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"Having been a Catholic my entire life, I am infuriated that someone would choose to represent my faith in this manner"

I would say she could be catholic, and not be Catholic. There is a distinction between ethnic catholics, who are considered fit for public office, and actual Catholics, who are relegated to second class citizenship by Marxists the world over.

She may have been brought up in the Faith, but not registered at a parish and attending Mass. That would make her catholic. I think we both agree, there is no discussion on women's ordination, Rome has spoken.

I stand by my statement that Catholics are poorly educated as a group.

I would also agree with this as well. The CCD suffered a body blow in the 1960-70s. It is coming back, but if it was healthy, we would not have as many catholics, and we would instead have more Catholics.

See? We don't have to fight, now sing with me:
"Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me,"
:-)

"The CCD suffered a body blow in the 1960-70s. It is coming back, but if it was healthy, we would not have as many catholics, and we would instead have more Catholics."

That is all fine and well, but how do I, as someone interested in adult education in the Church, bring people to classes? How do we go about educating the adults with such crazy ideas of what the Church teaches? When we initiate classes here at our parish, it seems the same few people are showing up, with exception to some classes we did on the Passion movie last year.

I say it has to start in the pulpit. The homily is going to have to begin teaching the faith, with the assumption that those in the pews have a first grade CCD level education. How many Catholics do you think read the Bible? The Catechism? I would venture to say that it is proportional to the numbers of people who do not believe in the Real Prescence, or that the Church has a DUTY to excommunicate those within the fold who scandalize the flock. Read Paul's 1 Cor 5 to see this stuff is even in the Bible!

Regards