Written articles from a range of online sources on a variety of topics.
Source: Bailey Takacs in System Change at the Discovery Institute via discovery.orgReprinted with permission. Bailey Takacs currently serves as development program coordinator to Discovery Institutes’ American Center for Transforming Education and Development team. “All parents should be able to know what their children are learning, and for those paying attention […]
Source: John DeRosa of Catholic Answers, via catholic.com Interacting with atheists can be draining. Not every conversation will go well, especially when you start out. But if you follow these five principles, you can drastically improve your mindset and your conversations. Here’s the first principle: pray every day. Develop a daily […]
Source: By Harry Stevens via reginamag.comReprinted with permission The Resurrection “Thomas was not present. The Beloved disciple John records this exchange between the Risen Lord and Thomas which follows: “Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, […]
Source: Deacon Lawrence via thewayofbeauty.org The Battle of Thermopylae The Battle of Thermopylae has taken on the force of legend. In 480 B.C. Xerxes I, of Persia, attacked the Greek city-states with a force of 300,000 soldiers. The Greeks were defended by an army of 7000, led by the Spartan […]
Source: Jay W. Richards via thepublicdiscourse.com Thoughtful Catholics should integrate the discoveries and insights of economics and science with the principles of Catholic social teaching, and ultimately, with the natural moral law and revealed theology. At a time when the world desperately needs the Church’s social teaching, too many of […]
Source: Raymond Ibrahim via gatestoneinstitute.orgReprinted with permission “JIHADISTS MARTYRED HIM FOR REFUSING TO RENOUNCE JESUS CHRIST”: THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS, FEBRUARY 2020 Saleem Masih, a 22-year-old Christian farmhand, was tortured and killed for using his Muslim employer’s water well…. The employer later insisted that he had committed no crime; it […]
Source: Michelle Arnold, of Catholic Answers at catholic.com During the Easter Octave we continue to celebrate the solemnity of Our Lord’s resurrection that began with the Easter Vigil. Under normal circumstances, the faithful would attend Mass during the Octave, but would seek sacramental confession if in dire need, since most […]
Source: The Kolbe Center for The Study of Creation via kolbecenter.orgReprinted with permission This is the first part of a two-part paper (included in PDF below). The second part (also in this volume) is entitled: God, Family, and Genetics – A Biblical perspective: Genetic Evidences Refuting the Evolution of Man […]
Source: thewayofbeauty.orgReprinted with permission The Merchant There was once a merchant returning home from a long journey. Attached to his saddle was a large satchel full of money. As he was riding along an open plain a storm broke out. The rain poured down on him drenching him and his […]
Source: William Huang, under Creative Commons permission via mercatornet.com Now that it has brought its own coronavirus epidemic under control, China’s Communist government has shifted to what it does best: changing the narrative, pumping out propaganda, and fooling the masses. State media now boasts that medical teams from the best […]
Source: Jimmy Akin, Catholic Answers via catholic.comReprinted with permission The coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic has produced many questions and controversies, including how it is impacting people’s ability to attend Mass and receive the sacraments. How dangerous is the virus? What should be our response as Catholics? Here are eight things to know […]
by Hugh Owen of kolbecenter.orgReprinted with permission In his second Epistle, St. Peter predicted a future revolution in the Church predicated on a denial of two pillars of Truth—the fiat creation of all things in the beginning of time and the Global Flood in the days of Noah which destroyed […]