Ye, this and he doesn't speak from the Holy See.

You must speak from the Holy See, and none of your dogma must proclaim previous (without cardinal and DoC review) anathema

This is to prevent contradiction from new dogma

So his "revised" catechism, which stated explicitly it was against the death penalty, did not apply since Benedict's and JPII's explicitly contradicted his

And the catechism of every Pope prior

for that matter

If traditionally minded catholics defect the RCC is done for, and so is plenty of european countries too for that matter

Any sort of christian or religious morality that once had a hold and a potential to make a comback would no longer exist

The largest christian denomination (as shown in germany for example) that has the strongest religious drift defense are Catholics in western europe, for the east its the EOC

Personally I think a lot of traditionally minded catholics have chained themselves to a corrupt institution and would be able to do more good if they weren't
I don't think people would stop being christian either

In Germany catholics aren't very conservative

I think that simply rejecting authority based on your own authority is both arbitrary and irresponsible.

The most conservative population is eastern Germans who are mostly atheist

you niggers sure like to ping me huh

This is why I reject sedes.

They're simply neo-anglicans.

They aren't convincing in the slightest.

diaspora germans (at least here in central europe) are mostly conservative in my experience

When I mean "religious drift defense" I'm talking about the propesity to turn away from faith to another or the rejection of faith altogether.

Right Cast pings the server over a nothing burger as per usual

He's the resident autist.

I don't really see this drift defense

Czechia used to be catholic

You can look at the lowering numbers in germany.

Germany is more Catholic than protestant now

And many eastern Euro countries who are on paper catholics aren't that religious in practice

There aren't really that mean Eastern Europe Catholic countries

Poland is one

Croatia perhaps?

Also just look at South America

Jesuits.

ew

Conservative christians are converting from catholicism to protestantism en masse

Many of the countries there will be majority prot at some point

Catholicism just has a lot of inertia

But I don't really see it as a bulwark

You also have a lot of issues with progressive syncretism in South America

It is, it's simply the situation where people reject something for another which is more arbitrary

Personalized and privatized

Which is bad ofc lol

So is their reason for staying catholic