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222 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Odd_Froyo_9396
I finally just finished reading the entire bible at 29 years old, male, it took 8 months,🥺i just decided to read the last 2 books i had left today which was psalms and isaiah took me almost 10 hours of reading today which is the most I've ever read in a Day by a significant mar…
119 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 3:53 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Tiny-Tear7116
People are loosing their children to violence, please pray and raise awareness. Babies are being killed. Fathers, mother's!
93 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Raschevljanin
I’ve seen quotes from St. Padre Pio who advises weekly confession. I know St. Pope John Paul II confessed his sins weekly. I just want to make sure I am not exaggerating, because ever since Easter I’ve been going to confession every 7-10 days.
71 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Byerly2k21
Hello, I am an atheist and, I am planning on going to mass this weekend. Is there anything I should know before going? I have been questioning atheism lately, and I have been looking into the Catholic Church.
65 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 9:52 PM UTC
Posted by /u/poedancing
I have been sharing sources on the real presence in the Eucharist with my family to try to convince them of it. Recently it was an hour and a half long video of Brant Pitre discussing how the OT points to the Eucharist. Anytime a good point is raised they immediately object by b…
62 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 3:56 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Emergency_Record_674
I recently lost my beautiful twins in a very tragic way, at birth. It was a long awaited pregnancy, after years of struggles and surgeries. Those babies were our greatest blessing, and they came unexpectedly, just when we were loosing hope. We considered it a gift from God and r…
56 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Flat_Abalone_2448
I've seen christians saying rascist things and even defending hitler and using slurs...it really turns me away from becoming christian if the religion is compatible with those things
50 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 2:03 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Intelligent_Shop2864
Whenever I tell people I am catholic they just hate for no reason and throw comments that they don’t even understand. I am sure others have felt this before and I just don’t know what to do.
44 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC
Posted by /u/River-19671
I (58F, have SSA) have been away from the church for 7 years and have been thinking about coming back. Last month I was on a zoom call with some people from Eden Invitation, which I understand is a fairly new church approved ministry to LGBTQ folks, and today I have a story call…
38 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC
Posted by /u/KynesArt
It's enormously encouraging to see Christians in this subreddit standing up against the abusive and predjudiced traditions of the church. The people here have been Insisting on a community that not only includes vulneralbe people, but also fights against those that would use the…