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A generation ago, Christian parents didn’t have to worry about how to explain transgenderism to their nine-year-old, or help their teenager deal with mockery at school for believing in traditional marriage. But today, as our culture’s moral...

Sharing the gospel with family and friends (or a stranger on the computer screen) can be challenging enough. When they won’t even hear you out, because of all the mental roadblocks they’ve built up, it’s even harder. In Prepare the Way,...

Jesus—Buddha—Allah—Sex—God—Self—Stuff—Drugs—Tech—Prayer—Tunes—Catholic—Christian—Spiritual—None What difference does it make? Sharing the Faith used to make some people...

“I believe because it is absurd.” - Tertullian? “God helps those who help themselves.” - The Bible? “Preach the gospel always; when necessary, use words.” - St. Francis of Assisi? "The thing that makes me saddest...

Some differences between Catholicism and Protestantism can be tricky to grasp, but one of them just requires the ability to count: Catholic bibles have seventy-three books, whereas Protestant bibles have sixty-six—plus an appendix with the strange...

Anti-Catholics like to paint Church teachings in a way that makes them seem vain, backward, or superstitious, all in the hope of drawing people out of the Faith and into sects or unbelief. Catholic apologists fight back with facts and sound arguments...

For Protestants considering the Catholic Church, the journey across the Tiber River to Rome can be long and perilous, filled with many obstacles and detours. For Catholics who want to help them make the crossing, often it isn’t enough to give the...

One of the ways Jesus answered his critics was to use their own words against them—to show how even the enemies of the Faith admitted crucial facts that undermined their own position. That’s a strategy that defenders of the Faith have taken...

Have you ever read something in the Bible that made you just scratch your head? Has a skeptic ever challenged you to defend a seemingly scandalous verse of Scripture? You’re not alone. The Bible contains more than a few “hard...

The essence of Christianity is this: we hold fast to what we were given by those who came before us. From Jesus and the apostles to believers throughout history, God’s saving revelation has been proclaimed, preserved, and passed on, each...

Do you want to learn how to defend and explain… The existence of God… The reliability of the Bible… The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist… The authority of the pope and the Church… and scores of other truths that...

How can the Crusades be called “glorious”? Our modern mindset says they were ugly wars of greed and religious intolerance—a big reason why Christians and Muslims today can’t coexist peacefully. Historian Steve Weidenkopf...