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There are more people to talk to over here, that's the main difference. Many times when I come to this site there is no-one to talk to on the STR side but there are at least 30 people viewing on the RC side! This section is very popular. It is also a reflection of the situation in the...

Sorry to go off on a tangent a bit but does anyone know whether Jordan River Water is purified before they put it in bottles and sell it? My friend's husband has been sprinkling it on his new born baby and we are all quite worried about the implications of this (i.e. neonatal gastro-enteritis -...

Although I was persuaded (by my husband) to go to a Roman Catholic church for Easter Sunday, we were fortunate enough to attend a church in a very traditional English town in the UK. I was delighted to have been permitted to sing "All Glory Laud and Honor to thee Redeemer King" plus other...

I think that it is better for the children to be brought up with some sort of religion than not any religion at all. Jesus said: "Let the children come to me and do not stop them."

Thank you! Everything I say is true (as far as I am aware). I'm so glad that you believe me. I was accused of lying, recently, in another section. That upset me a lot because I do NOT lie. I always try to help people by telling them of my life experiences. :groupray:

I'm very, very sorry to hear this. I did not realise how difficult it was for a priest to be laicized. I hope that, with time, God will help you to accept this and I also pray for your brother, that he may be able to come through this. I pray that he will, eventually, be granted permission to be...

I agree so much with what you have said. Thank you.

Because it does not make sense. It is easy to understand why abortificient contraception such as IUDs are wrong but it is almost impossible to understand why condoms are wrong. This is especially difficult to comprehend in cases where women are middle-aged with half a dozen children already...

:idea: So my priests and the Cardinal were correct then (in sympathising with me and condoning my use of barrier contraception)?

He was talking about barrier contraception such as condoms, caps, diaphragms, etc, NOT abortificient contraception.

The pill is, certainly, not very good for people. It can cause all sorts of serious side effects. For one, it can make the woman feel pretty awful for quite a few months or longer. I had a school friend who died from taking the pill. She had a thrombosis. The pill can also cause strokes and...

We do not all fit the mould We do not all shine like gold Some of us are timid Some of us are bold. But God loves us anyway No matter what we say No matter who we are Because He made us that way. So let us love each other Each sister and each brother Stop the fighting now You sound just like...

I've been meaning to go to the Anglican Catholic church for a while now. Unfortunately it is quite far from where I live. By Catholic Anglicans do you mean Anglicans in the Catholic tradition or former Roman Catholics (or both)? :doh:

Thank you so much. Your posts are always so informative and interesting. They inspire me to take up theology. It's very frustrating to have had false perceptions all these years.

Well this is news to me. For the past 25 years, amongst my female Roman Catholic friends, it has been common knowledge that the Pope was talking about the pill. Even the priests advised us of this. (It was not known, until recently, that the combined pill was an abortificient.) Personally, I...

So if the woman has to take the pill for therapeutic reasons, would the couple be permitted to use condoms to prevent the killing of an embryo?

The following text has been taken from: http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0050.html Humanae Vitae After Twenty-Five Years: Responses "Many people have difficulty understanding why the Catholic Church teaches that contraception is wrong, because to them contraceptives...

I have five children. Two are autistic although one is only mildly autistic. But the other autistic child is severely autistic. Needless-to-say, our lives are very difficult.

I am delighted to hear that. But my dear grandmother who would have been 110 this year converted to Roman Catholicism because she loved saying the rosary (and for other reasons, obviously). This would suggest that in the 1930s, when she converted, the Anglican church were not in the habit of...

I was always told by my family that if I converted to Anglicanism, I would have to give up saying "Hail Marys" and the Rosary. Is this true?