I'm a semi-practicing Catholic, in that I retain the Catholic beliefs
and faith that the church teaches, but I reject all of the authority
from the Vatican and the church itself. My question is- Are there
others like me, possibly organized or calling themselves something
other than Catholic? If not, how does one branch out from a religion
and found a sect thereof?

Greetings again, RolandTheGunslinger:

I believe the organization you are seeking is The Association for the
Rights of Catholics in the Church (ARCC, founded 1980).  Their main
website is located at http://arcc-catholic-rights.org/

The statement of their mission as an organizations reads "To bring
about substantive structural change in the Catholic Church, ARCC seeks
to institutionalize a collegial understanding of Church in which
decision-making is shared and accountability is realized among
Catholics of every kind and condition. It affirms that there are
fundamental rights which are rooted in the humanity and baptism of all
Catholics. To this end ARCC developed and works to implement a Charter
of the Rights of Catholics in the Church and a Proposed Catholic
Constitution."

Contact info is:
ARCC 
PO Box 85 
Southampton, MA 01073 
Phone: 413.527.9929 
Fax: 413.527.5877  
mailto:arccangel@charter.net 

At http://arcc-catholic-rights.org/rights33.htm on the same site is an
article titled "A Question of Rights - The Vatican: "V" is For
“Vindictive" by  James E. Biechler.  This article seems to address
concerns that the Catholic church memebrs have regarding various
Vatican policies.  You may examine other documents at
http://arcc-catholic-rights.org/documents.htm

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Another organization is Catholics for a Free Choice.  You may read
about that organization beginning at
http://www.cath4choice.org/aboutus.htm  Article by them (free online
and for order) may be accessed through
http://www.cath4choice.org/article.htm.  If you click on the free
online articles link, you'll see the following list:

PROCHOICE AND CATHOLIC 
 Reflections of a Catholic Theologian 
 Abortion: Articulating a Moral View 
 Abortion: Taking on the Hard Questions 
 The Facts tell the Story: Catholics and Choice 
 If War is Just 
 Religion and Abortion 
 An Open Letter from a Catholic Birth Mother 
 The Catholics Who Support Choice 
 The Roman Catholic Church and Reproductive Choice 
 Roe v. Wade, The Next Twenty-Five Years 
 Rhetoric of Violence 
 The History of Abortion in the Catholic Church 
 The Place For Individual Conscience 
 A Brief, Liberal, Catholic Defense of Abortion 
 A Celebration Tainted 

 CONTRACEPTION 
 A Matter of Conscience… Catholics on Contraception 
 The Facts tell the Story: Catholics and Contraception 
 Catholics For Contraception 
 Thirty Years of Humanae Vitae 
 Insuring Access to Contraception 
 The CACH on Contraception 
 Contraception, Conscience, and Speaking Out 
 The Lesser Evil: The Catholic Church and the AIDS Epidemic 

 CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE 
 Catholic HMOs and Reproductive Health Care 

 PUBLIC POLICY 
 Hush, Hush, Speak If You Dare 
 The Mantra of "Anti-Catholicism" 
 The Vatican and Politics of Reproductive Health 
 Voices of Reason: Prochoice Catholics in Congress 
 Winning the Catholic Vote 
 The Bishops` Big Break 
 Setting Up Shop at the GOP 
 Religion and the 107th Congress 

 WOMEN`S HUMAN RIGHTS 
 Women, Religion, and Human Rights 
 For Catholics, it's Happy Martyr's Day 
 The Road from Cairo to Beijing 
 Women Under Repressive Regimes: Women and Religious Fundamentalisms 

 CHURCH REFORM 
 Where We Go From Here 
 Passionate Celibacy 
 Resisting the Silence: Reflections on Joan Chittister`s Decision to
Speak
 The Vatican Tightens Up 

 FAMILY PLANNING WORLDWIDE 
 The Vatican Out of Touch with Catholics 
 The Church Out of Control 
 Asia 
 Hand in Hand 
 Europe 
 A Catholic Country for a Catholic People 
 The Church's Heavy Hand in Poland 
 More Restrictive on Life Than Paper 
 Willingness to Discriminate 
 The Irish Referendum: The End of Rome Rule 
 Standing Firm 
 Latin America 
 Politically Strong, Culturally Weak 
 North America 
 Lessons in Patriarchy 

 VATICAN AT THE UN 
 The Catholic Church and the Platform for Action 
 Responding to Religious Conservatism 
 Equal Is As Equal Does 
 The Church at the United Nations 
 Church or State? The Catholic Church at the United Nations 
 Church and State at the United Nations 

 SEXUAL ABUSE 
 Cardinals` Sin Clerical Crimes 
 The Sins of our Fathers 
 Damage Control in Dallas: The Bishops Meet 

You'll be able to judge if this is the type of organization you want
to be affiliated with after reading a few of the articles.  They seem
a very progressive Catholic group.

