The faith of the church is that those who are in the heavenly realm participate more intensely in the infinite intelligence of God, that intelligence which embraces all of space and all of time.
Satellites, the Internet and the communion of saints
World Youth Day 2016: Source of Hope
When I arrived in Kraków for the 2016 World Youth Day, I was pretty exhausted, having left Los Angeles some fifteen hours earlier and having had to change planes in Munich. But I was enthused as I approached my first appointment right in the heart of the Old City.
How Strange is the Cross
Fleming Rutledge’s The Crucifixion is one of the most stimulating and thought-provoking books of theology that I have read in the past ten years.
Thomas Aquinas and the Art of Making a Public Argument
There is, in many quarters, increasing concern about the hyper-charged political correctness that has gripped our campuses and other forums of public conversation. Even great works […]
4 Lessons on Divine Mercy from the Woman at the Well
I had the enormous privilege last week of addressing English-speaking priests from around the world who had gathered in Rome for a special Jubilee celebration of […]
‘Miracles from Heaven’ and the problem of suffering
As any apologist worth his or her salt will tell you, the great objection to the proposition that God exists is the fact of innocent suffering. […]
Bill Nye is not the Philosophy Guy
Reliable sources have informed me that for the millennial generation Bill Nye is a figure of great importance, due to his widely-watched program from the 1990s […]
The Disturbing Fact of the Resurrection
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the be-all and the end-all of the Christian faith. If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, all bishops, […]