Let Us Flee for the Enemy of Truth Is Inside
Let Us Flee for the Enemy of Truth Is Inside By Karl Keating In the third book of his Ecclesiastical History (written around 325), Eusebius says that in the earliest days the Church “remained a pure...
View ArticleAsh Wednesday and there is food everywhere
It's my lunchbreak right now and it's about to rain outside, but I think I need to get out of the office for a bit. I've been fasting today and (of course) today not only was there a birthday at our...
View ArticleA Catholic Apologist Confesses All
A Catholic Apologist Confesses All By Michelle Arnold Well, not "all," but something, since Lent begins today and confession is good for the soul. Like Tim Staples, I love my job. It is a privilege to...
View ArticleMy mom thinks it's a bad idea to go to England for the summer to visit boyfriend
Again, I apologize if I put this in the wrong thread. I am new here. So, I am going to be 22 in a week and a day. I have a long distance (very long distance) relationship with a 24 year old man from...
View ArticleMen of the Northwest Oregon, Wash, Idaho
http://www.gowestcatholicmen.com/conference2.html The next conference is Feb 22-23, their is still time for you to register and join about 400 other men in this great event. It is a day and a half of...
View ArticleSunday lent exception
I've heard a lot of people talk about a Sunday exception for your lenten sacrifice. Is this true? If so, I'd imagine it's more than just a hooray it's Sunday thing and that there is more to it than it...
View ArticleWhy is the Superior General of the Society of Jesus called the Black Pope?
Why is the Superior General of the Society of Jesus called the Black Pope? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superio...ciety_of_Jesus
View ArticleCriticizing the "Historical Jesus"/John Dominic Crossan
Hi Everyone! I knew that CAF is the best place to ask, so I thought I'd bring it to the apologetics form. In my college "World Religions" class, we're reading the controversial John Dominic Crossan....
View ArticlePope Pius X (1907) ...on Modernism, as heresy
Said & wrote .."Modernism is the synthesis of all heresies". Recent Popes have tended to subdivide Modernism into Secularism, Liberalism, etc. Where do the Sedavacantist fit in on this matter of...
View ArticleSalvation outside the Church
I was talkin with a baptist friend last night and we were talking about salvation outside the Church. So, where in the bible does it say that non Christians can be saved?
View ArticleMy new priest wants me to be recieved in the Church later..
Hello, After Mass today at my home parish, I asked my new priest a question if my baptism was valid and he said yes, but he was asking if I'm in any program to come into a Church and I mentioned yes I...
View ArticleParents: How do you respond to an adult child who leaves the Church?
I'm a non-believing, still practicing Catholic. At this point in my life, I have found my life partner. We have been discussing marriage, but he was raised Episcopalian (also non-believing). My main...
View ArticleDiffering Views
Hello, I'm looking for advice on coping with my significant other's sudden loss of interest in becoming a confirmed Catholic for me. A little background info.. we have been together for a little over...
View ArticleFasting for athletes
I want to start fasting on wednesday and fridays, but I work out a lot. 3x week strength training and 3 x a week Wrestling and boxing. I really only see food as fuel, but I need a lot of it. I have...
View ArticlePope Benedict will not complete his encyclical on faith
CWN is reporting that the Pope's spokesman has announced that he will not be able to publish his final encyclical before his abdication at the end of the month....
View ArticleQuestion about Mortal Sin and Reconciliation
If a person commits a mortal sin after previous Confession, for example breaking the Sabbath, and then dies, will he only pay in Hell the price of that one sin or of all his past sins?
View ArticleHave you ever suffered from bullying?
BVM, Guys, I need to vent and open my heart. For this past year and a half, I was dealing with a very intense depression that made me feel really bad about myself as a person, made me lose sleep and...
View ArticleSomeone ate meat today
I watched someone eat meat today. I told them not to eat it before they they took the bite, but they ate it anyways. However, I did not tell him why he shouldn't eat meat on Friday. I do not know if he...
View ArticleUnconditional love, hell
Is God's love unconditional? If one commits one mortal sin and dies without forgiveness one is condemned to the pains of hell for all eternity, where God will keep us alive only to suffer. How can...
View ArticleSt. Louis Archdiocese and St. Stanislaus Parish Reach Settlement That Makes...
There has been a ten-years-long dispute between this parish and the Catholic archdiocese as the parish increasingly made itself independent of the Catholic Church. This has involved high-profile...
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