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September 2024

September 29, 2024
Pope Francis is well acquainted with controversy. Most recently, he raised some eyebrows with his...
September 22, 2024
Excepting Jesus, there is no more influential figure in the Catholic tradition than Mary. Millions...
September 15, 2024
It is said that the third child is affectionate and uncomplicated. However, I can make...
September 08, 2024
“He who marries the spirit of the times will soon find himself a widower.” —...
September 01, 2024
In his famous poem, T.S. Eliot posits that the world ends not with a bang...

August 2024

August 25, 2024
I recently came across a post on X (formerly Twitter) showing a woman wearing a...
August 18, 2024
As anyone familiar with the New Testament knows, Jesus frequently spoke in parables, and his...
August 11, 2024
I have long thought that a comprehensive understanding of Catholicism requires at least some basic...
August 04, 2024
A strong case can be made that politics has replaced baseball as America’s pastime. Regardless...

July 2024

July 28, 2024
One of the most persistent fallacies of our time is the genetic fallacy. More specifically,...
July 21, 2024
This paper, the final of three essays on Christian apologetics, shifts the focus to presuppositional...
July 14, 2024
The following paper is the second of three on Catholic and Christian apologetics. Having previously...
July 07, 2024
As Catholics, we should "be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you...

June 2024

June 30, 2024
Imagine a father sending his son to a far-off place, knowing that the son would...
June 23, 2024
I want to open this article on the compatibility of faith and science by quoting...
June 16, 2024
Arguably, the most difficult challenge facing philosophy, theology, and religion is the problem of evil....
June 09, 2024
“I do not know what happens after the physical brain dies…I do not think anyone...
June 02, 2024
Regardless of one's religious or secular beliefs, it must be admitted that human beings are...

May 2024

May 26, 2024
Immanuel Kant thought religion’s sole value lay in its capacity to provide a moral framework....
May 19, 2024
  The Bible depicts several remarkable and miraculous events at the moment of Christ’s death....
May 12, 2024
As Catholics, we hear the word sin almost as frequently as we hear our own...
May 05, 2024
The word science often conjures up images of people in lab coats working with microscopes....

April 2024

April 28, 2024
Following the biblical tradition, Catholicism greatly emphasizes forgiveness and justice by seeking to balance the...
April 21, 2024
“We are an Easter People, and Alleluia is our song!” - Pope John Paul II....
April 14, 2024
“The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to...
April 07, 2024
We live in a secular, reductionist, and cynical time that views anything related to the...

March 2024

March 31, 2024
“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.” -...
March 24, 2024
Two propositions must be considered foundational for Catholic theology: the existence of God and the...
March 17, 2024
God is immanent, and God is transcendent. That is, God is everywhere, and God is...
March 10, 2024
Is there anything more quintessential to religious faith than prayer? Regardless of the faith tradition,...
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