The Four Types of Roman Catholics

"Trads" A group of Roman Catholics who are just like President Barack Obama. They bow to foreign leaders (not meaning any respect). Trads excessively bow and genuflect. They are a group who generally despise saying prayers in English, firmly stick to talking about "Thee" and "The Holy Ghost."

Trads are divisive; they do not consider someone wholly a Catholic unless the person behaves like them. If the person is a woman, they are expected to behave like a puppet: wear floor length dresses, wear dour faces, and pretend to be holy, while gossiping about anyone who doesn't behave like a Trad. Many times, a Trad will be heard wondering aloud whether or not someone is committing a mortal sin by shaking hands during Mass, attending a non-Latin Mass, receiving Communion on the hand, etc... The list goes on and on.

Of all people who attend the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite, about 3% of them are "Trads". The reason the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite has a bad sound is because of these 3%.

"Traditional Catholics" are just like Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke. They accept both the Extraordinary Form and the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite, they are generally upbeat individuals, and they believe in Catholic values.

I (Gregory Thaumaturgas), consider myself a Traditional Catholic.

Traditional Catholics attend both the Extraordinary Form and the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite. Many times, the prefer the Extraordinary Form, but they still attend both forms of the Latin Rite. Many members of the Opus Dei are "Traditional Catholics." Basically, anyone who is a real, fervent, joyful Catholic is a Traditional Catholic. We are Catholics who are truly proud to be Catholics.

"Catholics" are a wide and varied group of people. They make up most of the people you consider to be Catholics. They generally support Catholic issues such as abortion and marriage.

These everyday Catholics go to Mass each Sunday, they don't use profane language, they are generally happy people. They tend to have smaller families than either Trads or Traditional Catholics, but they teach their children Catholic values.

These Catholics are the people you see every day. They are Catholics, their parents were Catholics and their parents parents were Catholics. They don't see any reason to be extremely excited about their faith because, well, they are just Catholics. They're Catholics, what more can there be? They are proud of their faith. They are... Catholics.

"Cafeteria Catholics"

Yes. This is our dear friend Vice President Joe Biden.

Cafeteria Catholics pick and choose. They tend to think that even though the Catholic Church may teach certain things (such as abortion is bad), but they often have ideas of their own. They think they are smarter than 2000 years of Catholic thinkers. They think that God has given them permission to make their own rules.

If they think it's convenient to have an abortion, they have an abortion. No second thoughts. If they think that it will be more socially acceptable for them to make profane jokes using the name of God, they joke away.

They go to church, either once in a while or on Christmas and Easter (hence the phrase "C and E's").

Cafeteria Catholics go to Church, often their children are no longer Catholics.