Apologetics Pamphlets

These pamphlets were created by the Pope John Paul II Society of Evangelists.  They were designed so that they can be printed out on the front and back of one page and then folded into pamphlet form.  They address a wide range of issues in a concise and easy to understand format. 

 Pamphlet Topics

Abortion

• Aborted Babies and Baptism, Fr. Peter West, Priest Associate, Priests for Life
• Abortion and Breast Cancer
• Abortion: A Choice Against Women, Fr. Frank A. Pavone, Priests for Life.
• After “The Morning After”, Theresa Karminski Burke, Ph.D.
• Early Church Fathers on Abortion
• Facts on Partial-Birth Abortion
• "Out of the Depths O Lord, have I Cried Unto You..."
• Presenting the Abortion Issue to Children, Fr. Frank A. Pavone, Priests for Life
• Sadness of Life After Abortion, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Separating the Idea of Abortion from Killing
• The Bible's Teaching on Abortion

Anti-Catholicism 

• Accusations Against the Church, Victor R. Claveau, MJ 
• The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk

Biographies

• America's First Black Priest
• Charles Carroll: A Catholic Patriot for American Liberty
• Famous Converts, Why They Became Catholic
• John Paul II - Apostle of Life, Fr. John McCloskey
• Judas, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
• St. Anthony Mary Claret
• St. Ignatius of Antioch, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• St. Peter, Victor R. Claveau, MJ

Catholic Apologetics

• Communion of Saints & Purgatory
• And God Said...!
• Baptism and Infant Baptism
• “Being Born Again”, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Bible Burning and Other Allegations
• Bible or the Church: Both or Neither?
• Can We Prove That God Exists?
• Catholic Answers to Fundamentalist Attacks 
• Catholicism Vs. Freemasonry - Irreconcilable Forever, Rev. Robert I. Bradley, S.J.
• Did Jesus Observe the Sabbath?
• Did Peter have a Successor?
• Do Catholics Pray in Vain Repetitions?
• Do Christians Need Only the Bible?
• Faith and Works, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Galileo
• Gnostic Gospels, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• God or Goddess? Our Heavenly Father Knows Best
• Graven Images: Altering the Commandments?
• How Do You Know You are Teaching Truth? Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Is Baptism Necessary For Salvation? Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Justification by Grace: Not by Faith Alone
• Keys of the Kingdom, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Mary: True Mother of God, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Mary's Role in Our Salvation
• Pædobaptism: A Scriptural Defense, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Padre Pio on Salvation Outside the Church
• Particular Doctrines of the Catholic Church, Ernest J. Hull, S.J
• Priests as “Father”, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Primacy of Peter, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Purgatory, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Sign of the Cross
• Sola Scriptura
• Sola Scriptura? Not According to the Bible
• St. Peter and the Popes
• The Authority of the Catholic Church, Ernest J. Hull, S.J.
• The Bible: A Catholic Perspective, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• The Bible or the Church, Ernest J. Hull, S.J.
• The Catholic Church - Jesus Christ the Originator of Christianity and the Founder of the Catholic Church
• The Complete Bible: Why Catholics Have Seven More Books
• The Jesuit Oath Debunked
• The Ritual Cannibalism Charge Against Christians
• There Cannot Be But One True Church! Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• True and False Religion
• Vicarius Filii Dei, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Where is That Taught in the Bible?
• Which is the True Religion? Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Why God is Father and not Mother, Mark Brumley
• Why is There a Difference Between the Catholic and Protestant Versions of the Old Testament Canon? Victor R. Claveau, MJ

Catholic Calendar

• All Hallow's Eve
• Catholic Traditions for Advent and Christmas
• Lenten Traditions Within the Home
• Origins of Lent, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• The Liturgical Year

Catholic Perspectives

• Anti-Judaism vs. Anti-Semitism
• Christianity Tomorrow, Father John McCloskey
• Creation vs. Evolution
• Do You Need an Advance Directive?
• Finding God: a Catholic perspective
• How Could So Many Be So Wrong, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Is Liberalism a Sin? Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• John Paul II - Apostle of Life, Fr. John McCloskey
• Liberty of Thought in the Catholic Church
• Liturgical Improprieties, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Private Revelation
• Redemption, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Slavery and the Catholic Church
• Tattoos and Body Piercing
• Thanksgiving Day
• The Pope and Opus Dei, Father C. John McCloskey III, STD
• True and False Religion
• Universal Church, Global Village, Father John McCloskey
• Why They Leave the Church

Catholic Social Teaching

• Dealing with Addictions to Pornography, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• No Authority can Justify Euthansia, Pope John Paul II

Christology

• The Blessed Sacrament: Jesus Christ
• The Catholic Church - Jesus Christ the Originator of Christianity and the Founder of the Catholic Church
• Evidence for the Existence of Christianity and Jesus Christ in Secular History

