Posted on 01/11/2011 11:09:28 AM PST by Alex Murphy
Church officials say 87,000 Austrian Catholics left in 2010. That's a 64 per cent increase over the 53,000 who formally had their names struck from church registries in 2009.
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Austrian law forces residents registered as followers of most recognized religions to pay a small percentage of their earnings toward support of their churches or temples.
"Roman Catholics, the largest U.S. church with a reported 69 million members, start counting baptized infants as members and often dont remove people until they die. Most membership surveys dont actually count whos in the pews on Sunday. To be disenrolled, Catholics must write a bishop to ask that their baptisms be revoked..."Related threads:
....it is possible, for example, to be born Catholic, married Methodist, die Lutheran and still be listed as a member of the 1 billion-member Roman Catholic Church....
"...The Catholic understanding of membership is that a person becomes a member upon baptism and remains a member for life," Gautier said. "Whether you show up at church or not is not what determines whether you're a member."
-- from the thread When It Comes to Church Membership Numbers, the Devil's in the Details
I understand why they left and applaud them for doing so if they’ve found a church that is more to their liking.
I understand why they left and applaud them for doing so if they’ve found a church that is more to their liking.
It is for that reason that Pope Benedict XVI stated, at the beginning of his Papacy, that one of the most important things he could direct would be the re-evangelization of Europe. He'd seen the results of the 'modernization' of the Church, one of which was the sexual abuse of young people by priests who had lost their Faith.
I opened this thread because of your title. I’d never read the Catholic Church named as such hence went to the link and discovered the correct title which is:-
“Number of Austrian Catholics leaving church increase to a record high since 1945”
Please request the moderator to correct it or would you like me to do so?
At the time I posted the thread, the article was comprised of five sentences, and Austrian Catholic church exits increase to a record high since 1945 was the exact title given at the source. I have no plans on repeatedly monitoring the link throughout the month, and keep the thread's headline wording current with the original, in a vain attempt to please (if I'm lucky) one FReeper.
I would think you would be praying for them instead.
RITE | CHURCHES THAT USE THIS RITE | ORIGINAL LITURGICAL LANGUAGE | PATRIARCH | POINT OF ORIGIN |
1.ROMAN | All Roman Catholics | Latin | Bishop of Rome | Rome |
MOZARABIC | Archdiocese of Toledo Spain | Latin | Bishop of Rome | Spain |
AMBROSIAN | Archdiocese of Milan, Italy | Latin | Bishop of Rome | Milan |
BRAGAN | Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal | Latin | Bishop of Rome | Braga |
DOMINICAN | Dominican Priests | Latin | Bishop of Rome | St. Dominic |
CARMELITE | Carmelite Priests | Latin | Bishop of Rome | St. Berthold |
CARTHUSIANS | Carthusian Priests | Latin | Bishop of Rome | St. Bruno |
2. BYZANTINE | Belarussian | Old Slavonic | Belarussia | |
Bulgarian | Old Slavonic | Apostolic Exarch for Catholics of the Byzantine-Slav rite in Bulgaria | Bulgaria | |
Croatian | Old Slavonic | Bishop of Kricevci | Croatia | |
Greek | Greek | Apostolic Exarch for Catholics of the Byzantine rite in Greece | Greece | |
Hungarian | Greek | Bishop of Hajdudorog, Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc | Hungary | |
Italo-Albanian | Greek | Local Latin Bishop | Italy | |
Melkite | Greek | Melkite Greek Patriarch of Damascus | Syria/Lebanon/Israel | |
Romanian | Romanian | Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Julia | Romania | |
Russian | Old Slavonic | Apostolic Exarch in Russia | Russia | |
Ruthenian | Old Slavonic | Bishop of Mukacevo of the Byzantines | Ukrania | |
Slovakian | Old Slavonic | Bishop of Presov of Catholics of the Byzantine rite | Slovakia | |
Ukrainian | Old Slavonic | Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukranians | Ukrania | |
3.ALEXANDRIAN | Coptic | Coptic | Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts | Egypt |
Ethiopian | Ge'ez | Archbishop of Addis Ababa of the Ethiopians | Ethiopia/Somalia | |
4. SYRIAC | Syriac | Syriac Patriarch of Antioch | Syria | |
Malankarese | West Syriac | Metropolitan of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankarese | India | |
5. ARMENIAN | Armenian | Classical Armenian | Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians | Armenia |
6. MARONITE | Maronite | Aramaic | Maronite Patriarch of Antioch | Lebanon |
7. CHALDEAN | Chaldean | Syriac | Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans | Iraq |
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Malabar | Syriac | Major Archbishop of the Malabar rite | India |
Published by The Minnesota St. Thomas More Chapter of Catholics United for the Faith, March/April 2000.
Correct Title -
“Number of Austrian Catholics leaving church increase to a record high since 1945”
“But critics contend there’s still much to be done. The Vienna-based lay organization “We Are Church” says church leaders are blocking reforms and avoiding dialogue over issues the church considers controversial.”
You’re right Salvation there is no such Church. Methinks it was the “We Are Church” people who did the manipulation if what Alex said was correct. These cino’s/marxists/humanists/homosexuals/pro-abortionists/pro-female priests/ etc people want to reform the Church into their own image and likeness. Spreading their antics helps them which is why the AP wrote the story in the first place. And so the battle continues.
PS: The heading “Austrian Catholic Church” was the red flag as it’s what “We Are Church” like to call it - probably reminds them of the facade “Chinese Catholic Church”.
Nothing about **Austrian Catholic church exits increase to a record high since 1945** Why do you change the titles on articles? Another thing that I believe I already posted...there is no such thing as an Austrian Catholic Church. Please post the correct titles, Alex.
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