I think it’s important that people understand that they can leave the Roman Catholic church - as many of us have - without letting go of Jesus Christ and the Christian faith. THE church - the Bride of Christ - is so much more than one denomination. It is the individual believers who make up that spiritual temple of which Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone. We are all members of His body.
I watch these threads and I’m struck by so many ex Catholics here like in the article
And by how the Catholic faithful always and I mean always mention the priests
Talk to your priest
Make sure your priest
Our priest only does this or that
That right there is so alien to this Baptist raised southerner ....now an old man
And before someone says well southerners don’t have Catholics...read the article I think we now lead the country with self professed catholics
We simply place so much less emphasis on the clergy
We loved Billy Graham and his son too but we don’t venerate them
It must really hurt to see priests they love so much be so fallen in such large numbers
I fear this is the worst modern crisis they’ve seen.....it’s the handiwork of he who we all should fear