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To: Natural Law; Dr. Eckleburg
"It's no coincidence the major despots of the 20th century have been FORMER Roman Catholic - Mussolini, Hitler, Franco, Peron, Marcos, etc..."

There, fixed it for you.

Whatever happened to *Once a Catholic, always a Catholic*?

When did the Catholic church ex-communicate them?

1,953 posted on 12/09/2010 1:36:26 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom; Jaded; Judith Anne; Legatus; maryz; NYer; Salvation; Pyro7480; Coleus; narses; annalex; ...
When did the Catholic Church ex-communicate them?

Do you actually know what excommunication is?

Do you understand how it can occur?

I only ask because I see no indication that you do.

Let's take Hitler and Stalin:

Hitler was admonished by a priest as a teenager, went crying from the church and NEVER RETURNED (there is NOTHING to suggest that he ever went to mass again and he certainly didn't have a Catholic funeral). By his actions he would later excommunicate himself.

Stalin left the seminary and would later tell the world that he rejected the Church in favor of Marxism. His own actions would also later excommunicate him.

1,957 posted on 12/09/2010 1:49:24 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: metmom
"Whatever happened to *Once a Catholic, always a Catholic*?

Some of the Catholic sacraments - baptism, confirmation, Holy Orders leave a permanent mark on a person's soul that their life thereafter never completely erases. Should anyone undergo an epiphany the Church would not require anyone to undergo any of these sacraments again upon their return to the church.

When did the Catholic church ex-communicate them?"

The process known as excommunication is merely a formal recognition that the excommunicated person themselves has, by their own acts, placed themselves outside the Church, rather than the Church casting anyone out.

In some instances, such as in the case of a person who commits atrocities and crimes against humanity or even procures, aids or counsels an abortion, this excommunication is automatically incurred by the commission of the act (ie; there's no formal pronouncement that you are excommunicated) but the excommunication is in effect nonetheless.

1,959 posted on 12/09/2010 1:52:03 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: metmom; RnMomof7; Dr. Eckleburg; the_conscience

lol,lol, you and Rnmomof 7 are doomed to be Catholic until the day you die, but the people that they dont want to be aligned with-— out the door, FORMER Catholics, lol, oh that is rich


1,983 posted on 12/09/2010 3:18:26 PM PST by 1000 silverlings (everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
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To: metmom

The RCC may keep dead members on ‘their list’ - like the liberals do for voting purposes.


2,014 posted on 12/09/2010 4:38:01 PM PST by presently no screen name
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