Tuesday, June 24, 2025

What is ‘Natural Theology’?

Natural theology is an attempt to prove, by the use of reason alone, that the claims of revealed religion are plausible. One of the...

Pope Benedict and Saint Barnabas

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Wednesday, 31 January 2007   Barnabas, Silas (also called Silvanus), and Apollos Dear Brothers and Sisters, Continuing our journey among the protagonists who were the first...

Pope Benedict and Saint Ephraim the Deacon

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 28 November 2007 Saint Ephrem Dear Brothers and Sisters, Common opinion today supposes Christianity to be a European religion which subsequently...
Pope St. John Paul II

Saint John Paul II’s Pentecost

Homily of His Holiness John Paul II Sunday, 31 May 1998, The Solemnity of Pentecost Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem:I believe in the Holy...

Pentecost Sunday: The Spirit of Truth

When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will...

Cardinal Mindszenty and Pius XII: A Lost Tale for All Seasons

(A fitting time in this Pentecost to recall with contributor Joseph Donnelly the all-too-forgotten József Cardinal Mindszenty, the 50th anniversary of whose death in...

Transgender In-sanity

There is an ancient Indian fable of six blind men who meet an elephant. Each of them touches different parts of the elephant. One...

Apologetics 101, part 3: Must God Be Good?

Recently, Catholic Insight posted a thoughtful note from Carl Sundell on the essential questions we should be prepared to answer about our faith. This list...

The Repentance and Return of Saint Peter

In a previous essay I dealt with the stages in St. Peter's fall from grace. In this essay, I would like to examine his...

Pope Benedict and Saint Boniface

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 11 March 2009 Saint Boniface, the Apostle of the Germans Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, we shall reflect on a great eighth-century...