The Catholic Church; Guardian of the Faith

 

 

Today I sent this email to the Primate of All Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin 

 

"Your Excellency Archbishop Martin,

I am writing to you regarding the Church's position on moral issues, as it is becoming 

increasingly blurred, unclear and vague.

Before the referendum on gay marriage, the priest in my parish did not even make a 

mention of it in his homily, and today there are also Catholics who are pro-abortion.

The Parcours Alpha course in France which takes place in catholic churches, 

does not mention the Sacraments of the Church, neither the Virgin Mary, and nobody 

makes the sign of the Cross.

It is presented as a basic introduction to Christianity, but for the Catholic Church it is 

surely the Sacraments that forms the base? 

I know one team member who insists it is "great that now divorced people can remarry 

and receive Holy Communion in the Catholic Church", and that "we must and should now 

congregate with Muslims and pray together with them, because there is only one God".

The horror of the sex abuse scandals and it's denial and concealment does not provide

an explanation, as it was widespread in all parts of the society; in the field of sport,

in every kind of groupings where there were vulnerable children, and the largest proportion  

of abuse happened in the family unit.

It does not follow that therefore sport is bad, or that family units are bad, and that they must disappear.

Has the Church ceased insisting on her own teaching, in an effort to seek her survival under

the hat of ecumenism, like a merger?

I ask the question because Protestantism is widespread within the Catholic Church;
people do not believe in the Real Presence of the Eucharist,
they do not believe in the Resurrection of the body etc. 
Although they confess it with their lips at the start of Mass.
Very many do not believe in the celibacy for priests, because they do not understand 
why that rule is there,  as nobody seems to be able to explain it to them in a way that
satisfies the intelligence.
Many do not believe in the right to life of the unborn, they are not able to differentiate
between the woman's body and that of the baby,
and they think that no matter what one do, "it is ok, one must not judge".
That means that we have lost the capacity to differentiate between good and evil, and
the entire catholic doctrine unravels.

I understand that in wake of all the scandals, it is not easy to hold one's ground, but not
doing so is worse.
The fact that the Church has lost her position of dominance in former catholic countries,
is not a bad thing, as she was never about worldly power in the first place.
The evil has to be cleared out. But to allow the Church to slip unnoticed into Protestantism 
is a serious betrayal of Christ Himself. The Church's premier role and mission is to save souls,
not to look for her own survival."