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Dear catholic.com visitors: This website from Catholic Answers, with all its many resources, is the world's largest source of explanations for Catholic beliefs and practices. A fully independent, lay-run, 501(c)(3) ministry that receives no funding from the institutional Church, we rely entirely on the generosity of everyday people like you to keep this website going with trustworthy , fresh, and relevant content. If everyone visiting this month gave just $1, catholic.com would be fully funded for an entire year. Do you find catholic.com helpful? Please make a gift today. SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR NEW MONTHLY DONATIONS! Thank you and God bless.

Matt Nelson

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Matt Nelson is the Assistant Director of the Word on Fire Institute. He’s also the author of Just Whatever: How to Help the Spiritually Indifferent Find Beliefs that Really Matter (Catholic Answers, 2018). He holds a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, and is pursuing his M.A. in philosophy at Holy Apostles College and Seminary. Matt currently lives in Texas with his wife Amanda and their three children.

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