The rich young man who approaches Jesus in Matthew’s gospel already keeps the commandments. He wants to know if he should do more to have eternal life. “If you...
Glad You Asked
Glad You Asked is a column that presents informed, enlightened responses to basic questions of Catholic doctrine, history, identity, or pastoral practice.
One of my favorite Christmas songs goes: “Oh tell me when was Jesus born?” But the gospels offer no date for Jesus’ birthday. Some people say we only celebrate...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Catholics are accustomed to thinking of the term apostle as referring exclusively to men: the Twelve who...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Mary’s “Magnificat” is pretty revolutionary. It isn’t praising God for abstract blessings, but for real...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts “Look to Mary as a model of authentic womanhood.” That’s the message church leaders have directed at...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts According to several recent studies of health care systems across the globe, the U.S. health care system...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Recent years have seen increased climate-related natural disasters. In the United States, an inland...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Catholic just war theory is a moral framework for evaluating warfare that dates back to St. Augustine but...
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...