Here's a link transcript of a radio broadcast where the CFFC addresses
lobbying to downgrade the Vatican's status at the UN:
http://www.seechange.org/media/religious%20report.htm
In part: "Catholics for a Free Choice, an organisation which opposes
the church's stance on abortion and family planning, is heading a
global campaign for change, on the grounds that religion and the State
shouldn't mix."

Here is the URL for a lengthy list of press releases from CFFC:
http://www.cath4choice.org/new/pressrelease/press.htm

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The two organizations above featured most prominent in my searches.  I
believe both may be of interest to you.  Thank you for the opportunity
to answer another of your questions.  :)

Best regards,
journalist-ga


SEARCH STRATEGY:

Catholics against the Vatican
Catholics against Vatican policy
reform Catholics anti Vatican
anti Vatican Catholics
Catholics opposed to Vatican policy

JOURNALIST~ how do you do it?? This is exactly the information I wanted.

To Rolandthegunslinger. It seems like you have joined the ranks of
many people who have finally seen the failings of the Catholic Church
and its teachings. May I resoectfully suggest you go back and re-
study the Bible. But don`t just study parts of it. Treat it as a
complete whole. Search for the religious group that does exactly what
God wants. For example, Matthew 6; 9,10 the standard " Lord`s Prayer".
Jesus said " You must pray, then, this way. Our Father [creator,
maker] in the heavens [existing in heaven] [ Jesus was talking about
His own Father, not himself, so Jesus is not God] " Let your Name [
Jehovah,Yahweh, Y.H.W.H. the Tetragrammaton] be sanctified. God is a
title, not His Name. Let your Kingdom come [ Jesus preached God`s
Kingdom to all who would listen. He trained all his disciples to
preach the Kingdom. Common sense dictates that one man alone or even
12 extra could not accomplish a worldwide preaching work. " Let your
will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth. Certainly, the earth
today is not exhibiting Love, and God is Love First John 4;16.
The only religious group that is acceptable to God is the one that
exactly follows the directions given by Jesus. Any so called Christian
religion that is bound up with traditional ways, was warned against by
Jesus. Jesus said about the Jewish religious leaders of his day, at
Matthew 15;8. " Thbis people honour me with their lips, yet their
heart is far removed from me. 9. it is in vain that they keep
worshipping me, because they teach commands of men, as doctrines. And
finally, as to whether individual people are given insight asw to the
truths in the Bible, the scripture at Haggai 2;1 says " And I will
rock all the nations, and the desirable things [ people] of all the
nations must come in. And I will fill this house with glory, Jehovah
of armies has said. Thats His armies of Angels, He is not blessing our
armies. What religion uses God`s name, has members worldwide, is not
traditional, everyone preaches, obeys all the Bibles laws, and
constantly uses the Bible. Search on.

And p.p.s.  Doesn`t at all get involved with ANYTHING political.
Worldly, State, Local, or Action groups. Ecclesiastes 8;9. Man has
dominated man to his injury. Jeremiah 10;23, Genesis 8;21, 2 Timothy
3;1-4. Psalms 146;3,4. I`m sorry, but due to its track record, the
Catholic Church just doesn`t qualify.

Thanks for the advice...but...like I said, I retain the Catholic
beliefs and teachings of the life of Christ and the faith of His
return. I didn't express a searching for a new religion or a
replacement of my own beliefs that have already been in place now for
38 years. I am looking for others with similar beliefs to mine. I am
looking for other Catholics who, like me, do not agree with the
absolute power that the Vatican has bestowed upon itself. The
teachings of the church are worthy. It is the corruption of the
authority in place in Rome that is disturbing to me. While they are
telling us to give to the poor throughout our lifetimes they are
hoarding billions of dollars in wealth and do nothing themselves about
the suffering throughout the world. This is what I reject, not the
basic Catholicism.