To say that Christ is the God of individuals and of families, but not the God of peoples and societies, is to say that He is not God. …." - Cardinal Pie, Bishop of Poitiers, France, from 1849 to 1880.

Catechism of the Catholic Church (646) Christ's Resurre was not a return to earthly life, … Christ's Resurrection is essentially different. In his risen body he passes from the state of death to another life beyond time and space"…

The most extrordinary teaching of the Church is that Christ, a tradsman's son who walked the earth 2000 years ago in Palistine is the God who threw the stars into their orbits and knit you and me together in our mothers' wombs

Catechism of the Catholic Church 491 "Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, "full of grace" through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854"

Should Mary be called the Mother of God? Because Christ was truely God, Mary can rightly be called the Mother of God. Not in the sense that she pre-existed God in the manner that a mother normally pre-exists her son, but in the sense that she bore God in her womb, suckled God at her breast and raised Him as her own son

"All generations will call me blessed": The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin differs essentially from the adoration which is given to God. The liturgical feasts dedicated to the Mother of God and Marian prayer, such as the rosary, an "epitome of the whole Gospel," express this devotion to the Virgin Mary.

The Council of Trent reaffirmed traditional Christian teaching that the Mass is the same Sacrifice of Calvary offered in an unbloody manner: "The victim is one and the same: the same now offers through the ministry of priests, who then offered himself on the cross; only the manner of offering is different."

No one challenged the truth of the Real Presence for the first 1000 years of the Church's history. And not until the 16th century was it seriously disputed. The brilliant Brazilian apologist, Raymond de Souza, masterfully nails this modern heresy.

It was to the apostolic college alone, of which Peter is the head, that our Lord entrusted all the blessings of the New Covenant, in order to establish on earth the one Body of Christ into which all those should be fully incorporated who belong to Him.

Professor William Hendriksen, a Protestant biblical scholar, wrote, "You are Peter, that is Rock, and upon this rock, that is, on you, Peter I will build my church." Our Lord, speaking Aramaic, probably said, "And I say to you, you are Kepha, and on this kepha I will build my church." Jesus, then, is promising Peter that he is going to build his church on him! I accept this view.”

Papal infallibility is one of the channels of the infallibility of the Church. The infallible teachings of the pope must be based on, or at least not contradict, Sacred Tradition or Sacred Scripture

Those who do not believe in Purgatory, must believe that a man who kidnaps a child in order to torture him to death in some Satanic ritual, receives from God the same punishment as a waiter who pockets his tips without declaring them for tax purposes. Well, I suppose it's an opinion!

Sacred images in our churches and homes are intended to awaken and nourish our faith in the mystery of Christ. Through sacred images we venerate the persons represented.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (414) "Satan or the devil and the other demons are fallen angels who have freely refused to serve God and his plan. Their choice against God is definitive. They try to associate man in their revolt against God." The brilliant Brazilian apologist, Raymond de Souza, addresses this article of faith.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church sets it out clearly, “… The Lord Jesus chose men to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry. …. The Church recognizes herself to be bound by this choice made by the Lord Himself. For this reason the ordination of women is not possible.”

A chance to hear Rod Pead’s storming address to the Faith of Our Father’s conference in 2000 that brought over 1000 Catholics spontaneously to their feet in a standing ovation. Rod is the investigatory journalist who succeeded the late saintly Fr Paul Crane as editor of Christian Order.