re: U.S. Conf of Catholic Bishops received over half a billion dollars from the Biden admin

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The good far outweigh the bad, I would argue at a rate of 99/1. (If not significantly more)

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Sorry, it's more like 40% of the clergy are in the grip of the evil one. In America the priesthood is seen as a "gay" profession. Pray and support the good priests.

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Sorry, it's more like 40% of the clergy are in the grip of the evil one. In America the priesthood is seen as a "gay" profession.

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Crazy accusation and I hope you have some evidence to back that claim.

A Diocesan priest at my church once gave us parishioners great advice on charitable giving. The priest instructed us to never write a blank check made out to the parish but instead specifically state on the check where you want the gift to be distributed in the parish.

This is because the Diocese receives a fixed percentage of all generic gifts given to a church unless it specifically is slated for a specific parish mission such as the parish school or youth programs. He likewise said to only give gifts to Catholic charities that you have personally vetted since many charities recognized by the UCCB often promote values that are contrary to Catholic doctrine.

So does this mean this seperation of Church and State is over? I thought the democrat party is a staunch supporter of that? When I read this post, I figure it was Biden's gift to the USCCB for Catholic Charities help in moving illegal aliens to voter districts all over the country. Sigh. Me thinks my beloved American Catholic Church has been turned into a political arm of the democrat party.

Not surprised at this. I remember before the 2020 Presidential Election, I attended a Saturday Day of Recollection at a Catholic Church in my former diocese. So I walked out to my car to pick up a book and low and behold I see a Precinct Bus drive up and unload some minority folks. So what is a PB doing at a Catholic Church? So I decided to hang around and see what was going on. Yep, they were conducting voter registration in the Church School Gym.

So now I know why I was subjected to hissing at that deanery meeting. The attendees included parishioners from that parish. Apparently, they didn't like my comments on Catholic Orthodoxy, and on Saint Pope John Paul II. (Hint: satan's followers always lurk on the periphery as they attempt to identify the conservative orthodox Catholics).

Bishop James Strickland, pray for me.

*[update]* - Joe Biden carried that county in the 2020 Fake Election.

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U.S. Conf of Catholic Bishops received over half a billion dollars from the Biden admin

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Funny how it is that the new interpretation of sexual sin in the church also derives from the new sin of Sodam and Gommora. How convenient for the globalists to reinterpret the grievous sin of homosexuality to "they weren't accepting of foreigners ".
It's cheap and childish. So easy to see through. Combining the push for sexual deviance with the destruction of western democracies is a clear globalist agenda. It has nothing to do with the truth of the gospel.

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A Diocesan priest at my church once gave us parishioners great advice on charitable giving. The priest instructed us to never write a blank check made out to the parish but instead specifically state on the check where you want the gift to be distributed in the parish.

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I'm doubtful that would stop them from spending it wherever they wanted.

The Catholic Church isn’t a political organization even though it acts like one.

Theology is a plane above politics. They don’t blend. You can use theology to guide your politics but it’s messy and contradicts.

I am Catholic for the theological teachings that descend from Jesus to Peter, not its political teachings. I think Jesus made this clear when saying give to Caeser what is Caeser’s. He was trying to tell them they were focused on the wrong thing. It wasn’t about Rome and the government. What he teaches transcends politics.

But all the catholics said it wasn't the church doing that, just catholic charities who have nothing to do with the church.

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just catholic charities who have nothing to do with the church.

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Muh fake charities.

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I'm doubtful that would stop them from spending it wherever they wanted.

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Perhaps so. Yet to do so would be a violation of the Catholic Doctrine of Subsidiarity.

The Catholic Doctrine of Subsidiarity emphasizes that whenever possible, matters should be handled at the local level, allowing individuals and communities to take responsibility for their own affairs. The principle of subsidiarity promotes the idea that higher ecclesiastical — or governmental — authorities should only intervene when lower levels cannot effectively address issues.

The philosophy motivating this doctrine is to promote local decision-making and foster a sense of community and personal responsibility within the larger societal framework. Catholic apologist G.K. Chesterton argued extensively that the principle of subsidiary is a bulwark against centralized power: