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To: Notwithstanding
I'm not a Catholic, but tell me just how major is a schism of 28,000 members in an overwhelmingly (70%) Catholic country of 175 million can be. Granted, they may have a few more split-off members in Europe and elsewhere.

A far more serious concern for the Roman Catholic church ought to be politicians in high places who espouse allegiance to the church and vote against what it teaches, such as the scantity of life. You can make a long list of such "Catholics" just in the U.S. Senate-- Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell, Ted Kennedy, Barbara Mikulski, Paul Sarbanes, Mary Landrieu . . . who not only go along with the party leadership but are leaders in formulating it.

In fact, the only two Catholics in the Senate I can think of who follow the teachings of their church in their public life are both white guys-- Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.

106 posted on 01/18/2002 7:09:44 PM PST by Rubber Duckie
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To: Rubber Duckie
The Church does not force its lay members to do or believe anything. If a person likes to say "I am Catholic" and then go pray like a Buddhist, then they are wrong and not living up to their baptismal promises. People are always free to sin.
107 posted on 01/18/2002 7:13:36 PM PST by Notwithstanding
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