Should We Teach Kids about Porn’s Harms? Yes, and Here’s How. Children all over the world begin viewing hard-core Internet pornography long before their parents even consider discussing its dangers.

Saint James, Patron of Pilgrims This alabaster statuette portrays a traveler leaning on his walking staff, as if taking a momentary pause from an arduous journey.

The Joy and Wonder of Catholic Education In the second century, St. Irenaeus coined one of the most famous phrases in Christianity: “The glory of God is man, fully alive!” ...

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1447–1449) This fresco of Saint Thomas Aquinas by Fra Angelico can found at the Vatican in the Chapel of Pope Nicholas V.

Excommunication can be a frightening word. E.x.c.o.m.m.u.n.i.c.a.t.i.o.n. The reality is no less grave. We’ve all seen that arresting scene from the movie Becket, when the titular archbishop ...

Saint Jerome in His Study During a lifespan that crossed from the 4th to early 5th century, Saint Jerome was a priest, a monk, a pope’s secretary, a desert hermit, and head of a monastery in Bethlehem ...

Are Some Cultures Better than Others? Do you think the United States and Western Europe are made up of imperialist, colonialist, resource-exploiting, greedy, grasping, brown-skin-hating people whose ...

Literature: What every Catholic should know There is a very good reason for every Catholic to know the great works of literature — and that is because the great works of literature help us to know ...

The Spiritual and Psychological Value of Frequent Confession Judging by the drastic drop in confessions in countries like the United States, the false opinion is gaining ground that Confession is not ...

The Virtue of Obedience We live in a turbulent time; a time that’s similar, in some ways, to the various Reformations of 500 years ago.

C.S. Lewis on Pornography and Masturbation In “Mere Christianity” C.S. Lewis identified a factor in the astonishing growth of pornography.

Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. St. Thomas More is widely known as “a man for all seasons,” but he is best known for the final season of his life. A ...