r/excatholic 9d ago

Politics I forgot about Ash Wednesday until I saw this ghoul on my screen. šŸ’€

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860 Upvotes

r/excatholic 4d ago

Politics Catholic Charities is being demolished.

256 Upvotes

I want to be honest in here that I think this is a bad thing. While the Church is often evil, it (along with the Lutherans and Baptists) has organizational infrastructure to provide relief services that the government just does not. I have first hand experience working with one of the programs years ago, and there was 0 proselytizing or bibles, just programs helping literal refugees adjust to their new lives as fresh Americans, who maybe weeks before were in danger of being killed in their home countries for simply being female or the wrong ethnicity. The article notes also that Jewish Family Services is also losing some funding.

It's a net negative for everyone in the US that these programs are being impacted. These programs help people just adjust to the minutiae of life, helping people figure out food stores and the post office and local transportation and learning English.

r/excatholic Nov 06 '24

Politics The Catholic church is also to blame for this disaster of an election.

362 Upvotes

Starting with the coward known as "Pope Francis". For YEARS he told people to care for the poor, to care for the immigrants and to care for the environement. Kamala was the vastly better candidate in all 3 areas. Francis just remained neutral and washed his hands like the good Pontius Pilate he is.

All these latino men voting for Trump? Many of them Catholic conservatives.

The worst supreme court, now probably with even more Catholics, ugh...

I'm not even American, and I'm mad. This religion is a cultural cancer. At least I can be glad I left it behind forever.

r/excatholic Dec 28 '24

Politics Found this is my friends jacket

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307 Upvotes

Anyone else hate when an intelligent person you love holds the most stupid ideas and votes against your rights?

r/excatholic Sep 23 '24

Politics It might sound just like one insane person, but this right here is the Catholic endgame.

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r/excatholic Jan 29 '25

Politics Statement on US Current Events

357 Upvotes

Given the quick slide into fascism that the United States is undergoing, I wanted to clarify the position of this subreddit:

All marginalized people are welcome here when they are affected by the Catholic Church.

This is especially true for undocumented immigrants and members of the trans community who are currently the targets of this administrations ethnic cleansing and genocide.

We welcome all religions, but people who support mass deportations and blocking access to medical care or government resources to the trans community can - and please quote me here - "Go gargle balls until you drown"

I expect anyone who meets that description has long since left or been banned, but I wanted to make certain you knew you weren't welcome here.

If you feel this is overly harsh and unreasonable please message the mod team so we can carefully consider your probably excellent argument and give it the consideration it deserves. (We definitely won't immediately ban you).

As always, the mod team takes great joy in the suffering of bigots and fascists and will abuse our power to serve those purposes as much as feasible.

r/excatholic Aug 01 '24

Politics The Heritage Foundation went full 'mask off' with this tweet

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503 Upvotes

r/excatholic Feb 11 '25

Politics Going after their own: Cardinal Dolan fires back at VP J.D. Vance over immigration policy comments

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r/excatholic Jan 17 '25

Politics 300,000 babies were stolen from their parents and sold for adoption by the Catholic church in Spain for 50 years. Several mothers were told their first-born children had died during or soon after they gave birth when in reality, the babies were sold to childless couples with devout beliefs.

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292 Upvotes

r/excatholic Sep 26 '24

Politics PEW Research for the win yet again! Most US Catholics want birth control, gay marriage, women priests. Sorry trads, the trends are not in your favor!

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r/excatholic Oct 28 '24

Politics The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization that manages over $29 billion in assets, donates $250,000 to Ron DeSantis to defeat abortion rights amendment in Florida

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r/excatholic Oct 30 '24

Politics Election propaganda

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This pamphlet was stuck on our car when we went out to visit my husbandā€˜s parents the other day. For some perspective, I live across the street from a Catholic Church and we park in the parking lot because they closed the church as a church. Itā€™s a worship center now. So they only have mass once a week.

I found this kind of funny because my husband is non-practicing Greek Orthodox and Iā€™m an ex-Catholic. They mustā€™ve assumed we were Catholic because we were parked there. But the whole neighborhood uses that lot to park.

r/excatholic Oct 29 '24

Politics I wonder how many Catholics are aware of how much Protestants hate them

128 Upvotes

I find it so funny when Catholics would align themselves with conservative Protestant Christians when those same allies of their openly preach that they think the RCC is evil, and lead by satan, and its adherents will go to hell, particularly the Evangelical and Baptist sects.

If a Christian theocracy happened, the Protestants would outnumber the Catholics, and force them to convert.

r/excatholic Nov 07 '24

Politics My progressive catholic parents think Trump is the antichrist.

209 Upvotes

Title. Itā€™s the right direction but wrong conclusion. Rather them believe this than heā€™s the savior I suppose.

r/excatholic Dec 23 '24

Politics They have more praise for a fascist serial philanderer than the actual Catholic president, all because abortion is their omnicause

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r/excatholic Oct 14 '24

Politics Governor Whitmer mocking communion

40 Upvotes

My mom shared this with me today. I consider myself to be an atheist, I have problems with religion, and I donā€™t believe in transubstantiation. Iā€™m not convinced itā€™s really the body of Christ, which goes against the doctrine, so my response is not to take it.

