Why I am Catholic

Just a few of the reasons why I converted to Catholicism, and why I remain Catholic.

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[henkvanderlaak]

FYI, yesterday in my country the results of a long investigation were published. Turns out over the past 50 yeas, Catholic pedophile priests raped around 20.000 children. The church leaders knew, kept it under the rug and didn't stop it from happening again.

Hallelujah indeed..... the Catholic Church makes me vomit.

[KateriofMnisota]

@henkvanderlaak What happened to all those children is an absolute nightmare, and the way it was covered up is an abomination. It does remind us that our leaders are human, and some of them very corrupt humans at that. But it says nothing about whether or not the teachings are true. What is truly amazing is that the Church is still here, still bringing people to God and still true to her original teachings, after 2000 years of having countless corrupt leaders. That is a miracle.

[iosacriost]

truly beautiful.

Pax Christi+

[PapalSoldier]

@andrija1978 That's right "No man can find salvation except in the Catholic Church. Outside the Catholic Church one can have everything except salvation. One can have honor, one can have the sacraments, one can sing alleluia, one can answer amen, one can have faith in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and preach it too, but never can one find salvation except in the Catholic Church." -St.Augustine

[Shlomayo]

Great video :)

[andrija1978]

Catholic Church, the only Church Jesus founded.

[gedt123]

@pj100003 I'm not sure you understand how wrong you are, let me explain.

You are setting up the false notion that people generally think that all clergymen are rapists. You think that by destroying that stawman, you have in some way won the argument.

It is the institution itself which allows rapists to florise within it that is to blame. It is the institution which protects itself rather than the people it supposedly cares for which is to blame. The church itself is to blame.

[gedt123]

@gedt123 Covering up a crime is a crime in itself. We have laws spercifically about this.

The church tried to protect itself. This is illegal, if they cant live by the laws that the rest of us have to live by, and be seen to do so, then they have no place telling me anything about morailty or justice or anything else.

[gedt123]

@pj100003 To be fair, you're ignoring the fact that the church played an important part in this scandel by covering it up. Hundreds and thousands of children have been violated by this and the church hieracy let it go on unchecked. Instead of seroiusly asking why you want to deflect the issue with defensiveness

You're analogy is simply wrong. Its like the police and courts letting a murderer go free to kill again becuase they are somehow 'on the same side'. How can you not see this?

[cahmark27]

@henkvanderlaak Only human individuals are capable of moral acts. The depersonalization of morality which is evident by a statement like the Catholic Church did this is evidence of the sickness of the culture which developed in pockets of the Western church. This was not because those terrible Bishops and priest were following and living out the faith, but because they had turned away in their hearts

[ned262626]

the catholic church is the safest place in the world for children.

i use science (numbers)

if i used witch science (making my decision based on news headlines) then i would think something else.