Either they read the Catechism and understand the teaching of the Church or they don’t
God gives us free will.
Anyone can say they are Catholic.
It is up to the listener to discern.
When people want to believe what someone says it’s up to them.
But the Church says what it says.
a lot of Freepers won’t listen to a word I say when I speak about what the Church does say.
They enjoy hating what they perceive to be the Church.
“They enjoy hating what they perceive to be the Church.”
BS. I don’t hate anyone or anything. But I certainly resent being told that I am going to Hell simply because I am not Catholic. So enough of the phony persecution complex.