Blog Posts on catholic adherents

Moira Noonan: My Conversion Story by In Defense of the Church on Sep 5, 2011Moira Noonan left Catholicism for the New Age in the early 1970s after suffering a crippling accident for which her faith seemed to have no answers. She went on to serve as a minister in the Church of Religious Science for 20 years, mastering such di...

Methodist Convert to Catholicism Julie Nicholson by In Defense of the Church on Aug 10, 2011Julie NicholsonSource: Why I'm CatholicJulie is wife, mother and Catholic convert raised in the Methodist church. During her walk of faith she encountered many different Protestant denominations before finally calling the Catholic Church home.Looking...

Evangelical Convert: Richard Maffeo from Why I'm Catholic by In Defense of the Church on Aug 3, 2011Richard Maffeo (source: Why I'm Catholic)Richard was born into a Jewish home in 1950. Twenty-two years later, he discovered Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, and served Him in evangelical Protestant churches for more than thirty-two years. In 2005 he was...

Atlas shows situation of Catholic Church throughout the world by In Defense of the Church on Jul 30, 2011This new Atlas presents the Catholic Church present in the whole world and the history of each diocese found within every states and cities.

A Conversion Story of former Lutheran JoAnna Wahlund by In Defense of the Church on Jul 28, 2011Source: Why I'm CatholicJoAnna is married and has four children. This is her story as a lifelong member of the Lutheran church to Catholicism.I was born to lifelong Lutherans (ELCA) who, of course, baptized all their kids Lutheran. I was baptized on...

Eclectic Convert: Amanda Rose found a Pearl of Great Price by In Defense of the Church on Jul 14, 2011Source: Why I'm CatholicAmanda RoseThis story of conversion is a story of one who longed for God before she understood what she was longing for, who searched for God and for so long he remained hidden from her, but who continued knocking upon the doo...

‘Sometimes God works in funny ways’ by In Defense of the Church on Jul 11, 2011Ed West talks to a Catholic who prayed the rosary 35,000 times while running across America, dodging wild animals on the wayBy Ed WestJeff Grabosky pauses at the Brooklyn Bridge near the end of his gruelling 3,700-mile run from the West Coast to the...

Vatican sends Official delegates to Independence Celebration of Majority Catholic South Sudan by In Defense of the Church on Jul 9, 2011Photo Source: Wikipedia VATICAN CITY, NEWS.va - Holy See press office director Fr. Federico Lombardi issued the following statement Friday: Tomorrow 9 July, the new Republic of South Sudan will be proclaimed in the city of Juba. For this solemn occas...

Mormon Convert to Catholicism: Thomas Smith by In Defense of the Church on Jun 30, 2011Thomas SmithSource: whyimcatholic.comThomas was a former Mormon missionary turned Protestant minister who was received into the Catholic Church in 1996. Thomas lives on his family ranch in southeastern Idaho.Born a 6th generation Mormon (LDS), I was...

The First CHRISTIAN CHURCH in Qatar is a Catholic Church by In Defense of the Church on Jun 28, 2011Catholic Faithful attending Holy Mass in Doha (All photo Source: Daijiworld News)The Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary is a Roman Catholic church in Doha, Qatar, and the first Christian church in Qatar. In a simple function on March 15, 2008,...