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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Plus, Catholicism isn’t a huge recruiter in historically Christian nations, so the effect would only be magnified

[–] RestrictedAccount 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also older American Catholics were raised under Vatican 2. It was much more about sacrifice and helping the poor than the church John Paul 2 created.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s really unfortunate, and Vatican 2 was probably a mistake.

[–] captainlezbian 4 points 10 months ago

It really wasn’t. It was absolutely a necessary change in many ways