... He never said that parts of it might not be destroyed and that it would not undergo great tribulations leading to mass apostasy.
From Fr Z's Blog
Holy Mother Church is indefectible. The Lord promised that Hell would not ultimately prevail.
He didn’t, however, promise that it wouldn’t prevail quite a lot.
He made no promises about the mighty Church in N. Africa or Asia Minor… or these USA… or Rome.
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I am reminded of an answer I got from a bishop as we were relaxing after a conference where we were both speakers. I asked him about the state of the Church and, as a follow up, what we had to do to reverse the situation. His answers, in rapid response…
“TERRIBLE!”
“The first thing we have to do it stop blowing sunshine up everybody’s …..”
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