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Gonna drive a schism in America if they do that (well, another one—we already host at least one anti-pope that I know of—but others haven't been as big as I exp
by yamtaddle 4y ago
Gonna drive a schism in America if they do that (well, another one—we already host at least one anti-pope that I know of—but others haven't been as big as I expect this one to be). American conservative Catholic media have been propagandizing against liberalizing the church for decades, especially around sexual morality issues.
I gotta say, I kinda agree with them on the Latin mass thing. I'm not Catholic (or religious at all, in fact) but the magic and gravitas and historical continuity of the service sounding like something out of Indiana Jones or The Exorcist or what (one imagines) a tenth-century mass would have sounded like, would be one of the bigger draws for me, if I were looking to convert.
[EDIT] OTOH I know at least one formerly-atheist gay guy who decided to pick up religion years and years ago, and definitely, for-sure would have become Catholic (see above about the pomp and circumstance being a big draw)—if not for their stance on homosexuality. IIRC he went Episcopalian instead. Maybe there's a vast untapped reserve of converts there?