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To: ansel12
"Catholic’s are baptized members of the Catholic denomination who consider themselves Catholic."

Are you now claiming to be a spokesperson for the Church or the Magisterium?

While I have no sway over what you choose to believe, it is an intrusion for you to insist that Catholics accept your opinion as reality. Those who are in communion with the Church are Catholic. While the indelible mark of Baptism remains, those who have been baptized and to those who have been ordained, so too does Original Sin and our fallen nature. To paraphrase Matthew 7:21, Not everyone who says "I'm Catholic, I'm Catholic" will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who is in Communion with the Church will enter heaven.

Peace be with you.

16 posted on 09/19/2012 1:51:36 PM PDT by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a Bible, He left us a Church.)
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To: Natural Law

You need to notify the political world and the Vatican, and, and convince them that you are the defining authority for who gets counted as Catholic in election studies.

Also you can give them your new total for the Catholic population in the US.


19 posted on 09/19/2012 2:04:31 PM PDT by ansel12
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