A popular theme in horror films is the practice of exorcism. From the 1973 classic The Exorcist to the 2023 film The Pope’s Exorcist, this genre raises...
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 night, I came home late from work and took off my shoes at the door, as is my family’s custom. Walking in barefoot, I stepped on my son’s Legos that had...
Catholic tradition likes the number seven. There are seven deadly sins, seven seals in the Book of Revelation, seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, seven days of...
My friend Juan is originally from Guatemala, and his first language is not English. Recently, he mentioned that for breakfast he had “potato cylinders” along...
Most Christians are aware of the basic theology about the first two persons of the Trinity: the Father and the Son. Both the Father and the Son are widely...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Can women preach in churches? People may answer this question in different ways, depending on their denomination or faith...
When Catholics gather online to discuss hot-button topics such as innovations to the liturgy, restrictions on the Latin Mass, or the church’s teaching on moral...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Whenever Christians discuss questions about human sexuality and sexual orientation, it is only a matter of time before...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Radical equality, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or social class, was at the heart of the faith and practice of the early...
Will they think I’m a whore? Will they call him a bastard? Will we be killed? I often wonder if these were the thoughts that ran through the mind of Mary, a...
