At the risk of incurring the wrath of others or being tagged as a proselytizer, there are many different rites within the Catholic church. Many years ago my wife's family discovered the rot within the RC church and converted to the Eastern Rite church (Byzantine-Ruthenian rite.) It is much closer to the original church. (At that time, the Latin Rite was still proscribed so they couldn't go to the Latin church.)
The elevator pitch is that St. Peter went to Rome, St. Paul went to Constantinople and that is how the different ethnicities shaped the structure of the Mass. I was born Lutheran and found it tasteless. The first Byzantine liturgy moved me in a way no other church service did and I converted to Byzantine Catholicism.
I'm a cradle Catholic also. I have not been going to church for the last couple of years because of pedophilia, a pope who seems to be lost or incompetent, and too much focus on the physical world. I will never stop being a Catholic/Christian though. I believe the church will change along with the rest of the world in the Great Awakening. I'll see what happens then.
As a faithful traditional Catholic I can say, yes, we know about the corruption, we know. But here's a good way to see it: will you give up on America because many in power are corrupt, evil, pedophilic satanists? Will you give up on the original values of America because evil might be in control of it? The same is true for Catholicism. We know it's full of corrupt, evil, and pedophilic heresy, we all know. But those in current power and control do not speak for the beginnings of Catholicism, which began directly with Jesus and His apostle Peter who became the first Pope of the Catholic Church.
Those in power are evil, yes, but their evil can never corrupt our Holy Mother Church which can never be blemished or destroyed, from the inside or out, at all. They will try, and they are trying very hard right now, but they can never succeed and they know it, that's why they're doubling down on their evil ways, trying to drag as many to hell along with them as possible.
But as bad as the pedophilia and abuse in the church is (and yes this goes all the way to the top, there is no denying or defending that, and I'm not), the statistics that I've seen have shown that the amount of pedophile cases are far lower than those you find in public schools. Teachers are around children ALL THE TIME, that's their jobs, but priests are not always around just children, there is a mix of adults and elders as well. So the chances of preying on kids is lower than that of teachers in schools who are around kids every moment of the school day.
Again, not defending the pedos in the church, just putting things into perspective. Compared to public schools, the pedo problem isn't as bad as the MSM would lead you to believe. Also, the pedo problem is going down, and money is being paid out. Seems it was more an issue in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. It is still prevalent today, yes, but not as much. Either that or they're hiding it better, but I don't think so, not with all eyes on them.
There is a traditional boom among the laity, and we are fighting back against the evil bishops and cardinals and Pope. We have many strong and faith-filled priests who are speaking the truth: Father Calloway, Father Altman, (both of which I've personally met, Calloway on a pilgrimage to Poland, and Altman every month, I attend his masses when I can drive there), and Father Goring, all amazing, deeply in love with God and the faith and STRONG. They are fighting back. There are more I'm sure, but these are the ones I know best.
Don't lose hope, and don't listen to these idiots saying the Catholic church came from paganism or sun gods or whatever nonsense. It came directly from Jesus, the only church or denomination that can directly trace its roots back to Jesus and St. Peter. We were the first, ours is the least diluted (Novus Ordo notwithstanding), and I truly believe that it's the One True Faith.
Why do you think the elites and the MSM attack and target and try to destroy Catholics most of all, and not other denominations? Remember the Covington Catholic kids? Why do you think they're trying to force the Catholic church more than other Christian churches to accept gay "marriage"? Because they know that if the Catholic church falls to it, then all will follow suit.
Idol worshipping—->bad. I married a Catholic and was forced to raise my 3 children Catholic. As a Protestant I NEVER heard any priest expound or analyze The Bible. Just there for the Mass & symbolism. I never got anything out of their tenets so didn’t join. Just read your Bible and pray. ??
I hope it changes. Never been to church unless it’s a funeral or a wedding but I went to a Catholic funeral the other day and my God! It was so ritualistic. Sit down stand up raise a glass say a prayer sit down stand up sit down stand up sit down stand up ...some incense thing came out and smelled the entire place up. I felt like I was in the biggest cult I have ever stepped into in my life!
