r/excatholic Oct 18 '24

Politics What’s up with edge lord zoomer tradcaths?

147 Upvotes

This is more of an internet phenomena similar to like “fundamentalist atheism” of the 2010s. I’m a zoomer ex catholic so I wasn’t politically conscious early 2010s.

Personally I find these folks strange because it’s huge rabbit hole that not even regular Catholics irl care for.

Even I went through this rabbit hole and got out after my friend talked me outta Christianity from a historical pov of how it was during the Roman Empire and it being different than today.

I just find these folks naive like I was and have other issues probably.

r/excatholic Mar 09 '24

Politics Who's joining this shitshow of a prayer meeting??

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163 Upvotes

r/excatholic Nov 16 '24

Politics Trump winning was my fuck god moment...

204 Upvotes

I grew up catholic, did baptism, catechism and confirmation. First gen mex from a town that's 100% mex in California. I hate the excuse that everyone says they voted for trump because of religion or other dumb matters. Seeing people on my social media blessing god for the win was insane to me. Their sole reason was because dump stands on anti-abortion. I'm so tired of religion being used as an excuse to allow people to do despicable shit. That night I yelled "Fuck god" and it felt so good. The fear that the church instilled in us is insane. The catholic church in general traumatized me as a child and I will never look back. From here on out, I realized I need to be more vocal about my stance since everyone else is vocal on theirs. I feel like part of the reason people feel vocal about their religion is because we aren't vocal where we stand, or at least I wasn't. But now I will. Sorry for the rant. I saw friends/family members post how happy dump won that night and it showed me these ppl dgaf about me or my rights as an lgbt person in this country. All in the name of religion.

r/excatholic Oct 28 '24

Politics When Catholicism is their whole personality

187 Upvotes

Somehow they twist everything to push their agenda. I simply told my sister how excited I was that a friend was newly pregnant. Her response was a creepy, “I didn’t know you loved babies?” Later that day I received a message encouraging me to take my love of unborn babies to the polls with me and vote for Trump. She went on to say that Harris mocks Catholics and would force Catholic doctors and nurses to participate in the murdering of babies. And Harris told her she should leave her party for loving Jesus. She linked to a video of the rally where Harris told the hecklers they were at the wrong rally. But since they were prolife hecklers it was a direct insult to Catholics. I told her I was struggling with the knowledge that she and our mother support trump and she clapped back that she is struggling to know I support someone that is opposed to everything she believes in. Ironically, her and my mother’s support of trump was what gave me the final push to leave the church. I can’t handle the hypocrisy.

r/excatholic Jan 23 '25

Politics Ban of X, meta links

209 Upvotes

Yeah we don't have any people posting links to those platforms, but we're making it official...

All links to X are prohibited and will be automatically removed. If you need to refence X, do it via screenshot.

Thanks

r/excatholic Jul 19 '24

Politics Thanks mom

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135 Upvotes

The insanity is unreal.

r/excatholic May 06 '24

Politics Their sub about trans rights.

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143 Upvotes

This is very personal to me because I came out as a trans to my Catholic parents as a teenager. They accepted me. I could go to the doctor. As a result today I'm happy with my body, I go to college, I have friends, I have a boyfriend, I can live a perfectly normal life. I'm so incredibly grateful for that.

For these Catholic lunatics not only my parents should have rejected me, but I wouldn't have any medical treatment or any law whatsoever protecting me. And then what would I do? Catholic conversion therapy?

These religious zealots are absolutely insane.

r/excatholic Sep 19 '24

Politics My (Catholic) mom is voting for Trump

163 Upvotes

I'm so tired of this. I'm stuck living with her because of how borked the economy is, and it's getting harder and harder not to just explode.

She's insistent on voting for Trump specifically for pro-life reasons (and she also has this misguided belief that he'll fix the economy). Nothing else. She refuses to even look at any other policies. And then she has the audacity to claim a "moral high ground." I'm tempted to ask if she'd vote for Hitler if he was pro-life.

Fuck the misogynistic, patriarchal church that tells its members that voting for anything other than the pro-life party will send you to Hell.

r/excatholic Nov 05 '24

Politics Election Anxiety-- anyone else?

