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Straight Answers, Answers to 100 Questions about the Catholic Faith

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"Straight Answers" is an exceptional book that gives the reader answers to many questions concering the Catholic Faith. The author has done an excellent job offering simple and direct responses concerning the Catholic Faith. This book is a must-read not only for Catholics who desire a better understanding of their faith but for all denominations. This is also a great tool for reference and for those teaching religion.

Not just for Catholics, mind you. My parents were 'churched' and baptized, but my upbringing was decidedly irreligious. A hard agnostic, you might say. I have little or no taste for Christian apologetics, and I will perhaps never reconcile with papal infallibility or the short-term real world implications of orthodoxy (the AIDS crisis in Africa, for instance). And yet, anyone with a taste for philosophical clarity, truth or reason can easily appreciate this richly expressive, candid and erudite defense of Catholicism by Father Saunders. The Church's history spans millennia, and what a dark and colorful history that is. I have this grudging respect for the long view, for their clarity and open defiance of moral relativism in a postmodern age. It goes against the grain of the world, does it not? Of course how the world ends or even continues at this rate is anyone's guess, but you can rely on the RCC--they will never doubt the validity of their existence! Seriously, this is excellent reading material for all thinking persons. Highly recommended.