It’s not representative of the church. The magesterium, the Vatican, the priests, the bishops, the Pope himself. You are at odds with the church as it stands and as it has stood for over half a century. The vast majority of your fellow Roman Catholics do not agree with you, they are in agreement with the hierarchy. Voting patterns in the US bear this out. It’s not just the US, it’s worldwide. You and other traditionalist are just as surely outsiders as I am.
You and other traditionalist are just as surely outsiders as I am.
...ah, so that’s what you’re referring to...but since Traditional worship existed for a millenium, and the modern church for forty years, I’m not going to worry too much about being out of step...I attend a TLM, based on the 1962 Missal, which the Holy See has in fact approved, and seems to be in no hurry to abrogate...and I care not a whit what my pewmates in the Novus Ordo churches think about my beliefs...
...when and if the Vatican sees fit to abrogate Summorum Pontificum, and ban the Traditional Mass, I will know the Church has abandoned me, and, in deference to Her, I will leave, so as not to retard Her mission on earth...
Almost a 50/50 spit with Obama and Romney. Want to me tell you how many Mass attending votes that meant Romney got? Let me just say it was far and away more votes than he got from any protestant denomination.
Your post is the biggest bunch of garbage I’ve read in a while. So the majority of Catholics, to include priests, bishops, and the Pope are liberal pro-abortion, queer-marriage heretics?
Just another Catholic bashing bigot that lives to put down the Church, another all-knowing protestant authority on the Catholic Church.
Indeed, and the reactionary charges of bias and trying to spin numbers.
• Comparing Catholics and other Americans, 44% of Catholics claimed to be "absolutely committed" to the Christian faith versus 54% of the entire adult population, and donated about 17% less money to churches; was 38% less likely than the average American to read the Bible; 67% less likely to attend a Sunday school class; 20% less likely to share their faith in Christ with someone who had different beliefs; 24% less likely to say their religious faith has greatly transformed their life; and were 36% less likely to have an "active faith," (defined as reading the Bible, praying and attending a church service during the prior week.) Yet Catholics were 16% more likely than the norm to attend a church service and 8% more likely to have prayed to God during the prior week. Catholics Have Become Mainstream America, Barna research, July 9, 2007 https://www.barna.org/barna-update/faith-spirituality/100-catholics-have-become-mainstream-america#.VDZOGDRxnGg
40% Roman Catholics vs. 41% Non-R.C. see abortion as "morally acceptable"; Sex between unmarried couples: 67% vs. 57%; Baby out of wedlock: 61% vs. 52%; Homosexual relations: 54% vs. 45%; Gambling: 72% vs. 59% http://www.gallup.com/poll/117154/Catholics-Similar-Mainstream-Abortion-Stem-Cells.aspx
Committed Roman Catholics (church attendance weekly or almost) versus Non-R.C. faithful church goers (see the below as as morally acceptable): Abortion: 24% R.C. vs. 19% Non-R.C.; Sex between unmarried couples: 53% vs. 30%; Baby out of wedlock: 48% vs. 29%; Homosexual relations: 44% vs. 21%; Gambling: 67% vs. 40%; Divorce: 63 vs. 46% ^
Comparing 16 moral behaviors, Catholics were less likely to say mean things about people behind their back, and tending to engage in recycling more. However, they were also twice as likely to view pornographic content on the Internet, and were more prone to use profanity, to gamble, and to buy lottery tickets. ^
In a survey asking whether one approves or rejects or overall sees little consequence (skeptical) to society regarding seven trends on the family (More: unmarried couples raising children; gay and lesbian couples raising children; single women having children without a male partner to help raise them; people living together without getting married; mothers of young children working outside the home; people of different races marrying each other; and more women not ever having children), 42% of all Protestants were “Rejecters” of the modern trend, 35% were Skeptics, and 23% were “Approvers.” Among Catholics, 27% were Rejecters, 34% were Approvers, and 39% were Skeptics. (Among non religious, 10% were Rejecters, 48% were Approvers, and 42% were Skeptics.) Pew forum, The Public Renders a Split Verdict On Changes in Family Structure, February 16, 2011 http://pewsocialtrends.org/2011/02/16/the-public-renders-a-split-verdict-on-changes-in-family-structure/#prc_jump
50 percent of Protestants affirmed gambling was a sin, versus 15 percent of Catholics; that getting drunk was a sin: 63 percent of Protestants, 28 percent of Catholics; gossip: 70 percent to 45 percent: homosexual activity or sex: 72 percent to 42 percent. Ellison Research, March 11, 2008 http://ellisonresearch.com/releases/20080311.htm http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080312/study-behaviors-americans-consider-sinful.htm