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June 2025

June 29, 2025
Christ’s use of parables and analogies plays a significant role in His teaching and preaching...
June 22, 2025
If religion is at war with science, then one battlefield where this perceived war is...
June 15, 2025
The Bible can be complicated at times and even appear to contradict itself. One such...
June 08, 2025
Because of his transcendence, God cannot be seen as he is, unless he himself opens...
June 01, 2025
In light of the election of a new Pope, I thought it timely to examine...

May 2025

May 25, 2025
What does it mean to be moral, and what is the role of the conscience...
May 18, 2025
"I contend we are both atheists; I just believe in one fewer god than you...
May 11, 2025
Reconciling The Biblical Canons To read the Bible correctly requires a certain amount of nuance....
May 04, 2025
Most Catholics are very familiar with the phrase Kingdom of God. Indeed, I think that...

April 2025

April 27, 2025
Evil. Its existence has been a thorn in the side of theology and philosophy for...
April 20, 2025
"The Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to...
April 13, 2025
"Everything is grace," declared Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, and Thomas Aquinas observed that grace perfects...
April 06, 2025
The intellectual history of Catholic theology is vibrant and surprisingly varied. Arguably, the two most...

March 2025

March 30, 2025
Saint Athanasius famously claimed that the “Son of God became man so that we might...
March 23, 2025
In the Judean Desert, not far from the Dead Sea, there is a series of...
March 16, 2025
As anyone who knows me or has read my work is aware, I have no...
March 09, 2025
Can philosophy improve religion and help us to understand God, or should philosophy and religion...
March 02, 2025
If theology is the systematic study of God, it is only natural that Catholic theology...

February 2025

February 23, 2025
The word mystery has a specific meaning when used in a religious context. It connotes...
February 16, 2025
At first glance, the term Catholic anthropology seems rather strange. After all, what does the...
February 09, 2025
Catholicism is the world’s largest religion, with nearly 1.4 billion adherents to the faith. It...
February 02, 2025
Almost without exception, Catholics view the Protestant Reformation as a catastrophe or even as an...

January 2025

January 26, 2025
Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Rabbi named Jesus of Nazareth walked the lands of...
January 19, 2025
It is a rare occasion indeed when Christians and atheists agree. However, that is precisely...
January 12, 2025
  "Un-thread the rude eye of rebellion, and welcome home again discarded faith." - William...
January 05, 2025
It is a basic tenet of psychology that we are "meaning making machines." This claim...

December 2024

December 29, 2024
“There is no such thing as Judeo-Christian.” So says Father Calvin Robinson, a member of...
December 22, 2024
In a secular world, it can be easy to forget the religious and historical significance...
December 15, 2024
The time has come when Catholics celebrate the season of Advent. In general, Advent is...
December 08, 2024
Recently, Pope Francis issued a letter ostensibly addressing seminarians preparing for the priesthood. The letter...
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