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doompatrol39

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3. My parents are in their mid 70's...

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 08:55 AM

Mar 2019

..and have until recently, spent their whole lives as devout Catholics. They were definitely more liberal (pro-choice, pro-gay rights) and much more in tuned with the compassion/social justice/charity message of the church but they were still very devout, weekly mass, all holy day church going, money donating, Catholics. This most recent bout of scandals, coupled with watching the movie that came out a few years ago about the articles that exposed the issues in the church (was it Spotlight?) they have stopped going altogether and are very angry.

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Only? SallyHemmings Mar 2019 #1

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How blinded are Catholics? What part of COVERUP do they not understand?... NeoGreen Mar 2019 #11

Kinda funny you'd claim that Major Nikon Mar 2019 #12

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My parents are in their mid 70's... doompatrol39 Mar 2019 #3

Rationalization. Prosper Mar 2019 #5

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