When Lilavati has more questions, they’re overheard by upperclassmen who bulldoze their way into the discussion. Will these “bigger fish” be...

Last time I talked about God ultimately being in charge, so we could trust Him to protect the Church when things grew beyond our control. T...

can. 747 §1.† The Church, to which Christ the Lord has entrusted the deposit of faith so that with the assistance of the Holy Spirit it mi...

The False Understanding of Conscience The concept of conscience is often misrepresented. People think their feelings and preferences are co...

Yet you say, ‘If a person says to father or mother, “Any support you might have had from me is qorban ”' (meaning, dedicated to God),   ...

These are fundamental principles: No matter what the Christian does, even in the realm of temporal goods, he cannot ignore the super natura...

While some Catholics forget that Matthew 7:1-5 does not forbid speaking against evil, others forget that it does forbid—it forbids rash judg...

When we profess our belief in the Catholic Church, we are professing that she is the Church Our Lord built on the rock of Peter and that she...

These are ugly times. Most Catholics know that the stakes are high in this election, but disagree on what to do about it. The problem is not...

I’ve said elsewhere I don’t want my blog to be a vehicle for my political opinions. I especially  don’t want my blog to misrepresent my poli...