The thing that I respect about the Catholic Church is the fact they have a hierarchy, Pope, Cardinal, Priest and that is why they are no division in the Catholich Church.  

Where do we ignore the official teachings of the past?

The Catholic Church has NEVER proclaimed officially that Muslims will be condemned to hell simply because they are Muslims, nor anyone else for that matter. If you contend that we do, please show me where in the Catechism. That's what you need to prove we did. So show me.

I did not say the pope out right supported gay marriage. This is papal semantics. The apostate anticatholic JPii was a master of that tactic. The pope did not condemn the act as ungodly then he supported it. Yes his statement was in the context of 'active' gays. Also an interesting fact is the rosary came from the psalms. I believe it was Ireland the people heard the monks singing them. The monks simplified them for the people who wanted to sing them too. So the monks made chants for them.

I didn't know that. My gosh. They keep us pretty busy here. For the College kids, we do morning, evening, and night prayer [in addition to our daily meditations], and all theology students are to pray the entire divine office, and many times sing with Vespers with the monks.

The Pope didn't endorse Islam, One. Where did he say, "This is the one, true faith"? He didn't say that, nor did he ever say, "I reject Jesus' divinity." You can read his published manifesto which shows, overwhelmingly, that he did believe and preach Jesus Christ as God and man. So there you go. We have no statements where he endorsed Islam, and we have abundant evidence where he adored and worshipped Christ as God and man. I mean, that would be like me saying, "you're a sinless human being."

If the Church had decided that a Pagan ceremony had been conducted [like a Black Mass or something], then the participants would be exhorted to confess their sins, repent, and perform penance to get themselves back on track, for St. Paul says that bad sins will condemn us [1 Cor 6:9-10 / Eph 5:5 / Gal 5:19-21]

Hey, One. It's been awhile now. Yes, it's true the WCE claims that there are a number of Catholic denominations (and to my knowledge it was a lot higher, something like 600 as opposed to 143, but maybe I'm mistaken). There aren't a bunch of versions of Catholicism, because only one religion can subscribe to the Catechism, and if one "version" sways here or there, they aren't obeying their religion's official doctrine. I've never seen more than one to be honest with you.

Scripture answers this. "If we remain unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself." If you read the details of the Mass, it becomes very clear how God will permit such grace. You must understand that this Unrepentant Catholic is still a Priest (they are priests forever, after the line of Melchizedek), and priests offer atonement for the people (Lev 16). We do the Penitential Rite, the Epiclesis, and many other formats to ensure that the Priests sin won't be an obstacle.

John Paul II NEVER officially endorsed Islam, or any other religion for that matter. He taught that we're to respect others. St. Paul understood this. He stated in 1 Cor 9, "To those who are under the Law, I'm under the Law. To those who aren't under the Law, I'm not under the Law, etc.," He respected others and their opinions, while firmly maintaining the faithful obedience to Jesus and God. All the Saints we've ever proclaimed have committed sin. Should we dismiss St. Francis of Assisi?

Martin Luther denied a number of things [and accepted a lot of things which Protestants don't today]. For instance, he clearly imbibed "Sola Fide" "Predestination" "Sola Scriptura" and a few other doctrines which clearly broke with the Church. He kept a few things, though, with the Catholics: Mary's intercession, the "Hail Mary" [which Lutherans still pray today], the Eucharist, Baptism, etc., So he clearly diverged, but kept a few.

Hey, one. I was thinking about you in prayer today (wondering what you're doing, etc.,). Here in Seminary, we're learning to pray the liturgy of the hours. It mostly revolves around singing the psalms as the Jews used to do. It's very peaceful and content here. Mt. Angel Seminary. And, the Pope doesn't support gay marriage. It's in his manifesto. The context was gays who act in "goodwill" not those who continue to act out homosexuality. Besides, it's officially in the Catechism.

The context was not "active" homosexuals. The Pope responded, "to those who are gay and seek God sincerely in goodwill, who am I to judge"? He doesn't support active homosexual behavior. You can read this in his manifesto. He supports gays but not gay behavior (like we all should), and secondly, the CC makes allowances for all kinds of people to be saved who, through no fault of their own, don't know Christ or His Church, like children in Malawi who've never heard of Christ. It's not their fault