“There are not a hundred people in America who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions of people who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church — which is, of course, quite a different thing.”
— Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, Foreword to Radio Replies Vol. 1, (1938) page ix
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Becoming Catholic: A Quick and Simple Guide
Apologetics
Catholic Basics
- There is a God
- Jesus Christ is God
- Jesus Christ Founded the Catholic Church
- The Catholic Church is the Kingdom of Israel
- Are Catholics Christians?
- Science and Faith
- On the Conversion of Pagans to Christianity
- No Fate Except for What We Make
- The Early Church Was Catholic
- Keeping Your Kids Catholic
- Stop Saying “Catholics AND Christians”
- HOW TO EVANGELIZE
- How to Reach Evangelicals
Catholic Authority
- The Bible is Not Enough
- The Origin of the Bible
- Why Do Catholic Bibles Have More Books?
- What is Papal Minimalism?
- When Peter has Fallen
- Pope Idolatry: It’s Not Really Catholic
Catholic Salvation
Catholic Sacraments
Catholic Tradition
- Traditional Catholicism and Where to Find It
- Traditional Catholicism is the Future
- A Proper Understanding of Vatican II
- My Position on Vatican II
- On Veils for Christian Women
- The Truth About Married Priests
- How to Pray the Holy Rosary
- Praying with Beads
- Different Ways of Using Rosary Beads
- Anglican Prayer Beads
- How to Deal with Women Priests and Deacons
About Mary and the Saints
- Do Catholics Worship Mary?
- Mary’s Virginity and the Brothers of Jesus
- Mary — Conceived Without Sin
- Do Catholics Worship Statues?
- The Hail Mary Prayer & The Communion of Saints
Catholic Holy Days
- Inculturation — What It Is and Isn’t
- Christians SHOULD Celebrate Halloween
- Reclaiming Christmas from Commercialism
- Against the Fundamentalist Attack on Christmas
- Is Easter a Pagan Celebration?
- Suggestions for Lent
Catholic Eschatology: Last Things
Catholic Politics
- A Catholic Approach to American Politics
- The Social Kingship of Jesus Christ – In America
- The Only Good Catholic is a Bad Catholic
- Bring Back The Confessional State
- Globalism is Dead – Long Live Patriotism
- There are Only Two Types of Catholics: Practicing and Lapsed
- Against Communism, Socialism and Marxism
- In Defense of Distributism
- Catholic Integralism
- Distributed Capitalism: A Catholic Economic Proposal
- Building an Ownership Economy
- Roe v. Wade — America’s Holocaust
- Would Jesus Support Gun Control?
Jewish Related Issues
- Welcoming Hebrew Catholics
- The Catholic Church is Kingdom Israel
- Against the Antisemites
- Against the Modern Judaizers
Non-Catholic Religions
Evangelicalism
- How to Reach Evangelicals
- Understanding Terms: Christian, Catholic & Protestant
- Are Catholics Christian by Evangelical Standards?
- Catholics and Evangelicals Together in the 21st Century
- Forget Liberal Catholics — Convert the Evangelicals!
- Evangelical Questions About the Crisis in the Catholic Church
- The King James Version (KJV) Only?
Freemasonry
Other Religions
Church Scandals
Excerpts from Shane’s First Book
- ARE CATHOLICS CHRISTIAN?
- Do Catholics believe in Jesus Christ?
- What do Catholics mean by the Holy Trinity?
- Is Catholicism a Cult?
- Do some Catholic practices have Pagan origin?
- Must a person understand Latin to be a Catholic?
- Is the Catholic Church opposed to modern science?
- Why is Catholic worship so organized and structured compared to most Protestant worship?
- Why is the Catholic Church so rich when so many of its members are poor?
- Many Christians believe all sins are equal, do Catholics believe this too?
- What is the Catholic Church’s position on sexual sin?
- What is the Catholic Church’s position on abortion?
- What is the Catholic Church’s position on artificial contraception?
- Are Catholics socialists?
- Are all Catholics the same?
- Why do Catholics call priests “father” when the Bible says “call no man father”?
- Why do Catholics confess their sins to a priest when they could go directly to God?
- Why can’t Catholic priests be married?
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Why is the Catholic Church so rich when so many of its members are poor?
That depends on what you mean by “rich.” The accusation is leveled that the Catholic Church hoards money while it lets its members starve, and that such dire poverty is not seen in nations where Protestantism is the majority religion. The implication here is that Catholic countries are inherently “poor,” while Protestant countries tend to…
Why is Catholic worship so organized and structured compared to most Protestant worship?
Catholic worship is based in liturgy, and this liturgy comes primarily from ancient Jewish worship, both in the Temple and synagogues, and from the Biblical revelation that God is worshipped in heaven through liturgy (Images of heavenly worship from the Book of Revelation). The word “liturgy” is a Biblical word1 and comes from a Greek composite word leitourgia (λειτουργία) meaning…
Is the Catholic Church opposed to modern science?
No. Quite to the contrary, the Catholic Church virtually invented the scientific method! The Church has sponsored and blessed scientific research, and the Church embraces many scientific theories. Many Catholic priests actually have college degrees in science! In fact, the modern “big bang” theory of astro-physics, on the origin of the universe, was invented by…
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Shane regularly attends the Novus Ordo Mass (NOM). That might surprise some people, but it is a reverent NOM with an orthodox Catholic priest. Shane used to attend the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) but is no longer able. Shane used to attend the Divine Worship Mass (DWM) but is no longer able. Many Catholics are in this situation, and it’s not their fault. This is why it’s so important to reward parishes (with our attendance and donations) that celebrate traditional and reverent liturgy regardless of the kind of liturgy they use. You can find all sorts of traditional and reverent liturgy here at this link: https://reverentcatholicmass.com/
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