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May 2024

May 17, 2024
Augustine began to really change his mind about Christianity upon hearing the discourses of St....
May 13, 2024
Christian churches in America have a real estate problem. We have more space than people....
May 10, 2024
That a monk wants to teach us to love clashes with our modern sensitivities. But...
May 08, 2024
Most Christians accept the Reformation as something necessary. However, it is a great tragedy in...
May 06, 2024
Between sophomore and junior year of high school, I transferred from a small Catholic school...
May 03, 2024
The New Age Movement is one of the most powerful and surreptitious dangers to Catholics...
May 01, 2024
What is the difference between Catholicism and Protestant Christianity? To summarize it in one phrase,...

April 2024

April 29, 2024
Artificial intelligence is a hot topic and Pope Francis has spoken about it frequently lately....
April 26, 2024
During the Second World War, Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, would gather...
April 24, 2024
Living the offertory of the Mass as a layperson can be challenging. Do you ever...
April 22, 2024
By looking at the role of human dignity, Dignitas infinita helps us understand what determines...
April 19, 2024
We need a Good Shepherd, not a wolf in sheep’s clothing. We are plagued in...
April 17, 2024
The document Dignitas infinita, recently published by the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith,...
April 15, 2024
The recent document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on infinite dignity...
April 12, 2024
We live in a world of people who enjoy being offended. The greatest sin is...
April 12, 2024
Jesus spoke the words of the Institution of the Eucharist and disappeared from their sight....
April 10, 2024
Although morality is not the sole purpose of religion in this world, it is nonetheless...
April 08, 2024
How should we look at purgatory? Is purgatory a temporary hell, or is it a...
April 05, 2024
In the year 1963, it is safe to say most people felt a general anxiety...
April 03, 2024
Life can easily feel overwhelming. Most of us find powerlessness distressing and want to feel...
April 01, 2024
Most of us have times when it's hard to pray. In this article, I want...

March 2024

March 30, 2024
Thermodynamics is a branch of physics which deals with the energy and work of a system....
March 28, 2024
What is missing in the Church? Pope Francis suggested something we might not expect this...
March 27, 2024
Suffering is part of life. Learning to unite this suffering to Christ helps us become...
March 25, 2024
Often, it can be excruciatingly difficult to find meaning in our suffering. This was no...
March 21, 2024
Palm Sunday pulls us into a new stage of Lent: Holy Week. Our liturgy this...
March 20, 2024
The Mass is a mystery. The word “mystery” comes from two Greek words meaning “to...
March 18, 2024
Holy Week is about contemplating and sharing the suffering of Jesus. We do not do...
March 14, 2024
“We’ll be there for the homily. What’s the big deal?” Brandon and his friend Dave...
March 12, 2024
I was able to see the recently released Cabrini movie and enjoyed it very much....
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