As a Catholic, I believe the answer is "yes." The Church has long had obligatory attendance for Sunday and Holy Day Masses. I've felt rather disconnected and sad this past year as my Bishop dispensed obligatory attendance on Sundays and my Priest closed them to the public due to the kung flu. Christ is a unifying force, and so we must come together for communal worship. We are also warned in 2 Peter 1:20 against personal interpretation of revelation. Through the Magisterium of the Church, and promises from Christ, we can be assured that the Church will never go completely awry. We sinful humans have tried to destroy the Church for centuries, internally and externally, but the Church has outlived all.

As for why I believe that the Catholic Church is the one founded by Christ, in Matthew 16:16-19, the Apostle Simon recognizes Jesus as the Messiah. Christ says to him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. 18 And so I say to you, you are Peter (Aramaic: Cephas, Greek: Petros, all translating to "rock"), and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Christ in verse 19 above is giving Peter and, by extension, his successors and the Church the authority to make authoritative decisions here on Earth with the permission from Heaven.

As a Catholic, I believe the answer is "yes." The Church has long had obligatory attendance for Sunday and Holy Day Masses. I've felt rather disconnected and sad this past year as my Bishop dispensed obligatory attendance on Sundays and my Priest closed them to the public due to the kung flu. Christ is a unifying force, and so we must come together for communal worship. We are also warned in 2 Peter 1:20 against personal interpretation of revelation. From the Magisterium of the Church, we can trust that the Holy Spirit has not allowed the translations to go awry.

As for why I believe that the Catholic Church is the one founded by Christ, in Matthew 16:16-19, the Apostle Simon recognizes Jesus as the Messiah. Christ says to him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. 18 And so I say to you, you are Peter (Aramaic: Cephas, Greek: Petros, all translating to "rock"), and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Christ in verse 19 above is giving Peter and, by extension, his successors and the Church the authority to make authoritative decisions here on Earth with the permission from Heaven.

As a Catholic, I believe the answer is "yes." The Church has long had obligatory attendance for Sunday and Holy Day Masses. I've felt rather disconnected and sad this past year as my Bishop dispensed obligatory attendance on Sundays and my Priest closed them to the public due to the kung flu. Christ is a unifying force, and so we must come together for communal worship. We are also warned in 2 Peter 1:20 against personal interpretation of revelation.

As for why I believe that the Catholic Church is the one founded by Christ, in Matthew 16:16-19, the Apostle Simon recognizes Jesus as the Messiah. Christ says to him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. 18 And so I say to you, you are Peter (Aramaic: Cephas, Greek: Petros, all translating to "rock"), and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Christ in verse 19 above is giving Peter and, by extension, his successors and the Church the authority to make authoritative decisions here on Earth with the permission from Heaven.

As a Catholic, I believe the answer is "yes." The Church has long had obligatory attendance for Sunday and Holy Day Masses. Christ is a unifying force, and so we must come together for communal worship. We are also warned in 2 Peter 1:20 against personal interpretation of revelation.

As for why I believe that the Catholic Church is the one founded by Christ, in Matthew 16:16-19, the Apostle Simon recognizes Jesus as the Messiah. Christ says to him, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. 18 And so I say to you, you are Peter (Aramaic: Cephas, Greek: Petros, all translating to "rock"), and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Christ in verse 19 above is giving Peter and, by extension, his successors and the Church the authority to make authoritative decisions here on Earth with the permission from Heaven.