I don't know about Gamecock's experiences off-hand, but I've personally been told by several Catholic FReepers that (choose one):
a) the anathemas of Trent are no longer in effect,
b) the anathemas of Trent were intended for specific individuals of that era, and that they don't apply to me as a Reformed Protestant in the 21st century,
c) the anathemas of Trent were repealed by Vatican II.
To protect the individuals who said them, I will not name names nor link to their posts. You'll have to accept my word for it that each was posted to me publicly within the last two years. I don't it matters who said them, so much as it matters whether any of them were accurate in their statements.
You will also have to accept that history changes with the whim of the RCC (calling George Orwell!) and that the messenger is more important than the message (contrary to John 12:49). It’s easier to ridicule and denigrate a person than it is to discuss and reason the issues.
Just in case you weren’t aware.
Been there, got the emails to prove it.
Grow not weary in well doing for in due season ye shall reap, if ye faint not.
Faint not, my brother, faint not.
OK, that’s different. I’d be surprised if a Catholic on FR argued that the doctrine of Justification changed since Trent; I have seeen various attempt to explain what the anathemas mean that were less than accurate.