Posted on 12/11/2025 12:11:52 AM PST by Cronos
In an age of moral confusion and cultural uncertainty, people are drawn to those who actually believe what they say—who live as if their core convictions are real and unshakable.
This may explain the quiet shift unfolding in England. For the first time in centuries, the Catholic Church surpasses CoE in active attendance. Among young people, Catholics outnumber Anglicans. In London, the shift is even more pronounced. The tide is turning—and it’s not turning toward trendy liturgies or progressive theology but toward clarity, continuity, and conviction.
Every Anglican worldwide, and every Episcopalian in the U.S., knows that even after 500 years, the hierarchy of the church is still thinking through its theology. Its doctrine, famously, is up for a vote. That’s not a small thing.
Roman Catholicism is not democratic. It doesn’t ask the culture to weigh in on what it believes—it declares it. And in an age when society is debating everything—from truth to gender to morality—there is something profoundly reassuring about a church that does not budge.
..There are rhythms, rituals, holy days, moral expectations, and communal identity. It’s not something you keep hidden. ...
People respect the visible. They trust what is practiced. Christians might be waking up to the reality that private belief alone isn’t enough. They want a faith that shapes life, not just inner thought.
...So why is the Roman Catholic Church rising in England while the Anglican Church declines? Because Catholicism offers clarity in a confused age. It offers rootedness in a restless time. It offers a visible, practiced, and morally serious faith in a culture increasingly adrift. And above all, it offers conviction—the kind that draws you in, even if you’re not sure you believe it yourself.
It may have taken five centuries, but the quiet shift is unmistakable.
(Excerpt) Read more at anglican.ink ...
Glad they are serious,but being catholic does not save you...
It is not “the church”...the problem is folks are not longer looking for themselves..they still think the form of Bible they read will pop up and help them at “judgement...it will not...its just a start...man can’t tell you what to be, they don’t know, but play someone on TV that acts like they do...
Nothing against catholic persuasion, its just not real..
Mass murdering church of God won’t cut it..look at the massacres in south America etc...its fake folks..
Jesus is real, religions aren’t..
https://youtu.be/WlTdGJzwbsQ?si=aTFSeP7QOo4UCBSg
George: *ahem* In this age of uncertainty and confusion, a man begins to ask himself certain questions. How can one even begin to put into words something so um… (trying to think of a word)
Father-priest: Enigmatic?
George: No.
Father-priest: Vast? (he pronounces it as “vost”)
George: No not vast (he pronounces it as “vost”)
Father-priest: Well whatever it is, basically you like the religion.
George: Yes.
Hopefully this is the beginning of the next anti-islamic crusade ...
It is imperative that the koranimals are sequestered in a small part of this planet.
And in other news, New York archdiocese announces $300,000,000 settlement fund, for victims of clergy abuse.
It wouldn’t surprise me if these Catholic converts first considered converting to Islam, got scared of being labeled, then rationalized that Catholicism was a close second and went with it. Not much difference between the two and better to be a closet Muslim cloaked in the Papacy than deal with the world as a Muslim.
So you’re actually claiming there’s no difference between a faith that believes in the Trinity and redemption through Christ’s death on the Cross and a religion that denies both of those things and much more?
Really?
I seriously doubt I’m going to see a more a stupid comment anywhere on the internet today than the one you just made.
——>I seriously doubt I’m going to see a more a stupid comment anywhere on the internet today than the one you just made.
Of course there are differences. But what they have in common is their Pagan roots. As far as Satan is concerned, he’s happy with either one.
https://youtu.be/qZRj-CleopA
Walter Veith. The Islamic Connection to Catholicism. Total Onslaught
The reliable rule of thumb regarding the Catholic church holds steady here as elsewhere: those who inveigh the most against the church are always the ones who know the least about it.
The author of the video I just posted (Walter Veith) was as Catholic as Catholic gets. So, I don’t see your statement applying to him or anyone quoting him, like me.
Meanwhile, the Roman Catholic Church is suffering from a less advanced case of the same disease.
I've noticed oner the years that whenever the legacy media publishes articles about Christianity, too frequently the reporter has a Jewish last name. Lately, multiple authors, with some middle eastern last names thrown in.
Did God intend His church on earth to adopt many of the structural elements of the Roman Empire? Was it just coincidence? Why is it that the title Pontiff Maximus was once held by the pagan Julius Caesar, but later became the title of the leader of the Roman Catholic Church?
Could all of this development of the church throughout the ages be coincidence or accidental, or did God have a plan to use this structure for the following thousands of years?
I believe that God took an interest in how his church would develop after Jesus' death and resurrection. So, I take it seriously when Matthew wrote, "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."
Of course, Peter was not perfect, and so the leaders of the church have never been perfect. But in 2,000 years, God has not seen fit to make a drastic change in direction. For all its flaws, I believe the Catholic Church is the course that God wants me to follow.
Leo X, the Medici one, was just awful. And there have been worse. On the other hand we've had John Paul II which was excellent.
Of course you say that, just like when people say “I went to Catholic school my entire life...” and then say the most ignorant thing about the church.
Put down the Jack Chick tracts and fo your own research, not what tickles Protestant ears.
That is a ridiculous comparison.
Read more.
——>Put down the Jack Chick tracts and fo your own research, not what tickles Protestant ears.
I don’t know anything about this Jack Chick guy. Is he related to you?
Typical Catholic doesn’t know what they’re talking about. You can view the video I posted, or not. I don’t care. But the facts are there whether you like them or not. As far as Satan is concerned, Catholics and Muslims are the same.
This is an old and ridiculous canard made by Protestants to justify their rebellion from the Catholic Church.
I can see why exorcists say that the demons claim the Protestant churches if they lie like this.
That video is ridiculous. It’s more Jack Chick fantasy BS. There are so many falsehoods in it I don’t know where to start debunking first.
Read more. You’re being lied to by this false prophet.
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