Some Protestants challenge the Catholic claim of Peter’s headship by appealing to 1 Peter 5:1, where St. Peter refers to ...

My work at Covenant Eyes entails helping to educate the Church on the problem of pornography. It is understood, even if not always said explicitly, that more often than not, the use of pornography is ...

Many of our Protestant brothers and sisters will point to Ephesians 2:8-9 as their “silver bullet” Scripture verse to attack the Catholic understanding of faith and works. See, for example, this blog ...

Holy water is a sacramental. It is water blessed by a priest to impart God’s blessing on those who use it. There are varying kinds of this blessed water, the principal ones of which are ordinary, used ...

On Monday, the Church celebrated the feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch, one of the earliest extra-biblical saints, dying a martyr’s death in Rome likely in A.D. 107. That means Ignatius was a ...

Far be it from me to bemoan the authentic development of doctrine. It is a truly underrated gem of Catholic theology that shows how the Church, because it is the living body of Christ, includes a mind ...

Today is the Solemnity of the Assumption. Pope Pius XII defined the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1950, stipulating that “the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, ...

So you’re a single Catholic who hopes to get married. You meet someone kind, smart, and attractive . . . but not Catholic. Should you date him anyway? What does the Church say? The Church says little ...

I confess to having spent a lot of time with Genesis 22 over the past several years. For a time, it was in Old Testament survey classes; before that, it was the very different setting of middle school ...

One thing that saints like Athanasius, Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas all have in common is that they asserted that creatures can become God. This idea is also reflected in the Catechism of the ...

A recent article by Thomas Reese, S.J. for National Catholic Reporter has attracted attention. There’s a lot to respond to in Fr. Reese’s article, but I have a word limit, so I’ll keep it short. Under ...

Every time I get dressed, I have an opportunity to ennoble and inspire. How I dress sends a message to all who see me regarding my sense of self-value and my regard for others. I can elevate godless ...