In December 2018, 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 […]
Editor’s note: The following homily was preached on the Commemoration of All Souls, November 2, 2022, at Our Lady of the Atonement Church in San Antonio (Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter). Allow me […]
Every day is the anniversary of some significant historical event. And August 24th, the second Wednesday of my French Wars of Religion class, was a gruesome anniversary – that of the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. […]
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 […]
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 […]
It may surprise many Catholic readers to know that Fr. Thomas Weinandy, OFM, Cap. has in recent years been one of the most significant living theologians for conservative Protestants. The reason for this odd celebrity […]
This election season, the political eyes of the nation turned to Virginia, my current state of residence. The race for governor turned an off-year election decidedly on, with the battle between Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin […]
Those of us who have studied theology will at some point have encountered liberal, modernist biblical scholars who treats the Bible as an entirely human creation, no different from the mythical literature of the ancient […]
The Rev. Hans Fiene has a knack for addressing Christian teachings and events in a humorous way, and he’s honest enough to poke fun at the divisive nature of the Protestant Reformation, even if he […]
On Sunday, April 25, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences held its 93rd Academy Awards. Closing in on its 100th birthday, striving for contemporary relevance, it succeeded only in showing its age. Whereas […]
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