Okay, is the Catholic church united or not?
I keep getting the “Catholic Church is unchanging bastion of Christianity for 2000 years” from those from this forum, then the picture of the Pope kissing the Koran pops up.
It don’t seem like those on this forum are part of the same church as John Paul II and his attitude toward the Muslims, or Mother Theresa and her little hindu idols, or the St. Death churches in Mexico, or those that accept Kerry, Kennedy, Pelosi, Guiliani et al into their parishes for Mass.
Is it truly one church in communion, or is that just a facade?
Leaving aside the nebulous use of words like "Catholic Church" and "united" (about what?) the short answer is "No, far from it". That is, if you're asking "do all those who claim to be Catholic hold the same beliefs?"
I keep getting the “Catholic Church is unchanging bastion of Christianity for 2000 years” from those from this forum, then the picture of the Pope kissing the Koran pops up.
Don't confuse the deposit of faith with prudential judgments on how best to engage those of other faiths. Catholic teaching handed down from the apostles has been preserved intact.That teaching does not include how best to deal with Moslems. That is a matter of private judgment.
It don’t seem like those on this forum are part of the same church as John Paul II and his attitude toward the Muslims, or Mother Theresa and her little hindu idols, or the St. Death churches in Mexico, or those that accept Kerry, Kennedy, Pelosi, Guiliani et al into their parishes for Mass. Is it truly one church in communion, or is that just a facade?
The only serious noises concerning the looming Islamic threat are coming from the Pope and the Catholic Church. That makes for a fun time for those in the peanut gallery whose principal object of derision is not Islam but the Catholic Church, but it doesn't advance a resolution of the problematic issue one iota.
Your question about "is it a Church in communion or not" is silly. Regarding the best way to deal with Muslims, no "communion" (whatever that means) is required, as explained above. There are certain tenets of faith which are required to be held as true in order to properly claim to be Catholic, but that's another issue.
Ping us when anyone from your neck of the spiritual woods says anything of any gravitas on this difficult issue.