Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Catholic just war theory is a moral framework for evaluating warfare that dates back to St. Augustine but...
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Decades ago, it was common in some communities for Catholic children to be clothed with a brown scapular when they received their first communion. The...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Here in the United States, the principle that church and state should be separate is so woven into the...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts In the Christian tradition, “apocalypse” simply means revelation, or unveiling. Yet somewhere along the...
A young man approaches Jesus and asks, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus tells him to follow the commandments and love God and his...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts For many, the term “anarchy” connotes chaos, disorder, even violence. Yet some anarchists are pacifists. And...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts The belief that the movement of heavenly bodies shapes or predicts events has been around for thousands of...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts The tradition of churches as places of refuge for those in fear of the law goes back centuries. It figures...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Catholics have frequently taken a stand against civil authorities, even breaking the law, to remain true to...
Several years ago, my youngest son decided he wanted to fast during part of Ramadan. He wanted to support his friend, who is Muslim. They both were elementary...
