Returning Catholics FAQs: Less Than Christly People

On Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics , a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.

If being Catholic is so great, how come people seem cold at the parish I tried?

The body is only as good as the sum of its parts, no matter how divinely inspired.

It is true that you...