I was raised Catholic but no longer am I a member of the Catholic church.
Having said that I really have to wonder about the authority of the church.
Who do these people (those who would utter such nonesense) take their orders from?
Does Rome have any say in this or any other thing that goes against the teaching of the church?
These types of things tend to be under control of the local bishop....the Vatican is not nearly as monolithic as some people seem to think it is, or that some of us sometimes wish it was...
You need to see the video "What we lost and the road to restoration" to understand what has happened to the Catholic Church. It is available www.thepope-com/isocmain.html
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