Posted on 08/13/2022 6:44:51 PM PDT by marshmallow
CNA Newsroom, Aug 11, 2022 / 06:58 am According to a new representative poll, 58% of German Catholics do not like "the fact that the Pope and the Church speak out against abortions."
The Catholic weekly newspaper Die Tagespost commissioned the survey from the opinion research institute INSA Consulere, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner.
"Among Lutheran respondents, the opinion picture is even clearer: 67% do not support the position of the pope and the church on the protection of life," the Tagespost reported on Aug. 8.
The Catholic Church teaches that abortion is a grave evil and is never acceptable at any stage of pregnancy.
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They aren’t a poll driven organization.
I wonder if they miss purchasing their indulgences, too.
How many is that? Four? Five?
OK ... so 58% of German “catholics” are heretics.
You don’t get to vote. If you don’t like the rules go find a “church” that lets you do what you want.
Countries in Europe and go. Before Bismarck, Germany didn’t exist. It won’t exist again
Hitler didn’t like it either when theCatholic Church, and brave Lutherans like Niemoller and Bonhoffer, spoke out against abortion.
“ They aren’t a poll driven organization”
Yes The Catholic Church is not a democracy, much to the disagreement of most of my fellow Catholics
What percentage of the Israelites thought that Aaron’s golden calf was a good idea? Probably more than 58%.
Good thing churches are full of sinners. At least they might repent.
Germans - supposedly ‘smart’ yet arrogantly morally dumb. Generally speaking of course. Wirklich nicht sehr gut to approve of abortion as ‘moral’.
How many German Catholic Priests are Christians ?
If one chooses to dissent from the Church’s teaching on life, that person automatically excommunicates himself from the life of the Church.
It isn’t difficult to understand. The value of human life is the number one belief of the Church with respect to humanity.
The people who claim they can be pro-abortion and still be Catholic are like the rocket scientist who believes the earth is flat yet wants to work on the Mars mission.
Not the first time Germans had no problem killing babies.
Remember when being a Catholic meant being a Catholic? Now the layity wznt it to be protedtants with vestments,
It’s the Church’s fault for not teaching the faith.
Thank goodness Christianity is not a “democracy”.
I would guess most American Catholics are pro-choice.
These German Catholics have an option that might be more amenable to them.
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