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I scroll past walls of ugly text, like most people. They would rather read something inspiring. The ones who enjoy reading ugly walls of text enjoy it because it feeds their ugliness.

I'm sure you, and others, have no interest in other Newman quotes. The Church changing her doctrines is a false claim, it's based solely on subjective opinion. Tell me something, when you quote Newman, do you just accept what you cherry pick, and ignore everything else? I can cherry pick too...

Do you have evidence that such cardinals the Pope appoints are actively gay with boyfriends? The Church doesn't condemn homosexuals, it's the homosexual acts that are condemned. If a clergyman engages in such sinful acts, he is violating his vows he made to God, not the Church. They add to the...

So what. Wedding rings are of pagan origin, outward ornaments, whose origins are so long forgotten, the pagan influence is a meaningless fallacy. But wedding rings are not meaningless. Neither are Catholic customs and rubrics that the ignorant make a fuss about. Is Catholicism Pagan?

You mean 40 year old scandals continue to pour in. Unfortunately. some are trickling in. You seem convinced they are invisible, nothing is seen publicly because the Church conspires to save her reputation. How you know they exist is anybody's guess. I will remind you again it is both a civil...

Disciplinary rules, not a doctrine. Sacrilege, and/or stupidity, and/or ignorance. They will not burst into flames, they just won't receive any grace. But I know what you are getting at. 243. It is important that the divorced who have entered a new union should be made to feel part of the...

Your presupposition that the Church hasn't "moved on it" has been demolished. That's why the topic is done.

Neither do I, but I substantiate my posts with facts, you just keep backing the media's agenda with unproven assertions. You don't want us to defend ourselves, a form of fascism. Stop promoting media distortions, and I will stop refuting them. Guide to Understanding Basic CDF Procedures...

Guide to Understanding Basic CDF Procedures concerning Sexual Abuse Allegations New norms for the whole Church against those who abuse or cover up - Vatican News Scandal 1 was the most shameful crisis in the history of the Church Scandal 2 is the falsehood that nothing has been done about it...

The fact remains that without the papacy (as we conceive it), the East (by Newman’s reasoning) would have likely gone into complete heresy in the first Millennium. As it was, the East was rife with Monophysitism and Monothelitism (and also to a lesser extent, Nestorianism) for many centuries...

Visionaries and Visions/Mysticism — Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Visionaries and Visions Our focus here is on the widespread phenomena in the modern world, especially in the Catholic Church since the middle of the present century: so many mystics and revelations, so many locutions and apparitions...

The temperature of the tilma is a constant 98.6 F., regardless of the temperature of the church it is in. Why does Wikipedia not mention this? A lie by omission? The Catholic Church is the authority on the Catholic Church, not Wikipedia.

You explain "things to come," since you brought it up first, and twice more after that, and not once have you explained it. The onus is yours. I never said that. I never said that either. Where have I said that? Of course they knew. You should quote me instead of making things up, which you...

In general, whenever Scripture refers to the increasing knowledge and maturity of Christians and the Church, an idea very similar to doctrinal development is present. Holy Scripture, then, is in no way hostile to development. It is only Protestant presuppositions – not always so “biblical” –...

Scroll back. I was talking about miracles, not abuses. You are the one that questioned why bishops don't have instant built in miracle detectors, and I tried to explain why investigations are necessary. It doesn't mean bishops have no discernment. They have rules they must follow. Miracles occur...

OK, it wasn't you that brought it up, but somebody always does. Any thread with "Catholic" in it no matter what the topic is; Scandal II-obsessed Protestants come out of the wood work, or I wouldn't have posted on it. I responded to this in post #1089. I am not assuming anything. Fanciful...

I don't see the Church denying problems. It seems to be a rule in every forum like this on the internet: whenever you are losing a debate, play the sex abuse card, it's guaranteed to derail any thread. On June 10, we showed that .006% (3 priests) of the over 50,000 members of the clergy had a...

Pope Leo's vision is for Catholics, not mockers and atheists. You get a much better picture if you stay away from hostile sites that complain about everything because they have nothing better to do. recommended reading : The 100 year test - CNA Columns: The New (& the Old) Evangelization

In some cases, bishops cannot deny the obvious. The Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano, or the Miraculous Image of Guadalupe, or Fatima, believers and skeptics alike where thousands witnessed the spinning of the sun that dried everything up during a rain storm, for example. But even those, common...

I told you before; you need to be careful about your sources. Your link is an atheist site, featuring a quote from Christopher Hitchens, who hates God, hates the Church, and hates St. Mother Teresa. Nice try. Rev. Anthony Cekada is of the schismatic Sede Vacant, a fringe hyper-traditionalist...