A YouTubing priest who loves religion answers a young man who hates it: Fr. Barron does a bang-up job explaining why this video has gone viral. The video, he notes, is the result of the American emphasis on ‘freedom’. Properly understood, freedom is a great thing. Freedom from oppression, indignity, bondage, and sin are all noble …
Today we celebrate one of my greatest heroes who, despite many personal failings, stood as perhaps the twentieth century’s greatest prophet (I think John Paul II holds the only rival claim). Like Christ, this man chose non-violence in the fight against hate and, in line with Catholic social teaching, recognized the dignity of all people–friends and …
As the viral “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” video crosses the 10 million-view mark, the responses keep rolling in. This one’s my favorite as I think it’s both cogent and charitable: Marcel LeJeune has a running list of video and textual responses, while apologist Jimmy Akin has posted his own cleverly-titled rebuttal, “Why …
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“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.” – St. Augustine Because I’ve built up a large collection of duplicate books and resources, each week I’m giving away one or more of these items, absolutely free, no strings attached. You can enter …
There’s a beautiful, well-made video making the rounds that’s become a sort of manifesto for the “spiritual-but-not-religious” folk. The video echoes the views of many “emergent Christians” and modern evangelicals, bemoaning dusty old “religion”–that dated, slavish system which shackles us to mindless ritual and obedience. I used to believe the same way as this guy. I …
