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January 2025

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...
December 01, 2024
Within a subset of philosophy, there is a discipline called metaphysics. This discipline is concerned...

November 2024

November 24, 2024
Our modern times place a great emphasis on tolerance. In an age of political correctness,...
November 17, 2024
When it comes to matters of faith, there are three options: a person can believe...
November 10, 2024
Catholicism is its own universe, and to be Catholic is to become - among other...
November 03, 2024
Did God create human beings, or did human beings create God? Is God an actual...

October 2024

October 27, 2024
Pursuing the spiritual life is beautiful and complex. It is beautiful because of the truth...
October 20, 2024
Nothing ends that does not begin, and nothing begins without an ordained end. Applied to...
October 13, 2024
The letter Q has developed a reputation in modern culture. For most people, Q is...
October 06, 2024
One aspect (Immanuel Kant would argue the only aspect of value) of religion on society...

September 2024

September 29, 2024
Pope Francis is well acquainted with controversy. Most recently, he raised some eyebrows with his...
September 22, 2024
Excepting Jesus, there is no more influential figure in the Catholic tradition than Mary. Millions...
September 15, 2024
It is said that the third child is affectionate and uncomplicated. However, I can make...
September 08, 2024
“He who marries the spirit of the times will soon find himself a widower.” —...
September 01, 2024
In his famous poem, T.S. Eliot posits that the world ends not with a bang...

August 2024

August 25, 2024
I recently came across a post on X (formerly Twitter) showing a woman wearing a...
August 18, 2024
As anyone familiar with the New Testament knows, Jesus frequently spoke in parables, and his...
August 11, 2024
I have long thought that a comprehensive understanding of Catholicism requires at least some basic...
August 04, 2024
A strong case can be made that politics has replaced baseball as America’s pastime. Regardless...

July 2024

July 28, 2024
One of the most persistent fallacies of our time is the genetic fallacy. More specifically,...
July 21, 2024
This paper, the final of three essays on Christian apologetics, shifts the focus to presuppositional...
July 14, 2024
The following paper is the second of three on Catholic and Christian apologetics. Having previously...
July 07, 2024
As Catholics, we should "be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you...

June 2024

June 30, 2024
Imagine a father sending his son to a far-off place, knowing that the son would...
June 23, 2024
I want to open this article on the compatibility of faith and science by quoting...
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