On Eden and the Temple

We are often tempted to ignore passages of the Sacred Scriptures that concern Old Testament sacrifice and ritual, but that…

Pope Leo’s Roots

Sinners, saints and God's grace I had been praying for a good pope and hoping for an African pope, to…

153 Fish

So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them;…

Is Aslan on the move?

“They say Aslan is on the move- perhaps has already landed." And now a very curious thing happened. None of…

Hopes for a new pontificate

If they practiced at Nicaea what I perceive they now mean by "synodality" - especially as the Germans perceive now…

The Six Days of Creation

Introduction St. Thomas Aquinas has provided the Church with an intriguing interpretation of the six days of creation described in…

A Brief History of the Latin Vulgate

Introduction What role does the Latin Vulgate, St. Jerome's translation of the Sacred Scriptures into Latin, play in the Church…

On the Death of King David’s Baby

This comment recently appeared on our Catholic Study Group Facebook page: Here’s the short answer: Yes, God punished David by…

Artistic or Pornographic? A Theological Analysis of Nude Art

Nude art has long been the subject of theological debate, regardless of Christian denomination. Although respect and public display of…

Some Catholic Jokes

Some relatively clean humor... A little boy was listening to a long and excessively boring sermon in church. Suddenly his…

A Brief History of the Latin Vulgate

Introduction What role does the Latin Vulgate, St. Jerome's translation of the Sacred Scriptures into Latin, play in the Church…

Rahab, Spies, and Lies

The Old Testament heroine Rahab (pronounced “Raw-KHAWB” in Hebrew) is mentioned in glowing terms several times in the New Testament.…

Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit?

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth…

Six for Six

Where did the Church get the idea that what looks like bread and wine in the Eucharist is actually the…

What did the Fathers Say?

Here's a short introduction to a marvelous tool for learning what the Church Fathers said about any given Bible verse.…

On Eden and the Temple

Jewish and Christian exegetes noticed long ago that the Sacred Scriptures strongly linked Eden with the Temple. Can this offer us an insight into Our Lord’s words about the Temple in the New Testament?

Pope Leo’s Roots

After Pope Leo’s election to the Chair of Peter, countless amateur genealogists, and some professional ones too, went straight to work to learn more about our new pope’s roots, and I thought that my readers might appreciate a summary.