Growing up Catholic. This simple saying can have so many meanings for different people. For some it means growing up in a repressive religion that was forced upon them by guardians but for others it is a different experience. This is just now becoming recognized within society at large and I think it is time to explain to the public that Catholics are not really that crazy at all.
What makes a good catholic; that is the question?
I was reading this article where (neo) conservatives catholic ask Speaker Pelosi to not attend communion and mass with Pope Benedict because she believe and support a contraceptive for women, including abortion.
This blog was in part, inspired by Ediblewoman’s blog “A Gay in the Life: Our Dastardly Plan to Destroy the Institution of Marriage” (http://www.progressiveu.org/211551-gay-life-our-dastardly-plan-destroy-i....)
So I went to church Saturday night for the Easter Vigil with my folks. It started off really nice, the church had the lights off and we waited for the priest to bring on the “light of God” and pass it on to everyone.
So, last Monday, the Vatican released a list of seven new sins, the “social sins.” This list includes stem-cell research, causing poverty, and being environmentally unfriendly. These new seven sins have been added onto the “deadly” list, which is rounded off by excessive wealth, contributing to the widening divide between rich and poor, drug abuse, and birth control.
I'm am Catholic. Sometimes, I'm not very good at it, but I like it. Even during Lent, when everyone who asks me what I gave up for Lent gets the witty reply of "Being Catholic."
I am not a huge fan of the church i'm going to. I stay there so I can be with my grandpa and because I like the priest. Even the substitute priest we have now since Fr. Joe went on sabbatical to Africa.
While glancing over my igoogle homepage this evening, I stumbled upon a startlingly headline:
Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report Finds
I am a devote Catholic and I've always been interested in religion. This artical, found here, states that
More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion
It is Lent.
Oh, right. Forgot to mention that I'm Catholic.