Church Documents

• Declaration on Divorced and Remarried Persons
• Key Writings of Pope John Paul II
• No Authority can Justify Euthansia, Pope John Paul II
• The Church Must Proclaim the "Gospel of Life"
• The Question of the Validity of Baptism Conferred in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Without Sunday We Cannot Live

Church History

• Arian Doctrinal Crisis
• Early Christian Worship
• Formentors of Rebellion, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Gnostic Gospels, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Galileo
• Henry VIIIs Defense of the Sacraments Part One
• Henry VIIIs Defense of the Sacraments Part Two
• Henry VIIIs Defense of the Sacraments Part Three
• Spanish Inquisition, J. Domínguez, M.D.
• St. Peter and the Popes
• The Council of Nicea
• The Grave of St. John the Evangelist
• The Inquisition in the Catholic Church
• The King's Legates: Apostolic Missions
• The Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp
• The Role of the Inquisition in Europe
• Throwing Christians to the Lions: Fact and Legend

Church Law

• Annulment Decree of Nullity
• Divorce and Remarriage: The Church's Perspective
• The Annulment Process
• The Rules of Fasting and Abstinence

Church Teaching

• And God Said...!
• Annulment Decree of Nullity
• Apparitions and Dogma, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Apostles' Creed
• Baptism and Infant Baptism
• Celibacy in the Priesthood, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Church's Teaching on Euthanasia, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Crucifix and Relics
• Death, Heaven, Purgatory, Hell in the Catechism of the Catholic Church
• Divorce and Remarriage: The Church's Perspective
• Four Levels of Magisterial Teaching
• Four Marks of the Church, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Good and Bad Angels, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Inventory of Faith Knowledge
• Inventory of Faith Knowledge Answer Sheet
• Grace, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Limbo
• Original Sin
• Purgatory, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Questions and Answers About Heaven, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Seven Gifts and Twelve Fruits of the Holy Spirit
• Simple Dictionary for Catholics A-M
• Simple Dictionary for Catholics M-Z
• Role of Godparents, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• The Angelic Salutation
• The Annulment Process
• The Catholic Doctrine on Justification
• The Catholic Faith in Brief
• The Catholic Teaching on Predestination
• The Church Teaching on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
• The Church's Teaching on Miracles
• The End Times: The Secret Hidden from the Universe, Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.
• The Lord's Prayer
• The Seven Sacraments
• The Theology of Indulgences
• The Tide of Vain Credulity: The Church’s Role in Apparitions, Jean Marcel Cardinal Honoré
• Trent on Eucharist
• Trent on Justification
• Trent on the Sacrifice of the Mass
• Understanding the Hierarchy of Truths, Douglas Bushman, S.T.L.
• Without the Church There is No Salvation

Cults

• Coming Out of the Cults Part I
• Coming Out of the Cults Part II

Church of Christ Scientists

• Church of Christ, Scientist - Background, History and Beliefs 

Freemasonry

• Catholics and the Freemason 'Religion', Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Catholicism Vs. Freemasonry - Irreconcilable Forever, Rev. Robert I. Bradley, S.J.
• Freemasonry, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D

Jehovah's Witnesses

• Eat, Drink and Be Catholic: The Biblical Prohibition of Eating Blood
• Jehovah as a Name of God
• Jehovah’s Witnesses, Beliefs and Characteristics
• Jehovah's Witnesses and the Holy Spirit
• Jehovah's Witnesses: A Catholic Response
• Questions Catholics Should Ask Jehovah's Witnesses
• “You Can't be Right, You Can't be Right!” Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Brief History of the Watchtower Society, Victor R. Claveau, MJ 

Mormonism

• Can Man Progress to Godhood?
• Is Mormon Baptism valid?
• Mormonism
• Mormonism - Background, History and Beliefs
• Mormonism and Christianity
• Mormonism and the Great Apostasy Theory
• The Question of the Validity of Baptism Conferred in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• What does the Mormon church teach about Catholicism? 

Scientology

• How to Talk to a Scientologist
• Scientology

Episcopal

• The Episcopal Church

Lutheranism

• Lutheranism
• Martin Luther

Prebyterianism

• Presbyterianism

Seventh Day Adventists

• Did Jesus Observe the Sabbath?
• Ellen Gould White and Plagiarism, Dr. Fred Veltman
• Facts Seventh-day Adventists Won't Tell You
• Seventh-Day Adventism
• Seventh-Day Adventism, Its Origin, History and Failures, D. M. Canright
• Seventh-Day Adventist Church: Who Are These People? Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Seventh-Day Adventists and “Certain Races of Men”
• Seventh-Day Adventists and “Soul Sleep”
• Seventh-Day Adventists and Abortion
• Seventh-Day Adventists and Divorce
• Sunday and it’s Observance as a Day of Rest
• The Change of the Day from the Seventh to the First
• The Old Testament Sabbath
• The Sabbath or the Lord's Day
• Vicarius Filii Dei, Victor R. Claveau, MJ

