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Why I Am Catholic

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Scripture • Tradition • Church History • Catholic Apologetics • Theology • The Papacy • Mary & the Saints • Common Objections

Welcome to the Why I Am Catholic Table of Contents. This page organizes articles by subject so Catholics, non-Catholics, converts, returning Catholics, and anyone curious about the Catholic faith can easily explore the blog.

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Start Here • Why Catholic? • Scripture • Papacy • Core Beliefs • Mary & Saints • Objections • Paganism • Church Origins • Other Religions • Public Life • Saints • Fiction

★ New & Recently Added — September 2026

• The Catholic Gospel
• The Pope Is the Antichrist
• Did Pope Gregory the Great Start the Catholic Church in A.D. 590? Who Really Founded the Catholic Church?
• “The Bible Never Calls Mary a Queen!” — The Catholic Response
• 30 YouTube Channels Catholics Should Know
• Female and Black Catholic YouTubers Worth Discovering
• The Anti-Catholic Conversion Industry

1. ✦ Start Here

1. About this Blog
2. Catholic Q & A
3. Joining or Returning to the Catholic Church
4. Living the Catholic Faith: The Precepts of the Church
5. Basic Catholic Prayers
6. Catholic Groups I am a Member of

2. ♥ Why I Am Catholic

1. The True Name of the Church and Why I Am Catholic
2. Why I’m Catholic: Overcoming Distrust of Organized Religion and Deep-Seated Protestant Misconceptions
3. The Roman Catholic Church Is the Temporal Kingdom of God on Earth
4. A History of Religion: From Early Humans to the Catholic Church
5. Church History: If Jesus & the Apostles Were Jews, Why Aren’t Catholic Christians Jewish?
6. The Catholic Church & The Gospel: Keeping it Simple but True
7. Are Catholics “Saved”? The Catholic Teaching on Salvation
8. The Catholic Church Teaches the Full Gospel of Salvation
9. The Catholic Gospel
10. Christ Is King!
11. Why Do Catholics Try to Convert People to Their Church Instead of to Christ?
12. Ancestry & Tradition: Italian Catholicism

3. 📖 Scripture, Tradition, and Authority

1. Bible Verses That Prove the Catholic Church
2. Why I Cannot Agree With Sola Scriptura
3. Which Came First: The Church or the Bible?
4. Is the Church or the Bible the Pillar and Foundation of Truth?
5. Scripture
6. The Bible: Sacred Scripture
7. Apostolic Tradition
8. The Catechism of the Catholic Church
9. The Teaching Authority: Magisterium of the Church
10. The Catholic Church’s Leadership Structure: Influences from Jewish and Roman Traditions

4. 🗝 The Church, Papacy, and Apostolic Succession

1. The Church
2. The Church as Mother and Teacher
3. The Papacy
4. “The Word ‘Pope’ Is Not in the Bible!”
5. Was Peter in Rome?
6. Apostolic Succession
7. The Bad Popes: How Can I Be Catholic When Some Popes Were So Terrible?
8. The Catholic Church Is Led by Sinners—Therefore You Should Not Be Catholic!
9. Did Pope Gregory the Great Start the Catholic Church in A.D. 590?
10. The Pope Is the Antichrist

5. ✝ Core Catholic Beliefs & Salvation

1. What the Catholic Church Teaches About Jesus
2. Salvation
3. The Catholic Gospel
4. The Sacraments
5. What the Church Teaches About Baptism
6. What the Church Teaches About the Eucharist / Lord’s Supper
7. History & Theology of the Catholic Mass
8. Confessing Sins to a Priest
9. Purgatory and Indulgences
10. The Nicene Creed
11. The Apostles’ Creed
12. The End Times

6. 👑 Mary, Saints, and the Communion of Saints

1. The Communion of Saints
2. Praying to the Saints
3. Do Catholics Pray to “Dead Saints”?
4. What the Church Teaches About Mary
5. Mary: Mother of God & Queen of Heaven & the Pagan Connection
6. “The Bible Never Calls Mary a Queen!” — The Catholic Response
7. Mary & The Saints Are Pagan!
8. Are Catholic Saints Renamed Pagan Gods? Separating Fact from Fiction
9. The Divine Council, the Communion of Saints, & the Gospel

7. ❓ Common Objections and Anti-Catholic Claims

1. Call No Man “Father”?
2. There Is No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church
3. The Catholic Church Forbid the Laity From Reading Scripture...
4. The Evil Catholic Church Hid the Name of God!
5. The Catholic Church Will Enact a Mandatory “National Sunday Law,” Which Is the Mark of the Beast!
6. The Whore of Babylon and the Beast in Revelation
7. The Catholic Church Is the Whore of Babylon & the Pope Is the Antichrist
8. The Pope Is the Antichrist
9. Who Really Founded the Catholic Church?
10. “The Bible Never Calls Mary a Queen!”
11. The Anti-Catholic Conversion Industry

