https://freerepublic.com/tag/catholicstand/ en-us Sun, 14 Feb 2016 23:07:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3397077/posts Last year, in response to a Pew Research poll showing the American Catholic Church in decline, Elizabeth Scalia (now at the editorial helm of Aleteia) posted this challenge on her Patheos blog The Anchoress: If you're Catholic and have access to a web-page, a radio program, a Facebook page, whatever, take a few minutes, and tell the world why you are remaining a Catholic in an era where doing so seems not only counter-cultural, but also counter-intuitive and even, perhaps, a bit risky? Thoughtful and moving responses rolled in from all across the Internet, and continue to to do so... Catholic Stand https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3397077/posts#comment Sun, 14 Feb 2016 23:07:53 GMT