How is Catholicism in Ireland different from Catholicism in the USA?

Question

A few years ago, I met some young men, brothers, who said that their mother had come to the USA from Ireland. The Church was so different here that she couldn't deal with it and she went with the Mormons. It may have been only a difference among local Churches. I don't know.

This lady went to a large city in north eastern part of USA. I think she came here alone.

Answer 1

I suspect that the difference lay not so much in the Church as in the manner in which the faithful worship.

In Ireland, centuries of active persecution have made the people there fervent in their faith. They have purchased that with their blood and the lives of too many of their family mambers.

Here in the USA we had some persecution for a short while, but it couldn't begin to compare with what the Irish suffered.

Thus we in the USA tend to take our faith for granted and can be somewhat cavalier about its practices and rituals.

His mother probably felt that this was too cold and went for a church where fervor is the norm, ie the LDS.

Hope this helped.

Answer 2

I think it depends on where in America she moved. If she moved to the North East, the Catholic Churches and traditions will most likely resemble those of Europe,
however, the farther out you go, the less like the traditional churches you will see,

the look of the church, the rituals, the priests, etc.....more modern perhaps, it's hard to describe.

Answer 3

Catholic doctrine is the same all over the world.

In every country, region, and sometimes even city, language and cultural differences are embraced and reflected in the Church's liturgies.

With love in Christ.