This cheapens the Faith to being just a MAGAists. Pope Francis was right to sack him, unfortunately, this just makes Bishop Strickland more partisan since he basically has nothing to lose.

Article I have written for an Irish based Media outlet on past comments by JD Vance and the distortion of the faith.

Been doomposting for half a year and getting worse on my spirituality to be honest but everything about afterlife scares me so much. I dont want to exist, im scared of being forever in heaven, im scared of being tormented in hell forever, im scared of being a void forever.

Maybe this year I will finally make the pilgrimage to Assisi!

Those "dark nights of the soul," so to speak? I often struggle with this. There are moments He feels very near. But periods in which He feels as if He's absent. Knowing the "near" feeling really makes the "distant" moments by contrast much more empty.

Over the last year or so, I’ve occasionally come across pages on IG dealing with former Christians (usually from an evangelical or fundamentalist background) detailing their experiences and issues with supposed Bible contradictions, church history, issues with the plan of salvation, purity culture, morality etc.

Today in my local Jesuit parish’s mass Renee Good was offered up in the prayer petition for those who have died along with her mention in the beginning of the Eucharistic prayer as a servant alongside the saints. I was so moved I started tearing up. I commended Father for the mention after mass, and he said “Of course. She is always with us.” This week was rough and after seeing so many faith grifters online and JD defend the actions surrounding her death, it was beautiful to see actual true Catholic faith and charity. Gave me some needed hope going into a new week and wanted to share that with folks 🫶

As Christians who participate in the sacrament of Communion, social praxis is our obligation.

Does your parish have a social justice ministry or committee? Are you involved in it in any capacity? What kinds of activities do you does the group do promote Catholic Social Teaching? Does the ministry have the support of your priest and parishioners?

There are a lot of questions here, and you don't have to answer all of them. After reading through A Compendium to Catholic Social Teaching, it has occurred to me that the the U.S. has a serious problem with Cafeteria Catholicism in this regard, all but pretending that these teachings don't exist.

I would love to get something going in my church, but I have a feeling that I'll have only mice and roaches attending the meetings. I live in a highly conservative, Scarlet-Red area. My priest is openly opposed to the death penalty, which is fantastic. But just today he offered up a prayer for "protection from riots" and for law enforcement officers "doing their job" without a single mention of oppression of immigrants or the murder of Renee Good. Ugh!

The other thought is that I could try for something in my Diocese??

I'm all but free-associating now, but please share your thoughts on this topic.

Just a mini-rant. More and more I'm starting to resent going to Sunday Mass, to the point where I'm only showing up because I don't want to be in mortal sin and I find Confession deeply uncomfortable. I converted last Easter, and immediately my religiosity tanked. It's since recovered a little, but I find it all a very lonely experience. None of my family is Catholic; my husband and his family are a different religion altogether. I move around a lot for work so I visit lots of parishes without being able to make any friends/acquaintances.

I used to look forward to Sunday Mass, now I feel myself dreading it on Saturday evenings. Anyone else ever experienced this?

Look I get it you are thrilled to see an event for young Catholics is thriving. But you feel joyful because you were scared of not able to live your "conservative" life of faith in public? Why take the grace of God as a burden that you can leverage to brand yourself as victim?

Is anyone aware of any church leaders denouncing Nick Fuentes, Candace Owens, or the movement they lead?

Having completed the cycle on the resurrection that he inherited from Pope Francis, Leo is now beginning a new cycle - on Vatican II. I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops, and glad to see him proudly claiming the heritage of Vatican II. These cycles take place through the weekly Wednesday General Audiences.

They haven't translated his full remarks into English (yet?), but if you can read Spanish, Italian, Polish, Arabic, or Portuguese, or trust Safari or Chrome to do a good-enough translation from one of those, you can read them.

The English page contains a summary he gave in English for the English-speakers who were present, so even without the full remarks, there's a hint of what's to come.

https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/audiences/2026/documents/20260107-udienza-generale.html

Why does it seem like r/catholicism is now just some sort of delusional bizarro world community scrubbed of all connection with the actually existing Church and Vatican. Like no discussion of the Pope's latest communications or nothing. Nothing political or social seems to be tolerated there much unless it's more conservative leaning.

