Catholics in my country are being replaced with evangelicals at an alarming rate, growing nearly 7 times in number in 60 years, they have a firm foothold on the media and large influence on politics, and for the first time ever in 2022 two states have been found to have a protestant majority. Before you dismiss this as a local issue, remember Brazil is the country with the most catholics in the entire world and latin america is widely known as the stronghold of catholicism. If the largest Catholic population of latin america is gone in a few decades, together with american influence, protestantism will also slowly spread to the rest of the continent and will leave Europe as the last region with a catholic majority, and we all know catholicism is facing a decline in it. The main branch of christianity is on a clock and its just a matter of time.

>>509575493 (OP)
That's what happens when the spine of a religion is broken by its leaders and basic tenets of the religion are overlooked due to popularity.

vatican 2
/thread

>>509575493 (OP)

you just need a pope that isn't gay

Isn't Catholicism one of the more resilient christian sects in Europe? Its still in decline but Protestant numbers there look worse.
Brazil will never work anyways until it balkanizes or reads the prince

Keep coping. Gate of hell shall not prevail.

>>509575493 (OP)

Catholicism is faggot trash

>>509575493 (OP)
protestantism is a vector for american influence. as soon as these churches spread, american cultural influence spreads, zionism spreads. i think it might be an intentional strategy by the united states; converting populations to 'american religions' like evangelicalism shifts the attentional centre of gravity of a population towards the united states, instead of somewhere such as italy or rome. so instead of looking towards rome, or mecca, or wherever, people start to look towards the united states and evangelical church headquarters in america for spiritual guidance.

Catholics care more about their pagan rituals and traditions than they do about Jesus. They also worship a false idol (pope).
t. Baptist

>>509577288
I worship the omnipotent God.

>>509575607
Nailed it
Though, switching to evangelicalism is like hopping from degeneracy to bigotry...but hey at least I respect their commitment to the scriptures

>>509577242
They are definitely looking at somewhere instead of rome or mecca, but I don't think its washington.

>>509577288
I was Catholic growing up. Born and raised into that cult. There's a lot of bullshit involved, but I was never instructed to worship the pope. The pope was there for moral guidance for the whole of Catholicism, not a god. The connection to those two concepts never materialized anywhere around me, and my whole family was Catholic.

>>509577242
That's long been America's gameplan. Look at central America, they've been trying to supplant Catholicism with their money-hungry Jew-worshipping pseudo religion for decades now.

>>509577089
satan took over the major christian religions long ago - around when emp constantine made it a state religion. simple and cursory examination of the "church" during that time would be satisfactory if you had the will to do so.

2 corinthians 11:14

>>509577333
The problem is that Catholicism no longer takes a truly leading role. Things like homosex are being accepted by a group of people who rejected it for 2,000 years. Suddenly it's ok because the news says it is? The followers do adhere to the guidance of the pope too much, and the recent popes are all liberals, promoted by a liberal conclave. I have a hard time respecting any ideology that sways with popularity.

>>509577549
>Satan in more powerful than God
Satan is God then. Might makes Right. Power is Absolute.

I am not a victim of the world.

>>509577427
I respect your level headedness but it’s hard to believe that most Catholics share that viewpoint. I know a few Catholics who act like their local priest is somehow a better person than them.

>>509577089
actually it will effectively do so prior to Yeshua's second coming.

Matthew 24:24 - most people are going to be lead astray. the elect is not a large number

>>509575493 (OP)
it my country catholicism is dying as well, just catholics are replaced with atheists, agnostics and just religiously indifferent people. Evangelicalism isn't a thing here, Jehovah witnesses exist tho.

>>509577332
Nope

>>509577830
So, what are talking about then?
>muh satan can subvert the church
>jesus is a liar
Where the fuck is your faith?

Bunch of low tier scrub thinking they can subvert a fucking God.

I'm a happy Orthodox

In the US, Evangelicals and Protestants as a whole are getting replaced by Catholics.

>>509575493 (OP)
While the Church decline is alarming its not surprising. Catholicism is now larger than anglicanism in England.
Also France had the most number of converts in the past 100 years. Whites instinctively revert back to the Church when shit gets really bad.

