From time to time, I see Catholics writing about the “myths” Protestants and non-Christians have about Catholics. Sometimes those lists are good, sometimes they are not so good. Nonetheless, there is something I think which is important, and which needs to be addressed: mistakes many Catholics have about the Catholic faith.
For this post, I decided to list ten things which I hear, from time to time, from others, which are just not right. The first four are inter-related, and indeed, the first two are an important and particular example of the third and fourth points. However, I hope the reasons why I have separated them as such are obvious.
Now, it must be said, not all of these points are as common as others, and some of them are an attempt to distill attitudes I find on the net, attitudes which are in error and yet difficult to express in a single sentence. But all of them are common enough to merit discussion and to be put on this list. And I hope there will be a discussion of them on the comments section. I am going to try to let it be an open discussion where others, not myself, respond.
1) We don’t worship Mary
2) We don’t pray to Mary
3) We don’t worship the saints
4) We don’t pray to the saints
5) The “Latin Mass” was the original form of the Mass
6) We have to believe everything taught by the Pope
7) There can be, and are, no married priests
8) Subsidiarity means the state government cannot interfere with the affairs of local communities
9) If the state enforced justice, so that everyone has the essentials of life, there would be no room for charity
10) If you can show something to be pagan, it is wrong and non-Catholic (such as, for example, talk about Mother Earth)
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