Bringing you the "Good News" of Jesus Christ and His Church While PROMOTING CATHOLIC Apologetic Support groups loyal to the Holy Father and Church's magisterium
Home About
AskACatholic.com
What's New? Resources The Church Family Life Mass and
Adoration
Ask A Catholic
Knowledge base
AskACatholic Disclaimer
Search the
AskACatholic Database
Donate and
Support our work
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
New Questions
Cool Catholic Videos
About Saints
Disciplines and Practices for distinct Church seasons
Purgatory and Indulgences
About the Holy Mass
About Mary
Searching and Confused
Contemplating becoming a Catholic or Coming home
Homosexual and Gender Issues
Life, Dating, and Family
No Salvation Outside the Church
Sacred Scripture
non-Catholic Cults
Justification and Salvation
The Pope and Papacy
The Sacraments
Relationships and Marriage situations
Specific people, organizations and events
Doctrine and Teachings
Specific Practices
Church Internals
Church History
 

 

Due to the recent attacks on the Holy Father from the mainstream T.V. media and Print media,
I've created a separate page with a list of postings that may help confused Catholics on this and related issues.

I highly recommend you read all postings in this section.


'I got caught in the (PC) <Practicing Catholic> No Spin Zone! Don't you!'Notification of Correction: August 2006
Bill O'Reilly required Notification of Correction: Correcting what the Immaculate Conception is, and is not.

'I got caught in the (PC) <Practicing Catholic> No Spin Zone! Don't you!'Notification of Correction: August 2012
Bill O'Reilly required Notification of Correction. Topic: Distinguishing between dogma, doctrine and discipline

'I got caught in the (PC) <Practicing Catholic> No Spin Zone! Don't you!'Notification of Correction: September 2020
Correcting Sean Hannity: Are Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi really practicing Catholics?

Could you explain the Protestant view of the Rapture and how it squares with the Catholic view?
Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini
of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to Bishops, Clergy, Consecrated Persons and The Lay Faithful On The Word Of God In The Life And Mission Of The Church
 
Web Apps and Programs you may have overlooked:
 
 
A Question that make be on visitor's mind:
If I submit a question to your AskACatholic.com Team will it be totally private?
Do you openly publish questions that were very personal in nature with the person's name on it?
Where do I go to financially donate to the work you and your team does on behalf of the Church?
April 2025 Since Joseph's lineage was from Bethlehem; did he have any family or relatives in Bethlehem?
April 2025 Is it okay to have an “altar” dedicated to the saints and Mother Mary?
April 2025 Do the teachings of St. Ignatius align with the Apostle's, or could he have strayed into heresy?
April 2025 Does Marian Consecration mean you can no longer pray to Jesus; do prayers have to go thru Mary?
 
Gemeral (3)
April 2025 If a funeral Mass falls on a First Friday, would that Mass satisfy the First Friday requirement?
April 2025 What is the meaning of calling the Lord Jesus, "Angel", in the Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus?
April 2025 Where does it say, "If you don’t give up meat on Friday, you should be doing some other penance?
 
Lent (2)
April 2025 What changed in the rules on fasting and abstinence over the past 40 years; did I miss something?
April 2025 Do Catholics over the age of 59 have to fast during Lent?
 
April 2025 If my car was in the repair shop and I missed Mass unintentionally, do I need to go to Confession?
April 2025 Is Transubstantiation a dogma or is it OK to believe without knowing the details of this miracle?
April 2025 Does the priest have to do this at the Consecration and lean over both while saying "The Words"?
April 2025 Can I attend Mass and "not receive" Communion, because I have mortal sins and need Confession?
April 2025 Do I need to also confess receiving the Eucharist while committing an "unknown to us" mortal sin?
April 2025 Where does it say that a Catholic cannot receive Holy Communion multiple times in a day?
 
 
April 2025 How can Our Lady reveal different messages in distinct visions that are both recognized by the Vatican?
April 2025 Is it permissible for an Episcopalian (Anglican Catholic) to pray a Roman Catholic Rosary?
April 2025 Is devotion to Our Lady necessary or only optional for the sanctification of the Christian?
April 2025 Does Marian Consecration mean you can no longer pray to Jesus; do prayers have to go thru Mary?
 
April 2025 Why does God force us to exist against our free will and why can't He be kind and just end it all?
April 2025 Will the Church accept and welcome us, even though we are only Christians, and not Catholics?
April 2025 Is my oldest son’s behavior or the elder nun’s behavior a reflection of how Catholic law works?
April 2025 How does my friend, who has belonged to a Masonic group for 40 years, come back to the Catholic faith?
April 2025 Is being Catholic an "all—or—nothing" type of thing; do I have to follow all even if my heart disagrees?
April 2025 Do the teachings of St. Ignatius align with the Apostle's, or could he have strayed into heresy?
 
