Are you a non-Catholic, a full Catholic, or a "cafeteria Catholic"?

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15. Me, too. Been going to mass with her for 35 years in a liberal, non-territorial parish.

It's the only kind of parish that we (and many others) can tolerate with its increased participation by women, a mandate of social justice for a percentage of our contributions and a wink and nod from the archdiocese which must understand that they would lose everyone in the parish if it cracked down.

My wife was born Catholic and it is very important to her. It has not been hard for me because the people here are so liberal and so critical of the church hierarchy. For their own personal reasons they all chosen to maintain their connection to the church despite their dissatisfaction as long as they are able to maintain their community as it is. With the shortage of priests growing there seems to be a consensus that if the parish has to close in the future, they will not attend other parishes.

on edit: I voted as a 'cafeteria Catholic' on behalf of all those people I go to church with even though I'm not a Catholic myself.