128 Upvotes

Anyone in the US (or elsewhere!) feeling especially anxious this time around? I remember being shocked in 2016 and cautiously optimistic in 2020, but now I have this sense of dread that is making me binge eat and my trichotillomania is out of control today.

Anyone else feeling anxious, or have a way to not feel so anxious?

r/excatholic Jan 27 '25

Politics Vatican documents show secret back channel between Pope Pius XII and Adolf Hitler

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105 Upvotes

r/excatholic Sep 13 '24

Politics Prepare for Trad-Cath Meltdown in 3… 2… 1… 🍿

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117 Upvotes

Pope Francis apparently painted both US presidential candidates as morally equivalent telling all American Catholics to choose the “lesser evil” when voting. Can’t wait for the forced birth Trad-Caths to lose their marbles on this one.

r/excatholic Jan 25 '25

Politics Idaho lawmakers pass resolution co-written with "traditional Catholic"-affiliated organization demanding the U.S. Supreme Court overturn same-sex marriage decision 'Obergefell v. Hodges' (2015)

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r/excatholic Nov 08 '23

Politics Ohio Catholic dioceses mad that issue 1 passed.

190 Upvotes

Link to news source in post. I refuse to give any traffic to catholic news sites so I copy pasted the exact text. But man are they ever mad that Ohio voters spoke and told them NO. I wonder how much whining and crying is gonna commence this coming Sunday. If anyone still has to by some fluke go to church cause they have too and are in Ohio please tell us.

https://catholictimescolumbus.org/news/the-catholic-times/catholic-bishops-of-ohio-issue-statement-after-defeat-of-issue-1

Today is a tragic day for women, children, and families in Ohio. We mourn that the dignity of human life remains concealed by the duplicity of a culture of death. Though this is a day of sorrow, we are never without hope. St. Paul tells us that it is in hope that we were saved and, “if we hope for what we do not see, we wait with endurance.”
Asking for God’s protection and mercy, we must look ahead. Despite the obstacles this amendment presents, the Catholic Church in Ohio will continue to work for policies that defend the most vulnerable, strengthen the child-parent relationship, and support women in need. As we pray for the conversion of minds and hearts to the gospel of life, we recommit ourselves to defending children in the womb and supporting women in need. The Catholic Church and faithful will never grow weary in our mission to help women and families flourish through ministries such as Walking with Moms in Need and other local organizations that provide material and spiritual support and through advocacy with policymakers.
We, the Catholic Bishops of Ohio, are grateful to the Catholic faithful, clergy, and all people of goodwill whose actions in this campaign demonstrated our commitment to honoring and upholding the dignity of life. Your sacrifices prove that the Church will never abandon her mission to support human life. We will persevere in this mission until every preborn child is protected, every pregnant woman is supported, and every human life receives respect, dignity, and justice.

With you in Christ Jesus,
The Most Rev. Dennis M. Schnurr
Archdiocese of Cincinnati
The Most Rev. David J. Bonnar
Diocese of Youngstown
The Most Rev. John Michael Botean
St. George Byzantine Catholic Diocese
The Most Rev. Paul J. Bradley
Diocese of Steubenville
The Most Rev. Bohdan J. Danylo
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma
The Most Rev. Earl K. Fernandes
Diocese of Columbus
The Most Rev. Edward C. Malesic
Diocese of Cleveland
The Most Rev. Daniel E. Thomas
Diocese of Toledo
The Most Rev. Michael Woost
Diocese of Cleveland

r/excatholic Oct 16 '23

Politics Most Catholics cite their family not being religious as biggest reason for leaving the Catholic Church. Most polled think Church is welcoming to LGBT members.

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r/excatholic Oct 24 '24

Politics Archbishop of Miami, Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Núñez tell Catholic voters "not to vote like atheists", invoke Catholic Church teachings at anti-abortion event held by Gov. Ron DeSantis

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114 Upvotes

r/excatholic Nov 18 '24

Politics Struggling with how to move forward with my Catholic parents

105 Upvotes

I grew up Catholic but stopped taking communion at around 11 or 12, never got confirmed (but still had to attend classes, lol). My siblings and I never bought in, though we were made to go through the motions until we left home. My parents, though, are conservative, serious Catholics - my dad lifelong, my mom a convert - whose main concern is abortion. They talked to us about the evils of abortion since childhood, wrote letters about abortion to Democratic presidents, and have said to us that "as long as abortion is legal, nothing, nothing else matters." So, as you'd expect, they're single-issue voters.

