The short answer is yes. Non-Catholics and non-Christians can be saved. The Catechism of the Catholic Church sums it up this way: 1260 Every man
With the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade having just passed, Catholics have (rightly) been focusing quite a bit lately on the subject of life.
Photo by HL Duncan – Walk For Life West Coast 2012 BACKGROUND FOR AN INTERESTING STORY I attended the 2013 West Coast Walk for Life
(First of all, thank you to Stacy, Chelsea & Tito for inviting me to be part of CatholicStand. I\’m honored and humbled to be included
I have one teen-aged daughter who would love to be a cynic, but is wise enough to know she shouldn\’t be. Occasionally though, she has
Most of us love a good mystery. PBS has issued “spoiler alerts” this week for their popular series Downtown Abbey. The younger generation has taken
I was born in the late 1980s. I\’m too young for wars, civil right movements and the Age of Aquarius. The Cold War and the
Simply put, I want to show how to help others find faith by watching movies. \”Wait!\” I hear you say. \”Not with the movies so
So you walk into your office and there is a yellow post-it slip that informs you to see the boss as soon as possible. You
Hi folks! It\’s me Dabs! And this is my first post on Catholic Stand. Hope to post here regularly and get to know all of
“The Church must be militant in order to thrive and flourish.” So said Rod Pead (editor of Christian Order magazine) in a speech he gave
St. John of the Cross Statue by Magdeleine Weerts What should the rhythm of our personal prayer look like? Is prayer just one action, or
The other day while walking my dogs, my mind played with a popular way of saying things as in: Forty is the new thirty. Or
Editor\’s Note: This article describes a new program, free course offerings, and how a small Catholic college approaches it differently than larger universities. If you
Mrs. Lana attests that God always provides. Since we are short on family support to watch our kids for short time periods and during the
It may have been the howling wind whistling through the Smart Car. But it seemed almost as if Old Man Winter was hacking up a
I have long heard about Pope Paul VI having referred to the “smoke of Satan” having entered the Church. Usually most references to it do
The Walk for Life was this weekend in San Francisco. In thinking about the holocaust of babies, I came across a picture of four doctors posing together
Fighting against the evil of abortion can sometimes feel futile or tempt a person to despair, but here are ten good things to remember about
This is my first post for Catholic Stand. It’s a privilege to be part of this new media resource for Catholic evangelization. Saving souls, awakening
The Church\’s deepest identity and reason for existence is to evangelize. (See Evangelii Nuntiandi par. 14) And Jesus commanded and commisioned all of us to
We are such a gracious and polite society. When someone sneezes, we are so quick to say, “God bless you!” And when a person extends
