I have heard many people say the problem began when we minimized sin and divine punishment. Which means most people stayed out of fear. Once that was removed the flood gates opened. But the real problem lies in the fact that their was no real alternative to fear. If the ideas of John XXIII and now Francis had been in place then there would not have been the vacuum in faith the bishop talks about. If bishops were pastors rather than administrators and lawyers they would focus on the Gospel of Jesus instead of Canon Law and Thomistic theology. What I say here I say from experience. I was raised in the Church of the 1950's. I remember the talks about hell and punishment and the need to be afraid of eternal damnation. We had to love God or else. Never a word about God's love for us and the reason we should want to be part of the community of faith and live the sacraments. They were means to avoid hell and earn our way to heaven which was only for the perfect. Of course they've left.