roman catholicism

I would like to see Pope Benedict XVI, requiscat in pace, memory eternal, be glorified as a saint. Until the RCC officially beatifies and canonizes him, what are the rules concerning his veneration? For example, are Roman Catholics allowed to refer to people not officially canonized or in the...

I have a list of the baptismal names of various people, including Orthodox Christians, Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans and traditional Protestants, some of whom are deceased, which is categorically organized so that people can be prayed for liturgically in the right way. For example, the...

Good Evening, I'm in a really tough and, in many respects, weird situation theologically. I grew up in the Roman Catholic Church, and I greatly admire it in many ways. I think Catholic critiques of Protestantism that suggest the movement has become a theological mess are fair, although I do...

A member in another thread asked me an interesting question, which I have posted here to avoid derailing the thread and also to not give the misleading appearance of criticizing anyone participating in that thread, for nothing in this reply was written in response to the comments or beliefs of...

This article, years ago when it first came out, was very eye-opening to some deeper implications. Given that there were/are millions of catholics worldwide who believe Mary should be elevated as becoming a fourth member of the Trinity, which included "mother" Teresa giving her whole-hearted...

The Vatican has launched a $110 “eRosary” in a bid to encourage tech-savvy Catholics to pray. Launched Tuesday, the wearable smart device links to an app designed to teach users how to pray with Rosary beads. The eRosary, available on Amazon as well as the Vatican’s own website, can be worn...

[By this, of course, I mean the diptychs in a liturgical setting, not the common art term for icons and paintings set in a diptych (two-fold) arrangement.] The diptych was once a literal object kept in the local church, made of wax tablets onto which the names of the living and departed...

Recently, we Catholics celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, the final apparition of the Holy Mother to Sts Francesco, Jacinta, and Lucia in Fatima, Portugal. One of the primary "demands" of the Blessed Mother was that Russia be consecrated along with the World by the Pope...

On this issue, I agree with Pope Francis who leads the Catholic Church. Too many innocent people have been killed after being wrongly convicted and wrongly sentenced to the death penalty. On top of that, society does not have the right to take life to show that taking life is wrong. It is, to...

I was raised Catholic, though I never really felt the urge to study its doctrine further than what I know now. I used to attend this fantastic Catholic Church, made some friends, we would study the doctrine (without the Bible!), sing and so on. On one trip of ours to Lourdes, France, I asked...

[Caution: Much of what will be discussed is unorthodox to Protestantism, Anglican, Lutheran and Calvinism. I'm not interested in debate just interested in tossing some ideas out there for discussion with my Protestant/Calvinistic brothers and sisters.] Ok, here goes, I took a break from my...