By: James McCarthy; ©2001 A dying Catholic’s last request is for the sacraments. But why? Why do Catholics consider these rituals so powerful? Can a priest really help a person…
By: Mike Gendron; ©2001 Many former Catholics have described their experience of going to weekly Mass as a prison sentence, something they had to do in order to avoid the…
By: McCarthy, James; ©2001 Though many Catholics worry about their sins, few understand the true seriousness of the matter. In this month’s article, Jim McCarthy explains how three practices of…
By: Mike Gendron; ©2001 In September, 2000, Pope John Paul II announced the Roman Catholic Church is necessary for salvation. Three months later he declared: “All the righteous on earth,…
By: Carlos Tomas Knott; ©2001 As a special treat this month Carlos Knott, who usually submits in Spanish, has translated one of his articles for us. The Rosary, an important…
By: Mike Gendron; ©2001 Quoting from The Apostolic Digest, Mike Gendron shows how Roman Catholic Popes have offered ways of salvation other than that taught in the Bible. Contents 1…
By: James McCarthy; ©2001 Who or what determines what is to be taught in the church and believed by Christians? The Roman Catholic Church answers that God has appointed it…
By: James McCarthy; ©2001 Do Catholics still believe in Purgatory? Is it an essential or optional part of Roman Catholicism? In this month’s article on Catholicism Jim McCarthy answers these…
By: Durel, Greg; ©2000 Greg Durel answers some of the questions raised by his previous article (see archives) “Bless me, Father…” Contents 1 “Bless me, Father….?” Part 2 2 THE…
By: James McCarthy; ©2000 Particularly in countries with large numbers of evangelical Christians, it is not unusual for the Roman Catholic Church to adopt the very wording of its former…