3,667 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC
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3,667 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC
154 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.
146 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC
Posted by /u/engineeringmylove
EDIT: I am SO SO SORRY for the title!! 😭😭 I totally didn't mean it like that. It was very poorly phrased on my part, I apologise for any confusion or negativity caused. When I was writing it, I genuinely didn't have the slightest clue it could be interpreted like that, at all.…
127 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC
113 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…
98 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC
Posted by /u/True-Boysenberry225
God has been so good, and Jesus Christ has been amazing! I’ve been praying a lot more lately and as the Holy Spirit has been guiding me in my prayers, I’ve started to notice that I’ve began to pray more like him as well. Like it’s funny because I’m using words I wouldn’t normall…
89 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.
81 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Leading-Nectarine634
I am currently pregnant with my third child, and my OB is telling me that I should get a tubal ligation to prevent another pregnancy since all my kids are born via Cesarean Delivery. My CS cut is too near in my bladder already and she said I can only deliver 3 kids based on my m…
70 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Sea-Tiger8657
I've been posting on here quite a bit these past few days, because I have so many questions and so many doubts, and no one to help me in real life. Today, I decided I would spend 1 hour praying/reading the Bible, even if I didn’t want to. For context, I'm a skeptic. I'm also som…
66 upvotes
Jul 21, 2026, 11:40 PM UTC
Posted by /u/The_Wolf_Song
I honestly feel less delusional than people who follow man-made religions and conquered the despair and nihilism that come with atheism. Now that I found my chill, I went from 15 years on disability collecting an emo check, now I’m at the busiest store in my market because I don…