In the practicing Catholicism to attend Mass every Sunday is a tenet.
Indeed. I left the Catholic church for a number of reasons, the inexplicable Pope who now presides being one, the sexual abuses of the clergy being another.
Although I was raised Catholic and happen to believe many of it’s tenets, I have found my relationship with the Lord the best it’s ever been now that I have left the church.
Catholic must receive sacraments but are encouraged to attend mass. Jesus didn’t teach in churches, Mega Churches, or Television. Man wants trappings, power, and controlling others. Matthew 19:24-28 I can guarantee again that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God’s kingdom.”
Yeah - they can’t collect their tithes if the pews are empty...they hate that some prefer to use the direct line to God that Jesus opened up...