Questions of Faith - 2021-07-16

<p><strong>Questions of Faith - 2021-07-16</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;Fr Sam is joined again by Fr Stefan Park of Clare Priory in Suffolk who was co-host in Mary. Together they tackle this week's questions: 1) After England lost to Italy last Sunday there was some bad behaviour from some of the British fans. Might this behaviour and the reaction suggest that football is fundamentally ‘ungodly’? &nbsp;It seems to me that the emotions and commitment given to football support is a form of idolatry – what do you think? &nbsp;And are there other forms of idolatry in Western Societies? 2) My husband and I are discussing getting rid of the TV because of the effect that it is having on our children. I also read that TV encourages football hooliganism. What does it mean for Christians to be in the world but not of it? 3) My friend says I shouldn’t have a statue of Buddha in the garden. Is that right? 4) I’ve lived abroad where people dress less provocatively. Do you think it matters what we wear? And what about the clothes were when they go to Church? At Mass on Sunday a woman was wearing a very scanty dress which I found distracting and inappropriate. On the continent they often have signs as one goes into the Church about not wearing shorts and covering one’s shoulders. Shouldn’t we have them here too? 5) In the Nicene Creed and in the Apostle’s Creed we say that we believe in the catholic Church but there is nothing in the Bible about a ‘Catholic’ Church. &nbsp;In Acts 11:26 the followers of Christ were called ‘Christians’ and not ‘Catholics’ – where did this title come from? 6) Recently a Catholic Bishop in Switzerland gave communion to some Protestants and a Catholic Cardinal in Germany gave communion to Protestant clergy and I have heard that the same has happened here in England and in France. I thought that this wasn’t allowed? &nbsp;Has the Church changed its teaching? 7) Is it true that the Catholic Church in the past prevented people from reading the Scriptures by burning Bibles it didn’t approve of and by chaining