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Bretton Garcia

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3. Clearly the Church leadership is rather monolythic and authoritarian

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 06:35 PM

Feb 2019

But 50% of everyday Catholics often have the good sense to ignore their religious leaders.

Fortunately they often ignore their own religion.

If only more did the same.

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How interfaith values support New York's Reproductive Health Act [View all] guillaumeb Feb 2019 OP

Meanwhile the Catholic Church is on the other, anti- Choice side. Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #1

Clearly Catholics are a monolithic bloc. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #2

Clearly the Church leadership is rather monolythic and authoritarian Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #3

The leadership is often leading in name only. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #4

And as more and more abandon traditional religious dogmas Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #5

One possibility. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #6

Thank you for your moderate response. Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #7

And you for your own. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #8