The Fathers of the Church and the Power of our Baptism Â
The Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, which falls the Sunday after the Epiphany Sunday, officially ends the liturgical Christmas season.
There are some...
Divine Friendship
Our Gospel reading today is a continuation of last Sunday’s reading. You recall that in the beatitudes Our Lord invites us to tread the...
The Muddled Metaphysics of Darwin
(Today, August 20th, marks the anniversary of the publication Darwin's Origin of Species, in 1858, whose full title includes also "by Means of Natural...
Walker Percy and the Modern Malaise
Walker Percy (1916-1990), born and raised in the South, was a member of that rare breed of southern Catholic writers. His grandfather and later...
A Hallowed Eve: The Spiritual and Cultural Traditions of Halloween Â
Halloween has always been a complicated holiday, laced together with many threads of different spiritual traditions and cultural customs. It has always stirred up...
Pope Benedict and Saint Cyril of Alexandria
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 3 October 2007
Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today too, continuing our journey following the traces left by the...
Spy Wednesday and the Rending of the Veil
It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed;...
Apologetics 101, Question 10: How do you know the Bible is a reliable source...
For this question, it would not be possible, and possibly not helpful, to try to provide an apologetic for the reliability of “the Bible”...
The Mystagogy of the Resurrection
These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you – that everything written about me in the Law...
Myriads upon Myriads
A blessed solemnity of All Saints' to all our readers, a feast that goes back to the earliest days of the Church, as a...
