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About OnceCatholic.org
This is an excellent link for inactive Catholics. It is a Catholic
site for seekers. In addition to resources for inactive and the unchurched, you
will find references to the Saint of the Day (from the Roman Calendar), catalogues
for books, bibles, and online shopping for religious books and articles, Scripture
from Scratch program for studying the bible, and the youth update. The site also
has cross-referencing to detailed yet easy to understand treatments of Catholic
apologetic issues.
Get answers to these FAQs About
Catholicism
Marriage Issues- "after my marriage failed
I felt unsupported in so many ways - by my family, people at my parish, even some
of my friends..." - Annulments seem fishy to me. Isn’t it
just a way to get money out of divorced people?
- Can I still attend Mass
and take Communion if I'm divorced or wasn’t married in the Church?
- How
do I get an annulment? How much does it cost?
- I’m divorced and want
to remarry. Do I need an annulment?
- My fiancé isn’t Catholic.
Can I still be married in a Catholic church?
- Why are divorced/remarried
Catholics treated differently than other sinners?
Not Fed
- "I grew up in the Church...I gave myself to that way for a long time, but
somehow, the communities I worshipped in never seemed to "grow up" with
me..." - Why are there different versions of Jesus’ life and
teachings? I don’t know what to believe.
- Why do so many Catholics
seem passive about their faith?
- Why don't Catholics pay more attention
to Scripture?
- Why should I go to Mass if I don't get anything out of
it? I pray better alone.
- Why wasn’t God there for me when I needed
God?
Drifted Away - "I don't know how I left the Church.
There wasn't really any one reason. Life moved on, and so did I..."
- I’m thinking of returning to the Church but I’m not sure where to
begin. Can you help?
- What exactly do Catholics believe?
- Why can't
I incorporate other religious traditions into my spiritual search? Can people
from other faiths be saved?
- Why should I be Catholic? Isn't it enough
to be a spiritual and moral person?
- Why was it so much easier to believe
in God when I was a child?
Quarrel With the Staff - "They
say the Church has a human face. Well the last face I saw in the Church was all-too
human..." - How can people remain Catholic if they quarrel with
the Church?
- Why doesn't the Church have more holy people?
- Why
is the Church so imperfect?
Felt Excluded - "For a long
time I felt I had no place in the Church. The very language from the pulpit betrayed
a lack of sensitivity to issued and needs I struggle with..." - Does
the Catholic Church respect the gifts of different ethnic groups?
- What
does the Church have to offer single Catholics?
- Why don’t women
have the same opportunities in the Church as men do?
- Why is the Church
opposed to homosexuality?
Abortion/Post-Abortion - "I'm
told I don't belong. If there's one clear thing I hear from the Church these days,
it's that having an abortion makes me an outsider..." - I had an
abortion. Does that mean I’m excommunicated, or can I return to the Church?
- Where
should I begin to deal with the effects of my abortion?
- Why does the
Church treat abortion differently than other sins?
Church Teaching
- "Some of the Church's teachings seem just plain wrong to me. Why is the
Catholic Church so..." - Isn't abortion basically a matter of personal
freedom?
- What's so bad about living together before marriage?
- Why
can't women become deacons or priests?
- Why is the Church opposed to birth
control?
- Why isn’t the Church more accepting of homosexuality?
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