Imagine for a moment that the Apostle Peter, standing before the Roman centurion Cornelius, had said, with a somewhat embarrassed grimace, “Well, it’s my personal opinion that Jesus rose from the dead—whatever that means. But that’s […]

The events of Holy Week conquered the deepest fear of mankind: death. Human beings have been trying to outrun death for as long as they have been alive, but only through Jesus Christ, crucified and […]

Late in his life, St. John Henry Newman declined an offer from a Protestant to explain the Atonement fully. He replied that the Atonement is a theological mystery, far too complicated to be reduced to […]

Dostoevsky never said “Beauty will save the world”—not without circling the catch phrase with serious qualifications, not without putting the attractive prospect in the form of a question. I don’t care how many times the […]

On March 31, 2026, in Chiles v. Salazar (a case I previously wrote about here), the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a licensed Christian therapist because a Colorado law infringed on her free speech rights by […]

This year marks 29 years that I’ve been a Catholic. In fact, today marks the anniversary of my reception into the Church. Sort of. Let me explain. As readers probably know, many people become Catholic […]