(05-29-2022 09:16 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 08:44 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 08:27 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:16 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  To paraphrase, Joe, they aren't really Catholics then, are they? What they really are is former Catholics who have not yet found a church that agrees with them. Maybe they are CINOs.

Where else could they go? It's not like there's a denomination that has all the liturgical tradition and structure of Catholicism -- even bishops with funny hats -- but lets people do pretty much whatever they want.

George, I hate to admit it, but Episcopal comes about as close as possible.

Gosh, you don't say!

One of my Rice roomies referred to himself as a Whiskey-palian.

(05-30-2022 09:31 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 09:16 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 08:44 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 08:27 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:16 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  To paraphrase, Joe, they aren't really Catholics then, are they? What they really are is former Catholics who have not yet found a church that agrees with them. Maybe they are CINOs.

Where else could they go? It's not like there's a denomination that has all the liturgical tradition and structure of Catholicism -- even bishops with funny hats -- but lets people do pretty much whatever they want.

George, I hate to admit it, but Episcopal comes about as close as possible.

Gosh, you don't say!

One of my Rice roomies referred to himself as a Whiskey-palian.

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." -- Matthew 18:20

'Wherever three or four are gathered, you'll always find a fifth." -- traditional Episcopal joke

(05-29-2022 08:27 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:16 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  To paraphrase, Joe, they aren't really Catholics then, are they? What they really are is former Catholics who have not yet found a church that agrees with them. Maybe they are CINOs.

Where else could they go? It's not like there's a denomination that has all the liturgical tradition and structure of Catholicism -- even bishops with funny hats -- but lets people do pretty much whatever they want.

I see what you did there.

(05-30-2022 05:05 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 08:27 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:16 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  To paraphrase, Joe, they aren't really Catholics then, are they? What they really are is former Catholics who have not yet found a church that agrees with them. Maybe they are CINOs.

Where else could they go? It's not like there's a denomination that has all the liturgical tradition and structure of Catholicism -- even bishops with funny hats -- but lets people do pretty much whatever they want.

I see what you did there.

I thought it was fairly obvious! Heck the very name "Episcopal" means "of or pertaining to bishops"

(05-29-2022 08:27 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-29-2022 07:16 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  To paraphrase, Joe, they aren't really Catholics then, are they? What they really are is former Catholics who have not yet found a church that agrees with them. Maybe they are CINOs.

Where else could they go? It's not like there's a denomination that has all the liturgical tradition and structure of Catholicism -- even bishops with funny hats -- but lets people do pretty much whatever they want.

Quote:U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Responds to Executive Order Facilitating Abortion
August 5, 2022 By Public Affairs Office

WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, the President of the United States signed an executive order facilitating abortion, the second such action from President Biden in response to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued the following statement in response:

“Even preceding the Dobbs decision, my brother bishops and I have implored the nation to stand with moms in need, and work together to protect and support women and children. Continued promotion of abortion takes lives and irreparably harms vulnerable pregnant mothers, their families, and society. It is the wrong direction to take at a moment when we should be working to support women and to build up a culture of life. I continue to call on the President and all our elected officials to increase support and care to mothers and babies, rather than facilitate the destruction of defenseless, voiceless human beings. Blessed Virgin Mary, patroness of our nation, intercede for us as we advocate to protect human life and work toward solutions that will help every mother and child flourish.”

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link: https://www.usccb.org/news/2022/us-bisho...g-abortion