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"Why do people insist on calling it the American Church, the French Church, etc."

It’s a little more than semantics. Amchurch has its USCCB, which voted overwhelmingly to leave it up to the individual bishops to violate canon law and give Holy Communion to public facilitators of abortion, to turn Ascension Thursday into Ascension Sunday, etc.

Canada has it’s own CCCB, which makes its own rules, etc.

Prior to VC II, Catholic meant “universal”. New Church, however, defines Catholic as “diversified”.

Heck, nowadays you can even be “catholic” while remaining outside the Catholic Church.

Oh, Canadia has its own too? I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.The USCCB and these other council thingys get lost fast in the paperwork. They run the Church like its some kind of corporation.

I'm not too familiar with corporate politics. But in my experience, when something goes wrong in the 'branch office,' nobody takes responsibility. And because its a bureaucratic mess, everybody gets blamed, and nobody is held accountable.

It’s a little more than semantics. Amchurch has its USCCB, which voted overwhelmingly to leave it up to the individual bishops to violate canon law and give Holy Communion to public facilitators of abortion, to turn Ascension Thursday into Ascension Sunday, etc.

I loved how when after the new watered down canon law (1983) came out that had already gutted our fasting practices, the USCCB was instructed that they could forget about fasting on Fridays altogether, just have some form of unspecified penance in its place.

Not only was the watered down fasting watered down even further - to the point of nonexistence - but our illustrious leaders forgot the part about adding any penance. So now American Catholics aren't required to fast, or do anything whatsoever for that matter. An integral part of our community and reverential sacrifice to our Lord flushed down the toilet by so few in so short a time span.

Another blessing to our Church from John Paul "the Great" and the American episcopate.