r/AskAPriest

I started OCIA at a local parish a few months ago, and I've spent a few hundred hours researching catholic theology since then. One thing I keep noticing is people saying something like, "The church held X doctrine (or tradition) for 90% of church history, until Vatican II changed it." Are these types of things as prevalent as social media makes it out to be and, if so, how should I reconcile that? This has been the hardest thing for me to deal with since I started this process.

I'm going to be honest, I'm not a very good catholic. I try to be one but I always go back to my old habits. Recently, however, I thought about becoming a priest, and it all felt so much easier to do. The idea of becoming a priest and guiding others to sainthood gave me the responsibility of being an exemplary catholic, and weirdly it all felt much easier to accomplish. I told my friends that maybe I should become a priest, and they all laughed at me. Maybe it's because they're mostly secular people, or most likely it's because I'm not as holy as one would expect a priest to be. Anyways, it left me a bit bummed out. How did your friends react when you told them you wanted to become a priest?

probs more of a question for Irish priests but how accurate is father ted