Returning Catholics FAQs: More About the Bible

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.

Why do Catholics have more books in the Bible than Protestants do? And why aren’t the Gnostic gospels of Mary Magdalene and the rest in the Catholic Bible? What is the Church afra...