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efhmc

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47. My bet is that they will never address this issue because they firmly believe we are less than men. Unless we are needed
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:14 AM
15 hrs ago

to reproduce a male son of GOD. A friend once called women the "blessed womb" when i asked him about this. This is what they are taught about us. We are needed but are less than they (men) are.

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Great, I love it. Now let's talk about women in the/your church. efhmc Yesterday #1
yeah, ok. can we focus for just a minute on what the Catholic Church is in the present getting right? MadameButterfly 20 hrs ago #33
My bet is that they will never address this issue because they firmly believe we are less than men. Unless we are needed efhmc 15 hrs ago #47
LEt's talk about how Southern Baptists azureblue 5 hrs ago #56
Let's stay on topic! Grins 18 hrs ago #40
Can we avoid getting diverted from the topic at hand? summer_in_TX 14 hrs ago #48
Let's talk about women in the oval office first. ck4829 6 hrs ago #55
This is crazy obamanut2012 Yesterday #2
It's such an unfamiliar feeling. I'm really impressed with them. Scrivener7 Yesterday #5
Pope Leo is a good guy MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #10
For a Bears fan! BidenRocks 2 hrs ago #59
We're catholic too - just not with a capital C TommyT139 21 hrs ago #25
The Pope is basing his tenet on azureblue 5 hrs ago #57
They'll still vote for Trump who is evil personified. Irish_Dem Yesterday #3
I know a lot of Catholics who vote D FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #7
All the Catholics I know are staunch dyed in the wool MAGAs. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #20
Joe Biden is Catholic Bristlecone 20 hrs ago #37
Unfortunately I do not run in the same circles as Joe Biden and his pals. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #39
So is Martin Sheen xmas74 17 hrs ago #45
You need to get out more. Grins 18 hrs ago #41
There were a lot of Catholics where I used to live. Irish_Dem 18 hrs ago #43
My family is full of Democratic Catholics Sympthsical 8 hrs ago #50
I feel you............... Lovie777 7 hrs ago #52
That is also my experience mountain grammy 6 hrs ago #53
I recall some surveys I saw years ago . . . AverageOldGuy 22 hrs ago #21
The church may have forbade it radical noodle 4 hrs ago #58
I hope by "they" you're not speaking of Catholics whathehell 21 hrs ago #29
Poll from 3 years ago Wiz Imp 1 hr ago #61
Wow. This would be wonderful. Irish_Dem 22 min ago #62
Not that I give a shit but Shady is malaise Yesterday #4
Maybe that's the Couch Botherer's long game? VTderry 22 hrs ago #9
Love it malaise 22 hrs ago #16
Lol. But then again, B.See 20 hrs ago #35
American Catholics are not a monolithic group, whathehell 21 hrs ago #30
PRECISELY B.See 20 hrs ago #36
Let's not put this on Catholics MadameButterfly 20 hrs ago #34
Good to see the U.S. Bishops start to wake up. themaguffin 23 hrs ago #6
Some claim this is a Christian Nation. multigraincracker 22 hrs ago #8
Sane Christians still believe in the separation of Church and State TommyT139 21 hrs ago #26
Most of the signers of the Constitution multigraincracker 18 hrs ago #42
Let's not..Up until relatively recently whathehell 20 hrs ago #31
This of course must be explained to the sociopath in Chief. Passages 22 hrs ago #11
Accomplices to crime. Six "Catholicks" of note usonian 22 hrs ago #12
Two "Catholicks" of Greater note.. whathehell 19 hrs ago #38
Are the prediction markets taking any line on a Trump War with the Vatican? rurallib 22 hrs ago #13
JD seems to have bought in to the Nativist/Klanner Warpy 22 hrs ago #14
Good. I wish they had been a defender of Pope Francis Raven123 22 hrs ago #15
It's not just Trump's attack on the Pope AverageOldGuy 22 hrs ago #17
ICE arrests in churches TommyT139 21 hrs ago #27
I might not be a believer anymore LostOne4Ever 22 hrs ago #18
Trump doesn't engage in the concept of "just war". patphil 22 hrs ago #19
Well, trump is bigger than Jesus. C Moon 22 hrs ago #22
No, that was the Beatles... nt Another Jackalope 20 hrs ago #32
Excommunicate Jethro!! paleotn 21 hrs ago #23
Thank you, Bishops. spanone 21 hrs ago #24
Direct link to statement TommyT139 21 hrs ago #28
Journalist Mike Barnicle had an interesting thought today during his time... 3catwoman3 17 hrs ago #44
There might be some truth to that. Haggard Celine 12 hrs ago #49
Excommunicate the apostate! nt Xipe Totec 15 hrs ago #46
I did not have "pick a fight with Catholics" on my bingo card Sympthsical 8 hrs ago #51
K&R ck4829 6 hrs ago #54
The Pope is a theologian - has been his whole life WyLoochka 1 hr ago #60
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