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Catholic Korner with Crystal_Air: Indulgences

(has a nice ring to it, don't you think? My thanks to scrambledmegsntoast, the creator of Catholic Korner, for the idea for today's post) At the risk of further angering my Protestant friends and readers, I have decid…
Religious Relic or Holy Hoax: Does The Shroud of Turin Matter?

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an archaeologist. Artifacts and relics always fascinated me, and having grown up in the Catholic church, I have had many chances to see relics up close. A relic supposedly from the tr…
Showbread Stirs Contoversy with Symbolic Album Artwork

Showbread is a band misunderstood by some. With often dark and disturbing undertones, their albums have even been pulled at times from Christian bookstores. They've been called satanists by some, evangelists by ot…
Justification: Faith Alone?

Finals are over... and, as promised... Justification, in the Catholic Church, is the result of faith and works working in tandem. We understand that while faith is an important starting point in the journey of salvati…
Debunked: Misconceptions Of The Catholic Church

I enjoy reading this site. I really do. I appreciate when people can come together and have intelligent respectful and eye opening conversations. In light of that, I've been thinking about something recently that I wo…
Would You Marry Someone of a Different Christian Denomination?

Recently, Revelife featured a post entitled, What is Your View on Dating or Marrying a Non-Christian? Readers gave widely varying, thought-provoking responses to the question. I'd like to pose another question that…
I Will NOT Speak to You If Your Christianity is Different

I see so many people having problems with one another because of their Christian beliefs. So you're a Catholic? Oh man, then you have never really met Jesus. So you're a Christian Pentecostal? Oh, you must exaggerate w…
How Can I Share My Faith With My Non-Religious Cousins?

Now that I spend the majority of the year in Buffalo, N.Y. for college, I've had the pleasant opportunity to visit my aunt, uncle, and younger cousins who live only ten minutes away from my campus very often. As a prac…
Should Prayer Be Used as Punishment?

For a couple of years, my brother and I attended a Catholic elementary school. When we first enrolled in the school, he was in kindergarten and I was in seventh grade. From the beginning of my attendance there, …
Sola Scriptura: Influence, Tradition, and Interpretation

I caught some flack for a comment I posted recently on Revelife, to the effect that the Protestant church needs to understand itself as a protest movement within the Catholic Church to remain intelligible, and that the …