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Is the Mass a meal or a sacrifice? Why did the Mass change after Vatican II? What are the different rites of the Mass, and how did they develop? Why do we have to go to church every Sunday when God is everywhere, and we can just worship him in our own...

Who wrote the book of Revelation and why? How does the Church interpret Revelation’s prophecies? Who or what are the Beast, the Antichrist, and the Whore of Babylon? Does Revelation teach that there will be a rapture and a thousand-year reign of...

Who was Thomas Aquinas, and why is he such a big deal? How does St. Thomas prove the existence of God by reason alone? What is the Summa Theologica, and what are its major parts, topics, and arguments? How can Thomistic teachings on theology, philosophy,...

The Men Were the MissionOne, holy, Catholic… and apostolic Church? Catholics often overlook that last part. And Protestants tend to downplay its importance, treating the apostles as accidental byproducts of Jesus’ ministry rather than key...

When it comes to the history of Christianity, the Catholic Church makes a pretty bold claim: that the earliest Christians were Catholics—and that their beliefs and practices have continued unbroken all the way to the present-day Church. But the...

We seem to be living in an age of insanity. Crimes against children, born and unborn; marriage defiled and redefined; the madness of transgenderism; the looming terror of trans-human-ism . . . the list goes on and on. And it’s getting uglier out...

He’s the Patron of the Universal Church, guardian of the Word Made Flesh, supreme help of fathers and workers, and Terror of Demons. After Jesus and Mary, he’s our single greatest model of holiness and most powerful heavenly friend. Yet the...

Ask Catholics about the crisis in the Church today and you’ll often get one of two responses: The end is upon us! or Everything’s fine—the Holy Spirit is in charge! Neither of those attitudes makes sense from the perspective of history,...

Aren’t relics and sacramentals just “Catholic superstition”?What are some biblical reasons for revering sacred objects and using them in prayer?How does the Church know that body parts of saints and other holy objects are authentic?Are...

Did the pope support Hitler?Aren’t Christmas, Easter, and other holidays stolen from pagan feasts?Doesn’t the use of statues and idolatrous religious art prove that Catholics worship Mary and the saints?Isn’t Catholic history one long...

Doesn’t the Bible say we’re all saints? How can the saints possibly hear the prayers of everyone on earth? Isn’t praying to dead saints not only idolatrous but also the unbiblical practice of necromancy? If Jesus is the “one...

We’ve grown way too comfortable with the story of Jesus. Nice man, right? Taught us to love one another. Said not to judge people. Tragically killed by his enemies. We celebrate his birthday every year. It’s time to put away this small, safe...