Why Not Catholicism?

Why Not Catholicism?

SHORT ANSWERS TOTHE BIG QUESTIONS

Need some defence?
Here are some resources composed by Paul Kelly (a Religious Education Coordinator at a Perth College) that may help you:

True Religion?	Christian Differences - Catholic & Protestant	Confirmation
Pinch an Inch	Bible quotes for Non-Catholics	Abortion
Philosophy	Celibate Priests	Condoms
God Exists	Women Priests	The Pill
Theological Proof for God's Existence	Comparative Religions	IVF
Cosmological Proof for God's Existence	Hinduism	Over-population myth?
Jesus is God	Reincarnation	Natural Family Planning
Jesus founded Catholicism	Buddhism	Sex before marriage
Why take the risk?	Judaism	Masturbation
Jesus rose from the dead	Islam	Euthanasia
Catholic Church - Rich?	Jehovah's Witnesses	Homosexuality
Catholic Church - Teachings changed?	Mormonism	Gay marriage
Evolution Summary	Greek Orthodox	Divorce
Evolution	Mass - Why?	Capital Punishment
Evil	Mass - What is it?	The Early Church was Catholic
Purgatory	Mass - Missing it	Dodgy Popes
Adam and Eve and Original Sin	Order of God's Creation	The Crusades
Adam and Eve - Scientific?	Angels	The Inquisition
Fundamentalism - Special Creation	Mary - What's all the fuss about?	Galileo
Fundamentalism - Origins	Mary - Ever Virgin	New Age, Occult, Satanism
Bible can be trusted	Mary - The Rosary	Indulgences for Dummies
Protestant Bible	Mary - Immaculate Conception	Miscellaneous Questions
Papal Infallibility	Apparitions	Da Vinci Code

Copyright © Paul Kelly, 2004

Thank you for taking the time to look at this compilation. The compiler has attempted to present some of what the Catholic Church actually teaches in a concise manner. Therefore, answering "Big Questions" in one page means that a lot of matter (including humour!) has had to be omitted. So, this is not an academic work, but rather a simple attempt at explaining the teachings of the Catholic Church in a readable format that is suited to today's short attention span.

With approval + B J Hickey Archbishop of Perth
19 July, 2004