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VATICAN CITY: The Smallest Country in the World yet has One of the Most Powerful Leader by In Defense of the Church on Jun 19, 2011Forgive me if this sounds bragging to non-Catholics but it's a FACT that the Vatican City State is considered the smallest country in the world and it's a member of the United Nations.Many Catholics do not know that the Vatican State is an Independen...
CIA Factbook on Catholicism by In Defense of the Church on Oct 20, 2010[From CIA Factbook] - Catholicism (or Roman Catholicism): This is the oldest established western Christian church and the world's largest single religious body. It is supranational, and recognizes a hierarchical structure with the Pope, or Bishop of...
Making Straight the Way: An Anglican Homecoming by In Defense of the Church on Sep 21, 2010In Depth Analysisby Dr. Jeff Mirus, September 9, 2010, catholicculture.org When Father John Fleming converted to Catholicism in 1987, he couldn’t foresee that he would play an instrumental role in the request of the Traditional Anglican Communion f...
The Rites of the Catholic Church by In Defense of the Church on Aug 27, 2010[Source: Catholic News Agency] - It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church. Before discussing these rites it is important to note that different sources disagree on exactly what constitutes a r...
THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY: A BELIEF SINCE APOSTOLIC TIMES by In Defense of the Church on Aug 14, 2010By Father Clifford Stevens - EWTN---------------------------------------------------------------------------The Assumption is the oldest feast day of Our Lady, but we don't know how it first came to be celebrated. Its origin is lost in those days whe...
Family – Still the Basic Indestructible Structure of our Society by In Defense of the Church on Jul 28, 2010Photo Source:familylifenz Why the Catholic Church opposes “gay lifestyle” and the promotion of “same-sex marriages”, “abortion”, “artificial contraceptives”, euthanasia, etc? Secular society cannot change what nature has designed. It...
Mother Teresa of Calcuta's Legacy by CNN by In Defense of the Church on Jun 8, 2010“By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.” - Blessed Teresa of CalcuttaNo other religions on earth has the kind of Mother Teresa of Calcu...
Iglesia ni Cristo: The Catholic Church Apostatized through Constantine? by In Defense of the Church on May 2, 2010As they always use to blackmail poorly catechized Catholics, members of the cult of Felix Manalo, his Iglesia use this argument often that surprise Catholics. Having little time to research and poorly catechized, a Catholic usually ends up an anti-Ca...
Eucharistic Miracles, Jesus is Really Present by In Defense of the Church on Apr 15, 2010"Take, eat my body and drink my blood and be saved."(John 6:53-57) I always believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. That's one reason why I have to fast at least an hour before taking the communion or to carefully examine mysel...
Feast of the Annunciation by In Defense of the Church on Mar 25, 2010(Source" Catholic.org; Photo Credit, thanks to EWTN)The feast of the Annunciation goes back to the fourth or fifth century. Its central focus is the Incarnation: God has become one of us. From all eternity God had decided that the Second Person of th...