>Inb4 muh christcuck

Roman Catholicism IS NOT jew worship protestantism

catholicism died during 2nd reformation, allowing free masons (kikes) to infiltrate it's conclaves.

t former catlick

>>509577333
>commitment to the scriptures
Half of the shit they believe in isn't in the scriptures like rapture or ironically sola scriptura

>>509575493 (OP)
Its a shame that no one is willing to do anything about. Because as the number of retards will expand so will evangelicuckery. Issue is one day humanity will be faced with the Evangelical Question and it wont be pretty.

Catholics are the Jews of Christianity. Just look at new pope. What a kike.

>>509578108
I can beat all these stupid freemason you honor so much in a chess match. They are nothing but another know-nothing retards.

>>509578108
>T. memeflag indian or kike
>Muh masons

That shit dont work around here moishe. Theres a reason you cant even say Catholic. Just the mere word sends shivers down your shit coated back

>>509577801
Many catholics here are not really religious at all, they have less commitment to their supposed faith than their favorite football club.

>>509578208
Oh... it's you again (roles eyes).
I thought you'd have kys by now.
Please stop wasting time, there is a great chess match on the other side and everyone is waiting for your appearance.

>>509578359
There is only 1 Me in this entire world. I am the chosen ONE of God.

>>509578291
They just want to be able to wear a cross necklace and sign a cross on their body and point to the sky when they play soccer. That’s the extent of Latin and South American Catholicism.

>>509578202
If by meaning the new Israel you are correct the Church is that. But we are not jews. We just maintain distance so we dont get roped in with jew lover christ cucks.....or jews especially jews

>>509578410

>>509578291
Hmmm maybe because they aren't following the tenants or precepts of the Church. Technically if they have missed mass for more than 1 year they excommunicate themselves technically

>>509578470
>muh foemer cath
This motherfucker has no problem with lying. I can see you.

>>509578410
>>509578208
>>509577934

don't you third world christcucks need to go wash your donkeys or something

>>509578410
No ...thats just schizophrenia
T. Practicing Catholic

>>509578273
What ever you say, devil worshiper, I see through you.

>>509578577
My God is the Best. That's why I am the Best.

>>509575493 (OP)

They shouldn't have supported every fucking brutal dictatorship in the region for decades and molest every fucking kid around them.

My family was devoutly catholic until they found that what they had done during the dictatorship. Now, the ones that still go to church, go to an evangelical one.

>>509575493 (OP)
what is the functional difference between one group of spiritualists and the other when they are using the same collection of old scrolls
if one dies only to be replaced by the other without any overall reduction this is a nothingburger

>>509575493 (OP)
Hold on, catholics told me their numbers are growing. They wouldn't lie, would they?

>>509578202
Evangelicucks are the literal jews of Christianity. Evangelicuckery are a bunch of cults, borderline sects for some, that prey on low IQ retards. They're a business, literal jewry. They rose to popularity after the crackdown on sects in the 90's. Most of them are Christian fanfiction, they're sects hiding behind Christianity.

>>509577089
"Keep coping" says the guy coping.

>>509578586
See through muh nutsack you wierdo. Or read a book you nigger. Also bearing false witness against the Church is mortal sin so have fun explaining all your anti Catholic posts to Jesus. Matt 16:18-19

>>509578782
Cope about what?

>>509578291
Still I guess Latinx people need some kind of religion, especially those from the poorer part of the society, it's very hard to be irreligious and have no trust in whatever god if you live a miserable, insecure life. Even if they don't go to church because catholic service is too boring for them, I believe their internal spiritual life is still quite rich.

Meanwhile people here just keep westernizing along with improvement of their economic situation which also leads to secularization and despiritualization, they just don't believe in anything.

>>509577288
LARP vs LARP

>>509578538

>>509578671
>Peron gave me an excuse to leave the Church
Ftfy

>>509578924
I have no problem with living. Stop projecting.

>>509578808
Don't be coy.

>>509579030
Don't be stupid.

>>509578793
I really don't think "jesus",GAF.
And neither do I.
My new favorite invisible skydaddy is Neptune. Cuz thats how us PAGANS roll.

