21 minutes By Gillian Richards, The Catholic University of America Certain Catholic critics of the American Constitutional order often point to the contemporary social and political climate
7 minutes By Elise Flick, The Catholic University of America Evolution is a topic that those skeptical of the Christian faith—or any faith that holds that the
20 minutes by John Tuttle, Benedictine College This paper analyzes Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy and suggests that the poet uses beauty as a theological element. Specifically, it
12 minutes Translation by Will Deatherage, Executive Director The following essay was written by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 2004, a few years before he was elected to
11 minutes By Jonathan C. McMonigal, Holy Apostles College and Seminary Part I: Introduction In the wake of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, the Catholic Church ruled
4 minutes By Will Deatherage, Executive Director “Only those who have experienced the shock of transitoriness, the anxiety in which they are aware of their finitude, the
10 minutes Ben Duphiney, The Catholic University of America St. John Henry Newman lived his early, Anglican life in the classrooms and libraries of Oxford. As a
17 minutes By Sam Agra, St. Louis University One of the many complaints lobbed against the academic tradition of theology or philosophy is that of the professor
6 minutes By Mary Grace Raddell, The Catholic University of America Churches across the world have beautiful stained glass windows which depict saints, biblical stories, the Stations
19 minutes By Will Deatherage, Executive Director The following is a collection of mini-essays on ten different Christological texts, from Historical Jesus studies to conciliar documents, to
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