 
April 2025 For tax purposes, can I donate to these organizations, who I like, but who perform abortions?
 
 
Brother Gregory Conant O.S.B. December 6, 1927 to July 23, 2015; Requiescat In Pace, my friend!

My good conversational friend, Brother Gregory Conant, O.S.B. died peacefully on July 23, 2015 at Saint Benedict Abbey, Still River, Massachusetts, after a lengthy illness.

I personally knew Brother Gregory before, and after, he was a professed monk at St. Benedict Abbey in Still River, Massachusetts. His engaging conversation in various areas of Church history as it related to various teachings of the Church was something no other consecrated religious will ever come close to. If he wasn't talking about history, he was talking about Popes and Catholic Councils and the effect they had on society and the world for a specific period of time.

This was a unique Benedictine monk! . . . no doubt!

His love for the Church and Church history had an important impact on my life for which I am grateful.

Requiescat In Pace, my friend!
December 6, 1927 to July 23, 2015

Mike Humphrey
(Read his obituary here.)

 

The AskACatholic Team highly recommend these podcasts. There are various phone apps or computer apps for people to use. The easiest way, that doesn't involve a special app, is YouTube.

April 2025 Since there is a difference between the Old and New Testament, what Day is the Sabbath?
April 2025 Are the spiritual beings in Psalm 82 gods? and, If not, who, or what, constitute the Divine Council?
April 2025 Why were certain books of the Bible removed, like the book of Enoch?
April 2025 What is your view of the post-Nicene Fathers take on Genesis 6 and their affirmation of "incubi"?
April 2025 Why does the Catholic version of Acts have 14 chapters while the New King James version has 28?
April 2025 When were the 46 books in the Old Testament of the Catholic Bible (confirmed/agreed on)?
April 2025 Please explain what is meant by "curse of the law".
 
 
April 2025 Would the priest in my novel be an outcast if his "magic" came to light but not for personal gain?
 
April 2025 Can you help me understand the statue in the Pope Pius the VI Hall, in Rome, at the Vatican?
April 2025 Have you read this book on Catholicism/Eastern Orthodoxy and what is the Catholic reply to this?
April 2025 Is the Bishop of Rome, according to Eastern Orthodox, "first among equals? and on Conciliarism?
April 2025 Can you answer, to start with, three questions from someone not born in the Catholic Church?
Permalink:

2020 AskACatholic Three Tab Papal Repository of recent and previous Conciliar and Papal documents by:

  • Vatican II documents and Councils
  • Papal documents by Pope, and
  • Papal documents by Subject.
 
About the Sacraments (5)
 
April 2025 Is Transubstantiation a dogma or is it OK to believe without knowing the details of this miracle?
April 2025 What if a parent forced you to receive Confirmation but you didn't want to receive the sacrament?
 
 
 
On the passing of my father — dialogue and reflections.
April 2025 How do you explain the allowance of saint's "bone relics" from their bodies in light of cremation?
 
 
 
April 2025 If the priest can bless water for Baptism, why can't he bless the oils used in the other sacraments?
 
April 2025 If I remarry outside of the Church, am I committing a mortal sin that cannot be forgiven?
April 2025 Can you provide some relationship guidance and counsel; and are there grounds for an annulment?
April 2025 Is this organization (the Girl Scouts) approved by the Catholic Church?
April 2025 If I am a witness to a bad priest, doing bad things, do I have a responsibility to do anything?
April 2025 How does my friend, who has belonged to a Masonic group for 40 years, come back to the Catholic faith?
April 2025 For tax purposes, can I donate to these organizations, who I like, but who perform abortions?
 
 
Memorial: Clayton Bower Jr. Audio Memorial page.
  The 1942 Catholic Layman's Guide: A brief outline of what he should know and do.
April 2025 Based on my understanding of the theology of angels and man, can you answer these questions?
April 2025 Is merely imagining killing someone a mortal sin, even without any intention to kill them?
April 2025 Is it heresy to say that Jesus became Man at His Birth?
April 2025 Can you answer, to start with, three questions from someone not born in the Catholic Church?
 
 
 
 
April 2025 I know we are the Catholic Church, but why are we specifically the “Roman” Catholic Church?
April 2025 Can you list all religions, starting with Jesus's and other founders and the year they were founded?
Please report any and all typos or grammatical errors.
Suggestions for this web page and the web site can be sent to Mike Humphrey
© 2012 Panoramic Sites
The Early Church Fathers Church Fathers on the Primacy of Peter. The Early Church Fathers on the Catholic Church and the term Catholic. The Early Church Fathers on the importance of the Roman Catholic Church centered in Rome.