Conservitive Roman Catholics

CONSERVATIVE ROMAN CATHOLICS

Generally speaking, this refers to Roman Catholics who, while going along with most of the modernization of liturgy since Vatican II, still cling to some older forms of Roman Catholic practice, as Churching, Purgatory, or even Limbo.

Conservatism is more extreme among older Catholics who live within an ethnic group which is itself more conservative – Irish, Old French, old Italian, etc.

While conservatives are generally agreeable to ecumenism, they are inclined to feel that other religions should be absorbed by the Catholic Church, rather than encouraging mutual compromise.