Comfort Catholicism Has to Go; It is Time to Prepare for Persecution

National Catholic Register ^ | August 21, 2016 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[LibFreeUSA]

Just follow the 10 Commandments. Keep it simple.

[Resettozero]

Yes, but non-Catholics with knowledge of history wonder just who will be persecuting who, Msgr. Pope.

[TMA62]

The title with the term ‘Comfort Catholics’ got my attention. Look at the entire church for this. The pope’s outfits and jewelry is worth millions. Cardinals outfits in the tens of thousands. Many, many catholic parishes are gilded and worth a lot.

Yes, there is comfort in catholicism, one just has to look at the leadership to see who is setting the example.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

The article by Msgr. Pope was not bad, but of course at no point did he suggest that the Church should excommunicate, nor did he suggest that Catholic voters should stop voting for, politicians who support anti-Christian policies.

[uncbob]

The article by Msgr. Pope was not bad, but of course at no point did he suggest that the Church should excommunicate, nor did he suggest that Catholic voters should stop voting for, politicians who support anti-Christian policies.

Or giving eulogies at the funerals for politicians like Teddy Kennedy

What a disgrace

[marshmallow]

The headline is something of a tautology. "Comfort Catholicism" and being unprepared for persecution are essentially the same thing.

In fact, the only way that "Comfort Catholicism" will go, is through persecution.

Persecution will be the mechanism by which the Church will be purified, as so often in the past. Man can not, of his own volition, ease painlessly out of his comfort zone and adopt a mentality of martyrdom. Only God's grace can do this to us and for that, suffering will be necessary. The suffering brought by persecution.

[Oratam]

You must be a fan of Pope Francis’s papacy.

[I want the USA back]

Somebody tell the current occupant of the Chair of Peter. He seems to think that Catholics should apologize to the muzzards for standing in the way of their world-expansionist movement.

[wintertime]

In defense of Catholic vestments and churches:

Personally, I am **very** grateful to the Catholic Church for preserving masterpieces of Western Civilization in their magnificent churches and libraries. It is expensive for them to do this and they are open to all to see and use for scholarly research. (

Thank you Catholics for doing this wonderful work over many centuries!

As for local Catholic churches, their vestments and altar linens are an expression of folk art . These vestments and linens are often lovingly made by hand and paid for by the women of the the parish. Their church buildings, too,( especially in old immigrant neighborhoods) are an artistic expression of the parishioners that were (and continue to be) funded by sale of ethnic foods and yearly fairs. Eliminating these activities would be a tremendous cultural and artistic loss. It would also seriously weaken community spirit and community integrity.

By the way,....I am not Catholic.

[Salvation]

Monsignor Pope Ping!

[xsmommy]

this was excellent.

[Salvation]

He’s talking about spiritual comfort not physical comfort.

[Biggirl]

In other words, “cultural Catholicism,”.

[Salvation]

Again, if there ever was a time to wear soft garments, it is not now. It is zero-dark-thirty in our post-Christian culture. And while we may wish to blame any number of factors for the collapse, we cannot exclude ourselves. We who are supposed to be the light of the world, with Christ shining in us, have preferred to hide our light under a basket and lay low. The ruins of our families and culture are testimony to the triumph of error and the suppression of the truth.>b?

[COBOL2Java]

[COBOL2Java]

I only just now noticed the child kneeling in that painting.

[Campion]

The pope’s outfits and jewelry is worth millions.

Got a source for that, or is that just your opinion?

Many, many catholic parishes are gilded and worth a lot.

Compared to evangelical megachurches most Catholic parishes are churchmouse poor.

[Biggirl]

Translation: Arm up Christians.

[NRx]

Axios!