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June 2026

June 14, 2026

Does God Exist? The 3 Most Famous Ontological Arguments

Owing to the manner in which human beings are construed, including the nature by...

June 07, 2026

The Grammar of Faith: Why Catholicism Needs Metaphysics

For two thousand years, the Catholic Church has been involved in an intriguing and complicated...

May 2026

May 24, 2026

What Are the Transcendentals? A Catholic Guide to Reality

Are there qualities or ideals of reality that are universal? If so, what are they,...

May 10, 2026

Brute Facts and the Existence of God

“I should say that the universe is just there, and that is all.” - Bertrand...

March 2026

March 22, 2026

Schools Of Thought In Catholic Theology

Due to the complexity of its object (God), Catholic theology has given rise to several...

November 2025

November 23, 2025

Who Made God?

The question “Who made God?” is a frequent retort to arguments for theism. On the...

August 2025

August 10, 2025

Human Knowledge And The Existence Of God

While many people associate arguments for God’s existence with faith-based reasoning, a strong tradition within...

May 2025

May 18, 2025

Why do Catholics Believe In The Biblical God?

"I contend we are both atheists; I just believe in one fewer god than you...

March 2025

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...

January 2025

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...

July 2024

July 28, 2024

The God Delusion Is A Mess

One of the most persistent fallacies of our time is the genetic fallacy. More specifically,...

July 07, 2024

A Beginner’s Guide to Classical Apologetics

As Catholics, we should "be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you...

May 2024

May 26, 2024

Catholic Moral Theology

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

April 2024

April 07, 2024

Thoughts On Intelligent Design

We live in a secular, reductionist, and cynical time that views anything related to the...

February 2024

February 25, 2024

The Perennial Logos

It has been said that humans are rational beings whose nature it is to know...

November 2023

November 26, 2023

Away From Anthropocentrism

The words of the Greek philosopher Protagoras can sum up the biblical and Catholic perspectives...

July 2023

July 23, 2023

Of Crutches And Opioids

Is religion the refuge of the weak? Friedrich Nietzsche thought so. Is faith a crutch...

June 2023

June 11, 2023

Is Existentialism Compatible With Catholicism?

Philosophy is one of mankind’s oldest pursuits, dating some six hundred years before the birth...

December 2022

December 18, 2022

Stoicism And Catholicism

Pope Benedict XVI once remarked that Catholicism is a religion of philosophy. While the Pope’s...

September 2022

September 07, 2022

Made For God?

The German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz is known for, among other ideas, the principle of sufficient...

August 2022

August 24, 2022

Coming To Know God

The foundation of the Catholic faith is the belief in God. Yet it seems belief...

August 21, 2022

Communication Of Idioms

Every art and science has its own unique set of terms and language. This is...

August 17, 2022

On Miracles

Is there anything more symbolic of religion than miracles? The concept of God intervening in...

August 07, 2022

The Strangest Words In The Bible

"This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?" Such was the response of many...

July 2022

July 31, 2022

The Seven Lively Virtues

Not without reason, religion - including Catholicism - is often seen as a set...

May 2022

May 29, 2022

Theological Virtues And The Soul

Virtue, like common sense, is a quality we all think we possess in abundance. But...

May 25, 2022

Only the Blind See

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” - 2 Corinthians 5:7. The words...

May 01, 2022

Catholicism and The Limits of Science

"The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the...

April 2022

April 24, 2022

Does Evolution Need God?

“Fear not evolution.” - Dr. Stacy Trasancos. Much to the demerit of science and religion,...

April 20, 2022

God, Freedom, and Christopher Hitchens

Is God an "unalterable celestial dictator" that impinges on human freedom as the late...