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Love That Conquers Pain: Seeing the Enduring Beauty of Life

Living in this painful world is never easy. From the moment that we’re born until...

October 2025

October 01, 2025

Should the Catholic Church Be Involved in Politics?

In today’s secular world, we often hear people say that the Church should stay out...

September 2024

September 25, 2024

7 Topics I Want To Hear More From Church Homilies

We Catholics go to mass at least weekly. That is about 52 times in a...

September 18, 2024

Common Mistakes of Catholics When Evangelizing Other People

There’s nothing as fulfilling as knowing that you have helped another person discover God’s salvation....

August 2024

August 07, 2024

Divorce & the Last Battleground for the Sanctity of Marriage

There are only two places left in the world where there is no divorce: the...

July 2024

July 31, 2024

Why Are Many Christians Silent About the Olympics Issue?

The Christian world is still left shocked after the unthinkable mockery of the Last Supper...

April 2024

April 03, 2024

What Is Causing the Declining Number of Nuns?

Why has there been such a steep decline in the number of religious sisters for...

March 2024

March 06, 2024

Who Are The Outcasts Today?

Who were the people considered to be outcasts during the time of Jesus? Who are...

October 2023

October 27, 2023

How Love Defines Our Pro-Life or Pro-Choice Perspective

I think it’s fair to say that whatever the religious belief of a mother was,...

September 2023

September 29, 2023

How Can We Preach Faith In a World of Artificial Intelligence?

Think about the way people currently search for information on the internet They usually go...

September 23, 2023

Is Catholicism Too Complicated?

One of the most common arguments against Catholicism is that it’s just too complicated. There...

August 2023

August 30, 2023

Blessings You’re Not Receiving If You’re a Christian But Not Catholic

Have you ever wondered why you need to be Catholic when you’re already a Christian?...

March 2023

March 22, 2023

What Do You Do When You’re a Catholic Parent With a Transgender Child?

Everything seems to be as clear as black and white when you’re reading a book...

March 14, 2023

Are Aborted Children Much Happier in Heaven?

As a Catholic who believes that life begins at conception, I can’t help but be...

March 10, 2023

Pope Francis and a Decade of God’s Bountiful Mercy

“...the mercy of God is not an abstract idea, but a concrete reality with which...

March 06, 2023

Can AIs Like ChatGPT Pose a Threat to the Catholic Faith?

What happens when you ask an AI like ChatGPT how it can possibly pose a...

March 02, 2023

How Do You Live as a Catholic in a Godless World?

If you look at the declining number of Catholics in the Western world, you’d realize...

February 2023

February 27, 2023

Why You Shouldn’t Leave the Catholic Church

If you are one of those people who is seriously thinking about leaving the Church,...

January 2023

January 31, 2023

Why Must the Church Become Small?

In a 1969 radio broadcast, Father Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) made the following prediction...