|
Hi, Steve —
Great to hear from you again.
Your friend is wrong. Catholic Answers
has a fine site. We use their material
occasionally.
The following links:
are fine. All but the last one, have
a faithful rating
from Catholic Culture. Though Concerned
Catholics doesn't have a rating,
I reviewed their site and they appear
to have very good,
very Catholic material on their site.
They, or any web site faithful to
the Church, should get their site
evaluated here:
The site you were referring to is
Catholic Culture:
They evaluate how faithful a web
site is to the Catholic Church. I'm
a big fan of Catholic Culture because
it gives objective criteria on the
faithfulness of any web site they
assess. The only down side of
the site is it tends to limit, with
good reasons, any financial revenue
stream a
Web Administrator wishes to bring
in through [his/her] site, without
possibly losing ones rating from
the site. For example, if I wanted
to start posting ads, from other
on-line retailers, to support [askacatholic.com/donate],
my Catechism of the Catholic Church
program, I would have no idea what
retailer ads would effect my
Catholic Culture rating.
If a web site hasn't been evaluated
by Catholic Culture, it doesn't mean
it is not faithful to the Church,
it just means you have to apply solid
criteria for evaluating the site
yourself. Below is a list of personal
criteria I use, with
corresponding Catholic answers in
parentheses:
- Does the web
site believe in the
validity of both the Novus Ordo
and Extraordinary Form of the
Mass, when said correctly by a
validly ordained priest? (Yes)
- Does the web
site believe in all
the Catholic Councils from Nicea
to Vatican II? (Yes)
- Does the web
site have any content
that is against the teachings
of the Magisterium of the Church? (No)
- Does the web
site have any content
that implies the current [and|or]
previous popes in the last xx
number of years were not really
Popes?; Are they Sedevacants? (No)
- Does the web
site believe all versions
the Catechism of the Catholic
Church published in the 1990's
have any non-editorial errors
on issues of faith and morals? (No)
If there are any issues with any
of the above criteria, I would not
recommend using or recommending the
site to anyone.
Hope this helps,
I'm sure our team will pray for your
discernment and calling to the priesthood.
If the calling discerns a Yes, Praise
the Lord;
If the calling discerns a No, consider
starting a Catholic apologetics group
in your area.
Check out my:
Hope this helps,
Mike
|
