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Questions / Doubts and hard questions

What if I still have doubts?

Church teaching

Answered on video by The Thomistic Institute (Dominican friars)

Video: Can I Experience Doubt and Still Have Faith? #AskAFriar (Aquinas 101), The Thomistic Institute, published Jun 15, 2026. Checked 10 October 2026. Loads from YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) only when you press play. Watch on YouTube

In short: Join the club. Faith often walks in the dark and gets tested. Keep walking. CCC 164

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

The Catechism admits that faith is often lived in darkness and can be put to the test. CCC 164

Experiences of evil, suffering and death can shake our faith. CCC 164

Our words

Doubt isn’t the opposite of faith; giving up is. Bring your questions to God, keep praying, keep going to Mass. The saints doubted too, and they kept walking.

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Sources on this page

How we know · 1 Catechism paragraph
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 164 (official text on vatican.va).

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