This article examines some common objections to penance or temporal punishment.

Making Choices: Practical Wisdom for Everyday Moral Decisions  by Peter Kreeft, first published in 1990, is a text about morality and how...

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.

It actually is in the Bible.

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

There is a commonly held view, particularly amongst christians, that “pain is good”. Whilst suffering has value, the view that “pain is...

Pope Leo XIII’s first encyclical is hardly the most interesting document but it does show the circumstances at the time.

Relevant. Easily accessible. Not as fun as his other Socratic dialogues but it’s far from boring or dry.

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...

This is a 35-page book (or more like a booklet) that defends the weight of the consensus of the Church Fathers and Theologians. The text...

This is a classic question to which finding a basic answer is actually not difficult. But since many confuse issues, this article will...

A Manual of Catholic Theology is a two-volume text in English by Joseph Wilhelm & Thomas B. Scannell. The first edition was published in...

An abridged version of St Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica with helpful annotations by Peter Kreeft. A nice reference to have.

Particular Judgement is a relatively simple teaching but it is perhaps worth a brief overview, including looking at some objections,...

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...

There are plenty of articles floating around painting Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) as a traditionalist. He was merely a...

In this encyclical published in 1844, Pope Gregory XVI warns of the dangers of the numerous translations of the Bible.

Claims that the date of Christmas copied a pagan feast, even if true, is a nothing burger.

Pope Gregory XVI’s encyclical in response to Lammenais’s writings on religious indifferentism and liberty of conscience.