In honor of the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter on Feb. 22, we made the following infographic explaining the Roman Catholic hierarchy. Ever wondered how the Archbishop has the power to restore the sacraments? Want to know why the deacon does the readings at Mass instead of the priest? It’s all here! Note: […]
Catholics talk about natural law, but what’s it all about? Basically, it’s a system of principles that guides human life in accordance with our nature and our good, insofar as those can be known by natural reason. It thereby promotes life the way it evidently ought to be, based on what we are and how […]
From Patheos by Fr. Dwight Longnecker At a priest’s conference not long ago the speaker quoted some statistics. Christians of different traditions were asked percentage wise how important evangelization was to their understanding of the Christian faith. Mainline Protestants answered 60%. Evangelical Christians answered 85%. Catholics said 3%. We Catholics skate around this one muttering […]
Here is an advent reflection given by Father Vaugh Treco, Chaplin at Providence Academy in Plymouth Minnesota. Father gives a very rational explanation for the coming of Jesus Christ as man into a broken world.
The following article was originally published in the Wall Street Journal on Christmas Day 2014. It is the most commented on and shared article in the history of the online WSJ. Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God The odds of life existing on another planet grow ever longer. Intelligent design, anyone? By ERIC METAXAS Dec. […]
From Archdiocese of Washington DC I was out on the preaching circuit this past week and spoke at five parishes (including my own) on the biblical vision of Holy Matrimony (marriage) as set forth by God and the Church. The talks were sponsored by the pro-life group Defend Life. While I cannot succinctly reproduce the […]
From the Catholic Spirit Matthew Christoff, 57, is a member of St. Anne in Hamel and co-founder of Catholic Man Night, a parish-based Catholic men’s evangelization effort focused on helping men meet and know Jesus Christ. He has studied extensively what he calls the “man crisis” in the Church, and launched The New Emangelization Project. A […]
By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Philadelphia The Archbishop’s following remarks, published by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, are a condensed and adapted version of comments he shared on May 27 with his brother Philadelphia priests at their annual convocation (see a related story on the convocation). *** Joseph Greaton, an […]
From The Catholic Gentleman Man is formed by two main things: family and Church. God made the family at creation and made the Church at the re-creation through Christ. One we inherit at birth and the other we inherit at our second birth (baptism). What has happened in recent decades, however, is the unprecedented breakdown […]
Are you prepared for the coming battle to defend the truth as taught by the Catholic Church? That is the question posed by the following presentations: A recent episode of The Votex entitled “Here It Comes“ A recent presentation made by Patrick Archbold at the Argument of the Month Club entitled “The Catholic Man: Public Enemy […]
