The Crusades were a bad reflection on the Catholic Church because the Crusaders didn't show love, they weren't Christ-like. They went killing even the Eastern Orthodox Christians.
But it was really the pope of that time that did evil. There will always be bad people and good people in anything.
The president has never said anything bad about the Catholic church. As a Protestant, he does not agree with every element of Catholic theology, but the president has great respect for the Catholic church, and in fact, his vice president, Joe Biden, and a number of his advisers, are Catholics.
Yes, there have been several popes in the past who were an embarrassment to the Church.
Martin Luther felt that the Catholic Church needed reform because of the bad behavior of his fellow
They were all the same. Murder, rapes, explotiation, just like today's Catholic church. Repugnant, everything bad they did was and is in the name of religion.
Haha...no other church! You have the opportunity to see bread turn in to Christ every Sunday and you want to go to another church? No other church has what the Catholic church has. I don't think you realize how special the Holy Mass is. It is a mortal sin to miss mass on Sunday. (In a ROMAN CATHOLIC church.)
The Catholic Church thinks that living together before marriage is bad. Even if the couple isn't having sexual relations, it is still a near occasion of sin and could cause scandal.
The Church supports free enterprise and profits as long as the "profit motive" is not disordered. The Catechism of the Catholic Church in section 2424 teaches that the profit, in and of itself, is not a bad thing; however, when it becomes an object that enslaves a man and leads to the idolizing of money, then it is a problem.
The Church supports free enterprise and profits as long as the "profit motive" is not disordered. The Catechism of the Catholic Church in section 2424 teaches that the profit, in and of itself, is not a bad thing; however, when it becomes an object that enslaves a man and leads to the idolizing of money, then it is a problem.
The Church supports free enterprise and profits as long as the "profit motive" is not disordered. The Catechism of the Catholic Church in section 2424 teaches that the profit, in and of itself, is not a bad thing; however, when it becomes an object that enslaves a man and leads to the idolizing of money, then it is a problem.
In the Roman Catholic Church, Purgatory is a place of temporary punishment for those who have committed minor, or venial, sins. In the Church teaching, it is of course bad, because the intention is that you do suffer. Protestants do not accept the existence of Purgatory.
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