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THE COLUMN: Was St. Malachy Right?

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Posted By: Christopher L, 11/13/2023 8:07:10 PM

These are hard times for conservative Catholics ... they have had to watch their church gradually but steadily abandon many of its bedrock principles in what was at first an attempt to stay "relevant" but now looks very much a hostile takeover by the forces of relativistic "progressivism." Under a series of weak and/or malicious popes,  beginning with the unaccountably sainted John XXIII and continuing to the present day in the reign of the regrettable Pope Francis, the Church has abandoned its liturgy, its core beliefs, its traditions, its probity, and its sexual morality. Can things get worse? Of course they can.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Venturer 11/13/2023 8:15:43 PM (No. 1597965)
It gets pretty rough when you cannot trust your Government or your religion. The leadership of both is sadly lacking.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: privateer 11/13/2023 9:04:13 PM (No. 1598020)
Be sure to read the extensive quote from Captain Oldsmobile, AKA the Lyin (POS) of the Senate. Here are just the last three lies about his treacherous bill : 'It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society. It will not relax the standards of admission. It will not cause American workers to lose their jobs.'
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Northcross 11/13/2023 9:04:55 PM (No. 1598021)
The current pretender pope has embraced every secular trend, excusing behavior that God finds detestable, and cheerleading godless communist ideals. If his mission was to destroy the Church, he is succeeding.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: smokincol 11/13/2023 9:07:33 PM (No. 1598023)
Give me a break!!! relativistic "progressivism." = nothing but another way to describe communism without having the odious stench of collective communism attached
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 11/13/2023 9:34:09 PM (No. 1598039)
Dump that so-called Pope, he sups with the Devil and it's comfortable with a short spoon.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: 5 handicap 11/14/2023 5:48:16 AM (No. 1598140)
Catholicism died 50 some years ago with John 23! We've had Catholicism-Lite for 50 years and now....NOT MUCH with the first Pederast Pope... Christianity is dead!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Ruhn 11/14/2023 6:50:58 AM (No. 1598169)
On the contrary #6, Christianity is very much alive! Not even man or satan will ever kill the faith. Understand that Christ is the Head of the Church, not the Pope. Unlike the machinations and failings of man-made institutions, His reign is forever.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 11/14/2023 7:51:37 AM (No. 1598204)
Very well written. I believe that progressivism took hold in the Catholic Church in an attempt to bring back the many parishioners who began to leave over the huge scandal perpetrated by the church in shuffling homosexual and abusive priests from parish to parish in an effort to hide their crimes and there was no punishment, only the proliferation of their crimes on a whole new batch of child victims. The stories of those former abused children who are still seriously traumatized in their adult lives are heart-wrenching. The use of the native language is important when communicating to the parish such things as sermons and social activity information but the repetitive rites of the masses should have remained in Latin or in the languages used by the Byzantine Catholics. Every "progressive" move has done nothing but drive the faithful away. I recently drove by my childhood church in my old hometown where the parking lot had traditionally been filled every Sunday as well as both sides of the street lined with parked cars for several blocks. There was only a dozen cars scattered around for attendees of the main mass. Instead of new progressive changes, they need to try restoring the former morality and adherence to the scriptures and the Bible that drew the crowds for centuries.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Old Army Vet 11/14/2023 8:09:17 AM (No. 1598230)
This is why I left the catholic church over fifty years ago.
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