Personal Conscience vs Church Authority
In the ongoing dialogue between personal conscience and Church authority, a bold statement stands out, by someone you may not expect.
Existence and Being (Clip)
This is a five minute clip from "Aquinas' Five Ways, Ep. 4" available to paid members of my Locals Community. You'll find chapter markers and transcript in the player.
Hard Questions Honor Truth
Today, we delve into a topic that is often misunderstood and sometimes even controversial: the role of theologians or bishops asking uncomfortable questions about Catholic theology or teaching.
We're No Angels
No, I’m not talking about the 80’s film that starred Robert DeNiro and Sean Penn (Which was actually a remake of the 1955 film by the same name, which starred Humphrey Bogart). The title of this blog post has a literal meaning.
Does God Cause Good Things to Happen?
God doesn’t do evil. But does he do Good things? Is he active in the Good things in our lives, or did he just set them in motion at the beginning of time, letting the chips fall where they may?
"Let it be done to me" - My First Saturday Meditation (2/6/21)
When Mary says "Let it be done to me according to thy word", was she only talking about how she would conceive and give birth to Jesus, or might she have been saying much more?
Is the COVID-19 Plague Just the Beginning?
Like ancient Egypt, will modern man require more than just one plague to get the message God is sending?
Church Revises Teaching on the Death Penalty (not really)
As reported by CNA today, The Church is revising what the Catechism says about the Catholic Church's teaching on the death penalty. Whereas the current version of paragraph 2267 of the Catechism states...