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How Well Do You Know St. Mark?

Laura DeMaria April 25, AD2018 2 Comments

Today, April 25, is the feast day of St. Mark, one of the four writers of the New Testament gospels. Did you know he was

Warmth in the World of Religious Sisters

Sarah Greydanus April 25, AD2018 3 Comments

Like many things, the religious life is sometimes regarded with fear and suspicion because it is not known or understood. (Throughout this article, unless otherwise

Find Comfort in Christ: Take Off Your Shoes of Sin

Gabriel Garnica April 24, AD2018 3 Comments

St. Teresa of Avila once stated, “We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.”

Bullied for Adhering to the Faith in a Catholic High School

Paul Oakes April 24, AD2018 24 Comments

Over the past few months, ‘bullying’ has become a recurring topic of discussion among the members of Fusion, our youth ministry at Immaculate Heart of

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Ryan Anderson Razes the Transgender Movement’s Arguments in New Book

Fr. Matthew Schneider, LC April 23, AD2018 2 Comments

One of the greatest compliments of Thomas Aquinas was that he was often better and more persuasively able to explain his opponents’ arguments than the

A Year in a New Land: Reflections from a Recent Convert

Sarah Carey April 23, AD2018 1 Comment

On April 15, 2017, I was received into the Catholic Church at my parish’s annual Easter Vigil. As I stood and received the sacrament of

The Patrick Coffin Show: Protestant YouTube Star Becomes Catholic—Lizzie Estella Reezay

Patrick Coffin April 22, AD2018 2 Comments

The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick

Stagnaro Nails Probability, Ending the Fine Tuning Argument

Bob Drury April 22, AD2018 3 Comments

In an essay in the National Catholic Register, Angelo Stagnaro, in explaining probability, hit the nail on the head. In doing so, he nailed shut

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A Catholic Chaplain Becomes a Hero

Daniel Demers April 21, AD2018 1 Comment

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I

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Mary—Perfect Reflection of Christ’s Light

Matt Chicoine April 21, AD2018 1 Comment

During a homily for the feast of the Immaculate Conception in 2014, a priest provided the best analogy to describe the significance of Mary. He

Place Your Bets:The Arnobius-Pascal You-Bet-Your-Life Wager

Guy McClung April 20, AD2018 4 Comments

Pascal & His Wager Blaise Pascal, 1623 A.D to 1662 A.D., noted author, thinker, mathematician, and philosopher, is famous for positing a thought argument about

The Call to Evangelize Through Facebook and/or MeWe

Birgit Jones April 20, AD2018 1 Comment

Social media is a powerful vehicle for educating and evangelizing modern society about faith, social justice, morality, and the rights of the unborn from the

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Sacred Mass: Does Our Behavior Reflect the Sanctity?

Dom Cingoranelli April 19, AD2018 14 Comments

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops estimates that some 30,000 people came into the Church at the Easter Vigil Masses this year. That is

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Nihilism, Bodies, and Personhood in Black Mirror

Patrick Malone April 19, AD2018 2 Comments

Charlie Brooker’s television series, Black Mirror, now residing at Netflix, has earned notoriety for its examination of how people use and rely on spectacular technological