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Most Popular (Read) Questions and Answers (April 16, 2005)

 

Below is a list of the most read questions and answers voted by you over the past 4 years. Out of the first 800 most visited pages I've pulled out the top 150 read questions and answers from our 358-question knowledge base.

I have also color-code the rankings by "the top 10, 20, 30, etc." I hope you find it useful.

Mike
Posting Date: April 20, 2005.
August 2010 I would like to make a donation to your fine work on behalf of the Catholic Church.
   
 

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Percentage of the150 most read

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  1 8,898 9.01% Catholic vs. Protestant: What are the fundamental differences?
2 4,892 4.95% Why do Catholic Christians eat fish on Fridays and what does abstinence from meat mean?
3 4,447 4.50% Differences between Southern Baptists and Catholics
4 2,363 2.39% About William Branham
5 2,097 2.12% Why can't priests get married?
6 1,914 1.94% How should we fast during Lent?
7 1,913 1.94% What are the Catholic and Protestant views of the Rapture?
8 1,858 1.88% What's the Catholic position on divorce and remarriage and how do divorce and annulment differ?
9 1,775 1.80% Looking for the Pope's e-mail address
10 1,772 1.79% Immorality Of In-Vitro Fertilization
  11 1,714 1.73% Looking a "complete set" of a Latin/English breviary
12 1,449 1.47% Searching for a Nuptial Mass Booklet?
13 1,280 1.30% Can you provide with some web sites or documents that state the Church's position on cloning?
14 1,196 1.21% Are there any more bad Popes?
15 1,188 1.20% Is it still a mortal sin to miss Sunday Mass and can I make up for it by going to a daily Mass?
16 1,174 1.19% What was that ... The Censer and Incenses
17 1,152 1.17% Removed from the site, due to uncharitable comments from readers.
18 1,148 1.16% I am young and don't have a car to get to a priest so how do I make holy water?
19 1,135 1.15% How do I respond to the Pope's title "Vicarius Filli Dei" adding up to 666, the mark of the beast?
20 1,116 1.13% RE: Abortion vs. The Death Penalty -- no, there is a difference.
  21 1,094 1.11% Has there been a Change: Does the Roman Catholic Church accept Anglican Orders as valid?
22 937 0.95% Can a faithful Catholic marry a faithful Mormon?
23 892 0.90% On Pope Alexander VI ... Is he infallible?
24 861 0.87% Why do we make the sign of the cross?
25 858 0.87% Understanding "No Salvation Outside The Church"
26 843 0.85% My husband joined the Seventh Day Adventist and is asking me questions.
27 841 0.85% Are Fr. Gruner and the "Servants of Jesus of Mary" aligning with SSPX?
28 814 0.82% I'm troubled by this book: "The Enneagrams". What are your thoughts.
29 813 0.82% What is Our Lord talking about, when He mentions: blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?
30 809 0.82% What is the Catholic view of predestination in lieu of Ephesians 1, verses 3, 4, and 5?
  31 801 0.81% What's your opinion of centering prayer?
32 796 0.81% How do I refute this argument on married priest and celibacy?
33 790 0.80% What is the Church's thoughts and views on Reiki healing?
34 788 0.80% Is this, or was this, phrase: "Outside the Church there is no salvation" ever a Church doctrine?
35 767 0.78% What is the meaning, purpose and history of indulgences?
36 761 0.77% When did England become Protestant?
37 748 0.76% I was born Catholic, but really don't know the Faith like I should and have a list of questions.
38 747 0.76% How should I receive Holy Communion?
39 730 0.74% What is Intinction?
40 715 0.72% I was raised a Baptist and I am confused about whether praying to Mary and the saints is OK.
  41 705 0.71% How do I bless Holy Water?
42 700 0.71% Why don't Catholics practice Passover?
43 680 0.69% I'm a Methodist attending a Catholic school and have Mass questions my teacher will not answer.
44 671 0.68% Can you explain the morality of the death penalty?
45 667 0.68% On the correct rendering of John 1:1 and Jehovah Witness'
46 657 0.67% Do you know where I can get a list of the Catholic Church's Dogmatic Statements?
47 657 0.67% What is the Church's stance on hypnosis?
48 635 0.64% I do not understand the concept of mortal sin.
49 616 0.62% Should feminine and neuter pronouns be used when referring to the Person of the Holy Spirit?
50 594 0.60% Do you know of any sources that show Mary's Virginity?
  51 591 0.60% What is the Catholic Church Teaching on Baptism?
