Part of the problem with that "If you don't bomb clinics, you're not Catholic" view (that was sarcasm, FYI) is that the overwhelming majority of the Roman church, at least in America, do NOT agree with the major teachings. I have friends who claim to be devout Catholics and believe in reincarnation. For a lot of them, "purgatory" "true presence" and such are just buzzwords they may have heard somewhere. Not to mention the abhorrent worship practices common to the RCC, which for all we know "Mr. Him" practices. He could whine about Kerry and then go off to his local Charismatic Mass and fall on the floor screaming in tongues for all we know. I'm not saying it's at all permissible to be in any form of heresy or heteropraxis. Especially not in areas of morals. However, that ultimately is not a matter of "Catholic or not". It is a matter of disobedience, but no matter how much some Republicans scream for Kerry to be tied to a stake and burnt (more sarcasm) their cries are hypocritical, as Kerry's Catholicism may not be far from their own.
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