Posts Tagged ‘Catholic’
Do Catholics worship statues?
“It is right to warn people against the sin of idolatry when they are committing it. But calling Catholics idolaters because they have images of Christ and the saints is based on misunderstanding or ignorance of what the Bible says about the purpose and uses (both good and bad) of statues. “
Read MoreHow to gain the world
The key to God’s heart
The times they are a changin’
How to convert a post-Christian world into a neo-Christian world
The infallibility of the Pope
Papal infallibility really gets non-Catholics worked up.
I know. I used to be one. Most of us misunderstand what this means…
Read MoreWelcome home
The Pope comes to America.
What a perfect time to reflect on the power and majesty of God’s Church, the Catholic Church. Christ Jesus built His Church upon His Rock, that Rock being Peter, the first pope. Pope Francis is the 266th Roman pope in a line that can be traced directly back to Peter.
I read a letter in the Wall Street Journal this morning with that same old tired diatribe that pro lifers don’t care about the kid after he or she is born.
Of course, it is a total falsehood…
Read MoreTrying to understand the Catholic meaning of Holy Eucharist
Holy Eucharist separates Catholics from non-Catholics.
Eucharist is at once utterly simple to understand and yet totally complex, even absurd. Jesus drew crowds wherever he went. The one time He lost His audience is the first time He tried to explain the “Real Presence” in the Gospel of John, chapter six.
Jesus probably would have lost me, too…
Read MoreMaking love the Catholic way
The Catholic view on contraception can be perplexing to the layman.
The secular world certainly doesn’t understand it. But even evangelical and fundamentalist Christians, who agree with Church teachings on sanctity of life and marriage, can’t grasp Catholicism’s apparent animus toward artificial birth control.
Read MoreWhat does a Catholic say if invited to a gay wedding?
The day is coming.
The culture is demanding that Catholics shed their faith and bend to the homosexual lobby that now controls the Democratic Party. For example, what happens if a Catholic is invited to a so-called gay wedding? To decline opens you up to being called a bigot, a hater, a homophobe or worse by the judgmental mob on the left.
Writing in the National Review, catholic commentator, Maggie Gallagher, provides this thoughtful, charitable response:
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