Evolution. The word alone sends a shiver down the spines of many Catholics, but the truth is that it doesn’t pose nearly as much of
We call them miracles—supernatural occurrences that enter our lives. The word comes from the Latin and means “to wonder.” According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, miracles are
In today’s world, smart phones are common tools. Most of us know loosely how they work, or at least we are not surprised by what
There is a quote attributed to G.K. Chesterton: “When a man stops believing in God, he doesn’t then believe in nothing, he believes in anything”.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness
This evening, I happened to notice a fundraiser which encouraged people to designate a Catholic parish whenever they make an Amazon purchase. While ostensibly helping
In a recent essay in the National Catholic Register, author Joseph Pearce identified the atheism championed by Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion as easy
What is going on in America? I am amazed and disappointed that so many people in America want our government to continue its policy of
There are few odder space exploration stories than the claim that six cosmonauts saw angels, and that the Soviet authorities covered it all up. What
In “Truth, Unrealism, and the Danger of Skepticism,” I argued that Cartesian skepticism poses a threat not only to science but also to knowledge through
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
DEAR Catholic Bishops, After a year and a half of living in a state of “pandemic”, I am compelled by the undeniable scientific data and testimony
“What is truth?” Pontius Pilate’s question might very well be our own today. Over the last century and more, truth as a concept has had
Chana Messinger posted a lucid essay challenging the contention that science and theology, as forms of human knowledge, address different subject matter and therefore cannot
Now, may our God be our hope. He Who made all things is better than all things. He Who made all beautiful things is more
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
Vanity of vanities! . . . All is vanity. What does a man gain by the toil at which he toils under the sun? .
A few weeks ago a friend sent me a post from a priest I know who was suggesting that anyone who chose to “take the
“Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with
Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider
They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then
Two friends are sitting across from each other having a talk about the nature of morality. One friend asks, “Can there be absolute, universal truths?”
Be confident small immortals. You are not the only voice that all things utter, nor is there eternal silence in the places where you cannot
In Part I of this series we looked at secular definitions of transhumanism, which inevitably point to improving our existence through a technological transformation of
