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Respecting Your Mental Powers
“All men by nature desire to know.” So Aristotle begins his Metaphysics. We desire to know what is and we desire…
Browsing: Apologetics
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A Spoonful of Grace
The little boy is playing happily on the kitchen floor. Mommy is busy above, at the counter, far over his…
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Unnatural Law? An Interview with Fr. John Hollowell
A particular “hot-button” issue facing contemporary American culture concerns homosexuality and the Catholic Church. The general position of the Catholic…
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The Silence of the Shepherds: The Nation and the Church Gone Astray
In the days following last week’s U.S. presidential election, a staggering amount of analysis has focused on Republican messaging, demographics…
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Setting Sail for Pleasure Island
Almost two thousand years ago, the Roman historian Livy assessed the situation in Rome by noting, “We can bear neither…
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Love in a Fallen World
Defenders of homosexuality and proponents of so-called gay marriage often accuse Christians of hypocrisy by juxtaposing our commitment to “traditional morality,” as…
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Our Country’s Unfortunate Love Affair With Birth Control
In the months leading up to the presidential election, the American bishops’ conference clearly made a strong, tactical move. It…
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The Road to Rome, Part V: Why Not Restorationism?
This is the fourth of six articles relating the writer’s journey into the bosom of the one, holy, catholic, and…
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A Catholic Response to Joel Osteen Broadcast 10/07/12: What to Do While Waiting
This week Joel Osteen’s message, “Trust God’s Timing,” was focused on the attitude that we display while we are waiting…
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Respect for Islam a Disservice to Peace
Following the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Libya that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher…