Anonymous wrote:I hope the Pope told Vance to stick it.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m curious how that works given his schedule.

If he misses mass on Sundays and holidays days of obligation, it's a mortal sin, no matter his schedule.

Actually, that's not exactly true. The Church says that the obligation to attend Mass is lifted in three types of situations. If you are ill. If you are facing a situation where not attending is the morally right thing to do (e.g. if you planned to attend Sunday morning Mass, but got called in to perform emergency surgery, then obviously saving the life is the right thing to do. If your wife is in labor, then being with her and supporting her is morally the right thing to do. I could imagine that there would be situations when a VP or President must attend to urgent business, and that staying with that business is the morally right thing to do. Finally, if you have a dispensation from your parish priest, or your bishop, again something he might have.

Having said that, I would imagine that there are priests who would be willing to celebrate a private Mass at the VP's residence etc . . . that work around his schedule.

Note: I can't stand Vance. I hate so many things that he does. I hope the Pope excommunicates him. But, as a Catholic, I don't think that announcing that he's not Catholic is fair. The reality is that, like every other religion, there are people in the Catholic church who make terrible choices. As Catholics, our obligation is to examine our church to see what we might be doing that contributes to those terrible choices, and to try to solve the problems those terrible choices lead to. Announcing that he's not Catholic, is like sticking our fingers in our ears. It's not going to lead to solutions.

Not to mention, whatever sin Vance might commit by not attending Mass, if in fact he has missed without illness, grave situation, or dispensation, pales in comparison to the sins he's helped this administration commit against vulnerable humans made in the image of God.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m curious how that works given his schedule.

If he misses mass on Sundays and holidays days of obligation, it's a mortal sin, no matter his schedule.

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Anonymous wrote:He's a fake Catholic, so who really cares. Any real Catholic would have baptized his kids and had his wife convert. The whole thing is a transparent deviant sham to make this power hungry worm seem palatable. Spare me giving every supposed convert the benefit of the doubt. Sorry, no, I'm not a sucker and don't appreciate my religion being weaponized by frauds seeking to get over on people.

I could make a long list of things that Vance has done that are not in keeping with the teachings of the Catholic Church. But not forcing his wife to convert is definitely not on that list. Forcing your wife to convert is very much against Catholic teaching.

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious how that works given his schedule.

Anonymous wrote:God, please smite him.

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Anonymous wrote:He's a fake Catholic, so who really cares. Any real Catholic would have baptized his kids and had his wife convert. The whole thing is a transparent deviant sham to make this power hungry worm seem palatable. Spare me giving every supposed convert the benefit of the doubt. Sorry, no, I'm not a sucker and don't appreciate my religion being weaponized by frauds seeking to get over on people.

Spoken like a "real catholic". How do you "get" your spouse to convert these days? assume that they will follow your orders? Kids are helpless to demands of their parents. Wives are adults and therefore are not helpless to the demands of their husbands -- Unless their husbands are very old school.

Anonymous wrote:I hope the Pope told Vance to stick it.

Anonymous wrote:He's a fake Catholic, so who really cares. Any real Catholic would have baptized his kids and had his wife convert. The whole thing is a transparent deviant sham to make this power hungry worm seem palatable. Spare me giving every supposed convert the benefit of the doubt. Sorry, no, I'm not a sucker and don't appreciate my religion being weaponized by frauds seeking to get over on people.

Anonymous wrote:I hope the Pope told Vance to stick it.

Anonymous wrote:He's a fake Catholic, so who really cares. Any real Catholic would have baptized his kids and had his wife convert. The whole thing is a transparent deviant sham to make this power hungry worm seem palatable. Spare me giving every supposed convert the benefit of the doubt. Sorry, no, I'm not a sucker and don't appreciate my religion being weaponized by frauds seeking to get over on people.