The Good News Web Designers is a Catholic ministry with an ecumenical orientation and is founded on our common ground of Christian faith. We are all members of the One Body of Christ, despite our denominational differences.

Please be aware that some Protestants think that Catholics are unsaved. To them, I give the assurance that we Catholics, like all true Christians, are disciples and worshippers of Jesus Christ; He is our Lord and Savior.

Please also be aware that there are some Protestant websites that contain material that's full of falsehoods about the Catholic Church. Often, applicants for membership in the GNWDA post links to Christian apologetics sites without realizing the harm they're doing to the Body of Christ. If you have such links or if you share Christian links in emails with fellow GNWDA members, please first check them carefully for anti-Catholic content.

Whatever information about the Catholic Church that you find on a non-Catholic site, assume that at least some of the information is wrong, and if it's there in an attempt to "save" people from Catholicism, the site is anti-Catholic and it's wounding the Body of Christ with its judgmentalism. It's using falsehoods and misunderstandings about Catholicism to unfairly condemn us.

Therefore, as a Catholic-sponsored ministry, the GNWDA cannot in good conscience become an inadvertent source of misinformation and falsehoods about Catholicism through its members. If you are sincere about showing respect for all Christian denominations, including Catholicism, then you don't want to link to websites that hurt the Body of Christ in any way. Please check your links and remove from your site(s) any that have anti-Catholic content, because it's a violation of GNWDA membership requirements. You can lose your membership over any links that are divisive to the Body of Christ.

The GNWDA is not a forum for debating the teachings of Catholicism or any doctrinal differences of Christian denominations. However, on this webpage I will give an example to put at ease the concerns that some Protestants have about the validity of my stand against Protestant apologetics sites that unfairly judge Catholicism. The following is a quote from a very popular Christian answers site that wants to convince you that Catholic beliefs are sinful:

"The Roman Catholic faith has shown a willingness to raise the pope above Jesus Christ and the Bible by giving him the right to nullify Scripture through papal decrees."

The truth is, the pope is never above Christ, and Scripture is always all-important in the Catholic faith. No papal decree or official Church teaching is allowed to nullify Scripture; they are always based on Scripture and always reference Scripture verses throughout, in nearly every written paragraph. We have had popes in the distant past who were not true servants of Christ, and when they made decrees that nullified scripture, they were disobedient to true Catholicism.

Ironically, Protestant apologetics sites like the one quoted above exist to enlighten readers with the truth and set them straight about falsehoods, and yet they publish falsehoods. Their research is poor. They pull things out of context from Catholic resources only to prove their point, with no interest in learning what the Catholic Church really professes to believe. If they were to dig a little deeper, go to true Catholic sources, and research fully, they would gain a different understanding. They'd discover that there is nothing unChristian in Catholicism.

Between the time of the Reformation and Vatican Council II (in the 1960s), Catholics used to condemn other Christian denominations as heretical, claiming that Protestants were not saved. Since then, the Catholic Church has repented of this. Now it's Protestants who are condemning Catholics and just as unfairly. Oh how we grieve our Lord Jesus! We hurt our own Body, for we are all part of the same Body of Christ. I pray that we all will repent of this!

The GNWDA is set on the solid stone of Christ. This stone is built upon by our common love for each other and respect for all Christian expressions of faith. Praise Jesus!

Your sister in Christ,
Terry Modica
Good News Ministries - the sponsoring Catholic ministry -
and the Good News Web Designers Association