Proud to be a Catholic ping!
I became a Catholic to have my sins forgiven. Me and Chesterton. It’s the only church I’m good enough for.
We fought the Crusades before; well, it appears we have to do it again, even if it’s against enemies other than muslims, the real non-believers, i.e., leftists, marxists, atheists, etc. who’ve chosen sides with the mohammedans. All, hell bent on destroying Christians world wide. Christ said the gates of hell wouldn’t prevail against his Church on earth. It’s been put to the test in the past, there’s no reason to believe it isn’t an ongoing trial, a test of faith, and is happening again, thit time in full force from several angles. So be it. “Viva Cristo Rey”.
Amen! Catholic then, Catholic now, Catholic forever. I don’t agree with Francis on lot of things, but he is not the Church, Christ is.
Nice.
If somebody wants to convert me away from Catholicism, he’ll have to convince me of one of the following:
1. That there is no God.
2. That Jesus Christ is not God the Son.
3. That Jesus Christ did not establish a Church.
4. That the Pope is not the successor to St. Peter.
I didn’t become a Catholic until three and a half years ago. 17 years prior to becoming a Catholic I had become a Christian but did not identify with any particular church. I have been through a lot of different world views in my life including atheism, pantheism, Theosophy, and spiritualism. None of them can hold a candle to the completeness of Catholicism, although all of them were interesting in their own way. I cannot see myself ever leaving the Catholic Church because I would not know where to go.
The world can kiss my Catholic arse.
Because the Church has the fullness of Truth and is Christ’s bride.
I am staying Catholic because it gave to the world the Holy Bible and the 7 sacraments. Plus Jesus is “with us always until the end of the age.”
the opinions of other people matter very little, really...
keep the faith ... and be a bit “salty” back to society too.....
(Matthew 5:)
13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven
I always thought Jason Stellman, a former Presbyterian minister, summed it up well:
“In a word, I fought the Church, and the Church won. And what it did was beat me, but it didn’t draw me, entice me, or lure me by playing upon some deep, latent psychosis or desire on my part for something Protestantism just couldn’t provide. Catholicism went from being so obviously ridiculous that it wasn’t even worth bothering to oppose, to being something whose claims were so audacious that I couldn’t help opposing them. But what it never was, was attractive, and in many ways it still isn’t.
“But what Catholicism is, I have come to discover, is true.”
I will stand with the Catholics if the world should turn against them.
Good for you. I am and will remain LDS (Mormon) although the whole world has been against us!
It was the FIRST Christian faith and it still works after 2000 years. Other Christian versions didn't emerge until ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED+ YEARS LATER.
Hmmmmmm.
I would be WORRIED if there weren't. The anti-Catholic remarks are always amusing to me.
Catholicism will spread, as its name indicates. "Catholic" means "universal."
We had a Nigerian priest in our parish for many years. He returned to Nigeria to head his priestly order.
I still miss him.
I don't bash Protestantism. Why would I? So WHY do they bash Catholicism? Why don't they just extol their own 1500+ A.D. branch of Christianity? Who knows.
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The site lists and explains the DOGMA that we Catholics must believe.
The rest of what we do or believe is either Apostolic Tradition or tradition.
I chose the Catholic faith. Glad I did.