Fr. Barron comments on “The Amazing Spider-Man”
Fr. Robert Barron comments on this summer’s blockbuster hit, and sees within it many Catholic themes: Jesus’ duel nature, the allure of ego, and the conflict between knowledge and power.
Fr. Robert Barron comments on this summer’s blockbuster hit, and sees within it many Catholic themes: Jesus’ duel nature, the allure of ego, and the conflict between knowledge and power.
For many people, “Vatican” and “technology” don’t go together. The Catholic Church is often accused of being behind the times with new media, whether it’s the Vatican’s outdated website or its relative absence in the world of social networking. However, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications is aiming to change all of that. Over the …
If you’re like me, you’re regularly confronted with objections to Church teaching on several hot-button issues. You know the usual culprits: same-sex marriage, abortion, contraception, the sexual-abuse crisis, the male-only priesthood, AIDS in Africa. And a lot of the time, I find myself tongue-tied. I understand the Church’s position intellectually, but when I try to …
Popular Atheist-turned-Catholic Leah Libresco was recently interviewed on CNN about her conversion to Catholicism, and she dazzled viewers with her sharpness and charm. In the interview she explains the important role objective morality played in her conversion, which was also a prime factor for C.S. Lewis’ own shift. Watch the interview below: Elizbaeth Scalia …
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