church--as well as an open door to those on imperfect journeys of faith.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Is it OK to be a cafeteria Catholic?
Evangelization requires real dialogue
in the
church--as well as an open door to those on imperfect journeys of faith.
church--as well as an open door to those on imperfect journeys of faith.
Today, the accusation of being a
"cafeteria Catholic" is flung around with the same zealousness as the
term "heretic" was at one time. Passionate traditionalists troll
online discussion boards and blogs seeking to attack women and men who do not
give their full assent to each and every teaching of the Catholic Church. These
gatekeepers of orthodoxy believe it is for the glory of God and the good of the
church that all questioners and doubters be denounced and told in no uncertain
terms that if they don't like it they can--and should--leave. I have no
desire to be part of the smaller, purer church envisioned by these doctrinal
police. The church must keep its doors open for all of us who are on an
imperfect, bumpy and often messy journey toward holiness. Read
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