555 results for 'why we're catohlic'

Is Jesus Our "Eldest Brother"?(Post)

Chances are you've had interaction with the Latter Day Saints. When they tell you what they believe, how do you respond? Trent Horn has some ideas you may find useful - Please take th

5 Minutes A Day Can Save Your (Spiritual) Life(Post)

  Day 1: Spiritual or Religious? CHALLENGE: I consider myself spiritual rather than religious. Why isn’t that enough? DEFENSE: Because God loves you and wants even better things for you. When people

A Prophetic Claim to Messianic Kingship(Post)

Did you ever wonder why twelve apostles and only twelve? Good rule of thumb for future reference? Numbers in the Bible (especially the number twelve) are almost never a coincidence.Let's start at the

What the Catholic Church is Not(Post)

When a person is contemplating whether to become or remain Catholic, he may struggle to understand or to agree with certain theological or moral doctrines. He may be concerned about aspects of the Ch

Preparing for Courtesy (Post)

It is wonderful how a gentle and amiable heart can win others. -St. Francis de Sales If you trace the word back far enough, you’ll find that the word “courtesy” comes from two Latin words meaning “wi

Do the Infancy Narratives Contain Contradictions or Historical Errors?(Post)

Sometimes skeptics have claimed that the infancy narratives found in Matthew 1–2 and Luke 1–2 contradict each other. For example, it is pointed out that Luke has Mary living in Nazareth before going

Beginning Apologetics: Asking Questions(Post)

Asking questions is an important part of the apologetic process, and it is important for every apologist to devote conscious thought to the art of asking questions—what they are used for, how they sho

Jesus and the Woman at the Well(Post)

The parables Jesus told aren’t just quaint stories. They’re filled with powerful secrets that reveal the mysteries of God’s kingdom.In this excerpt, Fr. Walshe takes a look at the Gospel reading from

If Everything Has a Cause, Then What Caused God?(Post)

Often this slogan is wielded after a theist uses a cosmological argument. The skeptic points out that God is made an arbitrary exception to the causal principle. Surprisingly, both philosophically eng

The Servant of the Servants of God(Post)

Perhaps the clearest teaching on the papacy is at the Last Supper. That may surprise some readers. After all, there’s an all too common misconception that the Catholic claim for the papacy boils down

Margaret Sanger, Eugenics, and the Nazis(Post)

In the early 1900s, eugenics is seen as cutting-edge thought in human health and development. It pushes back against Darwin’s noble instinct and uses the coercive power of the State to limit undesirab

What Pope Leo the Thirteenth Thought About "Fake News"(Post)

Misconceptions about the past can persist for centuries, despite the diligent work of historians, either because vested interests benefit from the distortions or because the fanciful version is more