Message boards for prayer requests, reflections on Scripture, and general Catholic topics. Chat room (requires registration), mailing list, links.

Twenty Catholic discussion boards at BeliefNet.com, a site dedicated to exploring religion and spirituality. Catholic boards include Church teaching, sacraments and the Mass, the papacy, and women in Catholicism.

All Catholic moderated Java chat environment, faithful to the Holy Father. Also a message board for Catholics and those wishing to learn more about the Catholic Faith, with various forums and topics.

Message board with general discussion of Catholic topics. Also news items, apologetics. Anyone can read; posting requires free registration.

A message board for young adult Catholics who follow the Catholic Church on all issues, social, political, sexual, and spiritual.

A monitored, Java-based Catholic chat.

Web-based discussion forums at Catholic Information Network. Anyone can read, but registration is required for posting.

A bilingual Canadian Catholic site: message boards, Java-based chat. A personal initiative. Does not tolerate dissent.

Low-traffic retromoderated web-based discussions about the Catholic faith. Also has a small archive of articles helpful for apologetics.

This site, geared toward Catholics who have left the Catholic Church and are considering a return, has message boards on the topics that cause many to leave Catholicism. This board, on Catholic teaching about marriage and annulments, is the most frequently visited. No registration necessary to post.

Wide-ranging discussion forum looks at issues from a post-Vatican II perspective. Requires cookies; uses frames. Anyone can read; free registration required to post.

A relatively censure-free web-based discussion forum, so long as you are polite. Anyone can read; registration is required to post.

A Catholic forum. Join or start a discussion of current issues in the Church.