Returning Catholics FAQs: About the Devil

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.

Is there really a devil?

While the one we know as Satan or the devil began as a good angel, that angel chose, as can any of us, to reject God. The Catechism counsels us that while S...