By Chester Gillis
Who're American Catholics and what do they suspect and perform? what's particular in regards to the expression of Catholicism in the United States and the way have Catholics motivated and been motivated by way of American tradition and society? What kinds of Catholics make up the church this day? Chester Gillis bargains a cogent survey of U.S. Catholic heritage, emphasizing the post--Vatican II period, and is going directly to discover a number of the roles and missions of the church in schooling, future health care, charity, and extra. one of many issues working throughout the narrative is the power pressure among Rome and the yank church, that is formed through a completely glossy, dynamic, and secular tradition. additionally mentioned is the altering function of authority and the way Catholic notions of authority have replaced over the last 40 years and why.
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Major policy decisions are approved by this body making it the place where people take responsibility for and ownership of parish life. Some pastors enforce all the rules of the church; others enforce them selectively. For example, at a wedding or a funeral at which there are likely to be non-Catholics and inactive Catholics in attendance, some priests will distribute communion to whomever approaches the altar. Other priests will make it a point to exclude non-Catholics and sometimes nonpracticing Catholics from communion by informing congregations that only practicing Catholics in good standing are invited to receive communion.
Today, many members of the church are "selective Catholics," (sometimes derisively called "cafeteria Catholics"), "who don't feel guilty about missing Mass and are not particularly interested in what the pope and bishops have to say. "17 Of course, there are many Catholics, both earlier immigrants and later Hispanics, who listen to what the bishops have to say and take it seriously. But for "selective Catholics," this means that they want a priest to visit their seriously ill grandparents or parents.
On August 12, 1996, as he battled with what would prove to be terminal cancer, he called for a dialogue in the American church. During a news conference to announce the formation of the "Catholic Common Ground Project," he said: 40 WHO ARE A M E R I C A N C A T H O L I C S ? I have been troubled that an increasing polarization within the church and, at times, a mean-spiritedness have hindered the kind of dialogue that helps us address our mission and concerns. As a result, the unity of the church is threatened, the great gift of the Second Vatican Council is in danger of being seriously undermined, the faithful members of the church are weary, and our witness to government, society, and culture is compromised.