52 561 0.57% Can you help me to understand what confessing to a priest does, when only God can forgive sins?
53 555 0.56% What is the Catholic Church's views regarding "speaking in tongues"?
54 540 0.55% What is the probability of salvation for someone who has committed suicide?
55 526 0.53% Do you agree with my understand of the teaching: "Outside the Church there is no salvation"?
56 521 0.53% Should Catholics attend Protestant services where communion is received by the community?
57 511 0.52% Is an Annulment required?
58 503 0.51% What is the accepted view of the Church on Intinction during Communion?
59 482 0.49% How I can get one of those written Papal Blessings?
60 475 0.48% Why does the Pope carry around a staff with a very grotesque crucifix on it?
61 470 0.48% Is the Novus Ordo valid?
62 463 0.47% How orthodox are writers like Thomas Merton, Meister Eckhart and Anthony de Mello?
63 459 0.46% Why were the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption not required back then, but are now?
64 458 0.46% I would like to know what the Church says about liturgical dance.
65 457 0.46% Do you know the Vatican's stand on the Christian Community and Rudolf Steiner?
66 455 0.46% Is Nostradamus considered a true prophet by the Church?
67 454 0.46% The thief on the Cross, Purgatory and: Why must I suffer in Purgatory if I am too truly sorry?
68 453 0.46% My Episcopalian friend asked be why I believe women will never be ordained priest?
69 446 0.45% I am thinking about becoming Catholic, but I have been married and divorced twice.
70 438 0.44% Can someone please help me explain the Communion of Saints to a Protestant?
71 437 0.44% Does the Church have any guidelines on the subject of Genetic Manipulation?
72 436 0.44% Was Pope Pius XII Hilter's Pope?
73 434 0.44% Is it legal to celebrate the Tridentine Mass and what are the differences with the Novus Ordo?
74 425 0.43% Is the story of Jonah a fable?
75 425 0.43% Besides the Pope's infallible proclamation, what is th best way to defend Mary's Assumption?
  76 423 0.43% Do you know what was meant by the "Gospel side" of the Church?
77 409 0.41% Attacking Iraq: Is there any reasoning that would justify an attack?
78 406 0.41% Indulgences: Are they bad, wrong and completely unscriptural?
79 400 0.40% Is my Scripture teacher correct in saying a lot in the New Testament is borrowed or invented?
80 399 0.40% If the Church's teaching has been protected from error, why the significant change on usury?
81 397 0.40% Has the "New Sacramentary" been approved by the Vatican?
82 391 0.40% Could you explain what infallibility is and it's scope?
83 382 0.39% Is the Condemnation of Galileo by the Church proof its teaching is not infallible?
84 374 0.38% Is the SSPX, Society of Saint Pius X, in good standing with the Vatican and the Church? (A significant portion of this answer had to be removed {personal letter}) The short answer is NO!
85 366 0.37% Why don't Catholics bring their Bibles to Mass?
86 364 0.37% Are these "End of Life" misconception issues I found in my parish bulletin correct?
87 361 0.37% How to I explain to my Presbyterian friend why we ask Mary to pray for us and its biblical basis?
88 360 0.36% Questions from a Baptist who doesn't know much, but wants to learn more about the Church.
89 360 0.36% Are their sacraments in the Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox valid?
90 358 0.36% Confusion among Catholics about the term Immaculate Conception and Virgin Birth.
91 357 0.36% Can you tell me the Church's current position on Medjugorje?
92 356 0.36% Would you please explain transubstantiation and how Christ is present in the Eucharist?
93 348 0.35% What is the correct interpretation of "until" in Matthew 1:25?
94 343 0.35% Since confirmation, I've felt a longing but I have a multitude of questions.
95 343 0.35% Doesn't Mary's special grace of pre-emptive salvation contradict her free will?
96 337 0.34% Why does she think Catholics fail to observe the required Sabbath day of rest and worship?
97 328 0.33% Is there a specific name for a Catholic priest's house?
98 320 0.32% Does the Church worship of Mary and how does the Church view Marian apparitions?
99 319 0.32% Is the Church interpreting John 20:19-23, on confessing your sins to a priest, correctly?
100 300 0.30% Is consuming the consecrated Host (the Eucharist) permissible for one who is a vegetarian?
  101 295 0.30% Why can't my Protestant husband receive Holy Communion in my Catholic Church?
