I’m Catholic..been Catholic all my life..but this jackass makes me not want to go to church or give money to the church
More and more evidence for a different answer to the proverbial question, “Is the Pope a Catholic?”
It makes me want to go to Church and receive the Sacraments all the more. The Church is the Church, even if we are suffering from a bad Pope and numerous bad prelates. The last thing we need to do is to help them do their dirty work of destroying the Church.
I pray daily that God will enlighten this Pope, or if God thinks it right, remove him from this world and this post. Francis is not the first evil Pope. Previous Popes have weakened the Church and divided it, but have never succeeded in destroying it or imposing heresies on it in any official way.
I agree. This is what I do: I make my donation very specifically: I write checks to, for example, “St. Mary's Grade SCHOOL”. I don't give to the diocese in general or even the parish in general, and you won't catch me giving to anything with the UCCB’s name attached to it. Give to Catholic grade schools and high schools. They need the money and most bishops would like to close them so they could funnel the money to social justice nonsense.
There have been bad popes (about 8 - 10 *really* bad, by my count, when I was counting) as well as many weak, ineffective, or compromised ones, plus a rather large number of saints and blesseds, over the past 2000 years. Read a good Catholic history: after the shock passes, it steadies one.
(I recommend the Christendom series by Warren Carroll.)
One doesn’t unite oneself to Christ’s Church because of a saint and scholar in the Roman See, or dis-unite oneself because of a fool or a knave. Concentrate on living a full and faithful Catholic life where you are.
Pau close attention to the multitudes of glorious Saints. Many lived in times like ours (”All times are dangerous times,” said St. Teresa of Avila) and by their precept as well as their example, they tell us: “Live as a good Catholic. Draw closer and closer to Christ.”
As for church-related giving? Give locally. Always locally. SVdeP or a Pregnancy Support center -— always a good bet.
If you let him drive away fom yhe sacraments, he wins.
And NONE of what you give to your local church goes to Rome.
Don’t let this Marxist keep your SOUL from ETERNAL HEAVEN!!!
Just stay real close to Jesus right now.
Me too, if this is true he’s just out of it the Anti Christ!