Indulgences! The very name stirs up emotions about Martin Luther and the initial cause of the Reformation. While the Council of Trent way back in
We hear it all the time – throughout our childhood, during Sunday school, from the pulpit during Sunday Mass, each time we prepare for our
A previous article discussed that both Augustine and Descartes arrived at the concept of an existing God by first concluding that each of them,
This month marks the first anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’. Upon reading it, I was struck by certain parallels of
Joao Baptista DeValles was born in 1879, in Saint Miquel in the Azores. At the age of 2 his family moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
I love it when my children teach me something, or at least make me think about something I might not have considered otherwise. Now that
I once overheard two men arguing about whether chess or backgammon was the better game. I found their discussion interesting because I enjoy both of
As we pause to give thanks today for our fathers, those with us and those who have gone before us, let us take a moment
Belief in God has been a constant throughout my career. As I look back over the decades, there have been very few constants, companies came
Commercialism is all around us. It stares us in the face as we watch TV. Buy this fancy new vehicle and you will have a
My Language Arts students are currently finishing up their respective research papers. One of the instructions which I give them is that they are not
Religious values are constantly under attack today. Truth and order have been replaced by confusion and chaos. The former offered direction and purpose. The
A Christian is one who is invited… to join in the feast, to the joy of being saved, to the joy of being redeemed, to
Father’s Day is fast approaching. It is that time of the year when we stop to thank and celebrate the wonderful role that our own
The question of human suffering casts a long shadow on the human experience. If you talk to people long enough, they’ll get around to telling
Why do we expect to find truth, goodness, and love, in a Judas before we know that he is a Judas? When we do not
In my last article, I wrote about my Rome semester. Obviously, my journey through the Eternal City contained lots of different experiences, both good and
I think getting married early, even as early as 18 or 20, is a wonderful thing. Maturity doesn’t necessarily come with age and there is
It is remarkable that for over two centuries now, and in our present time, Jane Austen’s writings are still popular. Why is this so? This
Many of the articles which appear on Catholic Stand are correctly concerned about the election, abortion, medical issues, technology which blurs reality, the general economy, and the
If we are brutally honest, most Catholics must concede we view the world as if we stood at the centre of the universe with everyone
On May 13, 2016, the Catholic Church celebrated the 99th anniversary of the first apparition at Fatima. During the Fatima apparitions to the three shepherd
