num_pages: 240
description: The popular blogger and publisher of Envoy magazine offers 10 key reasons why he loves being Catholic (and you should too). Drawing heavily on poignant anecdotes from his own experience as a life-long Catholic born in 1960s Madrid offers readers a way of looking at the Church--its members teachings customs and history--from perspectives many may have never considered.Growing up Catholic during a time of great social and theological upheaval and transition a time in which countless Catholics abandoned their religion in search of something else Patrick Madrid learned a great deal about why people leave Catholicism and why others stay. This experience helped him gain many insights into what it is about the Catholic Church that some people reject as well as those things that others treasure. Drawing upon Madrid's personal experiences Why Be Catholic? offers a deeply personal fact-based rationale for why everyone should be Catholic or at least consider the Catholic Church in a new light.
language: English
title: Why Be Catholic?: Ten Answers to a Very Important Question
publisher: Image