{"id":7892,"date":"2004-02-20T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2004-02-20T13:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/i_may_be_befuddled.html"},"modified":"2004-02-20T13:22:38","modified_gmt":"2004-02-20T13:22:38","slug":"i_may_be_befuddled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/i_may_be_befuddled.html","title":{"rendered":"I may be befuddled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;today because of a slight head cold, but <a href=\"http:\/\/michaeldubruiel.blogspot.com\/\">Michael isn&#8217;t.  Go read.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe price Catholics have paid for taking Christ off of the cross, (not officially, I know but popularly this has been the case and often claimed by the \u201cexperts\u201d to be the case), is being displayed daily in the newspapers. Clergy no longer embracing the cross of Christ fell into horrible sins. Laity no longer focused on the demands of the cross have become indistinguishable from the world around them. Ask the Catholic laity about any issue and they are likely to reflect the exact same beliefs of those who claim no religious belief. Which has left many to wonder what exactly does it mean to be a \u201cCatholic\u201d or better what exactly does it mean to be a Catholic follower of Christ?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;today because of a slight head cold, but Michael isn&#8217;t. Go read. The price Catholics have paid for taking Christ off of the cross, (not officially, I know but popularly this has been the case and often claimed by the \u201cexperts\u201d to be the case), is being displayed daily in the newspapers. 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