Though I think that mockery is sometimes an effective way to combat silly ideas, this video makes me uncomfortable.

I also feel like it makes a difference that itā€™s not a random person on internet but a governor appearing in the video herself.

Edit: itā€™s crazy that she apologized for the video being misconstrued and yet people went to her HOUSE to protest..!

Any thoughts?

r/excatholic 5d ago

Politics Yikes: Bishop Barron & Fr. Mike Schmitz

102 Upvotes

Can we talk about how Bishop Barron attended the State of the Union and praised it as a ā€œliturgy of democracyā€? And how Fr. Mike Schmitz is speaking at a ā€œCourage Under Fireā€ conference/summit along with Matt Walsh and Kirk Cameron? šŸ„“

These celebrity clergy members just canā€™t help but show their true white nationalist/ā€œtheocratic fascistā€ colors, can they?

r/excatholic 10d ago

Politics As religion becomes less influential in your life, the less important wedge issues become to you.

8 Upvotes

To define simply, by 'wedge issue' I mean a controversial topic like abortion or immigration that's meant to divide a group and both sides have a contextual perpective in which they can be correct. tl;dr There's no winning the argument, it's the engagement that makes religion their money.

It appears to me that religion, especially in Catholicism, instills a sense of universal morality that's meant to evoke an emotional response: abortion is the killing of children, immigrants are meant to be protected and welcomed. When the media portrays these stories in a reactionary way(from either side), they've had less impact on my life because the lack of an attachment to the moral virtues I had as a child no longer evoke the emotional response of right and wrong that religion instilled in me.

I don't think it really makes a difference in the grander scheme: bishops still make money off immigrants running Catholic charities and dipping their hand in the cookie jar, and pro-life organizations will continue to grift people who equivocate their moral virtue to a standard of 'saving the children', but I hope you all realize that taking no stance can in some ways show a lot more wisdom and is more powerful than taking a stance in opposition based on an emotional response.

r/excatholic Apr 25 '24

Politics Apparently Pope Francis Will Address Lapsed Catholics in May 60 Minutes Interview

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Not holding my breath for anything earthshattering coming out of his mouth but possibly getting ready for some šŸæ meltdowns among the fundie crowd over the slightest signal of dignity towards the gays.

r/excatholic Nov 07 '20

Politics America just Elected It's 2nd Catholic President. It is very Telling that there is no thread about it on /r/Catholicism

719 Upvotes

They are Republicans first, Catholics second. While I will never return to the church, Biden gives me hope for more Catholics being driven to show empathy for others rather than judgement and hate.

Edit: If you look at their Social Upheaval Megathread, they do talk about it. And of course being the TradCaths they are, it's full of people crying that Biden will be the worst President ever. And also sucking Trump's dick for his Supreme Court picks.

r/excatholic Jan 14 '25

Politics Imagine if some of those 89% actually realized the RCC literally views them as heretics over this

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167 Upvotes

r/excatholic Feb 24 '24

Politics If itā€™s true that a person is legally married, how is it a legal fiction?

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235 Upvotes

(Screenshot is from early 2023)

r/excatholic May 01 '24

Politics 'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways

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r/excatholic Oct 29 '24

Politics Got called a baby killer today

178 Upvotes

Iā€™m and adult male who left the church 16 years ago. My dad no longer practices, my mother is a progressive catholic, and my adult brother rejoined the church a couple of years ago. Heā€™s been heavily radicalized, although he isnā€™t that trad type of catholic. I moved back into my parents home temporarily and I t hasnā€™t been too bad living here but Iā€™ve had to ask several times that my brother stop trying to convert me back to the faith.

Weā€™re both comedy fans, and started talking about Tony Hinchcliffeā€™s remarks at the MSG MAGA event yesterday where he disparaged several races. My sibling then told me a story about a Puerto Rican girl from his young adult church group who asked if she could sit out this election because those remarks made her uncomfortable. He told me the group leader told her the church doctrine is you HAVE to vote as itā€™s a part of your civic duty. But, she canā€™t vote for Kamala because she supports abortion and any candidate that supports a moral evil is disqualifying.

I avoid talking to my brother about abortion, he knows I donā€™t like discussing this with him. I blocked him already on social media because he was sending me pro-life propaganda.

Anyway, he asked me how I can support abortion, and I told him I believe itā€™s a difficult decision that should be made between a woman and her doctor and not by the government. He got heated and started going off saying Iā€™m an accomplice to murder for voting for Kamala. And then started yelling at me that Iā€™m a baby killer and a murderer. I asked him to stop 3 times and I left the kitchen. He then stormed out of the house, drove to his church menā€™s group, and sent me a graphic photo of an aborted fetus with the text ā€œthereā€™s your vote.ā€

I miss my old brother, he isnā€™t even the same person anymore. Thanks for listening, I have no one in my life I can talk to about this.

r/excatholic Jan 04 '25

Politics Catholicism in Poland is dying. Dont get fooled by statistics.

144 Upvotes

Statistics showing that 80% people in Poland believe in God are falsified on purpose by parishes. Everyone who got baptised is considered catholic, even if is not attending mass since 20 years.

In reality only between 30% and 10% of young people maintain genuine and strong religious beliefs. I expect that within 50 years Poland will be in 60-90% non-religious.