Thanks be to God, not every evil action is mortally sinful. So how do we know which is which? Just as there are three ingredients in evaluating a moral action (the object, intention, and circumstances ...

The Counsel of Trent is a popular podcast featuring Trent Horn where he helps Catholics answer the toughest objections against our faith. Every episode of The Counsel of Trent provides listeners with ...

Both Mormons and Catholics believe that Jesus Christ established a visible Church and tasked Peter to lead her. Both also believe that Peter’s successor still has authority over that Church. Catholics ...

What is God’s most fundamental attribute? You might say it’s his goodness, or his power, or his knowledge. But there is one thing about God that makes him “God” and not just another creature: his ...

Have you ever heard the charge about Catholic imperialism? The popular anti-Catholic myth goes something like this: Catholic missionaries were imperialists who enslaved and impoverished native ...

So. The Flying Spaghetti Monster. Let’s talk about this. The idea is that theism is unreasonable (or just plain stupid) because it is no better motivated than believing in a creator or designer that ...

It’s common for skeptics of Christianity to claim that the word Easter comes from the name of a pagan deity called Ishtar, suggesting that the Christian faith has pagan roots. But no matter how ...

Too often, Catholics take the sacraments for granted. Many see them as simply rites of passage, a photo opportunity, even something to “go through” to make Grandma happy. Now, making Grandma happy is ...

Catholic Answers is pleased to provide this unabridged entry from the original Catholic Encyclopedia, published between 1907 and 1912. It is a valuable resource for subjects related to theology, ...

Nowhere in the New Testament do we find a prohibition against owning private property. We do find the practice of believers placing goods at the apostles’ feet for communal distribution (Acts 4:34-35) ...

Usually, Catholic apologetical outreach to Protestants occurs using appeals to reason, typically closely tied to debates over the meaning of Holy Scripture or who has legitimate religious authority.

Soon after the devastating fire engulfed the Cathedral of Notre Dame in April 2019, discussion turned to the mammoth and expensive task of rebuilding Paris’s parish. Wealthy individuals raced to ...