“Remember, man, you are dust, and to dust you shall return” (see Gen. 3:19). As a child, I remember this sobering invocation every year on Ash Wednesday, as our parish priests marked our foreheads ...

One of the most contested religious occurrences in modern times took place a century ago in the mountainous village of Fatima, Portugal. This was a time of political instability and war, causing ...

Did you know that the institution we know as the hospital is entirely an invention of the Catholic Church? Well, it was. The ancient world had all the material ingredients needed for such an ...

What is God’s most fundamental attribute? You might say it’s his goodness, or his power, or his knowledge. But there is one thing about God that makes him “God” and not just another creature: his ...

If you pick up an old Catholic prayer book, you’ll probably see the term “Ember Days.” It’s probably an unfamiliar term for Catholics in the United States today, and for good reason: they were ...

This online edition of Catholic Answers Magazine features daily articles to help you explain and defend the Catholic faith, deepen your knowledge of its mysteries, and bring yourself and your neighbor ...

Thanks be to God, not every evil action is mortally sinful. So how do we know which is which? Just as there are three ingredients in evaluating a moral action (the object, intention, and circumstances ...

The sacrament of confirmation is found in Bible passages such as Acts 8:14–17, 9:17, 19:6, and Hebrews 6:2, which speak of a laying on of hands for the purpose of bestowing the Holy Spirit. Hebrews ...

The Counsel of Trent is a popular podcast featuring Trent Horn where he helps Catholics answer the toughest objections against our faith. Every episode of The Counsel of Trent provides listeners with ...

So. The Flying Spaghetti Monster. Let’s talk about this. The idea is that theism is unreasonable (or just plain stupid) because it is no better motivated than believing in a creator or designer that ...

Valerie Tarico is a psychologist and atheist whose writings are very critical of Christianity. In her essay “God’s Emotions” in the anthology The End of Christianity, she argues that emotions are a ...

Both Mormons and Catholics believe that Jesus Christ established a visible Church and tasked Peter to lead her. Both also believe that Peter’s successor still has authority over that Church. Catholics ...