Caritas et Veritas

Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, January 1st To many around the world she is known as Mary--the mother of God, the mother of Jesus. She was the girl who God loves, freeing her from the stain of sin. She is the girl whose "yes" changed the face of the world. She said "yes" when others ...

I was not sure what to entitle this post, since it does not directly deal with texts from the canonical Scriptures, hence the subtitle: “Extra-Biblical Context.” At the same time, I wanted to highlight its continuity with the previous four posts on this topic, hence the misleading title: “Papacy in Scripture V.” I hope this ...

As we are running around preparing for the birth of our Savior, I thought I would take a moment to offer a reflection on prayer.  This is a bit of a departure from the series on the papacy that Dr. Jeff Morrow has been posting and my discussion of orthodoxy.   While a departure, I hope that ...

Evangelization is taking new forms through new media and at times we hope to feature good examples of these. I learned recently of a new Facebook application called Face Forward designed by the vocations office of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio. This app really meets the youth where they are. Fr. Jeff Coning, vocations director for ...

How many times have you heard someone respond to a specific Catholic teaching, say on Mary or on the papacy, with the question, "Where's that in the Bible?" So often the intent of this question is to imply that these Catholic teachings are in fact not found in Scripture, and are therefore not to be believed. But ...

In an earlier post, I discussed the definational meaning of orthodox.  In subsequent articles, I hope to lay out some of the guiding principles that define Catholic orthodoxy. The first being, how we understand and read the Second Vatican Council. (How did it become referred to as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II anyway?  I think it would have ...

We've already taken a look at the basic structure of the Davidic Kingdom, but now I want to highlight a passage in the OT that focuses on the royal steward to the Kingdom of David (which in 1 & 2 Chronicles is called the Kingdom of YHWH, or the Kingdom of the Lord). Isaiah 22:20-24 reads: ...

NFP is 100% natural, has no artificial preservatives, is completely organic and is the only green option! In my working with couples preparing to be married I have discovered that while many of them know that the Church is "against" birth control, pre-maritial sex, and cohabitation, they have no idea why. They hear the Church saying, ...

In this third post on the roots of the papacy in Scripture, I want to highlight that Joseph's high position in Egypt is actually significant for understanding the administrative structure of the Kingdom of David, and therefore of the Church which is the fulfilled Davidic Kingdom. After the people of Israel have entered the Promised Land, they ...