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Male and female: Using human dignity to explain the Catholic Church’s teachings on the sexes and gender to non-Catholics
The Church offers a profound view of man and woman: they are equally created in God’s image and likeness, and their distinct gifts are meant to complement one another for the good of the couple, the family and society. This truth is grounded in Scripture, confirmed by natural law, expressed in the Church’s magisterial teaching and conveyed in the Church’s pastoral approach.

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23 hours ago13 min read


Was the greatest writer in the English language a (secret) Catholic?
William Shakespeare is among the greatest writers of all time. His impact on literature and the English language are incalculable. In English speaking nations only the Bible is more widely read than his writings. His plays have been translated into every major living language on Earth and are performed more often than those of any other playwright in history. Also, his works are replete with Christian morality. What's more, historians are finding growing evidence that Shakesp

CofComCat
Aug 185 min read


Some wisdom from St Josemaría Escrivá
I have been working my way prayerfully through Christ Is Passing By which collects 18 homilies given by St Josemaría Escrivá between 1951 and 1971. Have you ever had the experience of reading something, or hearing a sermon, which is exactly what you needed at that moment in your life? That was my experience this past week working my way through the section in Christ Is Passing By on the Christian vocation of marriage.

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Aug 119 min read


Mormonism isn't Christianity, and no rebrand or watered down teaching changes that
For generations, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints proudly called themselves Mormons. A few years ago, this stopped. Officially. The Latter-Day Saints hierarchy determined that the term "Mormon" needs to vanish. It might even be satanic, apparently.

CofComCat
Aug 47 min read


Who is a heretic?
I've often heard that Protestants are heretics. Are they? Yes and no. Mostly no.

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Jul 284 min read


The fake conflict between science and religion
Science as we know it and universities as we know them exist because the Catholic Church has held for 2,000 years that truth exists.

CofComCat
Aug 25, 20247 min read


Paris 2024 Olympics organizers: masters of woke duplicity and gaslighting
Claims of coincidence, misinterpretation and innocent inspirations are refuted by the very people who should be making the claims.

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Aug 3, 20249 min read


2024 Paris Olympics to Christians: "Sorry, not sorry"
I love the Olympics and it brings back memories of my childhood. But I can't justify giving precious time to those who openly mock my faith.

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Jul 28, 202410 min read


Education doesn't equal intelligence or morality
I don't have a PhD. But I know evil when I see it. And I know many people with PhDs who I wouldn't trust with the wellbeing of loved ones.

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Jul 22, 20246 min read


From boys to men
I am convinced that if you're a man with the opportunity to be a role model to boys, you should take it seriously.

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Jul 14, 20245 min read


Kind isn't nice
In choosing to be nice, we are really choosing the easy and selfish way. The highest good we strive for with niceness is our comfort.

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Jul 8, 20244 min read


The religion of nice
It is as if we want to be Christians but only the inoffensive type, as though our Lord, or the Apostles, or the Martyrs never caused offense

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Jun 28, 20246 min read


Technology: God’s gift or Satan’s trick?
In Silicon Valley, you might find an “innovate at all costs” mentality whereas in a Mormon community you might find the opposite.

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Jun 24, 20245 min read


Sources of revelation
A significant disconnect between Catholics and our breakaway brothers is Catholicism’s threefold source of revelation vs sola Scriptura.

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Jun 16, 202414 min read


Beauty
Beauty points us to God. We easily associate beauty with God because beauty transcends ordinary experience and explanation.

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Jun 9, 20245 min read


Logic and mathematics for atheists
Many of the most brilliant minds in human history have used logic and/or mathematics to conclude that God exists.

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Jun 2, 20247 min read


Being politically incorrect with love: refuting objections to Jesus's death by crucifixion (part 2)
As my favorite writer C. S. Lewis once wrote: “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance."

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May 24, 202418 min read


Being politically incorrect with love: refuting objections to Jesus’s death by crucifixion (part 1)
I believe Christianity is true, which means I believe anything other than Christianity is false. That is a politically incorrect statement.

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May 12, 20245 min read


An impoverished street teacher
Are the Gospel narratives and the rest of the Bible full of difficult-to-believe events? Of course. And that is what we should expect!

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May 5, 20244 min read


How do I speak to God?
God is not a college English professor who is going to mark you based on your use of big words, proper grammar and sentence structure.

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Apr 28, 20243 min read
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