List of "Catholic" Groups

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Is there a website somewhere that provides a comprehensive list of various groups that claim to be Catholic or run by Catholics, but are not recognized by the Church as such, or do not really follow Catholic teachings even though they may have the word “Catholic” in their name?

“Catholics for Choice” is one obvious example. But some other group names may sound a little more ambiguous and you can’t really tell whose side they’re on. For example, if there was a group out there called “Catholics for a Better World” (there isn’t) how would you know if it meant “better” from a liberal or conservative point of view.

So, is there a list out there somewhere? If not, maybe CAF should consider compiling one.
 
I’m not sure if there’s such a list, but I can add one group:

National Catholic Reporter
 
Another big bug-ah-boo is Dignity USA. I sort of let myself be sucked into that group. I knew it was taboo, but exactly how much I didn’t realize. If you’re wondering it’s the group of LGBTQ Catholics who want the Church’s blessing and affirmation on behavior that would be associated with those inclinations. Unfortunately living with bipolar disorder means when I go manic I do as most manic people do and that’s engage in reckless carnal intercourse without being able to think the consequences of my behavior threw or give weight to moral considerations.

They’re is also a quzi-Catholic group that ordains woman priests. I can’t think of the name right now. The status of that group is a grey area, as there were regular bishops who ordained these women. For some reason they always hold the ordinations while sailing on a river. I wish I could think of the name for you. I should know it, as they’re in my town and on the news regularly. Catholic is in the name.

There is also a group of “Gnostic Catholics” in the United States. The truth is I think it is some sort of tax scheme, as the people I am aware of who are in it are sorcerers who would have as much interest in the Catholic Church as my late basset hound would have had in a Rembrandt.
 
As was mentioned, the Catholic Culture site, website reviews, provides a good overview of some groups, but not all groups are reviewed. The problem is that a group can be non-authentic Catholic for various reasons. Some used to be Catholic, and retain that designation, even though they have drifted from the Faith. Others never were actually part of the Church.

Many groups have embraced the secular culture, specifically the media POV. Their current mission is to lobby for change, to get the Catholic Church to adopt the secular POV. This is by far the biggest problem.

But there are also a few groups that identify as “orthodox” but have one foot, or both feet, or maybe just a baby toe, in the SSPX. They say they are against the evils of the last 50 years, but they always criticize the Catholic leaders, never secular leaders.

Then there are a few groups like Mission to Catholics, fundamentalists whose mission in life is to “save” Catholics. Sometimes they masquerade their views as Catholic, just to attract Catholic readers.

It always helps to inquire if an organization is in union with the bishop where their headquarters is located. If they are not recognized by their local bishop, they definitely are bad. If they are recognized, they probably are ok. But remember some groups got their recognition years ago, and would not deserve it today.
 
I think that what you should do is to study the Catechism of the Catholic Faith and judge these groups through that point of view. If they contradict the Catechism of the Catholic Faith then you should ignore that aspect of what they have to say.
 
poche said:
I think that what you should do is to study the Catechism of the Catholic Faith and judge these groups through that point of view. If they contradict the Catechism of the Catholic Faith then you should ignore that aspect of what they have to say.
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I agree with you in principle, but getting up to speed to that level of expertise on the subject would take me a long time (not that I’m not willing to start), and there are also a lot of people out there much more learned in the Catholic faith than I am and it is good to have these sort of people who can do some screening for me. 🙂
 
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