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Yes, I do agree. I have not heard of "charging people" for instruction in the Church. We do have to pay for Catholic schools because they do have the same expenses that the regular school systems have. I have been a teacher in the church formation system. The RICA program helps adults learn about the Church before they make a commitment to join. Children still attend Catholic formation during their school years. Neither of these programs have monetary charges attached to them.
Originally posted by BillMe
The vatican is evil.
Look at the billions they spend feeding the poor, clothing the destitute. Clearly evil.
Look at the fact that they had the first AIDS hospices, again evil.
They go into the worst areas in the world and build schools and teach poor children. How awful of them.
Clearly the Church is evil.
or is it?
Originally posted by infinite
See third secret of Fatima. The Church repressed it for a reason. Virgin Mary warned the devil will enter "my Son's church"
Tabacco companies and the US army are saints,or are they? .
Originally posted by lee anoma
I don't get why people pray to her,
I dont think hes saying the devils is someone, more so its the mindset, its the mentality floating about within the vatican.
The devil doesn't bother going after people who are already his. He especially goes after the holiest people and those who are in positions to keep people away from him. OF COURSE he's going to be roaming around the Vatican. It's the center of authority for the religion of 1 billion people on this planet. I'm sure he's sniffing around in ALL the major houses of worship and in the religions that promote peace (Buddhist monasteries, etc). He can't destroy them without trying to enter them ... ya' know?
Originally posted by lee anoma
Why all the focus on the Virgin Mary/Stella Maris/Isis anyway?
I don't get why people pray to her, much less the former Popes.
- Lee
With the Pope/etc driven out of Vatican City, a resulting vacancy allows for the Bablylon whore to walk right through the physical gates and take it's seat to provide the world a new age form to the Church. A true Pope-messenger or a truly converted Pope would come from the purified underground Church.