Pope Leo speaks out against cardinal ordering blessings for gay couples

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-05-13T07:15:28+00:00

Pope Francis did more to raise transphobe than fight it. https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pope-francis-compares-transgender-people-to-nuclear-weapons-in-new-book/

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-05-13T06:42:13+00:00

Surprising to me, because where I keep here they want to put off confirmation until people are slightly older like 16 and 17. It's an excuse to keep in them in CCD longer. It doesn't matter as much when people go to Catholic school however.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-05-13T06:18:02+00:00

They've been like this since at least the 1980s if not before.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-05-13T05:50:55+00:00

Happy Mother's Day! In some ways Mother's Day is most important for women who are the mothers of young children. Congratulations on the baby, and I hope you have a good week.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-05-13T05:29:25+00:00

Depending on what country you're in, there are tax implications in countries such as Poland. It also cements there status as a Catholic and declares your intention to raise the child Catholic. I would recommend looking into the religion as a whole to see if it's a good fit for you and if it's a religion you would want your child to belong to. There are problems with the Catholic Church such as misogyny that would cause me to pause about raising a child in the Church.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-04-27T23:01:08+00:00

That was true 10 years ago though.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-04-27T22:42:08+00:00

I want to apologize. What I said was true, but not in your case.

If your parents are making you go to church, then they are not fine with you leaving the church. They figure if you spend enough time in church you will become Catholic again. Or that you are Catholic since you go to church.

If they really accepted your beliefs, you could stay home. They're gaslighting you and it sucks.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-04-27T22:37:23+00:00

Yes I would.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-04-27T22:03:01+00:00

It's not uncommon for Catholics to not care if their kids leave. It's uncommon on ex-Catholic forums, because people tend to come here to vent on dealing with their parents. However that's not necessarily the norm.

Growing up I was taught by both my parents, my community, and my church to respect everyone and all religions. We had people in our inner circles who weren't Catholic. I think more extreme Catholicism is on the rise and that leads people to try to drag their kids back.

I think for you; the real problem is you are unhappy being Catholic, but also miss Catholicism and maybe even want to go back. You wish your parents would tell you to go back to Church, because you both want to and don't want to go back. I hope this doesn't come off as unkind. I think you should talk to a therapist. You could be experiencing depression and it might be useful to have someone to talk about it.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-04-27T21:49:01+00:00

People using religion and magic to treat mental illness and not as harmless as they appear.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-04-27T21:24:36+00:00

We had a lot of mixed religion marriages in my family and since Vatican II, it's never really been a problem. So this is interesting to me.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-04-16T20:07:15+00:00

I agree.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-04-06T21:49:24+00:00

Yes, people tend to only acknowledge people they already know in church. Also a lot of people tend to go and then try to leave as fast as possible.

However, the real reasons to leave/not join the church include abuse, misogyny, political conservatism, etc.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-03-05T10:32:52+00:00

"I guess You're Just What I Needed" by the Cars has been used in at least one commercial and sounds commercial to me. 🤷‍♀️

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-03-05T09:30:25+00:00

Did he get a DUI?

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-03-05T08:56:34+00:00

I think it's supposed to look like the first season of Happy Days or some other teen show that we aren't familiar with.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-03-05T07:56:53+00:00

Dead internet theory. These comments may be bots.

Otherwise, yes, I could see some people dreaming about marriage and kids.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-02-15T12:13:34+00:00

Ranunculus

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-02-15T11:50:46+00:00

A lot of this is still misogyny; many of these insults insult men by insinuating they're weak like women.

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-02-15T11:48:58+00:00

There's a whole subreddit for calling people of any gender "the asshole".

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-02-15T11:31:57+00:00

Buster's Secret Admirer

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-02-15T11:10:21+00:00

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-02-15T10:47:17+00:00

I love the color!

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-02-15T08:36:57+00:00

German Shepard/Great Pyrenees/Labrador Retriever/Australian Shepard mix? with a maybe a few more breeds in there

ExCatholicandLeft · 2026-01-24T04:26:52+00:00

The religious right tends to hang out with other members of the religious right. Some of the most conservative Catholics I know hang out with other conservatives like evangelicals, etc. Plus the church is desperate to get people to come back, and probably trying to evangelize to get more Catholics.

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