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The claim is that conservatives & "old" pro-lifers lack any appreciable concern for poor people....

It's not images per se that God expressly forbids in worship, but graven images (Jeroboam) ***...

Some critics compare the Mass to the idolatrous worship of the Golden Calf by the...

NOTE: I do not think Pope Francis is a "bad pope".  As of 9-5-21, I...

This took place on a public thread on my friend Scott Eric Alt's Facebook page...

Holy Scripture offers massive indication of the existence of purgatory. *** This dialogue on my...

Former Christian pastor, now atheist John W. Loftus is a big name now in the...

How is it a bad thing to give testimony of why one became a Catholic?...

Documenting (for fun) just one of the many ridiculous things that anti-Catholic polemicists do ....

It's possible for Catholics and Calvinists to dialogue and to even be friends! *** This...

I think we greatly underestimate the capacity of people being led astray. I don't know...

"The executioner could not find the martyr's heart, and the butchery with appalling cruelty was...

Some Christian "reformer." This guy was an inveterate womanizer, too . . . *** One...

Written in 1995; published in The Catholic Answer (Nov / Dec 1998). [Bible passages: KJV] *...

[biographical information was obtained in most cases from Wikipedia and/or the Catholic Encyclopedia. The martyrs are listed chronologically...

Discussion with a Catholic woman. Her words will be in blue. ***1. Something occurred to me...

Is homeopathy scientifically established? Even if not, it's rational to try it. *** 1. I...

The Church: couples can postpone or stop having children, for appropriately serious reasons. The following...

The debate among equally orthodox Catholics on the death penalty continues . . . ***...

Satire can be done well, or badly. I critique an example of the latter. *****...

Constructive, amiable Protestant-Catholic discussion on many key aspects of salvation. [see the original, somewhat longer...

I  coined the term, "Radical Catholic reactionary" on 3 August 2013. "Daniel" wrote (underneath a...

Excerpts from the second chapter of my book, Catholic Church Fathers, entitled, "Salvation, Justification, Penance, and...

vs. Kristo Miettinen Who better represents (in terms of history of doctrine) the legacy of the...

Bombings such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki are clearly covered in the conciliar prohibition. *** I've...

God immediately judged Onan for the "anti-child" sin of contraception. ***** This discussion began as a...

Guest Post by Canonist Pete Vere We must help revive the consciences of Catholic young...

Fresh new approaches to old Catholic truths are suspected to be intended heterodoxy. ***** I think of, for...

The anti-Catholics always readily supply Catholic apologists with nonsense and silliness . . . [Eric...

The Bible teaches that God is absolutely transcendent. He is eternal; He is the Creator....