RELATIONSHIP teaching has never been given its rightful place on many of our pulpits. We have never thought of ourselves as ...

The American experiment, inspired by Locke’s writings, would function in the model of Biblical Israel, balancing the gift of human rationality with belief in the grace of Heaven.

Senators advanced a bill to mandate viewing a specific video in classrooms about conception, passed a bill allowing classroom discussions of theories of the universe’s origins that could include a ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his Angelus address for the feast of the Immaculate Conception in St. Peter’s Square Dec. 8, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Pope Leo XIV marked the traditional Marian ...

When many scientists, including Albert Einstein, say that they believe in Spinoza’s God, they are referring to a conception of God that is very different from the traditional theistic view found in ...

When future historians look back on the developments in theology over the course of the 20th century, there is little doubt that the name of Karl Barth will tower above the others as the most ...

Catholics around the world — who are already observing the first week of the Advent season — mark the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Thursday, Dec. 8, a day that signifies the conception of ...

Advent is intended to prepare us for Christmas, and Advent 2022 is as long as Advent can get: 28 days. The theme of our reflections this year is Ad Jesum per Mariam — “To Jesus through Mary.” Mary, as ...

Since last week’s newsletter offered a favorite argument for the existence of God, it’s only fair to balance the scales by considering a strong argument against religious faith, against the existence ...

The Vatican has recently released what is called an instrumentum laboris for the upcoming Synod on Synodality, which is to be held in Rome this October. It is not a magisterial document but rather a ...

When my wife was pregnant with our second child, doctors told us there was something abnormal about the test they had ...