Celestine V. July 1294-Dec 1294. Ascetic monk elected pope in the Catholic Church's last non-conclave papal election, ending a two-year impasse. His first decree was the confirmation of the right of the pope to abdicate; a week later he resigned. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop…
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Redditors in the Philippines, should the catholic church limit wedding, baptism & confirmation sponsors to 2 pairs? This will stop people from padding their sponsors with politicians and discourage the "patronage" system fostered by the abuse of the ninong-ninang system.

I no longer live in Manila. But I find it sickening to see in the newspapers or in churches a newly wed couple getting 12 pairs of sponsors, 10 pairs of which are politicians who they hardly know and a bunch of famous actors/actresses.

For example, isn't it sickening to see a sponsor list composed of a former president, a current vice president, 3 senators, 3 congressmen, and a sprinkling of other local officials and a b-movie star.

If the catholic church, which claims to have 85% of the population as part of their religion, wants to be a pro-active and positive force towards cultural and systemic change in the Philippines, it can probably do the future generations a big favor by not encouraging this patronage system and instead help revive the true significance of a "sponsor" to a wedding, baptism, or confirmation.

Right now, as it stands, this whole sponsorship thing in the catholic church makes a mockery of the true meaning of a "sponsor" (someone who will be a true guide, a role model, someone who will take care of your kids, etc.) and indirectly contributes to the padrino/padrina/patronage politics in the Philippines.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/gmvancity
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I feel guilty for lying to finish my confirmation classes at the Catholic church.

When I was younger I had to take confirmation classes at the Catholic church every Sunday for 1 1/2 years. They had a assignment for the end of the class that required you to get 40+ hours of community/volunteer work. I didn't really want to go every Sunday or do any volunteer work because I just wanted to stay in and relax before having to go to school the next day. Whenever I did volunteer/community work for the church I would do 1-2hrs of work and when it was time to tell our teacher how many hours we did , I would lie and say I did an extra hour or 2 each time I volunteered somewhere. The teachers would have to write their signature on our volunteer papers so we couldn't forge it or just simply write 40+ hours done. I finished confirmation and I felt good I finished it and I think it's necessary to go to heaven or something but I feel guilty, like I'm going to hell because I lied about how many hours I've actually done and I feel like I should tell the priest next time I go to church. Should I or am I just overthinking it too much?

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7 of South Korea’s confirmed coronavirus cases had just returned from an 8 day trip to Israel. 77 people were on the holiday organised by their Catholic Church. twitter.com/BBCLBicker/st…
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Can you leave the Catholic church after being confirmed?

My mother is making me be confirmed (its happening this Sunday). I heard its possible to leave the Catholic church by submitting a type of form. Can you do this after being confirmed (if you care, I will be doing it once I am an adult).

Thanks

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πŸ“…︎ Oct 03 2019
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Report on PA abuse confirms: It’s time to quit the Catholic Church patheos.com/blogs/freetho…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/FreethoughtChris
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The documentary 'Only Don't Tell Anyone' has sparked outrage against the Catholic Church in Poland after being viewed by 18 million people. Secret camera footage of victims confronting priests about their alleged abuse will now result in 30-year jail terms after confessions were caught on tape. bbc.com/news/world-europe…
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Religious denominations in Germany (2011) -- Blue is the Evangelical Church, Green is the Catholic Church and Red are people who are not affiliated to any religion
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πŸ‘€︎ u/AJgloe
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In light of the Catholic sex abuse report, this is all I have to say: why are you fucking surprised? If you take your kids to a place where everyone believes that they are inherently depraved, don't be surprised when depraved shit happens. Stop taking your kids to church. It's not fucking safe.

Christians believe in depravity. It's commonly thought of as a protestant teaching, but Catholics believe in depravity, just in a more nuanced way.

If you take your kids to a place where everyone believes they are inherently depraved, don't be fucking surprised when depraved shit occurs.

Your kids are not safe in church. Perhaps you should stop fucking taking them.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/relevantlife
πŸ“…︎ Aug 15 2018
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An artillery captain was made a saint in the Catholic Church.

