[Steelfish]

Unlike Muslims who do so with their Korans, Catholics don’t kick the Bible down people throats. These folks are not practicing Catholics. Whatever is happening in Baltimore is the work of an errant Parish Priest and he will and must be subject to Church discipline. We are one universal Church, one Truth, and one coherent belief and not some 35,000 screwball brands of Protestantism. The gates of Hell shall never prevail against it.

[HiTech RedNeck]

You keep assuming that evangelical Christianity apes the Roman church. It doesn’t. If it did, then your silly remark about 35,000 screwball brands might make some vague sense.

[HiTech RedNeck]

They might stand to do some bible ramming, actually. Not down throats to be sure, but into faces.

[metmom]

The gates of Hell shall never prevail against it.

You guys quote that constantly, but you know what? The gates of hell ARE prevailing against that organization you call a church.

It's time you woke up and smelled the coffee. Quit deluding yourselves.

Satan and his minions have a death grip on the Catholic hierarchy.

THIS is the Catholic church because NOBODY in any position of power to do anything about it, like stop it, is lifting a finger to do just that.

They are letting it continue, and by their inaction are giving the tacit approval to it all.

The gates of hell ARE prevailing against what is called the *Catholic church*. Quit deluding yourself that it isn't happening.

[Elsie]

The gates of Hell shall never prevail against it.

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Pope Stephen VI (896–897), who had his predecessor Pope Formosus exhumed, tried, de-fingered, briefly reburied, and thrown in the Tiber.^[1]

Pope John XII (955–964), who gave land to a mistress, murdered several people, and was killed by a man who caught him in bed with his wife.

Pope Benedict IX (1032–1044, 1045, 1047–1048), who "sold" the Papacy

Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), who is lampooned in Dante's Divine Comedy

Pope Urban VI (1378–1389), who complained that he did not hear enough screaming when Cardinals who had conspired against him were tortured.^[2]

Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503), a Borgia, who was guilty of nepotism and whose unattended corpse swelled until it could barely fit in a coffin.^[3]

Pope Leo X (1513–1521), a spendthrift member of the Medici family who once spent 1/7 of his predecessors' reserves on a single ceremony^[4]

Pope Clement VII (1523–1534), also a Medici, whose power-politicking with France, Spain, and Germany got Rome sacked.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Popes

[redleghunter]

It would seem Baltimore was not the only dioscese supporting homosexual pride events.

Gay-friendly Parishes and Faith Communities

Gay-friendly Catholic Colleges and Universities

Then there is this report:

Report | Catholic Attitudes on Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Comprehensive Portrait from Recent Research

From the link above:

•When same-sex marriage is defined explicitly as a civil marriage, support is dramatically higher among Catholics. If marriage for gay couples is defined as a civil marriage “like you get at city hall,” Catholic support for allowing gay couples to marry increases by 28 points, from 43% to 71%. A similar pattern exists in the general population, but the Catholic increase is more pronounced.

•Beyond the issue of same-sex marriage, Catholic support for rights for gays and lesbian people is strong and slightly higher than the general public. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of Catholics favor laws that would protect gay and lesbian people against discrimination in the workplace; 63% of Catholics favor allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly in the military; and 6-in-10 (60%) Catholics favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to adopt children.

•Compared to the general church-going public, Catholics are significantly less likely to hear about the issue of homosexuality from their clergy, but those who do are much more likely to hear negative messages. Only about 1-in-4 (27%) Catholics who attend church services regularly say their clergy speak about the issue of homosexuality, but nearly two-thirds (63%) of this group say the messages they hear are negative.

•Compared to other religious groups, Catholics are significantly more likely to give their church poor marks for how it is handling the issue of homosexuality. Less than 4-in-10 (39%) Catholics give their own church top marks (a grade of either an A or a B) on its handling of the issue of homosexuality.

•Seven-in-ten Catholics say that messages from America’s places of worship contribute a lot (33%) or a little (37%) to higher rates of suicide among gay and lesbian youth.

•Catholics overwhelmingly reject the idea that sexual orientation can be changed. Nearly 7-in-10 (69%) Catholics disagree that homosexual orientation can be changed; less than 1-in-4 (23%) believe that it can be changed.

•A majority of Catholics (56%) believe that sexual relations between two adults of the same gender is not a sin. Among the general population, less than half (46%) believe it is not a sin (PRRI, Religion & Politics Tracking Survey, October 2010).