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September 2015

September 27, 2015

What If the World Really Ended on September 28?

If you're watching the news, you may be looking forward to a total lunar eclipse on...

September 21, 2015

WILL THE WORLD END ON SEPTEMBER 28? The Blood Moon, the Stock Market and the “Rapture”

"The sky is falling!" cried Henny Penny in Grimm's Fairy Tales after an acorn landed on...

September 15, 2015

Martin Luther and the “Epistle of Straw”

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but...

August 2015

August 15, 2015

DID MARY REALLY DIE? The Assumption Presumption and the Dormition Tradition

On August 15, Catholics celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary....

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Is the Holy Spirit Really God? The Trinity, As Defined by Constantinople

Sunday, May 31 is Trinity Sunday--or, more formally, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity....

December 2014

December 13, 2014

William E. May, Moral Theologian, Rest In Peace

William E. May, moral theologian who taught at The Catholic University of America from 1971...

December 10, 2014

Wise Words in Soft Brown Leather: Patristic Wisdom for Daily Living

I love a beautiful book. And A Year With the Church Fathers is certainly beautiful, with its...

August 2014

August 23, 2014

Joseph Bottum’s “AN ANXIOUS AGE”: He Had Me at ‘Hello’

Joseph Bottum's important new book An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

R.I.P. Stratford Caldecott, “Marvel” of Catholicism

I just heard the sad news: Catholic writer Stratford Caldecott has died today of prostate...

July 15, 2014

Fictional “Pope Joan” Listed Among Twelve Women Who Helped Shape Christianity

This morning I was flummoxed to read in The Tablet a list of twelve women...

June 2014

June 17, 2014

For the First Time Ever, a Woman Is Awarded the Ratzinger Prize

Anne-Marie Pelletier, a French Biblical scholar who has written on Christianity and women, is the...

February 2014

February 07, 2014

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas

One may well ask: “How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?” ...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Who Do You Say That I Am? Mormons and the Christ

NOTE: I wrote this column at the invitation of Chris Henrichsen, who blogs at the...

September 26, 2013

Unthinkable Hubris: O’Reilly Hears the Holy Spirit

“All of the ideas come to me in the middle of the night; and one...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

Is Islam a Religion of Peace? Upcoming Conference Will Shed Light

A shameless plug, since I've spent a lot of time working on this conference. I'd...

May 2013

May 27, 2013

Atheists and the Culture of Encounter

Pope Francis caused quite a stir with the atheists last week, didn’t he? The pontiff,...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

THINK THIS, NOT THAT #4: WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I AM? Ephesus Explains Christ’s Dual Nature

GLOSSARY FOR EPHESUS Nestorianism – Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, and his followers believed that divine...

September 26, 2012

THINK THIS, NOT THAT #3: Is the Holy Spirit Really God? The Trinity, As Defined in Constantinople I

The first council of Constantinople was convened in 381 A.D. in—guess where?—Constantinople. It was convened...

September 25, 2012

THINK THIS, NOT THAT #2: WAS JESUS CREATED? Answers from Nicaea

Introduction—What are we doing here? This is article #2 of a series of at...

September 25, 2012

THINK THIS, NOT THAT: Wrestling for Truth—The Great Councils of the Church

Okay, bear with me here. I have this idea that my readers are just sitting...

May 2012

May 02, 2012

For All or For Many? Pope Benedict Explains

The year was 2003 and we were motoring through the French countryside, visiting wineries and...

January 2012

January 18, 2012

Why Marry? Texas Pastor's "Bed-In" Gets It Half Right

Why marry? The Catholic Church teaches that there are two purposes for marriage, and that...

October 2011

October 06, 2011

Truth and Beauty: Father Barron’s "Catholicism"

Our cable carrier picks up WGN, the network from Chicago which aired several videos from Fr....

September 2011

September 24, 2011

Benedict’s Visit to His German Homeland: Grace, Compassion and Truth

Day by day, Pope Benedict’s first official state visit to his native Germany brings encouraging...