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I encourage you to give the Catholic faith another chance. At the same time, I hope you will do so with realistic expectations
Read More »Ask A Catholic: Returning to the Church
Ask A Catholic: LGBT Vilification and Clergy Sex Abuse
Some Catholics, in the face of the clergy sex abuse crisis, choose to give up on being Catholic, so deeply are they scandalized by this great evil. Understandably so. But I don't think this is necessarily the best or the most courageous choice.
Read More »SpokaneFāVS Presents: Ask A Catholic
As part of its "Ask" series FāVS is launching an "Ask A Catholic" column where readers can submit questions to local Catholic author Mitch Finley, who will answer the questions in a column here on SpokaneFāVS.com
Read More »Why it’s so hard to hold priests accountable for sex abuse
As a scholar of the Catholic Church, I believe an important but often poorly understood reason for the abandonment of abused children is the Church’s Code of Canon law, which the pope alone can change.
Read More »Ask An Evangelical: What are your views on the Catholic Church?
The Catholic Church has the same problem as all other organizations I’ve ever studied…it’s run by fallible humans.
Read More »A turning point for my friend – and me
Jim has just been ordained a deacon in the Catholic Church.
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