>>509579064
Don't be cruel
To a heart that's true

>>509577679
He IS retard
Thats why he is a priest. How dare you think you know scripture ,the canonic literature,the pravila etc better than an ordained priest who went to college? You should be shot with a .50 in the head right between your eyes you gargantuan megalomaniacal narcissistic grandiose narcissistic sociopath

>>509578747
This is correct
>>509578690
No, they wouldn't the Church really is growing. The "tradcath" meme is largely cringe but people wanting actual faith and direction have decided to come home. And thats a good thing, theyre instinctively rejecting the modern world. Yeah theres some NPCs, theyre largely cradle Catholics but converts tend to have the most zeal for the Church. Look up Scott Hahn.

>>509579029
>I have no problem with living.

I doubt that

>>509578840
While I do get that, it doesn't make the sight of avid christian cartel members any less ridiculous or hypocritical. Maybe that's better than pure atheism at least.

>>509579095
Ok so you are definitely indian. Got it.

>>509579306
I'm not the one who lack Love.

>>509578671
>Flag
>The 3rd most degenerate country on the whole continent.
Ngmi

religion is for the low IQ (((class))).

>>509579251
You.
I like you.

>>509579356
Love is a language of liars
You liar

>>509579264
>Trust me bro
Oh, ok.

>>509579450
I got plenty of love from my God.

Most evangelist movements are functionally Christian fanfiction: they retrofit selective scripture, inject invented visions, fabricate "prophecies," and elevate charismatic leaders as infallible intermediaries. Core doctrines often mutate to suit emotional manipulation, revenue streams, and audience capture.

Structurally, these groups resemble high-control sects or commercial cults. They weaponize guilt, promise miraculous rewards, and enforce in-group loyalty. Revenue mechanisms mirror multilevel marketing: "seed" donations, book sales, event tickets, branded merchandise.

Legal use of Christianity shields them via religious freedom protections, tax exemptions, and reduced regulatory scrutiny.

Sound like jewry to me.

>>509579441
Even if you think that, religion is what shapes the behavior of the masses so you should still care about it. Its for the benefit of society itself that you support the better one even if you are an atheist.

>>509579475
Even the anglicans cant deny it
https://anglican.ink/2025/04/17/why-the-roman-catholic-church-is-rising-in-england-and-what-it-reveals-about-faith-in-an-age-of-uncertainty/

Its their spin but they let queers and women become priests. Vatican aint havin that shit.

>>509579534
>My imaginary friend loves me.

>>509579534
Spoiler, your "god" has none for you.
Because if it had, it would have taken you young.

>>509579694
That's what happened. God has always been with me since I was young.

>>509575607
Correct.
Catholicism is in decline because it's become cucked.
>>509577288
Rituals and traditions are underrated.
Catholics might have been a little too conservative with nitpicky rules and rituals but the reality is that shared rituals unite people.

>>509579687
www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-god-be-proved-mathematically/

Even the redditors writhe their hands and say "uhhhh ackshuallly its not THE God bbb-but its something". God exists bro. But that dude you replied to is a schizo, fed, israeli or all three. Notice theres always 2 memeflags in EVERY catholic thread posting the same shit?

>>509579962
I am the ultimate boogeyman. God must have sent me here to kill all the boogeyman. There is no boogeyman stronger than Me in this entire world.

>>509579793
And how pray tell has Roman Catholicism become "cucked"
>Inb4 muh vatican 2
Please explain precisely in V2 is cucked?

>Fed
Stupid
>Mosssad
Get fucked
>CIA
Die like a puss
>Free Mason
A chess club that can't beat me in chess.

Lmao.

>>509579774
I mean, taken you away from here, from this gay and horrible place, where you can forever play chess with it.

What kind of "god", leaves it's beloved in this limbo, not that type that loves you.

>>509579445
You arent even real protestants.

7 day adventists
Pentecostals
Jehova witnesses
Pentecostals

Are all new derivative sects from the end of the 18th beginning 19th all the way to 1880s. Thats when it all started. Its almost as "old" as baha'ii or revived satanism or zionism,in fact it IS as old as zionism as an idea.

Your religions desecrate the holy sacraments. In catholicism the sacrament of the wedding is given by the Bride and the groom to one another respectively. You ignore even this heretic idea that the 2 should bless one another (with whose grace?). You deny many if not all the other sacraments. The baptism-ive seen pentecostals aged 12 who were not baptized. Maybe thats why you are so evil and think about violent porn. I never ever saw orthodox romanians think about violent porn. The holy unction youve never heard of that its a sacrament,the ordaining of the priests etc etc.