One could say he was cannonized.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Pun-isher42
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Bernie Sanders: Even Churches Should Not Be β€œExempt from Law Enforcement” -- "we have all seen what has happened over the last many decades in terms of the Catholic Church and the terrible abuse β€” sexual abuse β€” so I don’t think anyone’s exempt from law enforcement" friendlyatheist.patheos.c…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/mepper
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Confirmation Bias 101 - Posted earlier in ward FB, do you think person will update if the "trend" reverses? New numbers have already made this post wrong as total cases actually increased yesterday. Also just USA numbers, I thought this was a world wide church?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/godisabully
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Over 1,000 children were abused by priests just in PA. Imagine what those numbers are like nationwide and worldwide. The Catholic Church needs to be shamed every second of every day until all pedophile priests are purged from their ranks. People who protect child rapists do not deserve respect.

1,000 victims just in PA.

Imagine that number if every single state did a similar grand jury investigation. Imagine all the other cover ups.

Imagine that number if it goes worldwide.

People who protect child predators are not men of god, and they should be shamed in society until they fucking change.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/relevantlife
πŸ“…︎ Aug 21 2018
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Pope Francis donates $500,000 to help Central American migrants in Mexico. Let me get this straight: when thousands of migrants are in desperate need, the Catholic Church can only come up with $500k. But when a church employee rapes a minor, the LA diocese forks over 8 million. #CatholicPriorities cnn.com/2019/04/27/politi…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/relevantlife
πŸ“…︎ Apr 28 2019
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Fr. Mark at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Grand Rapids has to conduct mass to empty pews. So he’s asked parishioners to send in pictures of themselves and their families. He’s taping them to the chairs so he doesn’t feel quite so alone.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Nick_LaFave
πŸ“…︎ Mar 19 2020
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Least surprising news in a while: The Catholic Church and Boy Scouts are lobbying against child abuse statutes. This is their playbook. usatoday.com/in-depth/new…
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πŸ“…︎ Oct 02 2019
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β€œDESPACITO PREQUEL CONFIRMED!” - The Catholic Church
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πŸ‘€︎ u/ApolloSpice
πŸ“…︎ May 28 2018
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Missing confirmation day so the church takes a picture of you in the hallway and tapes you in the middle of everyone
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πŸ‘€︎ u/SplungerPlunger
πŸ“…︎ Jan 16 2020
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[On Rey]Bishop Barron: "When she comes to the island for spiritual training she needs no spiritual training whatsoever...she's in full possession already of all the Jedi skills"- You know it's bad when even the Catholic Church is salty. youtu.be/Cql5JYKeTjU
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Tsegen
πŸ“…︎ Feb 28 2020
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Diocese knew priest arrested for child sex crimes was abusing boys, authorities say. The Diocese of Erie knew since at least May 2010 of the abuse, but this priest was still in active ministry as recently as 2 months ago. The Catholic Church knowingly allows pedophiles to have access to children. pennlive.com/news/2018/05…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/relevantlife
πŸ“…︎ May 14 2018
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Indian Catholic sisters have broken ranks with the church by openly protesting in the streets of the Keralan state capital against a bishop accused of raping a nun. theguardian.com/world/201…
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πŸ“…︎ Sep 10 2018
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"States disappear! Races perish ! Unwavering stands the Church!" Catholic Church in the Netherlands , during pope Pius XII (1939–1958) , exact date unclear.
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πŸ“…︎ Mar 18 2020
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The U.S. Catholic church has incurred nearly $4 billion in costs related to the priest sex abuse crisis during the past 65 years. ncronline.org/news/accoun…
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πŸ“…︎ Jul 01 2017
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Pelicans and Saints owner Gayle Benson gave PR help in a Catholic church abuse scandal. Now the Saints are trying to block emails that show how. washingtonpost.com/sports…
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πŸ“…︎ Jan 28 2020
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A wave of new laws in 15 states that allow people to make claims of sexual abuse going back decades could bring a deluge of lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church that could surpass anything the nation’s clergy abuse crisis has seen before. apnews.com/621efb9528384f…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/NoKidsItsCruel
πŸ“…︎ Dec 02 2019
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Archbishop distances the church from 'Catholics for Trump' Coalitions, which will launch in Milwaukee journaltimes.com/news/loc…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/TheLostPariah
πŸ“…︎ Mar 11 2020
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Local church made national news when its confirmation class refused to join in order to protest the global church’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies www-m.cnn.com/2019/05/01/…
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πŸ“…︎ May 01 2019
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Why are TBMs so proud of the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii? Never been... Is it confirmation that they are a worldwide church? What do never-mo's think about the mormons running the center?

I mean, it's a cultural center, right, to celebrate and preserve the native Hawaiian dances and costumes etc. But mormonism destroys culture and requires conformity to US 1950's era values.

