Exactly. I love the Catholic Canon-—Love St. Thomas Aquinas, Anselm, Boethius and the solid philosophy/theology behind the Catholic Canon that came from them and Pope Pius X and many others. Every word in the Canon was argued for centuries-—and using the Bible to analyze Good and Evil and the “truths” that the Bible intended to convey. Debated since the Churches inception and only debate can lead to the Truth as Socrates stated—outside of Revelation.
We need people to be taught Catholic Theology-—esp. the “priests”. Many, like in my parish, contradict themselves constantly, with “good Marxist” type “thinking-—which eliminates Reason-—and this Marxist concept of “social” justice as if Justice needs an adjective. They should realize with subsidiarity and the Natural Family—that government “welfare” destroys the soul—and is NEVER charity. It is force and theft and our paper advocates these “social” programs which are government run.
Blurring the truth is evil..... exp. to the little boys and girls-—with this altar girl thing, which is sickening.....to confuse children and Natural Law—foundation of Catholic Theology and Truth.
Catholic teaching used to be clear and concise. Truth is Truth-—and you NEVER beat around the bush about sin and evil which the “church of nice” has been doing since Vatican II when they took out the worship of God and inserted their kumbaya worship of man.
Really makes me mad when I think about the destruction of the 400 year Tradition of the CC (Marxism)-—the silliness-quasi-religious feminization of the Church is pure evil. And Bella Dodd wrote about the Marxists homosexuals in the 30’s and 40’s who were deliberately placed into seminaries to work their way up the structure to control “policy”. Looks like they have total control now (the Marxist homosexuals).
I know for a FACT that Jesus didn't lie and He wasn't mistaken, so the only logical conclusion is that His church, His body, His bride, is MUCH greater than solely the RCC. There are, no doubt, many genuine Christians there, but not all Catholics are true Christians - just as not all Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, etc. are - church membership doesn't always translate to a genuine saving faith. Jesus said that the "gates of hell will not prevail against" His church. He meant it and He will continue to prevent those gates from holding up a sincere seeker of the truth from knowing it.
A combined 15 percent of the clergy polled identified themselves as "gay (9%) > or more (6%) on the homosexual side." Among younger priests 23 percent did so. Los Angeles Times (extensive) nationwide survey (2002). http://www.bishop-accountability.org/resources/resource-files/reports/LAT-Priest-Survey.pdf
17 percent of the priests said "definitely" , and 27% said "probably," a homosexual subculture'--defined as a `definite group of persons that has its own friendships, social gatherings and vocabulary'--exists in their diocese or religious order. ^
After examining the official web sites of 244 Catholic universities and colleges in America, the TFP Student Action found that 107 – or 43% have pro-homosexual clubs. TFP Student Action Dec. 6. 2011; studentaction.org/get-involved/online-petitions/pro-homosexual-clubs-at-107-catholic-colleges/print.html
A 2002 nationwide poll of 1,854 priests in the United States and Puerto Rico reported that 30% of Roman Catholic priests described themselves as Liberal, 28% as Conservative, and 37% as Moderate in their Religious ideology. 53 percent responded that they thought it always was a sin for unmarried people to have sexual relations; 32 percent that is often was, and 9 percent seldom/never. However, nearly four in 10 younger priests in 2002 described themselves as conservative, and were more likely to regard as "always a sin" such acts as premarital sex, abortion, artificial birth control, homosexual relations, etc., and three-fourths said they were more religiously orthodox than their older counterparts. Los Angeles Times (extensive) nationwide survey (2002). http://www.bishop-accountability.org/resources/resource-files/reports/LAT-Priest-Survey.pdf http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_2_39/ai_94129129/pg_2
The survey also found that 80% of Roman Catholic priests referred to themselves as “mostly” heterosexual in orientation, with 67% being exclusively heterosexual, 8% leaning toward heterosexual, 5% completely in the middle, and 6% leaning toward homosexual and 9% saying they are homosexual, for a combined figure of 15% on the homosexual class. Among younger priests (those ordained for 20 years or less) the figure was 23%. ^
One-third of surveyed priests said they “do not waver” from their vow of celibacy, while 47% described celibacy as “an ongoing journey” and 14% said they “do not always succeed in following” it. 2% said celibacy is not relevant to their priesthood and they do not observe it. not celibate. ^