The "Moral Relativism"
of the Roman Catholic Church

Should it's members be "coming home to" the R.C. Church, or leaving it ?"

For many years prior to the election of the current Pope Francis, Roman Catholics were leaving their church in droves. In about the year 2000, the church in the United States embarked on a massively expensive public relations campaign called "Catholicscomehome.org". One of the first items on that site was the following recording: 2000Fidelity.wav.

Here's a transcription of that recording, without the music:
        ". . . We are transformed by sacred scripture and sacred tradition and, which have consistently guided us for 2000 years. For over 2000 years we've had an unbroken line of shepherds guiding the Catholic Church with love and truth in a confused and hurting world. And in this world filled with chaos, hardship and pain, it's comforting to know that some things remain consistent, true and strong, our Catholic faith."
        The person who made that recording may have actually believed every word of it. But should history -which is what that recording is all about - be a matter of faith? Does any serious historian of George Washington take the fable of his unwillingness to lie about his cutting down the cherry tree as fact? No doubt, it makes Catholics feel great to believe this glowing narrative about their church's 2000 year history, but any honest person should want to know if the historical facts actually support that narrative or not. Using the talents I developed in the 24 years of excellent education I received in Catholic schools and seminaries, the many years I have studied the church's actual history have led me to the conclusion that the truth is very much the opposite of what that narrative claims.

The pope and bishops of the Roman Catholic church are fond of accusing others of "moral relativism", by which they mean that instead of being governed by an "absolute truth" that is the same everywhere and for all time, i.e. the morality that the Roman Catholic supposedly possesses and tries to persuade everybody else to embrace, people go by their own rules, which relate more to their own times and places than to universal immutable standards. But what credibility does an institution have when its preaches against moral relativism while practicing absolute immorality?

This webpage is like a map directing readers to any number of times and places throughout the ages and throughout the world where the popes and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church have repeatedly demonstrated that when it comes to "moral relativism", they are world-class champions. And if you were to ask Jesus what he thinks of this church,

Do YOU think any of the following proves
the moral superiority of the Roman Catholic Church?

1. The immoral Catholicism of Fascist Italy
2. The immoral Catholicism of Fascist Spain
3. The immoral Catholicism of Fascist Germany
4. The immoral Catholicism of Fascist Croatia
5. The Roman Catholic Church, "Mother of Dictators"
6. The contrast between Christ & "the Vicar of Christ"
7. Century upon century of R. C. church's arrogance
8. The Church's barbaric treatment of "heretics"
9. The Church's barbaric treatment of the Jews
10. The Church's barbaric treatment of "Savages"
11. The Church's barbaric treatment of "Slaves"
12. What has made "The Church" so barbaric?
13. One the R. C. church's least significant scandals,
    the sexual abuse of its children by its priests and bishops.

"Atheists can say that slavery is always morally wrong, based on the golden rule and logic and our evolved sense of ethics. Christians...what can they say? It is wrong now, but it wasn't wrong then.
        Christians are moral relativists; atheists have a better claim to "absolute morality" than they do." [on the blog http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2013/08/moral-relativism-in-the-catholic-church/ ]