Even the priests molesting little boys? Do you really want to go there?
So how do you know whether God is within any one? You can not possibly know what only God knows.
The Catholic Church has the Mass and the Sacrament of the Eucharist - the Real Presence of Jesus Body and Blood - that Catholics can receive and Christ dwells within us. This is one of the seven sacraments that Jesus left us through His Apostles and Catholic Church.
Yes there are sinners in the Catholic Church, even priests and Bishops. We also have the Sacrament of Reconciliation where we can receive complete forgiveness of our sins.
I hope all will seek the Truth and receive the benefits of the Catholic Church’s mission to lead us to eternal life with God.
Not all follow the path that Jesus taught us. Many follow the false preaching of man. Yes many follow the ways of the world and ignore some of the teachings of Jesus. We need to continue to learn about God and understand what Jesus taught us. Salvation is a continuing process where we learn to love God and our neighbor.
Your comment in another post about the Catholic faith: “Only the false teachings the propagate.” You should be very specific and back it up with authority, not just your opinion. Seek all of the Truth.
We continue to pray that all will love God and neighbor and will join God in Heaven.
Sure, I'll go there. Jesus is everywhere. Whether or not the monster listens to His whispers or his commands is THE issue in all of this debate.
Every sin ranging from the abhorrent like priests molesting little boys, taking a bite out of the forbidden fruit, televangelists using God as a way of gaining financially, politicians helping themselves to the detriment of those they are supposed to represent, to the small like eating your brother's Halloween candy and lying that you didn't have a beer last night, emanates from a conscious turning away from our Lord. Flip Wilson may have said "The devil made me do it" but we all understand who controls one's own hands, and that freewill is a gift.
When Obama was President, many of us fully understood that the guy running the Executive Branch doesn't ipso facto stand for us or our values or our traditions. He is a man who bleeds red like me and you, and is susceptible to error and good old fashioned stupidity.
Any and every Catholic has the same grounded understanding about the Church, from the Pope all the way down to the choir director. There is a right way and a wrong way. Man has proven himself capable of error, and man will twist The Word to make himself happy...but you cannot ignore the Truth.
When Obama was president for eight years, I didn't move to Canada or Switzerland and revoke my citizenship. I'm an American. Similarly, I am a Catholic regardless of who the Cardinals elected as the Pope or who is serving Mass down the Street. Why? Because my salvation is not negotiable or subject to the whims of this or that guy saying that Global Warming is as important an issue as sin and abortion, or that horribly sinful actions on the part of priests is due to clericalism.
Sure, some people will happily follow any leader, be they Catholic, Protestant, or Druid. But there IS a yuge difference between following the intent of the Constitution and using the Commerce Clause to regulate local matters. Similarly, to assume every Catholic gives a cheery two-thumbs up to error is akin to saying that everyone on FR was perfectly peachy with Obama.
Thanks for listening.