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To: AnAmericanMother

One friend checked several parishes/dioceses (due to the geography of all involved people) - they all were pretty high. The one closest to her house is in the ArchDiocese of Chicago. I assume that is a bit more liberal. I'm in the Diocese of Joliet, and it's quite a mix, but overall pretty liberal. We have a new Bishop, so how things change remains to be seen.

Unfortunately, she became disgusted, remarried in a Lutheran or Methodist Church. She is a Cradle Catholic who didn't know that the Eucharist isn't symbolic.

My announcement of becoming a revert (after 25 yrs an atheist) sparked quite a discussion. After engaging in discussions with my "Catholic" friends, I've decided that there will be many a priest and bishop undergoing some serious questioning on Judgment Day based on the complete lack of education and pastoral care of the flock.


41 posted on 02/07/2007 10:46:51 AM PST by technochick99 (www.YourDogStuff.com)
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To: technochick99
Wow.

Part of it is certainly a lack of catechesis. VCII sure threw out a lot of babies with the bathwater.

Of course it's not a new thing. There's a saying variously attributed (to St. John Chrysostom, St. John Eudes, and St. Athanasius) that "the floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops."

42 posted on 02/07/2007 10:50:32 AM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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