Do Our Pet Animals Go to Heaven?
JP Nunez
December 9, AD2020
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Do our pet animals (even all dogs and cats and fish and all other animals) really go to heaven? Given all the problems in the
Why We Don’t Believe in Sola Scriptura
JP Nunez
November 9, AD2020
20 Comments
Arguably the biggest difference between Catholicism and Protestantism lies in our contrasting beliefs about the sources of divine revelation. Both sides acknowledge that the Bible
The Exorcist is a Catholic Movie of Demonic Possession
JP Nunez
October 10, AD2020
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At first, it may seem strange to call The Exorcist a Catholic movie. It’s all about demonic possession, it has some pretty grotesque imagery, and
Are Jesus and Michael the Archangel One and the Same?
JP Nunez
September 8, AD2020
8 Comments
At first, it might seem strange to ask, “Are Jesus and Michael the Archangel one and the same?”. To most of us, that is an
Is the Gospel of John Anti-Semitic?
JP Nunez
August 9, AD2020
9 Comments
A few months ago, I wrote an article about some allegedly anti-Semitic elements in the Gospel of Matthew, and I would like to revisit that
Does Jesus Call Us To Give Away All Our Possessions?
JP Nunez
July 9, AD2020
5 Comments
It would seem that Jesus calls us to give away all our possessions. So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has
Is the Gospel of Matthew Anti-Semitic?
JP Nunez
June 8, AD2020
12 Comments
Is the Gospel of Matthew anti-Semitic? You may have never thought about this question before, but it is an important one that we need to
A Catholic Interpretation of the Movie Pan’s Labyrinth
JP Nunez
April 22, AD2020
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Pan’s Labyrinth is about a young girl, who is put to the test of doing evil for the sake of good. (Note: This article contains
The Reliability of the Gnostic Gospels
JP Nunez
April 3, AD2020
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This essay considers the reliability of the Gnostic Gospels while contrasting them to the canonical Gospels. A few months ago, I wrote an article about
Abortion, Fetuses, and the Capacity for Rational Thought
JP Nunez
March 12, AD2020
1 Comment
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article explaining that the only thing that matters in the abortion debate is the humanity of fetuses. Since
The Only Thing That Matters in the Abortion Debate
JP Nunez
February 9, AD2020
1 Comment
What is the most important thing, indeed the only thing, that matters in the abortion debate? Most proponents of abortion would say that the most
The Necessity of Good Works for Salvation in the Gospels
JP Nunez
January 12, AD2020
9 Comments
One of the biggest issues separating Catholics and Protestants is the question of the necessity of good works for salvation. At the risk of oversimplifying
Why Scripturally Mary Is Our Queen
JP Nunez
December 9, AD2019
12 Comments
AcknowledIng that Mary is our Queen is quintessentially Catholic. In Catholic-Protestant dialogues, our beliefs about Mary are often some of the biggest points of contention.
Making Sense of the Trinity for Its Deniers
JP Nunez
November 6, AD2019
4 Comments
Can we make sense of the Trinity for its deniers? I once saw a post on Facebook that had been shared by a Jehovah’s Witness.
A Legal Argument Against Homosexual Marriage
JP Nunez
October 15, AD2019
9 Comments
For the past several decades, the Western world has been increasingly distancing itself from its Christian roots. One of the clearest examples of this is
Why the Church is Necessary for Salvation
JP Nunez
September 10, AD2019
16 Comments
The Church teaches that she is necessary for salvation. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, “all salvation comes from Christ the Head through
Jesus Isn’t Just a Created Being, but God
JP Nunez
August 9, AD2019
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The divinity of Jesus is arguably the defining doctrine of Christianity. The name of our faith comes from our God who became man, so at
Why We Can Trust the Gospels as History
JP Nunez
July 9, AD2019
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Are the Gospels trustworthy as history? Did the stories they tell about Jesus really happen? Christianity is a historical religion, a faith that’s based on allegedly historical
Where We Find Priests in the New Testament
JP Nunez
June 8, AD2019
2 Comments
We find priests in the Old Testament and in the Catholic Church. Do we find priests in the New Testament? One of the main differences
Defending Mary’s Perpetual Virginity
JP Nunez
May 8, AD2019
9 Comments
When we Catholics talk about Mary the mother of Jesus, we often insert the word “virgin” somewhere into her name. For example, two of her most
Science and the Existence of God
JP Nunez
April 9, AD2019
4 Comments
Many atheists and agnostics are fond of asking for scientific proof of God’s existence. They say that if science can’t show that he exists, we
Why We Do Not Have Faith That God Exists
JP Nunez
March 10, AD2019
2 Comments
I don’t have faith that God exists. To some, that may seem like a surprising, even shocking, statement. How can I be a Christian without
