As Chesterton himself tells it, one of the cruxes that finally led him to become Catholic after a long and stubborn journey from atheism through the Anglican Church was a deeper understanding of Scripture and a better understanding of the historical formation of the biblical canon. This was the case...
This is for the broken hearted. This is for those men and women who have risked sharing the faith only to be psychoanalyzed, slighted, even shamed. God knows sometimes you just need a box of Kleenex and a few hours before the Blessed Sacrament. Or a cup of coffee with...
If I were to tell you that I had a talking donkey, you would probably chuckle and pour another drink. If I were to insist that I was entirely serious, you would probably back away slowly and, with no masked alarm, look for the nearest exit. Nothing ruins a good...
When did church shopping become an actual thing, anyway? It’s one I am all too familiar with. As millennial Christians, we tend to search for our spiritual home much like the savvy consumers we’ve been groomed to be. We explore various options in search of what most suits...
Why do so many millennials become Catholic? It’s not because they’re hipper than thou, and it’s certainly not because they’re holier. Michelangelo’s writhing, unfinished statues of slaves, struggling in their prisons of stone, are a picture of millennial converts to Catholicism: broken and banished from...
Pope Francis and Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow met today in Cuba, the first time a Catholic pontiff and Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow had met in person since the Great East-West Schism in the 11th century. As a part of their meeting, they signed a joint declaration. You can read...
