It's Often Good Until It Becomes an "...ism".

There is nothing wrong with being social until it becomes Socialism.
Being liberal can be a virtue until it becomes Liberalism.
We are all human but Humanism tries to put man in God's place.
The Commune opposed God even before the advent of Communism.
Luther's protests against certain Catholic practices had merit until they became Protestantism.

Virtue lies in the middle of a continuum which has vice at both ends.
Take charity as an example.
An abundance of generosity might involve giving away all one's material possessions and being unable to provide for one's family.
Being unable to share could result in scrooge-like behavior.
Genuine charity lies in the middle.
I don't believe in Catholicism because it seems to be an extreme at one end or the other.

I am joyful being a Catholic.
I am happy to be a member of a Church that is universal in outreach and centered in Rome, but I do not subscribe to many things that today are dubed Catholicism.
Lack of belief in things supernatural such as the messages of Fatima or Lourdes.
Lack of recognition of the role of  Mary, the Mother of God, in the Economy of Salvation.
Lack of practice of the Communion of Saints.
Lack of emphasis on the four last things, death, judgement, heaven and hell.
Lack of belief in the need for sacramental confession.
Lack of respect for the consecrated host and Eucharistic Adoration.
Lack of respect for the sanctity of the church building as God's residence.
Equating the killing of an abortionist with abortion or suicide bombing.
Putting priests, bishops and even popes on a pedestal and not holding them accountable.

Blessed John Paul II was a great Pope but he made some serious mistakes, as all humans do.
Pope Benedict XVI is a good Pope but he too is human.
The Roman Church has made a large number of mistakes since Vatican II but given she is holy, she will repent of them and try to make restitution.
It seems to me that the suppression of the Latin Mass was a great mistake but it does seem that Pope Benedict is recognising the error and making restitution.
Will the extremists allow it? or will they go into schism?

When the Son of Man Returns Will He Find Faith on the Earth?

Why did Pope John Paul II, soon to be Blessed John Paul, not order the bishops of the world to join with him when he consecrated the world to the Blessed Virgin in 1984?

Why did John Paul II not proclaim the Fifth Marian Dogma, recognising the Blessed Virgin Mary as Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate of the people of God?

Could it be that he was trying to avoid a schism in the Roman Catholic Church?

Why would John Paul II think that such actions could bring about a schism?

Is it because of what John Paul II, as Pope, read on the single page written by Sister Lucia containing the words of the Mother of  God?

Did the Blessed Virgin suggest certain behaviors of the Church hierarchy would cause a schism?

Was John Paul II restricted in his actions out of concern that a schism not occur on his watch?

How else can one explain why the most Marian Pope in recent history chose not to take two actions that could have given greater recognition to the role of the Blessed Virgin in the economy of salvation.

One can argue that the Fifth Marian Dogma would have made ecumenical relations with Protestants more difficult. That argument was advanced for the Fourth Marian Dogma but history has disproved the thesis.

My opinion is that following Vatican Council II many Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church became quite Protestant. As such, their view of the Blessed Virgin's role in the affairs of the modern Church is greatly diminished. This despite the words at Fatima, "In the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph."

The Blessed Virgin went on to say, "The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to Me, and she will be converted..." What does converted mean? Convered to Christian Orthodoxy or to Roman Catholicism?

Before the Bolshevik revolution and murder of the Czar, Russia was arguably the holiest country in the world. With the conversion of Russia, Catholic orthodoxy might have the greatest of allies.

If there is to be a schism within the Roman Church perhaps Orthodoxy may be able to help the faithful decide which side to choose, given the Orthodox Church was not a participant in Vatican II, (two Russian observers notwithstanding).