Is something good because God says so or is it good because it is objectively good?

This 12-part lecture series provides a good overview of philosophy with a Christian perspective.

There is the common criticism that every Mass is “crucifying Christ again”. The argument is that Jesus Christ died on the Cross, a...

A man who wants to be an intellectual rebel wonders how far he should go. “I can’t trust anything nowadays,” he said, “so it makes sense...

Pope Pius IX (b. 13 May 1792 – d. 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, began his pontificate on 16 June 1846. By 1864,...

Pope Pius IX (b. 13 May 1792 – d. 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, began his pontificate on 16 June 1846. On 8...

Pope Pius IX (b. 13 May 1792 – d. 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, began his pontificate on 16 June 1846. On 17...

Pope Pius IX (b. 13 May 1792 – d. 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, began his pontificate on 16 June 1846. On 9...

Part 3 continues to examine a few scriptural passages regarding the concept of penance.

It is assumed that one has read the argument(s) posed in Part I . This analysis is organized into five sets of “clues”. Clue 1: Wording...

What if a person dies without accepting Christ because said person never had a reasonable opportunity to do so?

The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church by Jimmy Akin is a compilation of quotations from the...

Sachiko (女の一生<２部>: サチ子の場合, lit. A woman’s life part 2: Sachiko’s case) is a novel by Endo Shusaku (遠藤 周作) that was first published in...

Set in 1860s Nagasaki, the story follows 16-year-old Kiku, a strong-willed girl, who falls in love with Seikichi, a young Catholic man.

A catechism about Church history that begins at the Apostolic times, then very briefly progresses through the centuries.

Silence (沈黙) by Endo Shusaku (遠藤 周作) is a novel that is probably his most famous work, first published in 1966.

The structure, content, format and layout remain essentially the same as Handbook of Christian Apologetics, but with one chapter added...

A book can only do so much in aiding matters of faith since faith involves the heart as well as the head. Nonetheless, insofar as it does...

The Girl I Left Behind (私が棄てた女), first published in 1964, is one of the earlier novels of Endo Shusaku (遠藤 周作).

White Man, Yellow Man are two novellas that are the earliest works of Endo Shusaku (遠藤 周作), first published in 1955.

This novel is a re-telling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. The story is narrated by an aging Orual...