Pope laments divisions among Christians [CWN]

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LongingSoul said:
We badly need the Protestants to ‘come over’ and teach us the secrets of how to capture and mould our youngsters. We have a massive non denominational Church in our region that has grown from a small brick Church and Primary School into a huge preschool through Senior campus. They seem to turn out hoards of the most community minded, well mannered, outreaching, positively counter cultural, sexually chaste, well rounded young men and women you could imagine. You used to be able to say that about Catholic schools many moons ago.

I’ve done retreats and spiritual days with lots of Protestant parents of my generation and there is a marked difference in their attitude towards passing on the faith to their kids to the Catholic parents I know. I know that many people try to get youth clubs going and engage the young… but they never seem to catch on to any great extent. What are we missing? My daughter tags along with some of her work friends who belong to the Church, to their open mike cafe nights and things. The negative for her is that they do exerpt quite a lot of pressure to come to their bible studies and services along with it.
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Sounds idyllic!! What’s the name of this protestant assembly? Perhaps Catholics should convert to this denomination!
 
RosslynV said:
Protestants can obtain unity by converting to the Catholic faith plain and simple.
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How many Protestants do you think accept the fact that a married couple with 5 children say, are committing a mortal sin if the wife goes on the pill? Actually, what percentage of American Roman Catholics would you say think such?
 
ProVobis said:
Everyone should get a dog and/or a cat and just talk about them.

If it works for me and my Muslim neighbors (I helped them find their cat once), it should work with Christians.🙂
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Not a bad idea at all!👍
 
Since the various forms of Christianity aren’t about to agree on every last detail, I believe the answer lies more in each individual making themselves responsive and favorably disposed toward other Christians. Spiritual ecumenism is entirely different from all Christians having precisely the same faith.
 
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