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Posted by /u/Sea_Offer_5854

Will my cat go straight to Heaven?

My cat just died. I think he got hit by a car because he had so much blood coming out of his mouth. I can't stop crying. He came and took his last breath right outside my door.

Posted by /u/Economy_Mobile_6160

Catholic dad joke alert

My wife just said “Protestants want to be Sola Scriptura, but they can’t even be Whola Scriptura” And I cackled.

Posted by /u/HonkyTonkBluesYEAH

What are the best Catholic films?

For books I know The Bible and The Lord of the Rings (Dostoevsky on the other hand is Orthodox). For films I am not sure. I know The Passion of the Christ but Mel Gibson is kind of outside the Church, even if he likes old Catholicism.

Posted by /u/firenance

My wife wants to pick godparents I know aren’t valid, but due to confidential info

WWYD? I feel like the whole situation is going to be difficult and harm either my marriage or friendship. Prob more relationship question but related to our kid’s sacraments. Next baby is due in a few months. Wife suggested a couple friend to be godparents. At first I said let’s…

Posted by /u/Imperator-ad-plagam

Which church teachings do you think could be declared dogma within our lifetime?

Posted by /u/Owl_And_Bunny

Why do Orthodox Christians emphasize their Orthodox identity?

Hello, Sometimes, while browsing the internet, I come across conversations between people from different ethnic and religious backgrounds. There is something I have noticed. Orthodox Christians do not simply say that they are Christian; they often make a point of emphasizing tha…

Posted by /u/zjordyyy

First Eucharist Experience

I was baptized Catholic as a baby, but after my family stopped practicing I spent the next 14 years as an agnostic. Everything changed in 2024 when I sat beside my uncle as he slowly died of cancer. He wasn't afraid he knew he was going home to Christ. That moment started a jour…

Posted by /u/GingerPrincess666

Scared for the Church

I know our Church is the largest and greatest out of all Christian churches, but I'm still scared for its future. I attend a parish close to home and it's only older believers in attendance... Will the coming youth still frequent the Catholic Church as often as God expects them…

Posted by /u/zilok727

Even with an addiction, God doesn't forget you.

He was born in 19th-century China into a Christian family. A respected physician with a comfortable life, he treated the poor free of charge. By all appearances, he lived an exemplary life. However, a stomach illness led him to use opium, which was a common medical treatment at…

Posted by /u/zovemsefran

Just found out if one omitts a grave sin in Confession, then he has to redo the entire Confession(?)

From the Catechism of Saint Pius X (I translated from Italian, so in English it could be not word by word accurate, but the meaning is that:"Anyone who has culpably omitted to confess a mortal sin must disclose the omitted sin to the confessor, state in how many confessions they…

Posted by /u/TriticumAes

Why is Christmas fixed but Easter moveable?

Like it is my understanding that the December 25th Christmas date came from the early Church fathers placing Jesus’s conception and death date as the same date on March 25th. So if that is the case why is one moveable and one fixed instead of having both fixed or both moveable?

Posted by /u/JesseEisenbergFan

What’s with the hate towards Eastern religion and philosophy?

As someone who is discerning Orthodoxy and Christianity, I’ve noticed there is a weird stigma that exists in Christian circles towards Eastern philosophy, that does not also exist towards Western philosophy. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, etc. have earned a lot of respe…

Posted by /u/-SLVMPFVCK-

Confession

I'm going back to confession today after 6 months of avoiding it and missing Mass a good number of times because of work giving me crazy hours, my transportation was unavailable, severe depression wracked my brain much worse than before, and i've been feeling as though i've fall…

Posted by /u/BackroomsCitizen

The Catholic response to panhandlers - a question

"Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you." - Matthew 5:42 I live in a big city where panhandlers are at every corner and not all of them are homeless. Some even admit that they ask because people will give, and they stand in front of church…

Posted by /u/123Foodforthought

Blessed weekend: Shrine of Our Lady of Champion + a surprisingly faith-filled hotel stay

My family (wife, son, his fiancée, and I) just visited the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion—the only approved Marian apparition site in the US. Afterward, we stayed at the Holiday Inn in Manitowoc and were blown away. It actually has Catholic iconography throughout the bu…

Posted by /u/mind-killer-fear

What criteria should determine whether violence against a colonial government is classified as terrorism or armed resistance?

This week marked 80 years since the King David Hotel bombing in Jerusalem. On July 22, 1946, members of the Irgun planted explosives beneath the hotel’s south wing, which housed the British Mandatory government’s Secretariat and military headquarters. Ninety-one people were kill…

Posted by /u/jmeyer73

Will God mind if I take a break?

Will God understand if I just take a break from religion? I'm very mentally ill and I'm getting professional help, but it will take months, maybe even years for me to be treated. I love Catholicism and I want to keep being a Catholic but religion has been very damaging to my men…

Posted by /u/Jehanne17

Beautifull explanation!!!👏👏👏