for Protestants: Why do Catholics convert?

[SuzieB]

In my diocese our Bishop said during the last Presidential electional that catholics who voted for a pro-choice candidate should make a good confession before they would be able to receive the Eucharist. I can’t make a good confession regarding this.

 

[JoeyWarren]

In my diocese our Bishop said during the last Presidential electional that catholics who voted for a pro-choice candidate should make a good confession before they would be able to receive the Eucharist. I can’t make a good confession regarding this.

As Fr Larry Richards says: “Some Priests are screwed up!”

 

[RachelB]

I know quite a few ex-Catholics. They say they left because they did not hear the gospel in the Catholic church. They were raised with “religion” as opposed to a “reationship with Jesus Christ”. These people have real relationships with Jeus now. Since I know that the Catholic church does teach the gospel - officially - I wish that these people could have met Jesus and stayed in the church.

From personal experience, in my Catholic church, some of the priests preach the gospel of Jesus, others preach political messages which have little to do with holiness or salvation, and more to do with “spirituality” or a political cause. In my parish, it is the younger priests who are preaching the gospel - does that mean the gospel is returning to the church?

Just musing.

For background, I am a Protestant who is converting to the Church. My ex-catholic friends are surprised!

 

[ALLFORHIM]

In my diocese our Bishop said during the last Presidential electional that catholics who voted for a pro-choice candidate should make a good confession before they would be able to receive the Eucharist. I can’t make a good confession regarding this.

My friend’s grandfather-in-law’s Priest told his congregation that if they didnt vote for Bush they were sinning. So he didnt vote at all because he felt he would have been sinning. He didnt want to vote for Bush but couldnt bring himself to vote for Kerry because he really thought he would be sinning.

 

[water]

I am PRO-LIFE! These exchange is the exact reason we left.

Can you define “pro-life” regarding “Abortion”?
Please put up with me as I am trying to learn from your perspective regarding your definition of pro-life.

Thanks and God bless.

 

[JoeyWarren]

In my parish, it is the younger priests who are preaching the gospel - does that mean the gospel is returning to the church?

That seems to be the growing trend…at least with those young ones in our Diocese.

 

[catsrus]

originally posted by SuzieB
My husband and I both left the church 3 years ago. My husband and I are both pro-life Democrats. We voted for John Kerry. That made us not welcome in the church.

Why did you think you needed to advertise how you voted?

You left The Holy Mother Church established by Christ and His Body and Blood because people made you feel unwelcome!!!

 

[JimmyJeff]

I think everyone leaves for a different reason, so all of the above.

I don’t think some of the posters on this thread are helping people “see the light” by badgering someone who is pro-life because she doesn’t want to vote for George W. Bush.

What a turnoff. UGH!

 

[JoeyWarren]

Why did you think you needed to advertise how you voted?

You left The Holy Mother Church established by Christ and His Body and Blood because people made you feel unwelcome!!!

Imagine walking into an SDA church and starting praying the Rosary.

Now imagine walking into a Catholic Church everyone voted Bush solely based Abortion and everyone knows you voted for Kerry.

Same atmosphere?

 

[Nohome]

I would have to answer “None of the above” to this poll and I feel it is rather presumptuous to think that all former Catholics fit neatly into any of the stated reasons. I suspect that the reasons for leaving are as unique as each individual that has parted ways.

For me, it was diocesisan politics. Our church was a Franciscan mission and it is now run by the diocese. The changes came too quickly and with little compassion for those who had never known anything different in their lives. There is simply nothing there for me.

Nohome

 

[Publisher]

I have only known a couple Friends who were Catholics. The reasons weren’t all that cut and dry other than Friend’s worship was “experiential” and that the Catholics who were “convinced” wanted to be involved in more “social concerns”.

For those Catholics moving from a liturgical worship experience to the manner of Friends “forced” them to reflect more inward on their spiritiual lives. Not better…but differently…they had no negative feelings…but found the lack of “forms” in Friend’s worship something they were drawn to.