Originally posted by mark e smith:
In my mind, if you dont believe that the pope is gods envoy upon earth, you are not a real Catholic and shouldnt call yourself Catholic, lapsed catholic, maybe....
Well, I'm Irish Catholic, and it's an ethnicity to me as much as a religion. I don't believe in the Pope's infallibility, I knowingly disobey and disagree with numerous temporal church doctrines, and yet I do go to mass occasionally. It's an
American phenomenon to view and live Catholicism thusly....
I know this sounds weird and hypocritical and whatever, but it's just what I do. I'm fine with it, and that's all that matters to me. Make change within! (Both yourself and the church)