It is all too common to hear stories about fallen away Catholics, and how fewer are attending Mass and following their faith. Many blame theirs
I stared at the prayer booklet before me, shaking my head in a negative sway. No way, I told myself. There is no way I
Pope Francis rattles many conservatives with his inclusive attitude towards other religions. On May 18, 2013, the pope reiterated this theme, “Every man and every woman
The Catechism of the Holy Catholic Church I recently had two very enlightening conversations on the subject of conscience: one with a teenage girl at
In the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1964, the family is called the “domestic church”. Pope John Paul
One of my favorite saints is not as famous as most others. In fact, relatively few people have heard of him and, seemingly, even less
My mother taught me to say my Morning Offering the moment I woke up in the morning. But above all she showed me how to
It has been some time since I studied Latin ( According to the hand-written note on the inside title page of my text book, “Latin
“So much of what I had learned as a Protestant was opinion, hearsay, and rumor. When I read the Early Church Fathers, I found that
In a discussion of the God-as-watchmaker metaphor with Jonathan Witt, philosopher Jay Richards remarked, “It’s amazing how a simple image can hijack a discussion
The use of relics in the Catholic faith as a means of revitalizing our faith has a history going back literally to the days of
Author’s Note: This article is the fourth in a five-part series examining the beauty and medication of the Most Holy Rosary. This series is dedicated to
Today’s exchange rate (approximately) for thirty pieces of silver is $21.62. (Thirty Pieces of Silver – Truth Magazine) “The didrachma and tetradrachma (actually stater) are
Have you ever seen this t-shirt logo: “The Church/Bible teaches it. I believe it. That settles it”? It is a rather pithy and provocative turn
During a casual conversation a friend of mine asked me, “How come histocompatibility is not better known among Catholics?” Histo what? I asked. He answered,
Although I have not really studied Theology of the Body written by Pope John Paul II in 1984, one single paragraph, quoted in our Catholic paper decades
“You are nothing but a fleck of matter, why are you letting this upset you?” I heard these words when I was upset and seeking
The first thing I thought, when I awoke from my nap, was that the pain couldn’t possibly be as bad as it felt. It didn’t
I have long felt the word “catholic”, if simply used as a noun or an adjective, is improper. We will explore a couple of the eight
Choosing a career is always a difficult decision to make. From the time we’re very young, we’re conditioned to focus our lives on the future,
I was disappointed with the Synod on the Family. I believe the Catholic Church had the best intentions but that it missed great opportunities to strengthen marriage and
There is so much to be said about the Eucharist. It is Christ’s supreme gift of Himself to mankind. We can never truly thank God
