The Church is full of it. As a divorced man, they keep me from the sacraments and never speak out about child custody. To hell with them.
Sancte Joseph, ora pro eo.
You are probably still a Catholic unless you filled out lots of paperwork and went to the diocese.
You can always come back to the church. All things can be reconciled. Many parishes have programs for returning Catholics; I believe we had 16 in our last Catholics Can Come Home Again class.
I’ll pray for you.
**The Church is full of it. As a divorced man, they keep me from the sacraments and never speak out about child custody.**
Not true. Have you remarried? Someone who is divorced can still receive the Holy Eucharist unless they have remarried. Even if you have remarried you have recourse to seek an annulment and then have access to the Sacraments.
Find a priest you can sit down and talk with. You will be surprised. I have a feeling that you just got a priest who did not know much about annulments.
My divorced BIL receives/received Communion. He eventually got an annulment and married again. He never stopped practicing his faith within the Catholic Church. And his first wife gave him custody of their children. He was at such peace and so happy in his new life, she felt he “deserved” them. LOL - Whatever her intentions, his life was complete then.