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 ...

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

There is a buzz in the air about the newly declared “Blessed” Fulton J. Sheen. He is no longer “Venerable.” Yet he is not declared “Saint.” What in the world? Please explain! Sure thing! Before ...

Many non-Catholics do not recognize the Eucharist as a sacrifice. It is just a remembrance to them, like how shooting off fireworks on the Fourth of July is a remembrance of the American Revolution.

The brown scapular is one of the most recognizable sacramentals in Catholic life. Millions of Catholics have worn the small pieces of brown cloth as a sign of devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Yet ...

Wouldn’t it be cool if you—like a monastic equivalent of Indiana Jones—were rooting around in a dark, dusty library somewhere, and you suddenly came across a manuscript that nobody had read in ...

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 ...

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has ordained new bishops, returned to schism, and incurred excommunication, and the Vatican has announced these facts. The SSPX is a society of priests, founded in ...

In the first part of my series on the biblical roots of the Mass, we examined how Jesus’ one sacrifice of Calvary didn’t end on the cross, but rather culminated in everlasting glory in the heavenly ...

In light of recent debates surrounding the actions of the Israeli government, many Catholics hear about “Zionism” and that Catholics “must be Zionists” or “can’t be Zionists.” But in order to see if ...

Lent could be described as Catholic spring training, an annual period of more than forty days in which we renew our commitment to key fundamentals in the Christian life—specifically prayer, fasting, ...