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Independent Catholicism is an independent sacramental movement of clergy and laity who self-identify as Catholic (most often as Old Catholic or as Independent Catholic) and form "micro-churches claiming apostolic succession and valid sacraments ", [1] in spite of not being affiliated to the historic Catholic church, the Roman Catholic church. [2]
Jul 18, 2016 · Author Julie Byrne recently published a book which delves into the culture and lives of Catholics who are not formally connected to the pope in Rome. There are some 1 million Catholics in the United States who observe Catholicism in a way that is not formally connected to the pope in Rome. They practice in around 200 denominations, such as ...
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Sep 19, 2023 · Former Catholics are everywhere. This diaspora, in differing degrees detached from institutional Roman Catholicism, often takes shape in communities that still claim the name Catholic. Part 1 of a ...
Nov 19, 2015 · Roman Catholicism, as it has come down to us, has been significantly shaped by the social institutions of medieval and early modern Europe, and this very fact suggests that the church might have ...
May 1, 2024 · Across the U.S., the Catholic Church is undergoing an immense shift. Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide sparked in the 1960s by Vatican II are increasingly giving way to religious conservatives who believe the church has been twisted by change, with the promise of eternal salvation replaced by guitar Masses, parish food pantries and casual indifference to church doctrine.
Sep 30, 2021 · By analysing the RN’s references to Catholicism and laïcité in the context of this new divide, this article contributes to ongoing debates in the populism and in the religion and politics literatures about right-wing populists’ new ‘civilisational’ rhetoric of othering and its relationship with Christian communities in the West ...
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Oct 8, 2014 · October 8, 2014 By John Caiazza. The relationship between the modern conservative movement and the Catholic Church in America is just now beginning to be understood. Despite evidence of a close relationship between Catholicism and conservatism, the Church is most often considered a liberal institution, while the Catholic Church in its official ...
