My bride is Catholic.
The range in belief between Catholic diocese’s is amazing. To the point if you didn’t see the name on the door (or hidden away in some cases) you wouldn’t know the church is in communion with the one across the river.
From saying Jesus didn’t “Know he was God till the Resurrection” (preached the Sunday after Christmas no less) to full on smells and bells Latin mass.
The former is not the same religion as the later. Yet they both claim to be in communion with each other.
**The range in belief between Catholic diocese’s is amazing.**
Thanks for saying this. I have been making that assertion for years. And if you want a real inconsistent belief go to a 3rd world country and compare it to suburban American Catholicism.