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Why Do Catholics Bless Themselves With Holy Water?

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:40:00+00:00January 10th, 2016|Why Do Catholics Do That?|

When you walk into the church, you dip your fingers into the holy water font and then make the sign of the cross.  But why do you do that? Why do Catholics use holy water

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Dulia and Hyperdulia: Do Catholics Really Worship Mary?

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:40:02+00:00December 26th, 2015|Why Do Catholics Do That?|

Repeat after me:  Catholics do not worship Mary. Catholics do not worship Mary. Catholics do not worship Mary. I mention this because that scurrilous claim has turned up several times recently in my comment boxes.

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The Holy Right: Explaining the Mystery of Relics

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:40:02+00:00December 18th, 2015|Why Do Catholics Do That?|

August 16 is the memorial of St. Stephen, patron of Hungary. Stephen was anointed king in the year 1000 A.D. by Pope Sylvester II, who presented him with a cross and a crown. Stephen was a

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GOD’S FRIENDS, MY FRIENDS: The Precedent for Intercessory Prayer

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:40:03+00:00December 16th, 2015|Why Do Catholics Do That?|

In a series of talks in 2011, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the efficacy of intercessory prayer. He used the biblical patriarch Abraham as an example—reminding us of how Abraham prayed to God for the

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Stand, Sit, Kneel, Repeat… Why Catholics Do the Things They Do

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:40:03+00:00December 16th, 2015|Why Do Catholics Do That?|

If you're a non-Catholic attending the Catholic Mass for the first time, chances are you notice this:   On cue, people stand up; they sit back down; they kneel; then they stand.... The curious onlooker

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Why Won’t the Catholic Church “Get With the Times” and Ordain Women Priests?

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:40:15+00:00December 13th, 2015|Why Do Catholics Do That?|

In Des Moines, Iowa, the Catholic Worker House is no longer permitted to hold liturgies on the premises, after conducting a service in which a woman who claims to be an ordained priest celebrated a

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Why Attend Church? Five Pretty Good Reasons, But There’s Another One…

By Kathy Schiffer|2015-12-13T20:30:38+00:00December 13th, 2015|Why Do Catholics Do That?|

"5 reasons to attend church."  The headline in The Examiner caught my eye: After all, the recent PEW study demonstrated that Catholics and Christians are dropping out of the church-attending group, as society grows increasingly secular.

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Confess My Sins to a Priest? Why Can’t I Just Talk to God?

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:40:16+00:00December 13th, 2015|Why Do Catholics Do That?|

If you're Catholic, you've heard this before, right? Your Protestant friend says, "Why should I confess my sins to a priest?" Chances are he's going to offer one of two arguments: I have a personal

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Why Do Catholics Bless Themselves With Holy Water?

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:40:16+00:00December 13th, 2015|Why Do Catholics Do That?|

When you walk into the church, you dip your fingers into the holy water font and then make the sign of the cross.  But why do you do that? Why do Catholics use holy water

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Why Catholics (And Everyone Else) Should Stay Away From Horoscopes

By Kathy Schiffer|2018-01-27T17:40:17+00:00December 12th, 2015|Why Do Catholics Do That?|

“I would like to ask you," said Pope Francis in his Sunday Angelus address, "...but don’t answer out loud; each one answer to himself: How many are there among us who read the horoscope every

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