Catholic

THIS IS WHY I'M CATHOLIC!
1. The Catholic Church gave us the Gregorian
calendar which we all use today.
2. The Catholic Church gave us the date for
Easter.
3. The Catholic Church gave us the date for
Christmas which means Christ-Mass.
The remains of all of the Apostles are in Catholic
Churches, and so are all of the Gospel writers.
Note! Some relics are divided between Catholic
Churches.
St. Peter is in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
St. Paul is in St. Paul's Church in Rome.
St. Matthew is in the Cathedral of St. Matthew in
Messina, Sicily.
St. James the Greater is in St. James Church in
Compostela Spain.
St. James the Less (the Just) is in the Basilica
of the Holy Apostles in Rome.
St. Bartholomew is in St. Bartholomew-in-the-
island Church in Rome.
St. Andrew is in the Cathedral of Amalfi in Italy.
St. Philip is in the Church of the Dodici Apostoli
in Rome, Basilica of the Holy Apostles.
St. Simon is in the Vatican, under the Altar of
the Crucifixion.
St. Jude is in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
St. Thomas is in the Cathedral of Saint Thomas
in Mylapore, India.
St. Matthias is in St. Matthews Abbey in Trier
Germany, and in St. Mary Major Basilica in
Rome.
St. John is in the ruins of the Basilica of St.
John in Ephesus Turkey.
"You are built upon the foundation of the
Apostles and Prophets with Jesus Christ Himself
as the Chief Corner Stone."
Ephesians 2:20.
Even though he was not an Apostle, he did write
the Gospel of Mark.
St. Mark is in St. Mark's Church in Venice, Italy.
Even though he was not an Apostle, he did write
the Gospel of Luke.
St. Luke is in the Basilica of Santa Giustina in
Padua, Italy.
The first Christian Martyr. Acts 7:60
St. Stephen is in Rome in the Basilica of St.
Lawrence Outside the Walls.
The first person to arrive at the tomb of the
Risen Christ. John 20:1
St. Mary Magdalene is in the Basilica of St.
Maximin in Villalata, France.
He produced the first Bible containing both the
Old and New Testaments, the Latin Vulgate. St.
Jerome is in St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome.
We know from the many authentic Relics that
the Catholic Church has in its possession. Among
them are:
1. The Relic of the True Cross on which Jesus
Christ was crucified. John 19:17-18
2. The "INRI" inscription from the True Cross,
called "Titulus Crucis". John 19-19
3. The Nails which held Jesus to the cross. John
20:25
4. The Lance Point of Saint Longinus which
pierced the side of Jesus. John 19:34
5. The Crown of Thorns and the individual thorns
from it. John 19:2
6. The Table used at the Last Supper is in St.
John Lateran Basilica in Rome. Matthew 26:20
7. The Scala Santa, the steps which Jesus Christ
ascended on His way to meet Pontius Pilate.
8. The Chains of Saint Peter, in the Church of St.
Peter in Chains in Rome.
Many more.........
We know from its sheer Size and Rapid Growth,
with over 1,057,000,000* (one billion, fifty-seven
million) members, or one in six of the entire
population of the earth, as of February 2000.
That is an increase of over 40,000,000 (forty
million), since December 1997, more than half of
the total membership of the largest single non-
Catholic denomination. In 2001, the Catholic
Church grew to over 1,070,540,000* members,
plus another 216,000,000* Orthodox. Bar none,
the Catholic Church is the fastest growing
Christian Church in the world. All of the over
36,400 various Non-Catholic denominations,
collectively added, total less* than the Catholic
membership.
For those detractors of the Catholic Church who
say that numbers are irrelevant, they are in
effect, saying that Satan is winning souls and
that GOD is losing souls. They are saying that
more people are convinced by the lie from the
father of lies, John 8:44, than they are convinced
of the truth of GOD, John 14:6. They have
forgotten, or maybe they never knew, that Satan
can only do what GOD allows him to do.

May our God be praised....

Some days ago, hundreds of thousands
gathered in the streets of
Ukraine to Praise the
Name of Jesus, after the president finally gave liberty to preach the gospel which was banned for many years ..