Best Way to Learn Catholic Catechism

Read this, the catechism, full of its falsehoods and moronic sensibilities, THEN harrangue the Church for its obvious blindness.

That’s what I always say.

Fr James might want to avail himself...regarding lgbt...

I had private catechism lessons with our high school principal, Sister Mary Rosario. Those memories are priceless and I would have missed so much with just a website. I left the church, but never left my love for that woman nor my respect for her.

I come from a strict Irish Catholic household and even my Uncle who was a Monsignor and Provost at A Catholic University warned my father of this LGBTQ swing in the Catholic community decades ago.

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day [of judgment] approaching. - Hebrews 10:24-25

I’ve read the Catechism. It’s not full of lies. If it is then list one.

I agree, TG, there are no lies in the Catechism.

But the article is lying and the author serms to not be Christian in the way he is tossing lies around

Your vague apocalyptic warning about a “disaster” in Rome predicted for centuries is a tired trope, recycling anti-Catholic conspiracy theories that have been around since the Reformation. He offers no evidence, no specific prophecies, just fear-mongering. The Catholic Church, founded by Christ (Matthew 16:18), has faced crises—corruption, schisms, and scandals—for 2,000 years, yet it endures because “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” To claim Rome is now uniquely “captive” ignores history and Christ’s promise.

Scripture warns against false prophets who sow division with reckless accusations (2 Peter 2:1–3).

Your slanderous, false aeticle falls in the same category of false prophet.

Your article leans on innuendo, a cheap tactic unbecoming a pastor. The Church’s moral teachings, rooted in Scripture and Tradition, remain unchanged on matters of sexuality and sin, as the Catechism (CCC 2357–2359) clearly upholds.

Your invocation of the “Heresy of Ba’al of Peor” is a sloppy misapplication of Scripture. In Numbers 25:1–5, the Israelites sinned by engaging in sexual immorality and idolatry with Moabite women, worshiping Ba’al of Peor, provoking God’s wrath.

You try to equates this to modern Catholicism, implying the Church is orchestrating a “calculated subversion” through sexual corruption. This is absurd.

The sin at Peor was literal idolatry and fornication, not a metaphor for doctrinal disagreement. The Catholic Church condemns both idolatry (CCC 2112–2114) and sexual immorality (CCC 2351–2359), upholding chastity and the sanctity of marriage. To compare the Church’s teachings or pastoral outreach to Ba’al worship is a grotesque distortion.

You, chucky, provides zero proof of systemic “sexual corruption” orchestrated by Rome. The Church’s moral theology hasn’t shifted to endorse sin—quite the opposite. Documents like Fiducia Supplicans (2023), which allows blessings for individuals in same-sex relationships under strict conditions, explicitly reaffirm marriage as between a man and woman and reject liturgical blessings for same-sex unions. This is hardly “subversion.

Your attack on Fr. James Martin as an “LGBT+ booster” is a lazy smear, misrepresenting Martin’s ministry and ignoring Catholic teaching. Fr. Martin, a Jesuit priest, advocates for pastoral outreach to LGBTQ Catholics, emphasizing their dignity as persons made in God’s image (Genesis 1:27; CCC 2358). He does not endorse same-sex marriage or homosexual acts, which the Church teaches are “intrinsically disordered” (CCC 2357). His book Building a Bridge calls for dialogue and compassion, not doctrinal change.

Jesus dined with sinners and tax collectors (Mark 2:15–17), not to condone sin but to call them to repentance. Martin’s ministry follows this model, reaching out to those who feel marginalized while upholding Church teaching.
Your accusation paints compassion as heresy, which is itself unbiblical (Luke 15:1–2).

Your
implication that Martin’s “rise” signals moral decay is nonsense—Martin holds no formal authority to change doctrine, and no such change has occurred.

“You can’t rely on teachings published past a certain point in time”
This is a cop-out, implying the Church’s recent teachings are untrustworthy without specifying a cutoff or why. The Catholic Church’s magisterium, guided by the Holy Spirit (John 16:13), ensures continuity in faith and morals. The Catechism, promulgated in 1992 under John Paul II, is a definitive summary of Catholic doctrine, rooted in Scripture and Tradition. To dismiss it or later teachings as unreliable is to reject the Church’s authority, which Christ entrusted to Peter and his successors (Matthew 16:19).

Your vague rejection of “recent” teachings smells of Protestant sola scriptura, which ironically leads to the very relativism you decry.

You, Charles, then make a flat out LIE that Christopher West, a prominent interpreter of John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, wrote that “anal sex can be good and holy.” This is a flat-out fabrication or a deliberate distortion.

West’s work, including books like Theology of the Body Explained and Good News About Sex and Marriage, consistently upholds Catholic teaching that sexual acts must be ordered toward procreation and unity within marriage (CCC 2351, 2366). He has never endorsed anal sex as “good and holy.”

You are misquoting a 2010 controversy where West discussed the role of non-procreative acts in marital foreplay, but West clarified that all acts must respect the dignity of the person and the procreative end of marriage. Anal sex, as an intrinsically non-procreative act, is not endorsed by West or the Church (CCC 2357).

John Paul II’s Theology of the Body is a profound reflection on human sexuality, rooted in Genesis 1–2, emphasizing the complementarity of male and female and the call to self-giving love. West’s interpretations, while sometimes debated for style, align with this framework.

Your claims are lies,, chucky

Your accusations, pastor, are a house of cards—built on lies, distortions, and prejudice, not Scripture or truth. The Catholic Church isn’t perfect; it’s faced scandals and struggles, but it’s not “captive to perverts” or peddling Ba’al’s heresy. Fr. James Martin ministers to the marginalized, as Christ did, without changing doctrine. Christopher West never called anal sex “good and holy”—that’s your fabrication. The Church’s teachings, including Theology of the Body and the Catechism, stand firm on biblical morality.
You owe the Church, Martin, West, and your own flock an apology for this reckless slander. Scripture calls you to speak truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), not to weaponize half-truths for division. If you’re serious about God’s mission, stop demonizing Catholics and start engaging with what we actually teach. Pick up the Catechism, read Theology of the Body, or talk to a Catholic priest. Until then, your words are noise, not prophecy. Repent, and let’s work for the unity Christ desires.