The Catholic interwebs are abuzz with the news that there is a change being made to the Eucharistic prayers we hear at Mass.
It’s a small but significant change: A specific mention of St. Joseph is being inserted into Eucharistic Prayers II, III, and IV.
(Thanks to Fr. Z for pointing this out and making...
I was recently asked:
Could you please explain to me rationally without using [complex] words, and yet using theology, and convince me why I shouldn’t get a tattoo? There’s too much mumbo jumbo on the internet and I would truly appreciate finding something concrete and understandable.
I’m afraid that I cannot explain—either with simple, or complex words—why you shouldn’t get a tattoo.
The reason being that, in principle, the Church does not...
Some skeptics claim that the early Christian community was heavily influenced by the surrounding pagan culture of the Roman Empire—that the entire Christian system of belief was cobbled together by cherry-picking teachings from the “competing religions” of the time. A variant of this claim popular among non-Catholic Christians is that the Church started by Jesus Christ remained pure at first, but then slowly adopted pagan beliefs, especially during and after the time of the Emperor...
One of Catholic Answers' many outreach projects is the Catholic Answers Forums (CAF), started in 2004 as a discussion forums site. As a staff apologist, I have helped to answer questions in the staff's Ask an...
While looking through some news feeds recently, I found this lede:
Modern Catholic churches resemble museums and are built more with the aim of winning design awards than worshiping God, the Vatican has said.
Well, that certainly grabbed my attention. "The Vatican" said...
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