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Peregrine Took

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8. Absolutely. The Church is placing itself on a cultural island risking cult status.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #7)

Mon May 10, 2021, 07:39 PM

May 2021

A priest in my parish said yesterday "we" cannot be of the world and must be different, unchanging and stand apart (I assume he means from the culture.)

Hmmmm...a while back I heard another priest say it would be very unwise for the Church to unhook itself from the culture thereby risking irrelevance.

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I agree. Haggard Celine May 2021 #4

So ... dweller May 2021 #2

Such language. Irish_Dem May 2021 #6

No more tax breaks for the child rapists!! n/t Alpeduez21 May 2021 #5

If the Catholic Church goes after Joe Biden, a very popular president and very decent guy, Irish_Dem May 2021 #7

Absolutely. The Church is placing itself on a cultural island risking cult status. Peregrine Took May 2021 #8

The Catholic Church was basically kicked out of Ireland. Irish_Dem May 2021 #9

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I wonder zipplewrath May 2021 #13

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Alrighty, then.. Permanut May 2021 #15

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just anoither step in the cathlic church weissmam May 2021 #17

Wow, I'm surprised. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #18