Four obstacles for those in catechesis

Aleteia reports that adults in catechesis may face four obstacles: the context in the West that makes adhering to the faith difficult, disillusionment, spiritual weaknesses, and the temptation of the devil.

The Second Vatican Council explains that the denial or abandonment of God or religion is no longer a rare or isolated phenomenon. These ideas are often presented as requirements of scientific progress or a certain new humanism, influencing literature, the arts, the interpretation of human sciences and history, and law.