Scandal and cover-up
This is No. 26 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. The contrast between the piety and integrity of lay Catholics like my parents, which I highlighted yesterday, and the… Continue reading
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The integrated faith
This is No. 25 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. As I enter the home-stretch of my month-long series on why I left the Catholic Church, I want to… Continue reading
The truth about truth
This is No. 24 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. What’s the big deal? Why spend a whole month picking on the Catholic Church? Aren’t there more important issues… Continue reading
The only way
This is No. 23 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. I mentioned yesterday that some Catholics accuse ex-Catholics like me of turning away from the Church because we find… Continue reading
I am saved, and maybe you are too
This is No. 22 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. I was very angry with the Catholic Church when I left…a common refrain among ex-Catholics. I felt lied-to, cheated,… Continue reading
Saints, statues, and superstition
This is No. 21 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. St. Joseph sold our home! I am so happy I bought St. Joseph! I buried him upside down next… Continue reading
Holy Father
This is No. 20 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. John 17:11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am… Continue reading
The flesh opposes the Spirit
This is No. 19 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. As I mentioned in a previous post, not all my 30 reasons were instrumental in my decision to leave… Continue reading
Inordinate power and control
This is No. 17 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. I’ve always been pretty much a conformist. While in my parents’ home I acknowledged their authority and tried to… Continue reading
Truth or consequences
This is No. 16 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. Well, I’m halfway through this series on why I am no longer in the Catholic Church, and all along… Continue reading
A clear injunction denied
This is No. 15 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.” “That was a wonderful homily, Father Bob.” “The Holy Father, say those… Continue reading
The Communion of Saints
This is No. 14 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. O, the saints that have gone before. What a “cloud of witnesses” 1 we have in so many of… Continue reading
The long arm of the Church
These are reason Nos. 10, 11, and 12 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. As expected, I’m getting push-back from some Catholics regarding this series I’m doing. It feels… Continue reading
A wonderful, Catholic woman of God
I’d like to pause again in my series on why I left the Catholic Church, to pay tribute to two of the greatest Catholics I know of…my mom and dad. Though I have… Continue reading
Indulgences – drawing down debt
This is No. 10 in the series. Please read my introduction and explanation here. When I was considering doing this month-long series on the Catholic Church, I made a list of her teachings… Continue reading