On Saturday 22 March 2008, Leo Mauler wrote:
Vatican II changed everyday doctrines
This alone proves Vatican II to be non-Catholic. Doctrine (revealed truth), being objective truth, does not change. Ever.
such as changing the banning of the consumption of meat on Fridays to merely the banning of the consumption of meat on Fridays *during Lent*.
While abstaining from meat on Fridays probably goes back to the apostles' time, it has never been purported as a doctrine by the Catholic Church, nor could it be, since it deals neither with faith nor morals. Abstaining from meat on Fridays is a *law* that must be obeyed, but it is not a matter of truth/doctrine. While it has not been changed, there is no reason it could not be.
The Pope's official apology to Galileo didn't come till the 1990s.
There is nothing to apologize for. (nor was the man you're referring to a pope)
St. Patrick's Day Trivia: St. Patrick's Day occurs during Lent, and in 2000 and 2006 it landed on a Friday, the Lenten day on which meat cannot be eaten. This sent the Irish-American Catholic population into turmoil, for the traditional dish on St. Patrick's Day in Irish-American Catholic households is "corned beef and cabbage". Fortunately, Catholic bishops granted special dispensations in 2000 and 2006 to permit Irish-Americans to eat "corned beef and cabbage" (but no other meat dish) on St. Patrick's Day during Lent. St. Patrick's Day will not be a Friday in Lent again until 2017.
Laws can obviously be dispensed of by proper authorities as well.
So since Vatican II is an official part of the Roman Catholic Church, we can assume you didn't like the way Catholicism was going with Vatican II so you forked the doctrine and didn't apply any of the Vatican II updates?
No. Your premise is incorrect, since Vatican II is not part of the Church, but is a fork of it. If you want it in terms of technology, Wireshark (Vat2) is a fork of Ethereal (Catholicism), but took most of the developers and users with it.