>> “ Perhaps one should broaden their vision and include the work of Mother Teresa in their formulations of the Catholic Church.” <<
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What? - Do you believe in salvation through association?
Teresa was quite unique, and no one else in that church comes close. It is a church that celebrates greed, pomp, and agglomeration of wealth. They out greed the Queen of England.
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Are you so intimately familiar with all 1.2 Billion Catholics on the planet that you can say this with confidence?
It is a church that celebrates greed, pomp, and agglomeration of wealth. They out greed the Queen of England.
I would caution against adopting the carnal outlook of the secularists for the purposes of supposed theological satisfaction. That agglomeration you speak of is the work of humanity throughout the ages. There is no value attached to it.