Blog Post #12: Church in the Present

1. What were some of the main points in Thomas Groome’s book, “What Makes Us Catholic?” Do you agree/disagree and why? People have chosen to enter the Catholic Church for various reasons; there is some central point I learned from Thomas Groome’s book. First, we need believing God who is our loving father and creator; God has created us out of his love that sustains and supports us daily. Second, we need bring God’s kingdom of peace, unity, and love to the world. We need love each other, unity together, spread the meaningful things to each other. We need to love and respect yourself and also respect to other people. To recognize our negative origins and destructive consequences. We should remember that human efforts alone cannot root out the evil of discrimination from our hearts or society. I agree with the main points in the book; it helps us not only to learn how to be a Catholic, and also teach us how to be a good man. 2. What were some new things that you learned about Pope F...