Sadly, just because an individual or institution claims to be Catholic does not mean they are -- over decades, there has been so much rot and decay, watering down of teaching in many areas, that you must take responsibility to educate yourself of what the Church teaches, then compare that to what is being held or taught. If you start looking, there are many great sources for researching this (www.catholic.com, Fr. John Hardon's Catholic Catechism, Ludwig Ott's Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, etc).
But here is a simple "Catholic-o-meter" to assess whether a school or individual actually is still Catholic:
1. Do they still believe Jesus is God, and founded the Catholic Church?
2. Do they still believe Holy Scripture is inspired by the Holy Spirit and is therefore inerrant?
3. Do they still believe in sexual moral teachings (contraception, fornication, masturbation, homosexual acts are all sinful)?
Jesus warned of wolves in sheep's clothing, and that is exactly the situation of the churches (and not just Catholic) today! Decades ago, a heretic/heterodox/leftist priest was asked on TV, "If you disagree with the Church on these issues, why don't you just leave it?" His answer was "I can effect change more efficiently by staying a member than as an outsider" -- this is the mindset of many who hate Christ's church and have chosen to destroy her from within. Also, many have naively been led astray, as we are now into 2nd, 3rd, or more generations, since modernism and other false teaching began being implemented in many Catholic seminaries, orders, and schools.
The good still exists, but you have to seek it out, become educated to what is authentic, expose what is evil and support what is good.
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[–] 26686951? [S] ago (edited ago)
American Catholics, a very small percentage of the population of the 13 colonies, 1.6 percent, were overwhelmingly patriots and played a role in the American Revolution out of all proportion to the small fragment of the American people they represented. Among the Catholics who assumed leadership roles in the fight for our liberty were:
Sauce: https://catholicstand.com/catholics-in-the-american-revolution/
[–] 26686974? ago
Then the next generation they all became brainwashed traitors.
The end.
[–] 26687104? [S] ago (edited ago)
Wrong, the subsequent generations struggled against anti-Catholic bigotry of all forms (rivaling even anti-black sentiment in some areas)! Rather than playing the victim card though, Catholics got busy building an incredible system of schools and hospitals, throughout the entire country. Local Catholics banded together to build churches everywhere -- many per square mile, in the cities, as all different ethnic immigrant populations arrived, fleeing from outright persecution (e.g., in Ireland, England, Germany, etc.), and for many years, the Church has helped America become and remain healthy, moral, and strong. This is why people like Antonio Gramsci (an Italian communist) recognized her as an obstacle to seizing the West, and he encouraged communists to infiltrate Western institutions -- churches, universities, schools, etc., to gain control from inside and twist them to their own purposes. We reap the effects of that infiltration now, however there have been and continue to be faithful and patriotic Catholics fighting these evils on many fronts.
If you care at all about the health of America, faithful Catholics should be supported in this struggle, as should those fighting against secular humanism in the schools, media, entertainment, and all Western institutions.