INTRODUCTION In olden times, apologetics (reasoned arguments in defense of religious doctrine) relied on philosophy and theology. Nowadays, one has to defend the Church against
Did you have a holy Lent, filled with temperance and self-control, only to fall back into your old subconscious programs and habits the minute Easter
Joe died suddenly and quickly from a heart attack. He lived alone so no one knew Joe had died until a neighbor found him on
By Antonio J. Galindo Aleman Skepticism is a way of looking at the world and its relation to the human mind. Although it is an
To ask, “Of what is a resurrected human body made?” is to ask for a philosophical explanation of a revealed fact. I find the question
We are born with an eternal hunger, a tremendous need in spirit and soul for the deepest relationship with God. Nothing else will do. Yet,
To my mind, the hardest evangelical question to answer is, “Why should I join the Catholic Church?” This question would not be quite as difficult
In the last installment of this series, we reviewed a central argument for the partial immateriality of human nature. Specifically, we saw how the mind,
“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe, and he said
Does God care if we sin? How does He look at and treat sinful human beings? I started to think and pray about that, pondering
Every January 1st, many of us decide to come clean with our personal struggles and make resolutions to better ourselves in the days ahead. In
This is the second part of a two-part series addressing some practical matters we might want to consider in light of the question, “What if
A recent article I read about the new book, Benedict XVI—Last Testament: In His Own Words really caught my attention. In it, the pope is
There is so much to be said about the Eucharist. It is Christ’s supreme gift of Himself to mankind. We can never truly thank God
Salvation is like a perfect marriage. Ask yourself: “Is a perfect marriage a fifty-fifty proposition?” I would say the answer is positively not. Why should
\”What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower
Recently my son took me out to lunch. As we sat in the booth at the restaurant eating our hamburgers I looked down at my