How many sacraments do you even have? 2-3? Right? To conserve your authority. And who is ruling over your "priests", a bunch of women "presidents",and married couples even though its forbidden for a bishop to be married.

The list of heresies is extremely long but the worst ones are the denial of the holy trinity,the person of the father,the virgin mary's role as mother of god,the saints. You think YOU are the saints. What a display if that wasnt pride I dont know what is. You think some 14-15 year old girl who has engaged in oral sex is somehow equal in holiness with martyrs and people who spent their entire lives praying? Thats scandalous.

You dont fast at all,we have fasts,4 per year,2 of which are very important.

And dont even get me started on how you play your musical instruments. We know them very well in romania. We dont like playing instruments. Thats not how you praise god. God doesnt need your music.
Indolence.

>>509580064
If by boogeyman you mean the most colossal cringey faggot on the internet then ok I kneel I guess

>>509580170
You are stuck in here with Me, I am not stuck in here with (You).

>>509579962
This is just trying to define god into existance.

>>509580209
I'm Catholic, I get Romanian education isnt the best but at least learn how to read previous posts to get syntax of the entirety of the conversation

>>509577089
presumably you're a sedevecoper cos if you're just regular catholic you know they have already prevailed.

>>509580405
All you have is lie and slander.

>>509580367
Theres that redditt fag talk again. You should go back.

>>509577288
The praying to saints is my major hold up. Demi god worship is odd, is it a relic from roman times?

>>509575493 (OP)
The new pope is a White Sox fan. I understand their disgust.

>>509580447
oh wait so u actually think pro-LGBTP, pro-Islam, anti-converting people to catholicism francis was a real pope meaning the representative of christ on this earth fucking lol

>>509580591
>resorts to insukts
I accept your surrender.

>>509580757
Again. Lie and slander. You just want to attack the Church.

>>509580635
No we only worship God. But you must understand the difference between worship and veneration. Its like if I pray for you right? Well, since saints are in heaven and closer to God asking them to pray for us should help the prayer. Its also biblically based, like how the Virgin Mary is the queen of heaven. Its because in ancient israel the mother of the King was the Queen. Not the King's wife(s).

>>509580800
I accept your surrender.

>>509580781
No you just proved my point you reditt faglord

>>509580874
>It's not worship if we don't call it worship.

>>509577242
DING DING DING

>>509580936
All you have are insults.

>>509580897
The pope has enough power to kill anyone in this one. Yet. There is nothing about that.

All you have is dick and vagina.

>>509579251
You’re missing my point nigger. Just because he knows more about scripture and went to college to be a priest doesn’t make him a better person and if you truly feel that way I feel sorry for you.

There is no such thing as an assassin clan because the Church has already purged them all.

>>509579604
the biggest evangelical church here has credit card machines to collect the tithe and their head pastor arrives on a bloody personal helicopter to preach. These people give out holy water and some churchers of their branch even have literal pagan rituals. I once caught a relative pouring salt on their front door to ward off evil, all by their teachings

>>509581003
Kek

>>509577497
That’s why support for trump is down among white suburbs in Texas. I noticed Texan spics are missing.

>>509580392
>Im catholic

Youre also a heretic and equal to jews mormons etc especially since john paul II has been anathematized...and francisc too. Maybe you believe in ecumenism and other BS like that but we do not. Theres 1 church,1 faith etc. and its orthodoxy. Orthodoxy is in the name its THE name it means the right faith,it means that we are the ones keeping the commandments of the old testament,the sacraments,the fasts,the saints and the calendar and we arent plagued by liberalism,homosexuality,the desire to befriend other religions and their leaders etc.

You dont worship the Father above all else
You dont serve the believers with the blood of christ during the eucharist,only giving them your pita,similar to a jewish bread as if youre of their kin
You have all sorts of bizarre mystics and "saints" and women saints who spoke and said and prophesized even though ALL women should remain quiet in the context of god and the church. ALL. Those women prophets are equal to baba vanga,ie. Bullshit

And then theres the other theological differences that only a priest can explain. You know,how theres 20+ volumes of 400-500 pages each of theology that we do not share.

