[NYer]

The Church also helped in the creation of the international laws and other things like sacred music, beer (the Catholic monks were the ones to make beer popular in Europe during the Middle Ages), and the beautiful buildings of the cathedrals. In the 19th century, Popes Pius IX and Leo XIII wrote against communism, stating that it represents a big danger for humanity. Nobody listened to the Church, and the Soviet Union was formed. In 1937, two years before the Second World War, Pope Pius XI wrote an encyclical to Germany warning about a pagan authoritarian government. He was referring to Nazism, of course. Once again, they didn’t listen. In 1968, Pope Paul VI wrote, in his controversial encyclical on birth control, Humanae Vitae, that artificial birth control methods were not intended to avoid giving birth to too many children inside the marriage, since we can use natural methods – like the Billings Method – to control the number of children within matrimony. No, the pope said, those artificial methods will only make it much easier for people to have sex before or outside marriage, and that will not only make young men treat women like objects, but will also create a huge family crisis. I don’t need to say that nobody listened to the pope and that today we see the results (huge divorce rate, huge abortion numbers, and so on).

Catholic ping!

[cloudmountain]

Our wonderful Catholic Church is still around, in one piece.
It will last forever, not because of any errant pope, but because it was founded by Jesus.
I plan on staying very, very close to our beloved Church. Where else am I able to partake of the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus every day of my life?
THAT is the food for our life-long journey to our heavenly Father.

[terycarl]

You are very correct....however, the Catholic church is 100% against abortion, yet so called “Catholics” still vote for Democrats on a national level despite knowing that they are for abortion, even partial birth abortion.........why is that???

[pax_et_bonum]

Thanks for posting.