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that the Catholic Church no longer tells children they're going to hell. My kids would be completely nonplussed by such an assertion because no one has ever told them that, not at home, at their Catholic schools or at church. Maybe it's different in the UK, I don't know, but the emphasis nowadays is very much on God's grace, not damnation.
Obviously I'm not suggesting you run back to Catholicism; I'm just saying that things have changed a lot. The Catholic Church today is vastly different from what it used to be. My feeling is that they're taking a softly, softly approach now because the Church has lost so many members over the years.
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