>>509581528
Have you heard about this cartoon prophecy?

>>509575622
Brownzilians are massive neocon vatican 2 lovers, lol
FAFO

>>509581528
>Dad loves me more!
>Nuh uh, he loves me more!

>>509575622
Vatican 2: Ecumenical Boogaloo.

>>509575493 (OP)
The “others” are the ones you should be paying attention to.

>>509581280
Being a priest is a calling and so is being a doctor or a teacher but being a priest/medic is the supreme calling in a man. And it is assumed that ALL medicine students and all theology students have that call. They dont smoke,they dont engage in sin,they dont gamble,they fast,they pray,they help the poor.

You think being a priest is a business in Romania? Yeah its true that some priests make money,its true that others arent very serious and only wish to listen to perverted sexual confessions from women (probably among the most frequent confessions),many are wolves in sheep's clothing BUT those are the exceptions.

In reality,to be a priest you are usually selected by the time youre 14. You go to a special high school with people like you,boys and girls only. At the state's expense. Its called "seminary" and it takes 5 years from 14 to 19. 5 years of studying the bible,the old testament,the new testament,the patristic literature,the councils and their decrees. After those 5 years there come 4 more years of university in which you study actual theology,then you become a priest. In the meantime you are required to do tons and tons of work for your community,for hospitals,churches etc.

So yes,I think the average priest is a better person than the average man because he should be a model for the community. This is how it should be.

>>509581654
Yeah lol so many Indians and stupid Buddhist Hindu god worshipping Chinese belief in that shit lmao clearly as you can see nothing has happened (with Japan being ahead almost 12hrs from UK)

>>509582067
The month is still long.

>>509581848
>priest, doctor, teacher
one of these things is not like the others~
one of these things just doesn't belong~
can you tell me which thing is not like the others, before i finish my song~

that's right! the priest because the others do useful work

>>509582262
Burying the dead is the duty of the priest.

>>509582262
The priest is supposed to tend to the spiritual wellbeing of his flock. This usually does not happen and is extremely haphazardly applied with many sins being outright ignored despite their graveness being equivalent, but a good priest will at least attempt to live up to this requirement.

>>509582262
Priests perform miracles and theres books about romanian priests performing miracles even in the XXth century. Its the facts. Funnily enough those arent paid almost at all because they are hermits,hesychasts. But to respond to your accusation,not only do priests perform liturgy,but they also take care of the church and surrounding areas. They can make wine,cheese,though in orthodoxy thats forbidden simply because these people actually do pray day and night. Have you been to a monastery? You think these people have pizza,even one day a year? And the average priest is a humble man too,people go there to confess intimate things. Who should they tell that they feel guilty they masturbated to blacked porn, a psychologist? For him to tell them that thats a normal behaviour and nothing to be ashamed of when it certainly is? Masturbation to anything is a sin and its worse the older wiser etc. you get. You wouldnt understand because you have a fundamentally different understanding of the physiology functions and purpose of the human body

>>509575493 (OP)
Pray harder
>lmao

>>509577288
>t. Neo Jew

>>509579251
Christ never forbids marriage. It is pure heresy

>>509575493 (OP)
It is just racially coded, and the Brazilian middle class consciously or not are siding with Protestantism as it signals white identity and racial hierarchy while Catholicism has embraced thirdworldism and socialist ideas.

>>509575493 (OP)
It’s been holding steady at 20% in Australia for 150 years. Protestantism has gone from 80% to 20%

>>509578113
based and no-fucking-shit pilled

>>509585762
>all your belief is contain within a single book
To me. This is Idolatry.

>>509583021
>spiritual
fake
>>509583027
yeah probably, there is no 'purpose' for the human body, purpose is a property of tools
cunt's who cry at rothko's need 'meaning' to live, normal healthy people don't need a why to get up and enjoy life

>>509586094
You are not healthy individual tho. You are a fat fuck and a retard at that. Gluttony is a sin.

If you want to know their plan for the whole world, just pay attention to Palestine.

https://youtu.be/jQbVqf0lCls

>>509575493 (OP)
The current and previous popes were aggressive globalists. Catholicism was not their priority.

Also, you can't consider this in a vacuum - what's happening to other Christian faiths?

>>509586230
oh you