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In Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus Christ described His Church, the
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Originally Posted by rien
Defending family - yeah right. Last year, according to an EWTN report this week, the US Catholic church paid out more in sex abuse claims than ever before.
IMO there is not a whole lot of truth in advertising in these ads. But anyone who follows them up will find that out on their own. IMO of course.
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In Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus Christ described His Church, the
Kingdom of Heaven, as being a “field of wheat and weeds,” showing that there would be good and bad, saints and sinners, and everyone in between, in the Church until the day when He returned to judge the nations. This means that, sadly, there will be members of His Church — including priests and bishops — who are notorious sinners. We can see this sad reality even at the very beginning of the Church in the person of the Apostle Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Christ to His enemies (Matthew 26:16-23 ; Luke 22:47-49), and Simon Peter, who denied the Lord three times (Matthew 26:34, 75).
Notice that even Christ’s own hand-picked followers committed scandalous wickedness! Even so, this did not negate or disprove the truth that Christ transmitted to the world through His Apostles (Mark 16:15). As Christ promised, in spite of the weakness and sinfulness — indeed, the scandal — caused by priest and other Catholics, “the gates of hell will not prevail against” the Church. (Continue reading here for more on the priest scandals.)
Quote:
Originally Posted by rien
Defending family - yeah right. Last year, according to an EWTN report this week, the US Catholic church paid out more in sex abuse claims than ever before.
IMO there is not a whole lot of truth in advertising in these ads. But anyone who follows them up will find that out on their own. IMO of course.
read below
Quote from Catholic come home web site
In Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus Christ described His Church, the
Kingdom of Heaven, as being a “field of wheat and weeds,” showing that there would be good and bad, saints and sinners, and everyone in between, in the Church until the day when He returned to judge the nations. This means that, sadly, there will be members of His Church — including priests and bishops — who are notorious sinners. We can see this sad reality even at the very beginning of the Church in the person of the Apostle Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Christ to His enemies (Matthew 26:16-23 ; Luke 22:47-49), and Simon Peter, who denied the Lord three times (Matthew 26:34, 75).
Notice that even Christ’s own hand-picked followers committed scandalous wickedness! Even so, this did not negate or disprove the truth that Christ transmitted to the world through His Apostles (Mark 16:15). As Christ promised, in spite of the weakness and sinfulness — indeed, the scandal — caused by priest and other Catholics, “the gates of hell will not prevail against” the Church. (Continue reading here for more on the priest scandals.)