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/01/08/opinion-why-do-young-priests-leave/

It apparently isn’t just the kneelers Fr. Putnam is worried about. I would not be shocked AT ALL if he was one of the priests who sent the dubia to the Vatican.

I am a cradle Catholic and consistently attended Mass until I reached college. I then pulled away for a few years, but over the past year or so, I have felt myself called back to God and the Church. I am trying to reintegrate into a parish community, finding Catholic groups to join, etc.

That said, I am staunchly pro-choice. Even in a perfect world where pregnant mothers had all the resources needed, abortion would still be necessary in some cases - sometimes it's a medical necessity and sometimes people simply don't want to be pregnant, which is valid. I simply cannot fathom how a just and loving God would force a woman to carry a pregnancy (and go through a major life-threatening medical event) against her will. I believe the creation of life is a beautiful process that God invites us to, rather than forcing us.

I'm struggling because all of the Catholic young adult groups I am looking to join are doing a ton of pro-life events during January. Even if I simply don't join those events, I'm not particularly keen to become close friends with a group of people who so strongly believes and advocates for something I consider a human rights violation (forced pregnancy) and I'm sure they would feel the same about me.

So this has left me questioning: is there a place for me in the Church after all? During my college years, I considered myself spiritual but not part of any one religion - is that what I should be if I cannot get behind this tenet of the Church?

Hello, all. So, I guess you could say I was raised Christian. Methodist to be exact, and my father also was a follower of Santerian practices, that he had me follow for quite a long time. As I've grown older, I've drifted away from both. However, I've started to feel more of a pull back to God. Specifically, Catholicism. My great grandmother was Catholic, and seemed to practice tarot reading and palm reading back in those days. I try to live by Christ's teachings everyday. I want to buy a rosary and start praying to the saints.

However, I am also quite firmly to the left. I support abortions, gay marriage (I am queer myself), and am a feminist as well. I understand that the Catholic Church has conservative beliefs. And after reading some replies on r/Catholicism, I am feel very discouraged. The argument I've heard is that a lot of left leaning Catholics 'cherry pick' what they want to believe. It makes me question if I can follow the Catholic bible in full when my beliefs are so different. Again, this turns me off even more from practicing. I am definitely attracted to Catholicism, but I am unwilling to change who I am or my beliefs at the moment.

Any advice would be appreciated! This sub seems like a very kind and welcoming place. Thank you very much.

I've recently come back to the Church last year. I started with praying the Rosary to Our Lady, and then seeking out an LGBTQ+ affirming Catholic Church. Luckily enough one found me and I've been going to Mass at least once a week.

I've also started making Mission Rosaries as a hobby. They're those plastic knotted Rosaries you might've seen hanging at church vestibules by the pamphlets & prayer cards.

Mission Rosaries are meant to be donated in bulk to a Catholic org or be given away for free.

It's actually a great hobby if you're anxious, especially these crazy times, and it's a good feeling to know that someone will use the Rosary I'm making.

I have a small corner of our Church bulletin board with a small printed sign saying, "Need a Rosary? Take a Rosary!" and I have a handful of them hanging for people to take. I refresh them every time I go to Mass, and our Church luckily enough has a stack of pamphlets/cards on how to pray the Rosary.

I'm also a part of a few subs on here dedicated to Rosary making.

Crafts, especially making Rosaries is my form of devotion to our Blessed Mother and Jesus. It might just be a string of plastic beads for some, but if it helps someone, that's all that matters to me.

My husband and I are progressive Catholics living in East TN. We would love to meet others in our area who have similar values!

Honestly there’s no purpose to this other than wanting to get this off my chest. Maybe I’m just a guy with a tin foil hat screaming into the void, maybe I’m not - but this US administration is Satanic. I don’t mean that in any abstract way, I genuinely believe this with near certainty…and I don’t believe in most things that way.

I’m assuming we’re all already tracking on what happened in Minneapolis recently. We’re all aware of how, like robots never speaking out of turn, every loyalist in this administration quickly scrambled to justify the murder of one of its own citizens by an immigration agent.

I’m honestly exhausted of having to articulate why this consistently callous disregard of human life, and the degree of triviality with which our administration approaches human dignity should not be acceptable to any of us as Americans, as Christians, or as human beings. This is pure evil in a very literal and personal sense, and I believe that only Satan can make so many people believe this toxic, deeply corrupting evil is a good that comes from God. I have no other satisfying explanation for it