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When people ask the way, it is kind to tell the truth; for example, to explain if they are in a cul-de-sac. So it is in the life of faith. Those who ask questions of us deserve a clear answer about the best Way to travel in order to find God and Heaven and Eternal Joy. It is helpful to offer a free map.

Authentic Catholic teaching is like a glass of pure water for thirsty souls. Teaching which contains errors or distortions is like a glass of water which contains some dangerous organisms.

Of all the paths which people tell us lead to God, only one does so. There is no way 'up' to God except through Christ and His life of grace. Other short paths are made by human beings who search for truth. We can admire their sincerity and good desires but not their main conclusions if they take us away from Christ.

As a beanstalk grows high, towards the sky, so should our spiritual life 'grow' towards Heaven. Though at times it seems as if we am growing 'downwards', the truth is that we can be moving in a great spiral, closer and closer to our Heavenly Home, even now, while we are doing little of outward importance.

Pope John Paul II has been Christ-like in fearlessly speaking the truth about morals (as did Christ who spoke against divorce and adultery) whilst acting with great compassion towards individuals (as did Christ Who was kind to the adulteress).

Recent Popes, like their predecessors, speak the truth about morality. It is Christ who teaches us through them. They cannot invite us to sin, by changing Christ's teachings.

The Kingdom of Heaven, where God reigns in glory, extends as far as Earth: to each place, or each soul, where God's Will is done. Wherever people believe what is taught by Christ and His Church, and out of love for Christ put his teachings into practice, in truth, justice, love, purity and holiness, the Kingdom is made present. All are invited to enter.

Some people, even though they have been saved, see clearly when they die how ill-prepared they are for Heaven, as if wearing filthy clothes - because they have neglected penance and prayer. They see all this in Heaven's light- yet they also see how merciful is God, Who invites them into Purgatory.

Some people, even though they have been saved, see clearly when they die how ill-prepared they are for Heaven, as if wearing filthy clothes - because they have neglected penance and prayer. They see all this in Heaven's light- yet they also see how merciful is God, Who invites them into Purgatory.

Those who want to help others in their faith, but then offer them untruth mixed with truth, by contradicting the teaching of the Church, are like people inadvertently offering a mixture of good food and poisonous berries to the children in their care.

There are important truths to be believed by all who profess to be practicing Christians: that God-made-man, Jesus, lived among us, in history; that He spoke with authority as well as love; that by His Resurrection from the dead He proved His claim that 'The Father and I are one'

Christians have a clear 'view' of life's purpose, and life's Way, and life's goal. Those without Christian faith and the truths of faith are like searchers in a helicopter in the dark, who can only see what is lit up in a small pool of light in each successive moment. But they cannot see the Way, or the goal.

Whoever wants to assess the intrinsic nature and purpose of any group or movement, secular or religious, should examine the life and attitudes of each group's founder, and the basic principles expounded by that person, and their relation to truth.

There are times when we must 'go to extremes', in believing and teaching all that Christ teaches us through His Church, even when this makes us unpopular. In our willingness to speak the truth we follow Christ's example, and walk in His footsteps.

God sometimes permits a person to suffer scandal or exposure, to give him the means of seeing his life clearly and making changes. Only such a blazing light of truth can help some people, as when only a blazing light can pierce the murky depths of the sea.

The teaching of the Catholic Church cannot be likened to the proposals put forward in a party-political manifesto, which can simply be discarded if the voters don't like them.

The teaching of the Catholic Church cannot be likened to the proposals put forward in a party-political manifesto, which can simply be discarded if the voters don't like them.

The teachings of the Holy Scriptures and of the Church today are true and trustworthy.

How could God warn us that people risk eternal punishment in Hell, for unrepented serious sin, if He had not given us, in His Church, sure teachings about what is sinful and what is not, with the means of avoiding sin and growing in holiness?

St. Peter spoke about Christ with fervour, joy and utter conviction; and so he provided a wonderful example for us who are sometimes timid, and have to throw off our fears, with God's help, and make joyful proclamations about the truths of the Catholic Faith.