On a side note, I say stay away from cults, ritualistic get together’s, and step outside and enjoy what God intended for us to have. Sun, grass, beauty everywhere! Enjoy the little things
I have no idea about the church changing, but I was raised Catholic. I married a Catholic. This is my story. Sorry for the length. After 42 years, and about two decades of that wondering what other denominations would be like, I left the Catholic church. I had spoken to a priest about my negative feelings about the church (abuse, etc). He held my hand and said that he understood. A few months later, he was accused of abuse and was kicked out of the parish that I was attending at the time. I was literally nauseous every Sunday and couldn't stand the thought of sitting at Mass being angry every week. I stopped going to church. I wrote my parents a letter about why I left. They didn't take it well. Fast forward about a month. I was praying about church, and I missed going. I began going to a non-denominational church. I found out that my sister who lived out of state had also left the Catholic church about the same exact time. She was attending a very similar church. We had both been "afraid" to tell the other because of what might be thought of us. I can't believe that it has been 14 years since I made that decision. It was the best decision that I could have made for myself personally. I'm not telling you not to return to the Catholic church. My mom and 3 brothers are still Catholic. What I want to say to you is to pray about it. Check out some non-denominational churches in your area. My mom has since come around and is understanding. I think she sees that I am a better person. I am truly hopeful that the Catholic church will undergo some sort of awakening. I will be praying for you. Read the Bible. Find a version that you can understand. Study and pray. I can't imagine my life without Christ. HUGS
When they sat down with the UN etc in the 80s and signed the deal to be the spiritual arm of the NWO I bet they didn’t think that they would be ravaged by corruption, greed, paedophilia, beastiality, discoveries of hundreds of children’s remains in Ireland and a takeover by devil worshipping satanists.
Unless they did know and thought that no one else would find out.
It will go all in to appease the gay culture and lose its core in the process. Then go bankrupt when they find out that gays don't care about religion and just want to be catered to.
The Catholic faith is a sun god cult. All they did was take Zeus and Apollo's shrines and tell th early Christians they were of God and Jesus.
I know you don't want to convert to another Christian Faith, but even Martin Luther knew in the 1500's that it was bad juju.
Time to ONLY trust God, not the people who say they "speak" for God.
The pedotholic church should have been completely destroyed and eradicated by the kings of the medieval age.
I like your thinking, Let's do this together
Deus vult
At the risk of incurring the wrath of others or being tagged as a proselytizer, there are many different rites within the Catholic church. Many years ago my wife's family discovered the rot within the RC church and converted to the Eastern Rite church (Byzantine-Ruthenian rite.) It is much closer to the original church. (At that time, the Latin Rite was still proscribed so they couldn't go to the Latin church.)
The elevator pitch is that St. Peter went to Rome, St. Paul went to Constantinople and that is how the different ethnicities shaped the structure of the Mass. I was born Lutheran and found it tasteless. The first Byzantine liturgy moved me in a way no other church service did and I converted to Byzantine Catholicism.
End of my testament. :)
Trust God to lead you. He's just as present, working in every member of a small house church as He is anywhere else.
I'm a cradle Catholic also. I have not been going to church for the last couple of years because of pedophilia, a pope who seems to be lost or incompetent, and too much focus on the physical world. I will never stop being a Catholic/Christian though. I believe the church will change along with the rest of the world in the Great Awakening. I'll see what happens then.
As a faithful traditional Catholic I can say, yes, we know about the corruption, we know. But here's a good way to see it: will you give up on America because many in power are corrupt, evil, pedophilic satanists? Will you give up on the original values of America because evil might be in control of it? The same is true for Catholicism. We know it's full of corrupt, evil, and pedophilic heresy, we all know. But those in current power and control do not speak for the beginnings of Catholicism, which began directly with Jesus and His apostle Peter who became the first Pope of the Catholic Church.
Those in power are evil, yes, but their evil can never corrupt our Holy Mother Church which can never be blemished or destroyed, from the inside or out, at all. They will try, and they are trying very hard right now, but they can never succeed and they know it, that's why they're doubling down on their evil ways, trying to drag as many to hell along with them as possible.
But as bad as the pedophilia and abuse in the church is (and yes this goes all the way to the top, there is no denying or defending that, and I'm not), the statistics that I've seen have shown that the amount of pedophile cases are far lower than those you find in public schools. Teachers are around children ALL THE TIME, that's their jobs, but priests are not always around just children, there is a mix of adults and elders as well. So the chances of preying on kids is lower than that of teachers in schools who are around kids every moment of the school day.
