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To: Unam Sanctam
...she is the same Church now as she was prior to Vatican II.

Au contraire. (A little conciliatory French lingo there to show our brethern from Gaul that I'm not mad at them.)

This American Catholic Church, which our bishops believe is a flexible franchise granted them from the Vatican, has twisted and changed the mass and sacrements into something unrecognizable from what is taking place in other countries.

I believe the Roman Catholic Church has been invaded by disciples of satan who have sold their souls and are the ones who have been wielding the wrecking ball to Christ's Church.

Mortals, being so foolish, don't seem to realize that The Trinity is being angered mightily by what is transpiring here on earth. In mortal due time there will come a reckoning because God only puts up with so much mischief before punishing the miscreants. We, in the Church, are guilty of sitting back while this cauldron boils and bubbles. We've watched the church become inundated with homosexual perverts, the tabernacle being moved into the rectory garage, everybody running up to receive communion in their hand by a lay distributor in an act that has become as mechanical as the moving of one's bowels.

Confession? What is that? Some "catholic" churches don't even schedule regular confession. Extreme Unction? Few understand what that meant in the pre-Vatican II years.

There are, without doubt, a few popes that owe our Lord an accounting as to why they would preside over such sacrilege as has been ongoing for over forty years.

I have great respect for the papacy and have found some things to admire in the current one. However, that being said, the traveling about and the conciliatory moves to pagans and other non-Christians has tried my patience and I can only wonder about what God thinks about Peter's successor watching pagans dancing bare-breasted apparently for his entertainment. You see, it's still true that the only way to God is through the Son!

23 posted on 12/11/2003 6:28:23 AM PST by JesseHousman (Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal)
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To: JesseHousman
sacrements=sacraments
24 posted on 12/11/2003 6:30:13 AM PST by JesseHousman (Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal)
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To: JesseHousman
There is a difference between criticism of abuses and problems within the Church and saying it is a new religion. So no, despite problems and abuses, the Church is in essence the same Bride of Christ as she has always been. If one doesn't believe that, then one is not in communion with the successor of Peter and one is not a Catholic.
25 posted on 12/11/2003 6:55:38 AM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: JesseHousman
**Confession? What is that? Some "catholic" churches don't even schedule regular confession. Extreme Unction? Few understand what that meant in the pre-Vatican II years.**

I don't think you are correct here.

The sacraments are present in the Church and the bishops and priests are well aware of them.

For your information:
These two sacraments now have different names:
The Sacrament of Reconciliation
The Sacrament of the Annointing of the Sick

26 posted on 12/11/2003 6:58:05 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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