[ebb tide]

At some point, enough Catholics will wake up to the fact that Francis is a logical fruit of Vatican II; when we do that, we will follow the counsels of Pius XII and his predecessors who insisted that we make no compromises with the Liberalism and Modernism that infected the Council. Until that happens, we should expect God to permit the crisis in the Church and world to grow worse until we can no longer afford to maintain “our lukewarmness, our silence, our inclination to compromise, our hypocrisies, our yielding to the spirit of the world and the errors of the dominant ideologies.” God is allowing this because, as a loving Father, He would rather us suffer and save our souls than comfortably slide to perdition.

[bray]

The Church is run by man and man is evil.

[bertmerc1]

Free will?

[The Duke]

It seems to be God’s way to a punish a couple people through their leadership.

[spacejunkie2001]

Uhh,because man has DOMINION and has a wicked heart

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Because God is not in control of the Catholic church, not need he be. Sometimes men feel they know more than God and force Him out. The Episcopal Church suffered the same demise. And God probably smiles. He will always be in control as the many organized religions stray, God is constant. If you seek Him, you will find He is still there.

[Az Joe]

Be quiet.

God is not the author of evil.

[roving]

The preachers in catholic churches will have a lot to answer for. They turned millions, perhaps billions, away from the true gospel.

Every mass, they call Jesus down to put him on the cross and sacrifice him again. Out of all the heresies, that is the worst.

The 2nd worse is the pope calling himself a representative of Jesus in human form.

Then you have the flock calling a mere preacher “father” when the bible forbids it

[Varsity Flight]

No robot that’s why.

[Huskrrrr]

Because the World has turned it’s back on God.

[Montana_Sam]

“God is allowing this because, as a loving Father, He would rather us suffer and save our souls than comfortably slide to perdition.”

Yes! Our Heavenly Father is setting the stage for many heroic martyrs. Let us not weaken.

[Old Yeller]

Roman Catholicism is no more the church than Mormonism and JW is. Just another false man-made religion.

[lucky american]

Just remember what the Jews did to Jesus.

[BereanBrain]

The question betrays a bad understanding of scripture.

[whitney69]

“God sees more than we can see. He knows more than we know. He works in ways beyond our comprehension.

(Isaiah 55:8-11) And if we agree to follow Him only when we understand what He’s doing, we’ll always stop short of experiencing His inexplicable wonders.”

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[Theophilous Meatyard III]

God is Almighty good.

[ChessExpert]

It seems that it is time for some form of rebellion. The only options I see are to reform the Catholic church or to leave it.

[PeterPrinciple]

Deu 28:63 “Just as the LORD has found great pleasure in causing you to prosper and multiply, the LORD will find pleasure in destroying you. You will be torn from the land you are about to enter and occupy.

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Evidently, God takes pleasure is what he does.....................

[inchworm]

The evil prevails in those absent of God. And since evil prevails when good wo(men) do nothing. The good have inass stood by too long to allow evil to prevail.

[MuttTheHoople]

If he were to wipe out ALL evil, then he'd have to kill everybody in the world- we are ALL born with sin in our lives, and only deserve death and eternal separation from God.

God gave us an out- believing in Jesus Christ His Son, and accepting His death on the cross as forgiveness for our sins and depravity.

God is not just sitting there doing nothing. He desperately wants all mankind to turn to Him, and He is patient in making this happen. His Son Jesus is saying to His Father, "Just one more. Let me get one more" .

P.S. from my reading history no evil every truly endures. Where's Adolf Hitler? Where's Stalin? Mao? Pol Pot? Castro? Lyndon Johnson?