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
One of the more important contemporary filmmakers exploring Catholic themes is the director Terrence Malick. His film The Tree of Life, though not exactly possessing
“I wonder how many cases of rape actually result in a pregnancy?” Most women these days take the Pill anyhow.” This question was asked after
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 many people, of all ages, stand or kneel and pray at abortion businesses. Some of them speak with the women and girls who are
Charles de Gaulle could be a very frustrating man. Churchill, in reference to de Gaulle, said that the heaviest cross he had to bear during the war
The first century Christians began as a group of individuals who continued to hold on to their Jewish roots, but recognized Jesus Christ as the
The Book of Genesis outlines material creation focused on the earth. Material creation is in stages with the final stage, the creation of man. A
One of my favourite readings during the Easter Season is the Gospel reading on the journey of Jesus together with the two disciples on the
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
