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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What has happened to the Catholic Church in the USA that this level of commitment is mown required? Decades ago, I remember we were all just marched in and confirmed by the Bishop one Sunday. It was no big deal. Today it seems that the lunatic Catholics are the only ones left in this country, and they certainly have taken control of the asylum. Even the Pope is disillusioned with them. I don’t blame your kids for wanting no part of this embarrassment. They can still consider themselves Catholics and take Communion if they want. And don’t let anyone tell them otherwise, certainly not one of our corrupt priests. [/quote]

The OP said she had abandoned the Catholic faith and that she and her family were largely non-practicing Protestants. Hence no need for your Catholic-bashing or anti-clerical defamations.

Once upon a time, the majority of Confirmation preparation was conducted as part of Catechism classes, whether in Catholic school or on weekends for public school kids. Nowadays, there are Directors of Religious Education," who have to invent requirements to justify their paychecks.

Technically, one becomes a Catholic by Baptism into the Faith and remains so regardless of any future action, regardless whether one "considers" themselves Catholic or not. The Sacramental disciple of the Church dates to Apostolic times and a person violates it at their peril.

Finally, Catholics "receive" communion, they do not "take" it.

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Oh boy, you’re one of the people I’m talking about. And I’m a Catholic myself and not bashing the Church as an institution. What I take issue with is the individual weirdos who predominate in this country, seeking to assert their will on other members while denying the deep problems that exist in the American Church. And on those points, the Pope and I are in full agreement![/quote]

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