By: Antonio J. Galindo Aleman More and more our society looks similar to the time of the Judges where everyone did what was right in
By John P Hageman, M.S., C.H.P. One of the central beliefs in Protestant religious doctrine is that you are “saved by faith alone.”
By Chrissie Dunham The exam table paper crinkled beneath me, electric lights buzzed overhead. The doctor clicked on the ultrasound screen and began his search
By Tara K. E. Brelinsky At the start of 2021, God’s Plan began on a mountain hike and it is still unfolding. As the world
By John Vrdolyak Most Americans voted on November 3, 2020. Some of us attended rallies. Some even have volunteered their time in the name of
By Vaclav Rajlich and Michael O. Kenney Many Catholics have abandoned the faith—as many as 13 percent of American adults. Without a concerted effort toward
By Robert B. Greving If you could choose an occupation for your child, what would it be? Why would you choose that trade? Would you
By Chloe JonPaul As am an ordinary lay Catholic, I never thought much about ecumenism, preferring to leave that topic to theologians. The term, evangelization
By Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony In the first part of our article, we looked at how a name helps us to recognize who is knocking at
By Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony If someone knocks on your door, what do you normally say? You say, “Who is it?” You do this because a
By Antonio J Galindo Aleman Read Part I The absurd idea of wanting to create a paradise on earth falls apart in the face of
By Antonio J Galindo Aleman The time we are living in now looks like a story taken from a fiction book. The world is upside down
By John Vrdolyak Jesus promised there would be trouble, not safety for His followers; safety was never a mandate or mission of the Church, as
CALIX SOCIETY CREDO “Calix is an association of Catholic alcoholics, drug addicts, and family members and friends affected by addiction, who are maintaining their sobriety through
By Tara K. E. Brelinsky Before the pandemic completely seized the world, a Sunday gospel reading detailed the healing of a blind man in Mark
“Nothing hinders one act from having two effects, only one of which is intended, while the other is beside the intention.” —St. Thomas Aquinas, “Summa
Who’s going to save our Church? It’s not our bishops, it’s not our priests and it is not the religious. It is up to you,
By Brother Henry Arruda OMI I was not just in the hospital but in the “Psychiatric Unit” of the hospital. This is what happened to
By Christine Leigh “Isn’t that the birth control that acts like an abortion?” My mother’s question buzzed over the phone line. I pictured her expression
By William Paul Rasavage I am not a published individual, nor do I have letters or otherworldly recognitions or honoraria. I am merely a devoted
Sought through prayers and meditation to Improve our conscious contact with God, as we understand Him, praying only for the knowledge of His will for
After discussing the mandate of Catholic Stand with my managing editors, I have decided to pull this article. We are a site written by Catholics
