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A '''Cafeteria Catholic,''' '''Catholic in name only,''' or '''C&E Catholic (Christmas & Easter only Catholic)''' is someone who is a member of the [[Roman Catholic church]] and yet picks and chooses which of the Church's doctrines to believe. In particular, those terms are often used to refer to a self-identified Catholic who rejects the Vatican's instructions, Canon law and Papal Encyclicals directing Catholics to abhor [[abortion]] as murder.
A '''Cafeteria Catholic,''' '''Catholic in name only,''' or '''C&E Catholic (Christmas & Easter only Catholic)''' is someone who self-identifies as a member of the [[Roman Catholic church]] and yet picks and chooses which of the Church's doctrines to believe. In particular, those terms are often used to refer to a self-identified Catholic who rejects the Vatican's instructions, Canon law and Papal Encyclicals directing Catholics to abhor [[abortion]] as murder.
Catholic [[Democrats]] may be associated with Cafeteria Catholics because their party ideology believes in [[abortion]] as a right and also in gay [[marriage]]. This is in direct opposition to what Catholics are taught. By no means is the practice exclusive to Democrats. Catholic [[Republicans]] who believe in the necessity of capital punishment are also considered Cafeteria Catholics. The Church decries capital punishment as un-Biblical. However, the Church teaches that the guilty put to death in no way equals the innocent death of children in the womb, an intrinsic Evil.
Catholic [[Democrats]] may be associated with Cafeteria Catholics because their party ideology believes in [[abortion]] as a right and also in gay [[marriage]]. This is in direct opposition to what Catholics are taught. By no means is the practice exclusive to Democrats. Catholic [[Republicans]] who believe in the necessity of capital punishment are also considered Cafeteria Catholics. The Church decries capital punishment as un-Biblical. However, the Church teaches that the guilty put to death in no way equals the innocent death of children in the womb, an intrinsic Evil.