Catholic Stand – Page 130 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

Do Our Pet Animals Go to Heaven?

JP Nunez December 9, AD2020 35 Comments

Do our pet animals (even all dogs and cats and fish and all other animals) really go to heaven? Given all the problems in the

Advent and Penitence, Past and Present

Anthony S. Layne December 9, AD2020 1 Comment

Is Advent a penitential season? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. Well, maybe it ought to be again. The answer you get depends, I suspect,

Turn to Your Mother

Deacon Steve Greco December 8, AD2020 2 Comments

Twice in the month of December we honor the Blessed Mother in a special way on the liturgical calendar: on the Solemnity of the Immaculate

The Lay Dominicans: Anatomy of a Religious Order

Scott Davis December 8, AD2020 2 Comments

Beginning in the Middle Ages, clerics with similar apostolates began to form communities where they could live, pray, and work together. These communities were the

Light and Leaven

Pete Socks December 7, AD2020 1 Comment

It seems like the only news we get today is bad. We live in a nation deeply divided. Daily we face more news on a

Could It Be a Sin to Be a Christian?

Rory Fox December 7, AD2020 5 Comments

In churches where abuse has occurred, a question arises for worshippers. Am I sinfully complicit, just by being a lay member and thus sustaining the

What Does it Mean to be Catholic During the Holidays?

Alex Strittmatter December 6, AD2020 3 Comments

During this time of year, with all the holidays keeping me busy, I decided to stop and think about what being Catholic actually means. If

The Wonder of Jesus Christ

John Kubasak December 6, AD2020 1 Comment

The greatest saints and mystics in Christian tradition marveled in wonder at Christ. They were not the first: Our Lord frequently stunned His Jewish audience.

The Sacraments: What Baptism Means to a Convert

David Schloss December 5, AD2020 2 Comments

Sacraments. The word conjures up a sense of the mystical and the transcendent. The etymology of the word sacrament strengthens this sense. The English word

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What Are We Going To Do About Pope Francis?

Gene M. Van Son December 5, AD2020 18 Comments

Maybe Pope Francis is just too affable. In the Kevin Costner film “Wyatt Earp,” Wyatt tells Ed Masterson that he is too affable. In Masterson’s

Cheap Grace and Negligent Clergy

Nate Guyear December 4, AD2020 8 Comments

For at least the last half century, the Catholic Church, although charged with boldly proclaiming the Truth to the world, has been suffering from sloth,

The Proper Treatment of Sacred Spaces

Loreto Xavier December 4, AD2020 No Comments

Not too long ago, Catholics and non-Catholics alike were scandalized by a one-of-a-kind news story of a Louisiana Catholic priest performing and filming immoral acts

O Come, Emmanuel

Pete Socks December 3, AD2020 No Comments

Ding Dong Advent is here and many of us are saying Hallelujah! I have never seen so many Christmas decorations go up outside and inside

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Secular Songs Brought Me Closer to God

Cesar R. Falcon December 3, AD2020 3 Comments

Music seems to be in every fiber of my being. I wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night with a melody

Catholic Writers Can Be Dead Right

Melanie Jean Juneau December 2, AD2020 34 Comments

Decades ago, I read an insight by Jean Vanier, a Canadian Catholic philosopher and theologian, “You can be right. You can be dead right and

Words, the Blind Man, and the Road to Bethlehem

Barbara Padolina December 1, AD2020 1 Comment

Words have always held a great fascination for me. Although I do not remember the actual process of learning how to read, I knew from

Covid-19 Vaccines and Catholic Ethics

Bob Kurland December 1, AD2020 15 Comments

the lawfulness of the use of these vaccines [derived from cell lines of aborted babies] should not be misinterpreted as a declaration of the lawfulness