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An Overview On The Catholic Issues

By Della Monroe


Over 2,000 years ago, the Catholic Church was founded by some ardent believers and was hugely accepted by the pioneers. It had stringent rules that all members had to follow in order to be considered a faithful. With advancement in technology and the general acceptance of new trends, the church is continuously becoming irrelevant. Sexuality is one of the catholic issues that the church has abjured all appeals from the general public to embrace.

Many men have been ordained into priesthood to serve the lord and lead the flock towards righteousness. However, these numbers continue to decrease at a very high rate forcing some states to have to share. The church has been blamed for this changing statistic by insisting that men abstain from sex while in service. Failure to comply is usually considered a sin.

With all the major achievements experienced by the institution over the years, we would all expect it have way more members than it did when it was started. However, reports have emerged of membership decreasing by the day in the sub branches across the world a move that has been associated with the churches obsession with men and women role in society.

A number of these cases have been swept under the table to blind the public. Despite these massive cover ups, several charges are being filled in courts all over the world against them. The church does not allow for its priests to be arraigned in court to answer to indictments something that continues to anger the victims and their families. Even when they are caught in the act, the holy house will work tirelessly to protect their own. Some victims have admitted to being bribed to remain silent.

Several issues have split the once solid global church in the middle. The changing times have seen some of the believers embracing ideas that long ago were considered unholy and any member who engaged in them was considered condemned. Some of them are discussed in detail below.

The former pope never wavered when it came to the use of condoms during intercourse. He encouraged his followers to follow the bible which allowed them to procreate. However, this was criticized by many people who viewed this as the major contributor to the high populations in the catholic countries. These people with large families barely survived with the payments that could only cater for food when they could control this by using condoms.

Women have played huge roles in history and serve church just as much as the males do. Consequently, many fail to comprehend the reason for the churches stubbornness when it comes to making them priests or officials in the holy house. Is it that they cannot guide the faithful as well as the men are doing? Other churches have made some of their women leaders in their churches and this is the reason for the decrease in population of Catholics.

Gender equality has been fought for by many individuals who believe women too deserve to occupy the same positions as men. Therefore, the world fails to understand why the mouthpiece of the Lord is still taking its time in accepting ordaining women into priesthood when other churches are already accepting them.




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