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Should We Teach Kids about Porn’s Harms? Yes, and Here’s How. Children all over the world begin viewing hard-core Internet pornography long before their parents even consider discussing its dangers.
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.
Our fascination with miracles is inextricably tied up with our fear of death. Miracles give us hope for preservation from suffering and, ultimately, an escape from death. They not only give us hope ...
Excommunication can be a frightening word. E.x.c.o.m.m.u.n.i.c.a.t.i.o.n. The reality is no less grave. We’ve all seen that arresting scene from the movie Becket, when the titular archbishop ...
Saint James, Patron of Pilgrims This alabaster statuette portrays a traveler leaning on his walking staff, as if taking a momentary pause from an arduous journey.
The Chains of St. Peter in Rome Two lengths of fetters are here fused in a single chain, displayed in a church all its own near the Roman Colosseum.
Introduction: Transformation in Christ “We must have an unconditional readiness to change in order to be transformed in Christ.” ...
Marijuana Legality and Morality Father Raymond de Souza explains how marijuana use remains immoral even if governments have made it legal.
Why we need the Church, the Sacraments, and the Saints to fight Satan “We cannot divorce ourselves from the interpersonal network into which God has created us,” says Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ, “if we ...
Asking the Father for the Holy Spirit The more childlike we want to be, according to the teaching of our Master, Jesus Christ, the more we shall urge the Holy Spirit to achieve our transformation.
9 Ways Catholics Should Respond to the Threat of COVID-19 Church Shutdowns We must do everything possible to keep Mass and the sacraments available to God’s people.
What Covers a Multitude of Sins? There is no such thing as a private sin.