Again, not defending the pedos in the church, just putting things into perspective. Compared to public schools, the pedo problem isn't as bad as the MSM would lead you to believe. Also, the pedo problem is going down, and money is being paid out. Seems it was more an issue in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. It is still prevalent today, yes, but not as much. Either that or they're hiding it better, but I don't think so, not with all eyes on them.
There is a traditional boom among the laity, and we are fighting back against the evil bishops and cardinals and Pope. We have many strong and faith-filled priests who are speaking the truth: Father Calloway, Father Altman, (both of which I've personally met, Calloway on a pilgrimage to Poland, and Altman every month, I attend his masses when I can drive there), and Father Goring, all amazing, deeply in love with God and the faith and STRONG. They are fighting back. There are more I'm sure, but these are the ones I know best.
Don't lose hope, and don't listen to these idiots saying the Catholic church came from paganism or sun gods or whatever nonsense. It came directly from Jesus, the only church or denomination that can directly trace its roots back to Jesus and St. Peter. We were the first, ours is the least diluted (Novus Ordo notwithstanding), and I truly believe that it's the One True Faith.
Why do you think the elites and the MSM attack and target and try to destroy Catholics most of all, and not other denominations? Remember the Covington Catholic kids? Why do you think they're trying to force the Catholic church more than other Christian churches to accept gay "marriage"? Because they know that if the Catholic church falls to it, then all will follow suit.
Idol worshipping—->bad. I married a Catholic and was forced to raise my 3 children Catholic. As a Protestant I NEVER heard any priest expound or analyze The Bible. Just there for the Mass & symbolism. I never got anything out of their tenets so didn’t join. Just read your Bible and pray. ??
I hope it changes. Never been to church unless it’s a funeral or a wedding but I went to a Catholic funeral the other day and my God! It was so ritualistic. Sit down stand up raise a glass say a prayer sit down stand up sit down stand up sit down stand up ...some incense thing came out and smelled the entire place up. I felt like I was in the biggest cult I have ever stepped into in my life!
On a side note, I say stay away from cults, ritualistic get together’s, and step outside and enjoy what God intended for us to have. Sun, grass, beauty everywhere! Enjoy the little things
At this point, if you still want to be catholic, find an orthodox church. There are minor differences in doctrine and mass is very similar.
I have no idea about the church changing, but I was raised Catholic. I married a Catholic. This is my story. Sorry for the length. After 42 years, and about two decades of that wondering what other denominations would be like, I left the Catholic church. I had spoken to a priest about my negative feelings about the church (abuse, etc). He held my hand and said that he understood. A few months later, he was accused of abuse and was kicked out of the parish that I was attending at the time. I was literally nauseous every Sunday and couldn't stand the thought of sitting at Mass being angry every week. I stopped going to church. I wrote my parents a letter about why I left. They didn't take it well. Fast forward about a month. I was praying about church, and I missed going. I began going to a non-denominational church. I found out that my sister who lived out of state had also left the Catholic church about the same exact time. She was attending a very similar church. We had both been "afraid" to tell the other because of what might be thought of us. I can't believe that it has been 14 years since I made that decision. It was the best decision that I could have made for myself personally. I'm not telling you not to return to the Catholic church. My mom and 3 brothers are still Catholic. What I want to say to you is to pray about it. Check out some non-denominational churches in your area. My mom has since come around and is understanding. I think she sees that I am a better person. I am truly hopeful that the Catholic church will undergo some sort of awakening. I will be praying for you. Read the Bible. Find a version that you can understand. Study and pray. I can't imagine my life without Christ. HUGS
When they sat down with the UN etc in the 80s and signed the deal to be the spiritual arm of the NWO I bet they didn’t think that they would be ravaged by corruption, greed, paedophilia, beastiality, discoveries of hundreds of children’s remains in Ireland and a takeover by devil worshipping satanists.
Unless they did know and thought that no one else would find out.
It will go all in to appease the gay culture and lose its core in the process. Then go bankrupt when they find out that gays don't care about religion and just want to be catered to.