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by bcadmin | Nov 17, 2022 | Books, Doctrine, Edward Gibbon, Edward Pusey, Features, Francis Newman, History, Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger, Matthew Levering, News, Richard Hurrell Fourde, Scripture, St. John Henry Newman, Word On Fire | 0 |
Less than ten years after Anglican clergyman John Henry Newman converted to Catholicism, Pope Pius IX in 1854 issued the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, which declared, as Catholic dogma, that Mary, by God’s grace, was […]
Read MoreIt was 2020, in the depth of COVID lockdowns, when one priest began writing. The unthinkable was taking place: Easter in the United States would be “canceled”. Churches would be shuttered. It was in this […]
Read MoreWhat is God like? Let us look at His creation and actions. He could have created just “tree,” but instead He created countless kinds of trees: palm, spruce, balsam fir, zelkova. And He could have […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Apologetics, Books, Catholicism, Features, Fr. Robert Spitzer, Homosexuality, Ignatius Press, interview, Moral Teaching, Morality, News, transgenderism | 0 |
Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ is founder of Magis Center, a Southern California-based organization which offers resources to demonstrate the harmony between science and faith. A Jesuit since 1974 and ordained a priest in 1983, among […]
Read MoreJoshua Hren is the co-founder, with James Matthew Wilson, of the Catholic MFA program at the University of St. Thomas, as well as the founder of Wiseblood Books. He is the author of numerous works […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | Books, Cascade Books, David Fagerberg, Features, Healing Fractures in Contemporary Theology, Helenka Mannering, interview, Jesus Christ, Leroy Huizenga, News, Peter John McGregor, Theology, Tracey Rowland, Vatican II | 0 |
Peter John McGregor is a lecturer in dogmatic theology and spirituality at the Catholic Institute of Sydney, Australia. He and Tracey Rowland—who holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 29, 2022 | Books, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, News, University of Notre Dame | 0 |
Migration is in the DNA of the Catholic Church, and teachings that call on believers to aid “the stranger” are meant to guide followers of Christ toward a path of communion, said a priest from the University of Notre Dame who studies migration.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Associated Press, Authors, Books, Church History, Church in the US, News, Obituary | 0 |
Thomas Cahill, a scholar of ancient languages and belief systems with a knack for popular storytelling who engaged history readers with such bestsellers as How the Irish Saved Civilization and Desire of the Everlasting Hills, has died at age 82.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 27, 2022 | Books, diocesan priesthood, Features, John P. Cush, Learning, News, Prayer, Scripture, Theology, Theology as prayer, Walter R. Oxley | 0 |
All too often, when a seminarian is confronted with bad grades, he may end his self-defense with the flourish: “Do you want a holy priest or a theologian?” A savvy formator will reply with a […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 25, 2022 | Athanasius of Alexandria, Augustine of Hippo, Books, Church Life Journal, Clement of Alexandria, Creation, David Bentley Hart, Features, First Vatican Council, Fr. James Dominic Rooney, God, News, Salvation, universalism | 0 |
I commend to you Fr. James Dominic Rooney’s excellent recent Church Life Journal article “The Incoherencies of Hard Universalism.” It is directed primarily at David Bentley Hart’s defense of universalism in his book That All Shall Be Saved, of […]…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 15, 2022 | Books, Catholic University of America Press, Communism, Hungary, Margit Balogh, Naziism, News, Pope Pius XII, Venerable József Cardinal Mindszenty, “Victim of History” | 0 |
Many voices in the contemporary Church call for Christians to “accompany” and “dialogue” with those opposed to the Gospel message and ethos. All too often, this becomes accommodation with the spirit of the times. This […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Books, Featured, Hubert van Zeller, Index of Forbidden Books, News, Protestantism | 0 |
A few months ago, we printed Fr. Dave Nix’s critical warning about the series The Chosen. In a media world saturated by anti-Christian messages, it is natural and tempting to gravitate toward a show that deals with the topic of salvation or purports to celebrate the gospel. Many viewers have reported that the show brought […]
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