Dear Sirs,

It is with a heavy heart that I must write this letter. Enclosed is a sample of just ONE DAY’s mail at my mother’s home. She continues to trust in her “saints”, her idols, her church, and her “good life,” to bring her to God. She is not a rebellious Roman Catholic in doing such, on the contrary, she is quite obedient to her 66 years in the church.

You may go ahead and picture me as the mean, bigoted, slobbering “neo-fundamentalist” that you have characterized me as in the past, but I want you to see the damage you have wrought on my witness and the witness of my siblings.

We have pled with and wept with my mother, begging her to see the truth of Christ’s finished work on her behalf as revealed in the scriptures. She has continually rejected our counsel and witness and clings to her “faith” to her church.

She is not comforted by the Pope, she is comforted by men like yourselves.

My mother sees men that she considers “leading Protestants” accepting her faith as legitimate (even admirable) and wants her children to do the same. I can never accept. I lived, promoted, defended, and taught that false gospel for years. If you don’t believe that the Catholic church is aggressively pursuing souls to bring them in submission to Rome, then you are either ignorant or naive.

I do not know your hearts. I do not know what you think the gospel is, but as far as my witness to my mother is concerned, you have apostated from the faith. NOT on “secondary” or on “non-essential” doctrines, but on the primary question: how is sinful man made righteous before a thrice holy God? There is but one answer to that question. An answer denied, resisted, persecuted, and rejected by Rome. This truth is so glaringly obvious that it is beyond me how anyone could see otherwise. If you accept Roman salvation, then you have denied the narrow way.

For my mother’s sake (and millions like her) I wish to God that you were cut-off. That is not the ranting of a “vociferous ex-Catholic, but the heartfelt prayer of a son who sees his mother trapped by the Law as she goes about trying to establish her own righteousness. As she goes she is encouraged and supported by the same church that has promoted this false gospel for centuries and by so-called Evangelical leaders who have left her to die in her idolatry with their approval.

I pray God may open my mother’s eyes before it is too late.

May God have mercy on your souls.

Michael Scotto

Greensboro, NC

(Michael Scotto sent us several things his mother had received from the Catholic church that glorified Mary and the saints-especially St. Anthony. Well...Mr. Robertson, Colson, Van Impe, et al., how would you answer Mr. Scotto? (We believe he deserves a response which we would be willing to print.)

“If they’re in Purgatory, they’re all looking to YOU to intercede for them for the alleviation of their sufferings. They need our prayers and indulgences...They can no longer help themselves...It just breaks our hearts to think how some Catholics neglect the suffering souls of their family and friends in Purgatory today....” (Apostolate for Family Consecration, Oct.7, 1996)

“...some ‘modern’ theologians tell people that Purgatory doesn’t even exist. They say everyone goes straight to Heaven! But Purgatory is real. Its existence is a firm dogma of our holy Faith. And the official catechism of the Catholic Chruch states in section 1031:‘The Church gives the name Purgaotry to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned. The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. The tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire.’ ” (ibid.)

“...Teach thousands to pray for them through all of our other TV programs on EWTN, which teach Catholics all the doctrines of our holy Faith, including the doctrine of Purgatory.” (ibid.)

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