What Are The Most Frequently Asked Questions About Catholicism?

Are Catholics Christians?

Why do Catholics pray to statues?

Why is there a pope?

Why do Catholics have extra books in the bible?

Why do Catholics confess to a priest instead of to God?

Why do Catholics believe in "mortal" and "venial" sin?

What's the difference between Catholics and Christians?

Why do Catholics believe in purgatory?

Why do Catholics pray a rosary?

Why do Catholics baptize infants?

Why do Catholics call priests father?

Do Catholics believe Protestants are saved?

Are Catholics going to hell?

Why does the vatican have so much money?

Why am I getting tired of listing all of them?

I've seen these questions a lot:

Why do Catholics have statuary?

Why do Catholics have Confession?

Why do Catholics baptize infants?

Why do Catholics place an emphasis upon Mary?

Why do Catholics pray the Rosary?

What is the function of the Pope?

Why do Catholics believe in the literal presence of Christ in the Eucharist?

Are they the true Church?

Did they get the only truth from God excluding the disciples of Jesus.

Why so many idol worshippers in Catholicism?

Why do you call your priests 'Father' when God forbade this, and said, 'call no man father except your Father in heaven.'?

Why do you deify Mary, by praying through her in your rosary when God forbade this?

Why do you say she was and still in a Virgin when she gave birth to Jesus and 7 or 8 other siblings?

Why do so many people get led around by their noses by this corrupt organization who have been doing this for 1000 years?

Many more such questions, not enough space.

How does Jesus saying to Peter, "Your my rock" give humans the right to create a heirarchy stricter than the pharisee's, where the pope holds absolute authority over the scriptures, can change beliefs and traditions, is treated as infallible, is served and waited on, and wears robes worth millions.

How do you possibly get that from "Your the rock peter."

Are catholics going to hell?

Why do catholics pray to idols?

Is the pope catholic?

Is the pope gay?

Is the pope the antichrist?

You get the picture.

Why do Catholics worship Mary? (note: they don't, but we get that question a LOT)

I think it's a toss-up between:

"why do Catholics pray to Mary?",

and,

"Why do Catholics worship idols?".

Why do Catholics pray to Virgin Mary when in the bible Jesus plainly shows us how to pray and who to pray too?

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/a/faq-cc.html

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