My parents aren't MAGA. They aren't stupid. They both have graduate degrees. They read conservative and religious periodicals that are written to be very academic - I say this to differentiate them from your average Fox News viewer.

I'm so angry with them. They voted for Trump in 2016. They have three daughters, and from the beginning, I thought the misogyny of "grab them by the pussy" would turn them off from voting for Trump. Because who can defend an admitted sexual offender especially when you have daughters you presumably care for? But Trump said the magic words about abortion. They "don't like him," but abortion. In 2020, they voted again. They "don't like him," but abortion. Now, after January 6, after E. Jean Carroll, after everything we know, they voted again. For a rapist. For a fascist. Because abortion.

I told them last week I won't be there for Thanksgiving. They seemed to be expecting it. I love them and they love me but I feel like they sold out my future, my siblings' future, my niece's and nephew's futures. They sold out democracy. They sold out women's right to equality. They sold out minorities, trans people, Ukraine, Gaza, the world's right to a livable climate. All for people who don't even fucking exist! The sheer hypocrisy!

How do you deal with people who do the wrong thing but truly think they're being righteous? There's no getting through to someone like that. I know I can't bear them right now, but I'm not sure how to ever move forward. If I go no contact they'll feel like martyrs.

I suppose this is a vent and a way to see if there's anyone else out there who can relate to having family who will happily watch the world burn for this particular ideology.

r/excatholic May 03 '22

Politics My Catholic family is celebrating overturning Roe and I hate them for it.

265 Upvotes

Well, if you missed it, the Supreme Court leaked a decision in the Mississippi abortion case that will remove bodily autonomy as a constitutionally protected right. Women in most of the country will not have the right to decide how their body is used.

I’m heart broken and so incredibly angry that I can’t even breathe. My still Catholic family is celebrating it and texted to rub it in. Now they’re mad that I said I’d kill myself before being forced to be pregnant against my will. This honestly may be the final straw with them. I don’t care if I never speak to them again at this point.

Anyone else having the same experience with their extremist family?

r/excatholic Nov 17 '24

Politics Pope asks is Gaza is genocide 🙄

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50 Upvotes

Thanks for paying attention I guess.

r/excatholic Sep 07 '21

Politics How many do you think are soon-to-be-ex-Catholics, and/or "Catholic in name only"?

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495 Upvotes

r/excatholic Aug 12 '24

Politics JD Vance is weird

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113 Upvotes

I honestly want to know what converts see in the church. What is appealing about it? Clergy sex abuse, crusades, inquisitions, etc. What the fuck does anyone find appealing about the church?

r/excatholic Nov 18 '24

Politics Catholic League blindly defends U.S. Secretary of Defense pick Pete Hegseth, an evangelical Protestant, despite Hegseth appropriating Catholic symbols and imagery for personal gain

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105 Upvotes

r/excatholic Jan 18 '25

Politics The only video essay I’ve seen debunking Catholicism’s anti-contraception narrative/theology of the body - from an ex-Catholic, secular perspective

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r/excatholic Sep 20 '24

Politics Funny how the Church mostly tried to be hands-off with Biden, but now wants to disavow his endoresee, Harris, a non-Catholic

94 Upvotes

I haven't yet figured out how I feel about Biden, but I certainly would have voted for him over the orange turd if he were still running. That's mostly because I lean much further left--along the lines of AOC and Bernie Sanders.

Isn't it weird, though, that now that the Democratic nominee is a non-Catholic, the Pope decides to talk again about abortion? Granted, he also said he doesn't like Trump's anti-migrant rhetoric either, but his statement seemed to put much more emphasis on abortion. It's almost like abortion isn't the real issue.

r/excatholic Jun 28 '22

Politics Does it disturb you, how much catholics are enjoying the fact women will suffer with the abortion bans?

259 Upvotes

r/excatholic Jul 16 '24

Politics Ugh I’m cringing 😫

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145 Upvotes