Feisty_Jury_5325 t1_jctz2kt wrote
Reply to comment by QristopherQuixote in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone
Not sure why this was downvoted. I’m a devout Catholic and I would say everything you mention here is right on the money.
There are small factions of revivals that are proponents of the Latin mass but most people today are turned off by the 70/80s brutalist, carpeted versions of the Mass.
We watered it down for everyone and wonder why we now appeal to no one.
I have friends who are priests and seminarians and the diocesan mergers are picking up speed. Priests are overworked and leaving their posts.
If the Catholic Church was a Business it would be Dunder Mifflin.
God bless everyone.
penregalia t1_jcuvc69 wrote
I've got a buddy obsessed with Latin Mass. Routinely rails against the evils of Vatican II. I think it's more easily explained that anyone not repulsed by the demonstrable evils of the clergy against children wants things going backwards and more conservative. It's just funny cherry-picking Catholic dogma/rules to serve your worldview.
Feisty_Jury_5325 t1_jcv29d8 wrote
Ignoring the structure and dealings of bishops with pedophile Priests in history certainly doesn’t make you seem more credible.
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