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July 2025

July 06, 2025

Why Did Jesus Have to Die? Understanding the Cross

On The Death Of God A common criticism or misunderstanding of Catholicism centers on the...

May 2025

May 25, 2025

Do We Need A Conscience?

What does it mean to be moral, and what is the role of the conscience...

April 2025

April 27, 2025

Is Evil Evidence Of God’s Existence?

Evil. Its existence has been a thorn in the side of theology and philosophy for...

April 13, 2025

Can We Be Human Without Grace?

"Everything is grace," declared Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, and Thomas Aquinas observed that grace perfects...

March 2025

March 23, 2025

Scrolls to Scripture: Dead Sea Scrolls and Catholic Theology

In the Judean Desert, not far from the Dead Sea, there is a series of...

March 09, 2025

Can Philosophy Enhance Our Understanding of Catholicism?

Can philosophy improve religion and help us to understand God, or should philosophy and religion...

February 2025

February 09, 2025

Catholic Engagement With World Religions

Catholicism is the world’s largest religion, with nearly 1.4 billion adherents to the faith. It...

January 2025

January 12, 2025

What Role Does Catholicism Play in Shakespeare’s Works?

"Un-thread the rude eye of rebellion, and welcome home again discarded faith." - William...

January 05, 2025

The Intersection of Nihilism, Atheism, and Catholicism

It is a basic tenet of psychology that we are "meaning making machines." This claim...

December 2024

December 15, 2024

What Is the True Meaning of Advent?

The time has come when Catholics celebrate the season of Advent. In general, Advent is...

November 2024

November 24, 2024

Is Tolerance A Virtue?

Our modern times place a great emphasis on tolerance. In an age of political correctness,...

November 17, 2024

Why Some Believe in God While Others Don’t

When it comes to matters of faith, there are three options: a person can believe...

October 2024

October 27, 2024

Jacob’s Ladder And The Spiritual Life

Pursuing the spiritual life is beautiful and complex. It is beautiful because of the truth...

October 13, 2024

The Mysteries of the Q Source

The letter Q has developed a reputation in modern culture. For most people, Q is...

September 2024

September 22, 2024

Mary: A Journey Through Her Life

Excepting Jesus, there is no more influential figure in the Catholic tradition than Mary. Millions...

September 15, 2024

A Conversion Story

It is said that the third child is affectionate and uncomplicated. However, I can make...

August 2024

August 25, 2024

Sin And Volition

I recently came across a post on X (formerly Twitter) showing a woman wearing a...

August 18, 2024

Sabbath And The Spirit Of The Law

As anyone familiar with the New Testament knows, Jesus frequently spoke in parables, and his...

August 11, 2024

Is Jesus The New Adam?

I have long thought that a comprehensive understanding of Catholicism requires at least some basic...

August 04, 2024

The Idolatry Of Politics

A strong case can be made that politics has replaced baseball as America’s pastime. Regardless...

July 2024

July 21, 2024

Beginner’s Guide to Presuppositional Apologetics

This paper, the final of three essays on Christian apologetics, shifts the focus to presuppositional...

July 14, 2024

What Is Evidential Apologetics?

The following paper is the second of three on Catholic and Christian apologetics. Having previously...

June 2024

June 09, 2024

A Biblical Survey Of The Afterlife

“I do not know what happens after the physical brain dies…I do not think anyone...

June 02, 2024

Catholicism And Culture

Regardless of one's religious or secular beliefs, it must be admitted that human beings are...

May 2024

May 26, 2024

Catholic Moral Theology

Immanuel Kant thought religion’s sole value lay in its capacity to provide a moral framework....

May 19, 2024

The Temple Veil

The Bible depicts several remarkable and miraculous events at the moment of Christ’s death....

May 12, 2024

The Two Faces Of Sin

As Catholics, we hear the word sin almost as frequently as we hear our own...

May 05, 2024

The Problems With Process Theology

The word science often conjures up images of people in lab coats working with microscopes....

April 2024

April 28, 2024

Forgive And Forget?

Following the biblical tradition, Catholicism greatly emphasizes forgiveness and justice by seeking to balance the...

April 21, 2024

The Primacy Of The Cross

“We are an Easter People, and Alleluia is our song!” - Pope John Paul II....