Testimony: Why I am Catholic
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Ben Daly Labelle, University of Rhode Island Why am I Catholic? The easy answer would be that I was raised that way and that it is easy to make Catholicism a cultural identity. But it goes deeper than that. At some point in every Catholic’s life, they have to decide whether to make this […]
Put Sex back into Marriage! An Argument against Same Sex Marriage
Reading Time: 9 minutes Written by Maria Flores (Catholic University) | Edited by Ariel Hobbs The following was a college essay written by Maria Flores. It has been edited and approved by Ariel Hobbs. If you have a Theology essay that you would like published that received a grade of an A- or higher, please be sure to contact […]
Infant Baptism Explained
Reading Time: 4 minutes Written by Glennamarie Rivers (Mount St. Mary’s) | Edited by Ariel Hobbs The following was a college essay written by Glennamarie Rivers. It has been edited and approved by Ariel Hobbs. If you have a Theology essay that you would like published that received a grade of an A- or higher, please be sure to […]
Submission, Obedience, and Free Love for Modern American Catholics
Reading Time: 4 minutes Written by Glennamarie Rivers (Mount St. Mary’s) | Edited by Christopher Centrella The following was a college essay written by Glennamarie Rivers. It has been edited and approved by Christopher Centrella. If you have a Theology essay that you would like published that received a grade of an A- or higher, please be sure to […]
Survival Guide for Catholics in High School: 5 Tips for Success when Oppressed
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Joseph Paul Bukuras, Catholic University of America Going to public high school in 21st Century America was tough. And by tough, I mean liberal-very liberal. I had science teachers teach me life did not begin at conception. There were history teachers who taught me Columbus was a racist, native-hating, power hungry conqueror. They […]
A Letter on the Need for Authentic Inter-Religious Dialogue
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Joshua Feibelman, Franciscan University Way back when I was a wee lad, I learned the maxim that Catholicism possesses the fullness of the truth. This is a daunting claim for the Church to make. Yet, if we accept that Jesus Christ is the Truth (see John 14:6, John 18:38), that He established the Church […]
What Has the Shire to Do with Rome?
Reading Time: 4 minutes By John Tuttle, Benedictine College The Lord of the Rings serves as an exceptional benchmark of 20th-century literature. It has been acclaimed by both scholars and hippies and has been enjoyed by readers of the general public as well as by faithful Christians. In the years since its publication, it has proven its ageless enchantment […]
A Catholic Immigration Proposal
Reading Time: 12 minutes “The Lord hears the cry of the poor.” – Psalm 34 Part I: Church Teaching Amidst an extremely contentious atmosphere in the broader U.S. political culture, and in the American Catholic Church, it is easy to fall into the fallacious argument of moderation or false equivalence regarding the issue of immigration. Over the past several […]
Can a Catholic be a Politician?
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Grady Stuckman Within our country, there arises an important question. Considering all the issues that embattle American politics, can a Catholic, in good conscience and in preservation of virtue, become a politician? An easy solution is to simply withdraw from everything and live a life of prayer and penance. Some Catholics are indeed called […]
The Catholic Case Against Communism
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Luke Parker “Dignity. Always Dignity.” The sentiment behind Don Lockwood’s words in Singing in the Rain underlies our consideration of which economic system is best. Clearly, we all want a system that supports all human dignity and allows everyone to flourish. In the age-old pursuit of prosperity, however, many Catholics in modern America began […]
