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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Plus, Catholicism isn’t a huge recruiter in historically Christian nations, so the effect would only be magnified

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also older American Catholics were raised under Vatican 2. It was much more about sacrifice and helping the poor than the church John Paul 2 created.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s really unfortunate, and Vatican 2 was probably a mistake.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

It really wasn’t. It was absolutely a necessary change in many ways