Natural family planning

[Jehanne]

Well, I was (and, still am, technically, under Roman Catholic Canon Law) a Confirmed Catholic, in having received the Sacrament of Confirmation from an ordained Catholic priest in the Roman Rite, who is in full communion with the Archbishop of Dubuque, who is also in full communion with Pope Francis, the Vicar of God.  And, so, I have no idea how you or anyone else can claim that I do not "understand" that which I am posting, when I am just simply citing from Magisterial documents?

Have you ever been a penitent in Sacramental confession?  I underwent the Sacrament dozens of times, and so, I do understand what is going on.  I could return to Catholicism at any time simply by confessing to a Catholic priest and abjuring atheism.

Well, don’t feel special. I was baptized, confirmed, have been to more Mass more often than most people have had hot dinners, have confessed, attended Catholic school for eight horrifying years (and Sunday school just as often) and was (briefly) an altar boy.

I say you don’t understand because EVERYTHING you have posted on this topic says it is possible (not preferred, not optional, just possible) to be absolved of sins - in the most extreme of circumstances - without the formal sacrament of Confession.

This is what I’ve been saying all along, yet you post things that go hand-in-glove with what I’m saying as if I’m wrong.

Boru

As I have stated, I have simply been posting from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which was promulgated by Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Letter Fidei depositum. Having said that, I do not think that Catholic Answers, a conservative Catholic organization, is representing Catholicism accurately, but, being a former Catholic, I do not really care. And, so, my "argument" is not with you, it's with them, but, then again, who cares??