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After seeking God through an ascetic life of prayer, St. Antony the Great realized a...

In the fourth century, perhaps at the Council of Nicea, perhaps at Sardica (which often...

The very nature of an anti-Pope is duplicitous, because, on the one hand, it is...

Many of beliefs and teachings expressed by Jewish mystics in the first few centuries of...

When the Pope was walking through St. Peter’s Square, a woman grabbed his arm as...

In recent times, many theorists have speculated on the possibility of the creation of some...

St. Hilary of Poitiers, a Doctor of the Church, was declared as the “Doctor of...

When Jesus sent his followers out to baptize the world in the name of the...

The United States has acted wrongly in its assassination of Qassim Soleimani. No one has...

One of the most beloved Russian saints of modern times is St. Seraphim of Sarov....

Paul Knitter, in his dialogue with Masao Abe (a famous Japanese Buddhist professor in religious...

When we look to the world today, it is in bad shape. It is burning...

Scripture, when read with an extremely literal hermeneutic, will have its readers baffled with all...

Pope Francis, in his 2019 Christmas greetings to the Roman Curia, had many words to...

In the beginning – or rather, in eternity before time, if we understand “before” metaphysically...

Since suicide is a sin, and therefore, assisted suicide is a sin, can and should...

Christians are expected to promote the dignity of every human person. To do this, they...

It is common in the modern field of apologetics to be promoted by debates, and...

It is often asked, can Christians believe in the existence of intelligent life on other...

One of the more interesting features of academic theology in the medieval era was the...

In the Wall Street Journal, Francis Rocca wrote an article, suggesting that there was something...

There is in the Eastern Christian spiritual tradition, especially in Russia, the notion of the...

Mining is dangerous work. The more miners dug into the earth, the more likely they...

Today the bonds of barrenness are loosed; for God listened to Joachim and Anne. He...

The beatification process of Fulton J. Sheen has been brought to a halt.  This is...

Hospitality is one of the many virtues promoted within Scripture. Perhaps no better representation of...

The news is not good. Antisemitism, and that means violent antisemitism,  is rising again in...

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in...

Trump continues to embolden the worst elements of the United States, even as he punishes...

St. John of the Cross, with great wisdom, warned people against following simple explanations of...