One of the most noticeable differences between Catholicism and many forms of Protestantism lies in our divergent attitudes towards religious images. As most people know,
In the context of a technological assay, such as a screening test for a disease, a false positive is a failure, but, if its frequency
When Dostoyevsky wrote his famous line in The Idiot, amid the squalor and anxiety of an impending revolution, he could barely imagine the hell which
By Antonio J. Galindo Aleman Skepticism is a way of looking at the world and its relation to the human mind. Although it is an
Richard Dawkins presents his central argument in The God Delusion as not only rescuing Darwinian evolution from absurdity (p. 122) but as demonstrating “why there
In accord with the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, Mary is celebrated as the Queen of Heaven. The universal Church celebrates the feast
There is a controversy between adherents of two views of time, one called eternalism and the other presentism. Eternalism claims that from the perspective of
I like to write about the Jehovah’s Witnesses. They are a dangerous cult that preys on people’s ignorance of Scripture and Church history, so Catholics
By: The Unknown Centurion In times such as these, times of tribulation, of chaos and confusion, of division and demonization, of isolation and irrationality, and
Several years ago, I had a discussion with a Protestant friend about the Catholic practice of consecrating oneself to Mary. Like many Protestants, he thought
There is a view that Vatican II (1965) was a theological catastrophe. This view sees it as a capitulation to Modernism, sinking the Church into
Simply, the Catholic and Gnostic views of materiality are, respectively, Good and Evil, which engender hope and despair. It is paradoxical that the modern adoration
Being logical helps us deepen our relationship with God and so helps us become better Catholics. Our relationship with God is like our personal relationships:
Pilate asked Jesus, “What is Truth”, while he was staring truth right in the face! There seems to be a lot of people going around
If you have a question about the Catholic faith or have been asked about the meaning of or reason for a Church teaching, it helps
“That they may all be one as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that
The Bible and the Early Church Fathers either implicitly or explicitly describe Peter’s primacy, and the Church has consistently appealed to these traditions in defense
For perhaps a multitude of reasons, it seems like society has been systematically devolving into a web of tribal allegiances. People try with varying degrees of
We can know God is real from Reason alone, without Faith. That is to say, we can know God is real by using only non-supernatural
The Catechism: An Underrated Resource The Catechism of the Catholic Church may not seem like a priority in these crazy times. Keeping up with breaking
When I originally wrote “Not Of the World: Catholic Tradition and Separation” in 2018, I had in mind the devotional and disciplinary practices that filled
So what if Richard Dawkins can’t count to seven? He is still a mathematician in accordance with the adage, “There are three kinds of mathematicians:
Our culture is fascinated with creation, which seems strange when our scientists have come up with a seemingly better explanation of how everything came to
This exposition is the fifth article in my Revelation series and concludes the study. In this segment, we will examine the latter part of John’s
