The Joy and Wonder of Catholic Education In the second century, St. Irenaeus coined one of the most famous phrases in Christianity: “The glory of God is man, fully alive!” ...

That is, what we ought to do is based on what we are. “Thou shalt not kill,” for instance, is based on the real value of human life and the need to preserve it. “Thou shalt not commit adultery” is ...

Catholicism and Capital Punishment After providing a survey of the complex question of capital punishment Cardinal Dulles writes that: “The Pope and the bishops, using their prudential judgment, have ...

Literature: What every Catholic should know There is a very good reason for every Catholic to know the great works of literature — and that is because the great works of literature help us to know ...

The Church Opposes Science: The Myth of Catholic Irrationality Many people believe that faith and reason, or religion and science, are locked in an irreconcilable war of attrition against one another.

No matter how immersed in day-to-day living we may be, it is hard to escape a sort of inner realization that there is something different about these weeks…. Yet Lent, in a strange way, is a joyous ...

When I gave a talk recently at the Institute of Catholic Culture on the subject of the Second Coming, I was I asked to describe what our resurrected bodies will be like.

On Self-Discipline Self-discipline can become a form of pride in which we attribute to ourselves complete mastery over ourselves with no willingness to guide ourselves to ends that are to be served or ...

Catholic Education Resource CenterKneel vs stand for Communion: the debate again ignites The Catholic Herald The two practices – kneeling vs. standing, and receiving on the tongue vs. in the hand – ...

On Complaining Shortly after I converted to the Catholic Faith in 1986, I attended three retreats given by Fr. John Hardon, SJ, who was Mother Teresa’s spiritual director whenever she was in North ...

Art Essay of the Month: Pietà (1497–1499) by Michelangelo (1475–1564) When twenty-three year old Michelangelo Buonarroti arrived in Rome to complete his very first public commission, he was provided ...

Fourteen Questions About Heaven Peter Kreeft answers fourteen commonly asked questions about heaven.