Catholicism

My husband and I were both raised Roman Catholic, attended Catholic schools, were married in a Catholic Church and our boys were baptized Roman Catholic.  I am a lector at my church and I also have taught CCD.  With that being said, I am conflicted, confused, disheartened and torn.  I do not feel that I belong in this Church any more.  I really don't think I want my boys brought up in this Church culture.  My husband and I are both somewhat,liberal minded.  We believe in the teachings of...Read Full Story

By John ChristensonOur priests are in great need of prayers! There is no denying this. Indeed, they seem under attack by diabolical forces more so today then ever before. Oh, we say, “yes, but we must trust in God!” Well, you’re right! Indeed we must trust in God. But this does not mean sitting back and just expecting God to fix everything while we play spectator to the miraculous. God calls us to prayer! So, if we want our priests to be strong against evil then we must pray for them. Thus...Read Full Story

By John ChristensonOur priests are in great need of prayers! There is no denying this. Indeed, they seem under attack by diabolical forces more so today then ever before. Oh, we say, “yes, but we must trust in God!” Well, you’re right! Indeed we must trust in God. But this does not mean sitting back and just expecting God to fix everything while we play spectator to the miraculous. God calls us to prayer! So, if we want our priests to be strong against evil then we must pray for them. Thus...Read Full Story

Savita Halappanavar, who died to blood poisoning after being denied an abortion. The government of Ireland announced on Tuesday that they will soon pass a law allowing women to have an abortion if continued pregnancy threatens their lives. Catholic Ireland has long had some of the most restrictive laws in the world surrounding abortion, allowing the procedure only if doctors deem that there is no chance the baby will survive. For many years large numbers of Irish women have travelled to the...Read Full Story

When the Convent of Santa Monica was searched, in 1934, it revealed an amazing secret. It was full of nuns. That might not sound so startling, insofar as convents are generally the first place that you would look for nuns. But this particular convent had been supposedly empty for 70 years; and it was in a land where all monasteries and convents had been seized by the government, their very existence rendered illegal.An intricate system of tunnels, secret chambers and hidden passageways...Read Full Story