Reading Time: 9 minutes “The second big debate surrounding infallibly taught doctrine is about moral issues that Jesus didn’t directly teach about and instead rely more on ethical systems

Reading Time: 5 minutes “Obviously, a pope speaking on an airplane is very different than every bishop in the world agreeing about something. And bishops all agreeing that Jesus

Reading Time: 7 minutes By Will Deatherage, Executive Director Time after time, throughout the earliest ecumenical councils, Rome’s position won out, even though Rome was hardly a political powerhouse

Reading Time: 9 minutes “Remember that Jesus promised indefectibility to the Church as a community; it doesn’t reside in one individual person, though there is one very notable exception

Reading Time: 4 minutes “In episode one of this series, we justified the Church’s teaching authority by exploring scripture. Specifically, we explored the biblical basis for bishops, who were

Reading Time: 5 minutes “Magisterium this. Magisterium that.” I’m honestly astonished by how frequently I hear Catholics throwing that word around without properly understanding what it means. Let’s break

Reading Time: 5 minutes “Yes, indeed, our feeble human words fail to convey the almighty Word of God. But, given how we Christians believe that God created us with

Reading Time: 4 minutes “Why does the Catholic Church have so many rules? And with over 2,000 years of councils, papal documents, and catechesis, does every Church teaching have