The narratives of Jesus’ passion and death are among the most sacred elements of Scripture for Christians. For skeptics, however, they’re often used as a punching bag. The claim is that they’re ...

Catholics are against divorce in theory, but not in practice. That sad truth has led to countless Catholic marriages and families shattered, causing a ripple effect of destruction through generations.

Cardinals are gathering in Rome to prepare to elect the next pope. They’ve scheduled Pope Francis’s funeral for this Saturday. The preparatory sessions for the next papal conclave have begun. At a ...

Note from the editor: Earlier this year, having learned of his forthcoming book on scrupulosity, I contacted Kevin Vost with some interview questions on what has been revealed as a topic of much ...

The triumvirate of complaints about the Bible from atheists typically consists of denouncing its science, denouncing its God, and denouncing its morality. Here we’ll handle a classic moral objection: ...

I’m always surprised by the ignorance of most Christians when it comes to Jehovah’s Witnesses. For instance, my wife, who is a cradle Catholic, thought they were Protestants like any others, but ones ...

In a previous article, I looked at the mysterious text that introduces the Flood narrative in Genesis 6. It involves the “sons of God” marrying the “daughters of men,” and it mentions a group known as ...

Many people, particularly within our pews, do not know the reasons for the use of incense in worship. Even I, when I was a Franciscan friar using incense as an altar server, often thought, “Why?” All ...

If you look at the bulletin for a typical Catholic parish, you’re likely to see a schedule of upcoming Masses along with notes for “Mass intentions,” like “for the holy souls in purgatory,” “pro ...

It is well established that the Holy Rosary has a few different origin stories. Some of them are downright off, contradictory, or really lazy attempt to fill in the history where we otherwise find ...

Full disclosure: I am not a fan of AI. But not everything that I dislike is demonic. Though I detest hot dogs (haven’t eaten one in decades) and am suspicious of how they are made, I doubt that their ...

Matthew 2:12 tells us that the Magi were warned in a dream not to return to Herod the Great after visiting Jesus and his family, and so they departed for their country by another way. Herod, upon ...