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Ahwatukee Foothills News
Posted: Thursday, November 8, 2012
By Jim Taunt Special to AFN
For 85 years I have been a practicing Catholic. My career education is as an electrical engineer. Most of my time was spent in the computer industry. My job was to find and fix problems.
I believe I have talked with more people about religion than 90 percent of the people. I have heard lots of kickback. In my old age, I go to Mass six times a week. I plan to die Roman Catholic, complaining every step of the way.
State of the Catholic Church in the U.S.
The Catholic Church (C.C.) has the best story of all the churches. It is by far the oldest organized group in the world. Empires last 400 years or so and die. The C.C. is 2,000 years old. There are older religions than this, but they are not organized. Examples are Hindu, Buddhism and Confucianism. The Jewish Church stopped being an organization in 70 A.D. The Romans destroyed the priesthood and the Sanhedrin that tried Jesus.
The Church is solid with those who attend Mass. Twenty-five percent go to Mass every Sunday. One-half percent go to Mass more than once a week. Father Greeleg, a socialist, found that Catholic laymen contributions have dropped from 2 percent to less than 1 percent of their income (most Protestants still contribute 2 percent. A 10 percent contribution is rare). As any old politician will tell you, “Ignore the headlines — follow the money.” The laymen are protesting their church management.
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