102 282 0.29% If Incarnation was dependent upon Mary's free will, wouldn't it nullify the omniscience of God?
103 281 0.28% A Seventh Day Adventist is asking me questions and I need help.
104 272 0.28% Does the tradition of a "dowry" go back in Catholic history?
105 267 0.27% I would like to know the biblical references and Church teaching on the Communion of Saints.
106 253 0.26% I have been trying to locate the web site for a specific Catholic Church.
107 251 0.25% Do Catholic partake in cannibalism? Clearing up a misconception.
108 244 0.25% Which Pope(s) convened and closed Vatican II and can you tell me about the previous Popes?
109 239 0.24% Is the Catholic Church the one true religion? (According to the Pope.)
110 236 0.24% A Protestant interested in learning more about the Catholic Church.
111 236 0.24% Why does the Church put so much emphasis on Mary and her
co-redemption instead of Jesus?
112 233 0.24% Does Dungeons and Dragons have satanic origins?
113 231 0.23% Understanding Our Lady being a Virgin before and remaining one after Jesus' Birth.
114 229 0.23% I still fail to find an error in Islam.
115 227 0.23% I want to be faithful to Catholic teaching on contraception and have a question.
116 226 0.23% What is the official mission statement of the Catholic Church?
117 223 0.23% Why and where do Catholics get all the rituals from and are they biblical?
118 219 0.22% Faith sharing with a "believer" but don't know where do I start.
119 216 0.22% Priests are not needed to interpret the Bible for us.
120 215 0.22% Why do we need a savior and what do we need to be saved from?
121 215 0.22% Are you opposed to the Tridentine and Ordo liturgies?
122 211 0.21% If ignorance or the goodness of people is enough, why waste time sending out missionaries?
123 210 0.21% How were the differences resolved between the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic Church?
124 208 0.21% Once you are saved, can you lose it? or must we work out our salvation with fear & trembling?
125 206 0.21% A baptized Protestant and Catholic in a Protestant Church: Does the Church recognize this?
  126 200 0.20% Birthday Acknowledgment: I would like to get a letter from His Holiness congratulating her.
127 200 0.20% A Commentary on: "The Young Age of the Earth" by Alpha productions.
128 199 0.20% What was the relationship of James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas to Our Lord?
129 197 0.20% What is the actual translation of Matthew 19:9 and what is the actual Greek in this passage?
130 194 0.20% How can the merits of the Saints help a penitent restore their soul appropriately?
131 192 0.19% This return to Trent ... What's going on?
132 191 0.19% Looking for resources that discuss science and Catholic philosophy and Faith.
133 187 0.19% Is the nature of the Novus Ordo Mass and Vatican II invalid?
134 186 0.19% If I've had an abortion before receiving Confirmation, will I be forgiven?
135 183 0.19% Is it acceptable for the priest to interject his own expressions into the Mass? ... plus
136 182 0.18% If the priest skipped the Consecration is the Mass still valid?
137 179 0.18% A pro-abortionist: Kennedy distributing Holy Communion, I've had it!
138 175 0.18% Is the Bible the Christian's only resource of Truth?
139 172 0.17% Would you please explain Revelation, Chapter 13?
140 170 0.17% Am I able to receive the Eucharist?
141 166 0.17% Where might I find the conclusions of Church investigations on Miracles?
142 161 0.16% During Communion the priest sat down. Only Extraordinary Ministers gave out Communion.
143 160 0.16% Is a recent T.V. documentary on Jesus correct in saying Our Lord had brothers and sisters?
144 157 0.16% I'm a Protestant and I completely believe in the Real Presence in the Eucharist. Can I receive?
145 153 0.15% Is Adoration in conflict with Church theology?
146 148 0.15% Can you help us to move beyond our ignorance and understand the Catholic Church objectively?
147 146 0.15% Can you explain what the Catholic Church did so wrong during the Inquisition?
148 143 0.14% Cardinal Walter Kasper: Christians can't hide mission role in talks with Jews.
149 142 0.14% Which comes first? Penance or First Holy Communion
150 140 0.14% Tie: Can a Dominican sister preach and was her theme: "We are Eucharist to each other." correct? and Will we be responsible for the confessed sins at final judgment
         
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