Jesus warned us of this: Many will come to me saying, “Lord, Lord!” and I will say, Depart from me ye workers of iniquity. I never knew you.”
Well they aren’t Catholic then, are they ?
Many American Catholics support the death penalty.
I did for many years, but now witnessing the corruption of our justice system tells me that it cannot be trusted with such a decision.
Therefore, I oppose abortion, capital punishment and euthanasia.
I guess I am part of the 1%
I always knew I was an oddball. An anachronism. This just confirms it.
But… Thank you God, that I am blessed to know people whose Christian beliefs and moral convictions are more finely honed than mine. I know some seriously saintly people. It’s not as hard to be one of those crazy Christians when I have their example to follow.
Meanwhile Muslims tell women they will be murdered if they don't tow the line exactly and they are super devout. It's as if people want a church that says 'we have the answer, and we will not compromise'. Even if it's hard, people seem to want that, even need that.
This is from a series called "The Young Pope". We're supposed to hate him, of course, what a horrible man. Personally, I think this speech is what the church needs but that's just me:
I wonder which doctrines they agree with?
Lumping capital punishment in with abortion and euthanasia is skewing the results here. There is no official Catholic position against the death penalty and never has been. It remains an opinion, held by the current Pope and many of his predecessors, and much of the hierarchy in general, but you can support the death penalty for certain crimes and remain a faithful Catholic. Not so for abortion and euthanasia.
Priests are constantly threatened by various groups (ex: Americans United for the Separation of Church and State) and by liberal lawyers that they cannot say a word about abortion, lest they lose their tax-exempt status. We caught our own diocesan atty sending letters to every priest in Missouri in 2008 election year. He lost his job, but very few knew he was caught lying. The priests were not updated and are still discouraged from speaking out. It made no difference that prolife activists had provided written legal opinions that prove church ministers retain freedom of speech, and that the IRS admits they cannot take tax-exempt status on this basis. All that said, it is simply untrue that only 1% of Catholics agree with Church teaching. On abortion, regular church-going Catholics are decidedly pro-life, despite the silence from the pulpit. This one individual pollster is not to be trusted.
This story gets attention because people are too stupid to understand basic logic and set theory. You might as well run a story that only 1% of people like ice cream, puppies, and cancer.
Satan has done his job.
I believe that there are many faithful Catholics who accept and believe in the Catholic faith even if they do not fully understand all of the mysteries and teachings.
Yes, many Catholics have fallen away from the faith that Jesus gave us, but we can repent, confess and come back before we die. Many have followed the ways of the world and not the teachings of Christ. Some of the worst sinners have became the greatest saints. Read the Confessions of St Augustine and the prayers by his mother St Monica.
Why does someone want to choose sin and Hell over eternal life with God?
Jesus told us to find and enter by the narrow gate. Mt 7:13
Salvation is a process of learning, seeking and accepting God’s Truths and living it in our lives through love of God and neighbor.
As we mature and grow older and closer to dying, we can grow closer to God and put aside our sinful ways so that we may join Jesus in Heaven.
As Catholics we have the Sacraments to help us before we die.
Abortion or euthanasia for any reason have always been forbidden by the Church. Always. No exceptions.
The death penalty is always a right the state has, and the Church has acknowledged such from Day -3, also known as ‘Good Friday’.