Thursday, December 4, 2025

Christianity, Islam and Atheism

The Arab world before Mohamed was dominated by a polytheism that was slowly evolving toward monotheism. That polytheism included the supreme god among all...

Call No Man Father…Including Saint Joseph?

One of the age-old objections that Protestants have to the Catholic priesthood is known as the “Call No Man Father” Argument, which runs something...

Pope Benedict and Pope Pius X

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Papal Summer Residence, Castel Gandolfo Wednesday, 18 August 2010 Saint Pius the Tenth Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to reflect on my...

Personhood and Abortion:  A Historical Review in the Catholic Tradition

Introduction In 1973 the controversial Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the United States.  In that first year alone, about 700,000 abortions...

Is Religion a Burden?

Religion and philosophy share one precise goal: to explore and explain all the unseen causes behind the visible world of human experience. Philosophy seeks...

The Prism of Paris

“France has been one of the great nations marked by the Christian faith since the dawn of history; and after the fall of the...

A Grace-Filled Pentecost! Come Holy Ghost!

‘If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make...

Our Lady’s Triumph

All fair art thou, O Mary: nor is original sin found in thee (Alleluia Verse). Today’s glorious Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed...

Internet Catholicism

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light. … Mark 4:22 Despite...

Pope Benedict and Saint Stephen

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 2 May 2012 Dear Brothers and Sisters, In our recent Catecheses we have seen how through personal and community prayer the...