Catholic Stand – Page 339 – Living the Truth the Church Teaches

Fertilizer for Your Faith Seeds

Foxfier July 3, AD2013 2 Comments

I had a conversation with my mom the other day. She was urging me to try to find a different parish, because although I love

A Catechesis on Conscience and its Counterfeits

Jeffrey McLeod, PhD July 2, AD2013 5 Comments

When I was in a Catholic college many years ago, my moral theology class featured an anthology of essays on various moral choices, pro and

Socrates or Jesus?

John Darrouzet July 1, AD2013 7 Comments

In his book, Socrates: A Man for Our Times, the author Paul Johnson suggests that getting to know Socrates better might help us through our current

Facing Death as a Catholic: We Who Remain

Michael Lane June 30, AD2013 11 Comments

One of my favorite scenes in Return of the King is Sam and Frodo sitting together as Mt. Doom erupts around them. When Frodo says,

Christians & Masturbation: The Bible Alone Problem

Godwin Delali Adadzie June 29, AD2013 12 Comments

I stumbled upon Evangelical blogger and author Rachel Held Evans\’ blog post entitled Christians & Masturbation: Seven Perspectives, and I thought it would be great to

[Video] Dual Wielding the Bible and the Catechism

Edmund Mitchell June 28, AD2013 3 Comments

I wanted to personally share a method of reading the Bible with the Catechism that opens up the depths of the faith to you, and

This is Starting to Sound Elizabethan

Fr. James Melnick June 28, AD2013 7 Comments

Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson wrote a novel Come Rack! Come Rope! about religious persecution during the Elizabethan era in England. This more-than-just-a-novel shows the gradualness

The De-Funding of Planned Parenthood

Dominic Pedulla MD June 27, AD2013 4 Comments

Planned Parenthood is now de-funded in the great state of Oklahoma, and you can almost hear already the anguished, exaggerated cries of alarm. Oh the

Jimmy Carter\’s Profound Ignorance

JoAnna Wahlund June 26, AD2013 10 Comments

One of the more popular quotes in Catholic circles is, \”There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church,

Using Bad Faith Arguments to Support Immigration Reform

Paul Zummo June 25, AD2013 20 Comments

I would like to use this space to talk with you about an issue of the utmost moral importance. It\’s an issue where no clear-thinking,

Who is Obsessed With Sex?

Leila Miller June 25, AD2013 5 Comments

You\’ve heard it a million times, repeated as some sort of secular gospel: the Catholic Church is simply obsessed with sex. This obsession with the

Keep Your Catholicism a Secret!

H. L. Duncan June 24, AD2013 27 Comments

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi has made a fool of herself again in public but just in time, she gives relevance to this article that I have

How Ani Difranco Enhanced My Catholic

Robbe Lyn Sebesta June 23, AD2013 4 Comments

I used to think I was a Christian before I converted to Catholicism. I was baptized in the Methodist Church when I was a month old,

Holy Spirit Stories: The Smile That Made a Family

Sherry Antonetti June 22, AD2013 5 Comments

One of my favorite stories about my first son, is how he saved a life of a person he\’s never really known. Being lonely and

The Time of your Eternal Life

Chelsea Houghton June 21, AD2013 1 Comment

It is not long to go until World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And what a World Youth Day it will be.

Atheists: Made in God’s Image?

Melanie Jean Juneau June 21, AD2013 6 Comments

Pope Francis has been in office for just over 100 days. Nearly every day this charismatic man delights us with his actions and words, filling

Hope Springs Eternal: Rebuilding the Liturgy

Jay Boyd June 20, AD2013 3 Comments

This post is excerpted from the Epilogue of my new book, Zeal For Thy House: Suffering Through Mass, available on Amazon. I am not a

When a Pro-Life Victory Doesn’t Mean You’re Winning

Birgit Jones June 19, AD2013 11 Comments

A major story hit the pro-life circuit today. The “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” (H.R. 1797), passed the House of Representatives. It imposes a 20-week gestational age limitation on abortion at the point of development