Quote Originally Posted by SWMAP View Post
The Catholic Church IS diversity. It's an immense presence in Africa and Latin America. India has large numbers of Catholics. And of course, Catholics in the Middle East are being murdered and driven out by Muslim extremists.
As far as an urban ministry : locally, the Cornerstone Schools [[ founded by Cardinal Maida), Focus Hope, Christo Rey, CYO sports programs, Mercy Health programs, St. John's Hospital, Marygrove College, UDMercy, Capuchin Soup Kitchen, St. Leo's soup kitchen, Dominican Literacy Center, refugee settlement programs- this is only a partial list of Catholic urban ministries, both institutional and personal.
My problems with our local Archdioscese is illustrated in part by 1 - the closing of Notre Dame High School in Harper Woods, 2 - the amount of my money that has directly or indirectly gone towards settlements due to pedophiles in the priesthood, 3 - the Most Blessed Sacrament - all that money to build a fortress. Close a Catholic School, while parishes like St. Joe's, Sacred Heart, Josephat, etc., etc., are slowly dying, but pump $13 million building a compound that maybe 1,000 people a week go to.

Being a Roman Catholic does not mean you have to support those who run the Roman Catholic Church.