Demonology

• Confronting the Devil's Power, Pope Paul VI

Doctors of the Church

• The Doctors of the Church

Eschatology (Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell)

• Death, Heaven, Purgatory, Hell in the Catechism of the Catholic Church
• Gehenna, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Purgatory, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Questions and Answers About Heaven, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• The Catholic Teaching on Predestination
• Who Art in Heaven: The Dwelling Place of God

Essays on Science

• Be Fruitful and Multiply
• Cloning: An Affront to Human Dignity
• Organ Donations, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D

Evangelization

• Coming Home to the Catholic Church
• Famous Converts, Why They Became Catholic
• I Have No Hands But Yours
• The Church and the Jew, Albert Simon
• The Key to Missionary Success, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• The Need of Zeal, Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen

Fathers of the Church

• Apostolic and Post-Apostolic Fathers of the Church
• The Didache
• The Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp
• St. Ignatius of Antioch, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• The Antichrist
• The Church Fathers on 'Tradition'

Heresies and Falsehoods

• Archbishop LeFebvre and the Society of St. Pius the X
• Army of Mary
• Miracle of St. Joseph

Liturgy

• Communion Services
• Dies Domini - The Lord’s Day
• Early Christian Worship
• Eucharistic Fasting: Preparation and Penance, Father William Saunders, Ph.D
• Facing East, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Holy Mass
• Liturgical Improprieties, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Mass as Sacrifice
• Method of Hearing Mass, St. Francis de Sales
• Missing Mass, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Modest Dress in the Modern World, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Orientation of the Priest at Mass, Congregation of Divine Worship
• Preparing for Mass, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Public Sin and the Reception of Holy Communion
• Sanctity of God's House, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Scripture in the Mass
• The Angelus
• The Liturgical Year
• What a Homily Should Be: Doctrinal, Liturgical, and Spiritual, Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.

Mariology

• A Short Dialogue About Mary
• Apparitions and Dogma, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Apparitions True and False
• Assumption of Mary Into Heaven
• Biblical References to Mary
• Blessed Virgin Mary
• Did the Blessed Virgin Mary Die?
• Immaculate Conception, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Marian Terms
• Mary: True Mother of God, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Mary's Role in Our Salvation
• Misgivings About Mary, Dr, James Hitchcock
• The Descent of the Holy Spirit Upon Mary and the Apostles, Fr. Thomas S. Preston
• The Immaculate Conception
• The Tide of Vain Credulity: The Church’s Role in Apparitions, Jean Marcel Cardinal Honoré
• Virgin Mary’s House
• Why Did God Need Mary?
• Worship of Mary, Victor R. Claveau, MJ

Marriage and the Family

• Divorce and Remarriage: The Church's Perspective
• Indissolubility of Christian Marriage
• Is Contraception and Sterilization, Always a MORTAL Sin?
• Marriage: One-Flesh Union
• Presenting the Abortion Issue to Children, Fr. Frank A. Pavone, Priests for Life
• Sacramentals Every Catholic Home Should Have
• Separation of the Church and Home? - The Right to Prepare Children for the Sacraments
• Ten Commandments of a Husband and Father, Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM
• Ten Commandments of a Wife and Mother, Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM
• Ten Commandments of Children and Teens, Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM 

Medical Ethics

• Cloning: An Affront to Human Dignity
• Do You Need an Advance Directive?
• Organ Donations, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Protective Medical Decisions Document

Miscellaneous

• Declaration of Independence (1776)
• Knights of Columbus
• Modest Dress in the Modern World, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur
• Nobel Lecture, of Mother Teresa of Calcutta
• Tattoos and Body Piercing
• The Book on Gambling
• The Grave of St. John the Evangelist
• The History of Thanksgiving

Moral Theology

• Aborted Babies and Baptism, Fr. Peter West, Priest Associate, Priests for Life
• Eleven Church Teachings of Homosexuality
• Homosexual Unions are Immoral
• Is Chastity Possible? Rev. T. G. Morrow
• Living in Truth: Eleven Church Teachings on Homosexuality
• Male and Female He Created Them: The Church and 'Same-Sex Marriages'
• Missing Mass, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• No Authority can Justify Euthansia, Pope John Paul II
• Public Sin and the Reception of Holy Communion
• Repercussions of Suicide, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Stem Cell Research, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Sterilization as Contraception, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Sterilization: Why it’s Wrong, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Tattoos and Body Piercing
• The Book on Gambling
• The Mortal Sin of Blasphemy
• Thou Shalt Not Kill, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Unsure of Your Sexuality?
• What is Chastity?