8. 🏛 Paganism and Conspiracy Theory Claims

1. “Pagan” Holidays
2. Anti-Catholic Conspiracy Theories
3. Pagans!
4. The Catholic Church Is Pagan!
5. The Papacy Is Pagan!
6. The Vatican Is Pagan!
7. The Trinity Is Pagan!
8. God’s Holy Days or “Pagan” Holy Days
9. Sunday Worship Is Pagan!
10. Valentine’s Day Is Pagan!
11. Mardi Gras Is Pagan
12. Lent Is Pagan!
13. Lent & Other Christian Holidays Are “Man-Made Traditions”
14. Palm Sunday in the Catholic Church
15. Easter Is Pagan!
16. Reclaiming Halloween
17. Advent Is Pagan!
18. Christmas Is Pagan!
19. New Year’s Is Pagan!
20. The Mass Is Pagan!
21. Did Catholic Christianity Copy Mithraism?
22. Debunking the Myth: Is Catholicism a Continuation of Babylonian Paganism?
23. Simon Magus Founded the Catholic Church
24. Christianity Is the Worship of Serapis Rebranded

9. 🗝 Who Really Founded the Catholic Church?

1. Anti-Catholic Conspiracy Theories: Did Constantine Found the Catholic Church?
2. Was Constantine Good or Bad for Christianity?
3. How Jerusalem Was Paganized by Hadrian and Reclaimed by Constantine
4. The Nazarenes, the Desposyni, and the Lost Jewish-Christian Church of Jerusalem
5. Simon Magus Founded the Catholic Church
6. Did Pope Gregory the Great Start the Catholic Church in A.D. 590? Who Really Founded the Catholic Church?
7. Was Peter in Rome?
8. Apostolic Succession
9. The Papacy

The Catholic claim is simple:
Jesus Christ founded His Church. He commissioned the apostles, made Simon Peter the Rock, gave Peter the keys of the Kingdom, and promised that the gates of Hades would not prevail against His Church. Peter and Paul later gave the Church at Rome its apostolic foundation, and that ministry continued through apostolic succession.

10. 🌎 Catholicism and Other Religions

1. Introduction: Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue
2. The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches
3. The Catholic Church & Lutherans
4. The Catholic Church & Evangelicals
5. The Catholic Church’s View on Mormonism
6. The Catholic Perspective on Jehovah’s Witnesses
7. The Catholic Church & the Seventh-Day Adventists
8. The Catholic Church’s View on the Jewish People and Religion
9. The Catholic Church and Islam
10. Why I’d Probably Be Bahá’í — If I Weren’t So Deeply Catholic
11. The Catholic Church & Hinduism
12. The Catholic Church and Buddhism

11. 🎥 Catholic Apologetics & Recommended Resources

1. 30 YouTube Channels Catholics Should Know: Apologetics, Scripture, Theology & the Catholic Faith
2. Female and Black Catholic YouTubers Worth Discovering
3. The Anti-Catholic Conversion Industry: When “Evangelizing Catholics” Means Misrepresenting the Catholic Faith
4. Bible Verses That Prove the Catholic Church
5. Catholic Q & A

12. 📰 Catholicism and Public Life

1. Pope Leo XIV: The First American Pope — and a Bridge Between Continents
2. President Trump, Pope Leo, and the Catholic Way to Disagree
3. A Catholic Reflection on American Independence Day and America’s 250th Birthday
4. Why I Can Be Catholic—and Still Support ICE
5. You Can’t Support I.C.E. and Be Catholic!
6. The Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
7. Catholics & Zionism
8. A Catholic Perspective on the Israel–Palestine Conflict
9. Catholics & Palestine
10. Antisemitism, Holocaust Denial, and the Demands of Catholic Truth
11. The Church Fathers & Antisemitism
12. The Catholic Church and Native Americans

13. 🕯 Saints, Feasts, and Catholic Tradition

1. Saint Feast Days
2. Ancient Churches and Christian Sites
3. Saint Anthony of Padua: A Feast of Faith, Bread, Lilies, and Italian Devotion

14. 📚 Historical Fiction and Creative Catholic Writing

1. The Last Shepherds of Zion
2. The Rock in the Tiber
3. The Last Judgment

15. ⚙ Behind the Scenes

1. Using AI Like ChatGPT Ethically: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at My Creative Process

Why I Am Catholic

This Table of Contents will continue to be expanded as new articles are published.

“Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope.” — 1 Peter 3:15