The children read the Bible; the catechism explains it.
I grew up in the Catholic faith... I read the Bible as a Catholic... loved church... as a young adult I became a Protestant... it was not until I began homeschooling my sons, trying to give them a classical education, learning Latin, studying classical literature and history... studying the writings of Thomas Aquinas, Augustin, Bonaventure and others, appreciating classical art and music, did I truly begin to understand Catholicism... I have yet to come back to the Catholic faith, but I am drawn to it... my sons and I do attend mass on occasion... especially during lent... I get so much more out of the Catholic church during that time of the year than any non-denominational Protestant church I have ever attended...
As a protestant with lots of Catholic friends, relatives and acquaintances IMHO it’s because a vast majority of your priests don’t REALLY believe what they’re supposed to believe. Thus don’t really actually teach that. I’ve got a relative who thinks b/c is A-OK because her priest has never told them otherwise.
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