Recently, I lost a blogging friend on livejournal, because she got upset with being told she was being a Cafeteria Catholic. She said herself she chose from different things within Christianity to believe and that was her kind of Catholicism/Christianity. Well, I am no lukewarm Catholic. I adhere to all the Catholic Church's teachings and what the Pope says as well. I also got her upset by saying you can't be a true Cathoic and had voted for (President) Obama. And you can't be a true Catholic and pro-choice, either. I don't know, maybe the truth hurts?
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafeteria_Christianity#Cafeteria_Catholicism
Cafeteria Catholicism
The term "cafeteria Catholic" (also à la carte Catholic or CINO = "Catholic In Name Only") is applied to those who dissent from Roman Catholic moral teaching on issues such as abortion, contraception, premarital sex, masturbation, and homosexuality.
The term is less frequently applied to those who dissent from other Catholic moral teaching on issues such as social justice, capital punishment, or just war. The term has been in use since the issuance of Humanae Vitae, an official document that propounded the Church's opposition to the use of artificial birth control and advocates natural family planning.
It is sometimes a synonymous phrase for "dissident Catholic", "Cultural Catholic", "Cultural Christian", or "Liberal Catholic", but has also been applied to traditionalist Catholics, such as the Society of St. Pius X.
The term has no status in official Catholic teachings. However, the practice of selective adherence to the teachings of the Church has been repeatedly condemned through the teaching of the Popes:
* In a homily delivered on April 18, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI clarified the relation of dissent to faith:
"Being an adult means having a faith which does not follow the waves of today's fashions or the latest novelties. A faith which is deeply rooted in friendship with Christ is adult and mature."
* In a similar vein, Pope John Paul II stated in his talk to the Bishops in Los Angeles in 1987:
"It is sometimes reported that a large number of Catholics today do not adhere to the teaching of the Catholic Church on a number of questions, notably sexual and conjugal morality, divorce and remarriage. Some are reported as not accepting the clear position on abortion. It has to be noted that there is a tendency on the part of some Catholics to be selective in their adherence to the Church's moral teaching. It is sometimes claimed that dissent from the Magisterium is totally compatible with being a "good Catholic," and poses no obstacle to the reception of the Sacraments. This is a grave error that challenges the teaching of the Bishops in the United States and elsewhere."
Alleged Cafeteria Catholics
* Ted Kennedy
* Sam Brownback
* Joe Biden
* William F. Buckley, Jr
* Rick Santorum
* John Kerry
* Rudy Giuliani
Self-described Cafeteria Catholics
* James Carville
* Maria Shriver
Friday, November 6, 2009
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4 comments:
I enjoyed you blog.
I don't believe a true Catholic could vote for Obama, either. This upset one of my friends a lot. She said you can't just vote on one issue. I said that if you don't have life itself, their are no other issues.
Deacon Pat - Thanks!
Mary333 - Thank you - I agree! And that's what happened to me as well.
God bless!
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