Last December, I wrote an article for Catholic World Report on the Immaculate Conception: “Why I came to believe that Mary was conceived without sin.” I argued that it was (1) a matter of typology, […]
Natural Law, common law, Natural Rights, and localism—all so dear to the Founding—existed in 1776, simply put, because of the Catholic Church. […]
Readings: • Gen 14:18-20 • Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 • 1 Cor 11:23-26 • Lk 9:11b-17 Shortly after my wife and I entered the Catholic Church in 1997, I had a conversation with an […]
Dr. Brant Pitre is Distinguished Research Professor of Scripture at the Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado. He earned his Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame, specializing in the study of the New Testament […]
The pro-life film “Unplanned” is scheduled for official release on March 29. Based on the testimony of Abby Johnson, the former manager of a Planned Parenthood clinic, as recounted in Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story […]
Working recently on some issues in Mariology and Christology, I was struck by how little about Mary and Jesus Christ I’m hearing nowadays from Catholics, whether from ranking clergy through the media, or on the […]
Once the news came out today that John Henry Newman (1801-90) would soon be made a saint, after the Vatican announced that the pope had formally approved a second miracle attributed to the great convert’s […]
Questions about authority have been long debated and have been at heart of much conflict and strife throughout history, in both secular and religious contexts. Who has the authority in a given situation? How can […]
Dr. Scott Hahn has one of the most well-known conversion stories in recent memory, having made his way, over the course of years, from Presbyterianism and virulent anti-Catholicism to the Catholic Church. (The conversion story […]
Fr. James Martin’s approaches to interpreting Scripture have a long pedigree in Western Christianity; they’re largely rooted in the modernism of liberal Protestantism. […]
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