Catholicism vs. the World

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What are some of the lesser known but still important teachings and practices upheld by devout Catholics and the Church that other Christian denominations disagree with which we have largely forgotten/ignored in recent years?
 
Maybe the indissolubility of marriage. We believe in the indissolubility of every marriage. Protestants believe in divorce and remarriage which is basically successive polygamy. Servant of God Fr.James Hardon SJ says that is the main reason Luther broke off, he wanted divorce and remarriage.
 
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Contraception for the sake of contraception is wrong. Full stop.

You need to have the proper disposition to receive the Eucharist.
 
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Contraception for the sake of contraception is wrong.
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Contraception for any sake(or intention) is wrong since it is intrinsically evil, but yes, I see what you mean.
 
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What I meant was that there are legitimate uses for things like hormone pills and using them for non-contraceptive reasons is not intrinsically evil.
 
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We believe in the indissolubility of every marriage.
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Technically yes. But according to Cardinal Kasper, some Catholic marriage annulments are divorces in a dishonest way. And usually, in order for a marriage annulment to be considered, the couple must first file for a civil divorce. The census bureau counts annulments as divorces. There may be a theoretical difference between the two, but operationally they amount to the same thing in most cases. The couple is married for several years. They decide that the marriage is not working and want the ability to remarry so they obtain a divorce if they are Protestant, and they obtain a civil divorce and an annulment if they are Roman Catholic.
 
“Friday itself remains a special day of penitential observance throughout the year, …Friday should be in each week something of what Lent is in the entire year…Among the works of voluntary self-denial and personal penance which we especially commend to our people for the future observance of Friday… we give first place to abstinence from flesh meat.”
–Pastoral Statement on Penance and Abstinence excerpted from Pastoral Letters of the United States Catholic Bishops © 1983 United States Catholic Conference, Inc., Washington, DC.
 
I dont want to de-rail this thread but if a married couple is having sexual relations, and the women is on a birth control pill, it is contraceptive, not to mention the abortifacient effects.

Pope John Paul II: “Contraception is to be judged objectively so profoundly illicit that it can never, for any reason, be justified. To think, or to say, anything to the contrary is tantamount to saying that in human life there can be situations where it is legitimate not to recognize God as God. Users of contraception attribute to themselves a power that belongs only to God, the power to decide in the final instance the coming into existence of a human being.”
 
If Catholics(or protestants) are looking at marriage in this way, then there is a problem.

The acceptance of No Fault Divorce in the Country has destroyed families:
"According to statistics the number of annulments granted annually in the United States soared from 338 in 1968, to 28,918 in 1974, to a peak of 63,933 in 1991."**

St.John Paul II to the Tribunals:
http://www.vatican.va/content/john-...cuments/hf_jp-ii_spe_20020128_roman-rota.html
 
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“According to statistics the number of annulments granted annually in the United States soared from 338 in 1968, to 28,918 in 1974, to a peak of 63,933 in 1991.”**
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Exactly. This is why we see some questioning as to whether or not the Church has been firm in its teaching on the indissolubility of marriage.
 
Yes, that’s why when the Original Poster asks “What are some of the lesser know teachings,.” The Church’s teaching of the indissolubility of marriage should be at the forefront in every parish.
 
Intercession of saints. It is unfortunate that Protestants dismiss them, as they are our friends and helpers.
 
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I dont want to de-rail this thread but if a married couple is having sexual relations, and the women is on a birth control pill, it is contraceptive, not to mention the abortifacient effects.

Pope John Paul II: “Contraception is to be judged objectively so profoundly illicit that it can never, for any reason, be justified.
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Birth control pills, used not for birth control are allowed. Some women need them to counteract horrific cramps. They are allowed.

Pope JPII said that contraception can never be justified. He did not say use of birth control pills used for other medical issues is not allowed.
 
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I agree, that using birth control pills is allowed, but not when sexually active with spouse since a prenatal can be killed through abortifacient contraception. It’s not worth the risk. The couple can abstain from relations until birth control pills have ceased from abortifacient effect. Also, there must be other means to medically help women other than birth control pills which have bad side effects for women as it is.
 
Praying for the Poor Souls in Purgatory. Offering up the Holy Sacrifice and penances for them.

My #1 pet peeve is when someone says something like: “So-and-so lived a good life, they’re in Heaven.” That REALLY irks me. 😫😫😫
 
Could it also be that at times the Church is refusing to adjudicate legitimate cases of invalid marriages?
 
They may divorce if they are Catholic, but not all apply for a decree of nullity, and not all who apply receive one.
 
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