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What do Catholics believe?

No Question Left Behind

Blogged by James Preece on 15th October 2008

Sadly, unless you want to know where to buy expensive chocolate or how to dress your Priest like a big tit or some role plays to use in place of the Gospel, you probably won't find your questions being answered by the Catholic Youth Services.

If you are a young person over the age of four, you probably already know that you should be nice to people and not waste food. But, assuming you go to a Catholic school in the UK, you've probably never heard anybody talk about the following...

Q: Where does the Bible deal with or talk about the evil of porn?

Q: How do we live holy lives? It is too hard with my friends always trying to talk me into stuff I know is wrong. How do I get the strength to say yes to God and no to my friends?

Q: My mom wants us to pray the rosary every night as a family, but I think it is boring. It is just the same prayers over and over again, and it takes too long.

Q: My little brother has celiac disease, which will keep him from receiving communion when the time comes. Eating wheat would make him violently sick and could even cause him to die. A host is made of wheat. This disease is a real burden on a Catholic who wants to take the Eucharist. Can he take a rice host?

Q: Lately I have had a lot of doubts about everything that I stand for as a Christian. Everything in my life seems to be going lousy. My family is always yelling. I don’t think my mom and I can ever have a peaceful conversation. I don’t understand why all this is going on. A friend of mine said that it isn’t my fault and that my mom is just going through stuff and I should understand. She said all I have to do is have faith. I pray all the time, but it doesn’t work. Everything is just so overwhelming at times and I don’t know what do to.

Q: I have some non-Catholic friends who love to challenge my faith and ridicule and put me down when I cannot answer their questions. What's the best way to deal with them?

Q: Recently I read at a Christian website about how homosexuality is a sin, and those who protect their rights are not people of God and are going to be sent to hell on the day of judgment. This made me extremely angry. I believe in God, but I don’t believe that He will send homosexual supporters or homosexuals to hell for this. Does the Catholic Church agree with me?

For answers to questions, visit No Question Left Behind.

For a patronising repetitive retelling of the relevance of recycling, visit loserville.

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Thanks for the laugh this morning. And thanks for the link!

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