church teaches. One small congregation in our diocese doesn't seem to follow this trend, however. I have heard their retreats and attended Masses presided by their priests. It's as different from the rest of this diocese as night and day.