Joseph a' Khristian
Your disgusting skatologikal komments will be removed from my threads.

Interesting sounding book, but I don't agree with his stance on nationalism being evil. Without independent nations we have globalism which is the true evil.

On a personal level, I've known many Polish Americans some of whom were born and raised in Poland. In my experience and to generalize I have found the Polish to be hard working, dedicated to the Catholic faith and their women are lovely.
However, there are exceptions. This type can be described as small minded, confrontational and arrogant. You know who you are and if you post on this thread I will remove your post.

Dear Jim,
A poll by Santiago-based think tank Latinobarometro this month showed that the number of Chileans calling themselves Catholics fell to 45 percent last year, from 74 percent in 1995. www.reuters.com/…/pope-francis-ar…
Is this the result of Communist influence or something more? Communism is surely the enemy of Catholicism or any other religion. But, is it the main cause of the decline of Roman Catholicism in Chile? Has the abuse scandal and coverups had an impact as it has around the world?
Abortion in all forms is still illegal and heavily criticized in Chile. I've read that churches look out over almost every plaza and the majority of Chileans celebrate Easter and Christmas.
However, underneath these devout Catholic characteristics lies a culture that has deviated from this once strong Spanish religious influence. While Chile may be culturally and politically Catholic, the majority of its citizens are not practicing nor do they believe in Catholic doctrines or thought. The …More

Dear Jim,
As a non Chilean I can only look from afar and attempt to draw a few conclusions about what occurred in your country several days ago. As you've written, who knows what Juan Barros did or did not do years ago? However, given the abuse scandals that have rocked the Church worldwide, one could justifiably ask whether it was prudent to appoint such a man bishop who was surrounded by controversy when there were other choices that could have been made by Francis.
But the hits keep on coming from this pope. Giving an honor to an abortion rights activist, an obvious PR move of marring a couple on a plane, praise for communism ("it is communists who think like Christians") and now this. I don’t remember any pontiff speaking or acting like this man, Francis. His whole pontificate has been a confusing hash of leftist politics and little spiritual guidance beyond contradictory statements.
Add to it is Francis' belligerence and 'in your face' tone when his pastoral mask slipped a little …More

A small twist to the cognitive testing..Every priest in every parish would have their own section of the parish website where each priest would list his CV, IQ, grade point average in school, years in ministry etc. In addition, those pages would include testimonials from laity who attended that parish and would give their own impressions of each particular priest. If one priest is a shining star, that should be noted. If another priest is not what one would call the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, that too should be indicated.
Are the priest's sermons 10 minutes or less? Are those sermons interesting or will he put you to sleep? Is he active in parish functions or not? Have his sermons touched upon the crucial issues of the times such as but not limited to artificial birth control, abortion, homosexuality and so on?
In larger parishes, each priest would list the times of the masses that he will be offering on the following Sunday or holiday. In that way the laity could choose …More

@Uncle Joe , not having English as mother tongue may result is much poorer values either for Catholic hierarchy members or myself - eg. I am not aware of the Hungarian version of this test that could help...
Your last question is more than a theoretic one, furthermore who am I decide in this matter?

It is painfully obvious that the Catholics who have offered their critical analysis of the artwork depicted with this post have absolutely no clue with respect to the visual arts including but not limited to art history and art appreciation.
For the “it's gotta be Catholic all the time all stars” you need to keep in mind that not everything in this world is or has been written, produced, manufactured or, in this case, painted, by - unlike you super catholics - a traditional Roman Catholic who attends the Latin Rite mass, who loathes Pope Francis and who has a visceral contempt for anything and anyone who is not Catholic or who might suggest something that could be misconstrued as being offensive to Catholics. There are numerous benign things and events in this world that will offend your delicate uninformed sensibilities (like this painting included above) but, guess what, too bad. Get over yourselves and your narrow mindedness. The world is bigger than your own limited ideas concerning …More

Rafał
during his life here on earth was always portrayed and symbolized by true Catholics as alert, vigilant and cautious man
So then, Joseph never slept??
For this reason a sleeping Joseph whilst a pagan deity - caring god - cares over Mary and Infant Jesus peacefully sleeping in his arms is a fake depiction.
Imagine yourself for a moment in the same situation. There is no “safe” place. You are in a foreign land with who knows what kind of dangers lurking in the black night. I doubt that Mary and the Child literally did sleep under the sphnix but so what if they did? It would have been the most prudent thing to do under those circumstances.
blasphemous art
Don't confuse this piece with “blasphemous art” It is a beautiful work of art I and a prominent museum in the States agree.
I would suggest more piety, humbleness and Catholic dialogue (which only very few users know how) You should first follow your own recommendation before offering “advise” to others. You, I and little Joey disagree …More

Rafał_Ovile Actually, as a layman, you have the duty of making your concerns known to your bishop and to the Pope. I would suggest, though, that in the matter validity of the Papal election we keep our opinions to ourselves. It is certianly way above my pay grade. We will answer for every word to the Lord Himself especially those that may cause others to lose their faith. Outside of writing directly to the HF then there is only prayer and sacrifice. We can entrust ourselves to the Lord and His Immaculate Mother and wait for them to act.

BrTom what can a laymen without juridical authority "do"? As far as I know a lay person may only opinion orally and writtenly on basis of CL 212. Opinion and pray.

Warrior for Christ Facebook guy hates on Catholics. No loss. People should stop using Facebook. Let it become the cesspool of depravity it's owners want it to be. It will destroy itself sooner or later. People just need to stop using it.

Excerpt from the letter:
"If Islam is in itself a good religion, as you seem to teach, why did we become Catholic?" they ask. "Do not your words question the goodness of the choice we made … at the risk of our lives?"
Church Militant

The pagan japanese worshipped their emporer as their god. The numerous dead japanese pagans, was a result of them fanatically offering their lives to the will of their false god, their emporer hirohito. The foolish japanese are still overwhelmingly pagan. If i remember correctly, in japan shintoism is the predominant spiritual beliefs, including honoring other dead japanese pagans.
Jesus teaches us that, He Is The Resurrection, He Is Life.

Today, everybody (but the Catholic [New-]Church) celebrated Saint Valentine. How long will they still insist on not finding a proper date to celebrate Cyrill and Method?

Well, I'm not going to deny my family the opportunity to show me affection with my favorite bittersweet chocolate, and I'll still write sweet, personalized verses for each of them, but otherwise I'm 100% with St. Valentine on this one!