And the fact he's in a position of high power is another reason I refuse to associate myself anymore with the Catholic Church.
Have you also elected to distance yourself from the faith and beliefs of the Catholic Church? No matter who is appointed, promoted, or elected, even a bad pope, I would never abandon those. Totally separate in my heart and mind from "staffing decisions".
**I refuse to associate myself anymore with the Catholic Church. **
Why are you saying this? will you answer my question since I am a Catholic?
You can’t put all Catholics in the same bucket, just as we can’t put all Presbyterians or all Baptists in the same bucket. We are all individuals, created by God!
ALL religions can be perverted because they were devised/created by Men and not always as a product of the same Divine Inspiration as the Apostles were affected by.
Being made by Men, no matter how noble the intentions, I hold that religion in itself is sinful as it imposes its own form of The Law on the adherents despite the fact that trying to follow the Law is clearly being in a state of Fallen from Grace.
That said, the Catholic religion has probably done more to save souls than any other Christian religion (despite the long-term Latin Masses which left many of us in the dark - we knew the proper responses during Mass, but had no idea of what the priest or we ourselves were actually saying. I choose to be non-denominational because the Bible is the message and the New Covenant and Christs Love is the meat of the message - no thrills, no frills, just the Good News of Salvation and being justified by His Love vs. having to follow a bunch of Pharisee-type rituals which make one feel good about oneself, but serve no true purpose. No matter the topic of the day, my pastor always insures that Jesus is up front and center and His Love of us and our love of Him is what it's all about.
Then you’ve been out of the Church since Judas Iscarot? Picked, chosen by that erratic Jesus to be one of His right-hand men!