New Age

• How Does Mind Control Work? A Technical Overview of Mind Control Tactics
• Hold Fast What is Good: On Borrowing Forms of Meditation from Eastern Religions
• Some Norms for Discernment of Spirits
• The New Age Movement

Occult

• History of Tarot Cards, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Some Norms for Discernment of Spirits
• Spiritism, Victor R. Claveau, MJ

Political Issues

• Elections and the Right to Life, Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life
• Is Liberalism a Sin? Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Marriage: One-Flesh Union
• Reproductive Technologies

Prayer and Devotion

• Basic Prayers
• Examination of Conscience prior to confession
• History of the Rosary, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• How to Pray the Rosary
• Prayers Before, During and After Mass
• Prayers for Young Children
• Short Examination of Conscience
• The Angelic Salutation
• The Angelus
• The Brown Scapular
• The Lord's Prayer

Pro-Life

• Aborted Babies and Baptism, Fr. Peter West, Priest Associate, Priests for Life
• Abortion and Breast Cancer
• Abortion: A Choice Against Women, Fr. Frank A. Pavone, Priests for Life.
• After “The Morning After”, Theresa Karminski Burke, Ph.D.
• Be Fruitful and Multiply
• Birth Control and NFP: What's the Difference? Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life
• Church's Teaching on Euthanasia, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Cloning: An Affront to Human Dignity
• Contraception from a Biblical Perspective
• Euthanasia or Mercy-killing, Victor R. Claveau, MJ (For other than USA)
• Euthanasia or Mercy-killing, Victor R. Claveau, MJ (For USA)
• Frozen Embryos and Embryo Adoption
• Justice, Peace, and the Right to Life, Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life
• No Authority can Justify Euthansia, Pope John Paul II
• Organ Donations, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• "Out of the Depths O Lord, have I Cried Unto You..."
• Repercussions of Suicide, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Reproductive Technologies
• Stem Cell Research, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Sterilization as Contraception, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Sterilization: Why it’s Wrong, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• The Church Must Proclaim the "Gospel of Life"
• The Church Teaching on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
• The Truth About Embryonic Stem Cell (ESC) Therapies

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults

• RCIA Glossary of Terms
• Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults

Sacraments

• And God Said...!
• Anointing of the Sick: Medicine for Sinners, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Do This in Memory of Me
• Eucharist and the True Presence
• Eucharist as a Sacrament
• Eucharistic Fasting: Preparation and Penance, Father William Saunders, Ph.D
• Examination of Conscience prior to confession
• Making a Good Confession, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Sacrament of Confirmation
• Seal of the Confessional, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Short Examination of Conscience

Scripture

• Biblical References to Mary
• Church's Interpretation of Scripture
• Contraception from a Biblical Perspective
• Major Church Pronouncements on the Bible
• Persevering to the End: The Biblical Reality of Mortal Sin
• Pontifical Biblical Commission on the Four Gospels
• Scripture in the Mass
• Symbolism of the Gospel Writers, Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Teachings Contained in the Book of Revelation
• The Bible: A Catholic Perspective, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• The Bible's Teaching on Abortion
• The Complete Bible: Why Catholics Have Seven More Books
• The Muratorian Canon
• Who Was Mary Magdalene? Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Who Wrote the Gospels? Fr. William P. Saunders, Ph.D
• Why is There a Difference Between the Catholic and Protestant Versions of the Old Testament Canon? Victor R. Claveau, MJ

Spirituality

• A Spiritual Consultant, Father John McCloskey
• Affirmation Of Personal Faith
• Groundhog Day, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Humility
• Living a Virtuous Life, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Obedience and the Passion of Christ,Victor Claveau. MJ
• Our Last Mass, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Persevering to the End: The Biblical Reality of Mortal Sin
• Plan for a Lifetime of Spiritual Reading, Fr. John McCloskey
• Praying Hands
• Redemption, Victor R. Claveau, MJ
• Seven Daily Habits of Holy Apostolic People, Fr. John McCloskey
• Sunday and it’s Observance as a Day of Rest
• The Rules of Fasting and Abstinence
• The Value of Penitent Tears
• What is a Lay Vocation?
• What is Perpetual Adoration?

Vocations

• Advice from the saints –12 Tips on Vocations, Fr. Andrew Sullivan, MJ
• Celibacy in the Priesthood, Fr. William Saunders, Ph.D
• Crisis in Vocations? What Crisis? Archbishop Elden Curtis
• Family: Seedbed of Vocations, Father John McCloskey
• God's Gift to His Bride: Priestly Celibacy
• Soldiers of Jesus
• Theology of Finding Your Vocation, Fr. Andrew Sullivan, MJ
• What is a Lay Vocation?

Islam

• Catholic Perspective on Islam
• Martyrs and Suicide Bombers, Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.
• Mohammed vs Jesus 
• The Great and Enduring Heresy of Mohammed, Hilaire Belloc