Mormonism does not value polynesian tattoos or immodest styles of clothing, they SHUN it. Mormonism does not allow Hawaiian flower neclaces to be worn in church, we had a Hawaiian family in our ward and they used to bring those for missionary homecoming talks etc but the church put a stop to that, I distinctly recall the fuss made when our ward was reprimanded for those being inappropriate for sacrament meeting. Mormonism does not allow traditional Hawaiian songs or musical instruments to be played in sacrament meeting, it's piano/organ and violin/flute or get the fuck out. Mormonism does not allow men to wear colorful floral shirts, you wear a white shirt and tie or you can't pass the sacrament because American Jesus wants white shirts and ties. In fact, many of the polynesian center costumes worn by LDS performers are complete violations of the BYU-H honor code.

You cannot be a Hawaiian at mormon church, you must conform to mormon standards during church because mormonism requires you shed your culture at the front door.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/DogBones11
πŸ“…︎ Apr 18 2019
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Painting of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hyde Park. Please keep disparaging comments about the community to yourself.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DougWeaverArt
πŸ“…︎ Dec 29 2019
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Is pedophilia/child molestation as prevalent in other major religions as it seems to be in the Catholic Church?

Simply googling any combination of "Religion" and "Pedophilia" will net a lot of know cases of child abuse in the Catholic Church specifically, sadly enough, but curiously not a lot (if anything) comes up for other religions.

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πŸ“…︎ Feb 06 2020
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Now that the correlation between suicide and mental illness have been established in certain situations, has the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines changed its stance on banning funeral mass and burial in Catholic Cemeteries for people who have committed suicide?

I was educated in a Catholic run private school in my elementary and high school days, and I distinctly remember in my religion class the seminarian claim people who attempt suicide are committing a mortal sin and that these people will go straight to hell.

I wonder how things have changed now in terms of what the Roman Catholic Church teaches, in light of people's awareness of mental illness. Makes me wonder how many suicide victims and their families have been persecuted/ discriminated against before people have accepted the reality of mental illness and depression.

Can anyone share their experiences and thoughts?

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πŸ“…︎ Jan 13 2020
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The Catholic Church is β€œan empire of misogyny”, Ireland’s former president Mary McAleese says ahead of a conference calling for women to be included in Church decision-making. scmp.com/news/world/europ…
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πŸ“…︎ Mar 08 2018
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Coins in Trevi Fountain will go to Rome city council rather than Church charity - The proposed changes, reportedly approved by the council at the end of December, have provoked a backlash from the Catholic Church. telegraph.co.uk/news/2019…
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πŸ“…︎ Jan 15 2019
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The Name of Mary, a Roman Catholic church in Novi Sad, Serbia. Happy Easter to those who celebrate it!
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Porodicnostablo
πŸ“…︎ Apr 21 2019
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TIL the Roman Catholic Church in Boston condemned the 1952 song β€œI Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” because it mixed kissing and Christmas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_S…
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April 2020 Conference Statistical Report - "Brothers and Sisters, the stone cut from a mountain continues to roll forth. We are pleased to report 12% growth in our bank accounts during the year of 2019. The church is true, and our liquid assets on hand are confirmation of that truth."
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Middlewayworks
πŸ“…︎ Jan 01 2020
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TIL about the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a book that got cut from the bible by the Roman Catholic Church. In this book, a prepubescent Jesus pushes his friend of the roof, killing him, just so he could resurrect him. In another incident in the book, Jesus kills a child for bumping into him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inf…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/MissPugLover24
πŸ“…︎ Oct 08 2019
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IN school fires gay employee to avoid being kicked out of the archdiocese. Wouldn’t it be nice if they took that zero tolerance approach to child rape? Gay employee? Fired. Priest rapes a kid? Cover it up, move to new location, carry on. The Catholic Church hates gay people more than child rapists. newsweek.com/cathedral-hi…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/relevantlife
πŸ“…︎ Jun 24 2019
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Guam's Catholic church to file for bankruptcy in move lawyers say will allow the archdiocese to avoid trial in dozens of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by priests. apnews.com/717d8e867f5347…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/bint_elkhandaq
πŸ“…︎ Nov 07 2018
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Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his successor considers easing a ban on married men serving as priests | It is rare for Pope Benedict, who was the first pontiff to resign in almost 600 years, to intervene in clerical matters. bbc.co.uk/news/world-euro…
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